Mrs Snow says, “Our first week in Reception has been fantastic! The children have all

settled beautifully and are beginning to understand our rules, routines and expecta-

tions. Every child has a blue planner that has our timetable attached so that you can

see for example when we visit the library, ICT suite or have PE. On a Thursday after-

noon, we have a themed Show and Tell activity. Next week, we would like the children

to bring in something about their family (this could be a photo, object or drawing). Well

done to all the children for a great start to school. Our Reception children will not be

attending star assemblies for a little while until we are all happy and confident to do

so. We will make sure parents know when we will make our first appearance.”

Miss Richman reports, “It has been a fantastic start to Year 5 this year. Well done every-

one! We have started place value in maths and are now able to solve problems using

a variety of numbers. In English, we have started writing non-chronological reports and

have understood the wide range of features that need to be used. Our topic, is ID and

the children have started to understand the importance of identification and the

ways in which it is used. In art, we are making photo collages and self portraits. I

hope to see continued effort next week. Keep up the good work Year 5!”

Friday 14th September 2018

Here we are at the end of our first full week and what a busy week it has been!

Everyone has enjoyed their ‘Hook Days,’ Year 6 have completed their 11+ tests,

working admirably hard, and Reception have embarked upon their full time school

journey! Well done and thank you to everyone who has ensured their children

conform with our uniform policy—it’s great to see the children looking smart and part

of the school community. As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me or the

teachers if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s learning or well-

being at school.

PLEASE come and support

our coffee morning in aid

of Macmillan cancer

support on Friday 28th

September. We really

would like to raise as much

money as possible for this

organisation who do such

great work to support

those with cancer and their

families. We will also ask

for donations of cake from

Thursday 27th onwards.

The first Parent Forum of

the year will take place

straight afterwards where

the new behaviour policy

will be discussed and a

general Q&A session will

generate ideas for other

areas of school life we can

work together to

improve this year.

Please see

opposite our new

‘Golden Rules’

which the JLT

have chosen from

ideas contributed

by each class. This

is one aspect of

the new policy.

Miss Davies says, “This week, Year 1

have been reading the story of the

Gingerbread man, thinking of some

super describing words and

sequencing the events of the story. In

maths, they have been exploring

numbers to 10 using pom poms,

water beads, number lines and

Numicon. Our 'Bounce' hook day

took place on Wednesday where the

children created some beautiful

marble paintings, took part in science

investigations to test which items

bounced and played games with the

gigantic 'Wubble'. Well done Year 1, a

super start to the year!”

Miss Atkins reports, “This week in English

Year 2 have been learning about using capital

letters, full stops, past tense and time

connectives in order to write a recount next

week. Year 2 had their hook day, on Wednesday

for their first topic Bounce. We played bench

ball and dodgeball and created art pieces using

different objects shaped like a circle. Then we

painted them using different colours. In maths,

we have been using counters to partition 2 digit

and 3 digit number and learning how numbers

can be partitioned in different ways. In ICT, the

children learnt about pixel pointillism and

created their own computer artwork. Well done

for a fantastic week Year 2!!

A few beginning of the year reminders….

Please ensure all uniform has the

correct name in, securely fastened

and clearly written!

Sadly, we have already noticed a few

cases of head lice appearing. Please

check daily and treat promptly!

Unfortunately, children are not able

to have Lipsyl or handcream in

school.

To ensure everyone’s safety, please

ensure you use the path to enter

the school rather than the car park

as vehicles are occasionally

permitted and it is a good habit for

the children to get into.

KS2 are only permitted to have fruit

or vegetable for snack at playtime

(sorry but no bars or winders etc as

it creates extra litter and becomes

too hard for us to monitor.)

Mrs Fincher says, “We'd like to welcome all of our new families to the nursery.

The children have settled well and we have been talking about our family and

making family trees.”

One of our parents has started a petition

to try and persuade the council to take

action regarding the dangers of crossing

the road at the sharp bend and junction

by the Co-op. This could result in a school

crossing patrol and/or parking restrictions

on the bend. Please sign the petition

which is in the school office if you feel

able to lend your support to this

campaign.

Mr Foster says, “If adjusting to a new

teacher and a classroom wasn't enough to

be getting on with, Year 6 have already had

their 11+ tests! These tests really were

incredibly difficult; the children worked

extremely hard and handled the pressure

admirably, and we are all very proud of

them. That said, Year 6 isn't all tests

(believe it or not!) and we have begun our

topic ID which looks at some of the

different scientific ways in which we are

unique, and some of the factors that

influence our personalities. As part of this,

we've been reading a classic story, Bill's

New Frock, in which a boy suddenly wakes

up as a girl. The ways he's treated

differently have opened up some

interesting and passionate discussions!

Mrs Hopkin and Miss Anderson say, “Year 3

have started the new school year brilliantly!

Our hook day was full of lots of exciting ac-

tivities including making a clay model of our

teeth, burping(!), brushing our teeth and an

eggs-periment! Imagining that boiled eggs were

our teeth, the shell being the enamel, we

placed 6 eggs in different liquids; vinegar, coke,

lemonade, orange juice, milk and water. The

next day we observed the changes to the shell.

It was fascinating to see the effects the liquids

had! In English we have started looking at

instructions and what can go wrong if we don’t

use the correct features. In maths, we have

focused on counting in hundreds using practical

resources. A super start year 3, keep it up!

Miss Rodwell reports, “In Year 4 we started

the week with ‘Hook Day’ for Burps, Bottoms

and Bile. Everybody loved making models with

clay to show all the different teeth we have in

our mouths. We also started an

‘eggs'periment to see what happens when we

leave 6 eggs in different liquids such as coke,

lemonade, orange juice and vinegar! We will

keep monitoring the egg’s progress

throughout our topic. In maths, we have been

learning about Roman numerals and some of

us can identify numbers up to 1000 now! In

English we are looking at instructions and

reminding ourselves of the features. Super

first week Year 4! Keep it up!