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NEWSLETTER –15th March 2019

Great fun was had by everyone this science week.

Thank you to everyone who came along today – your feedback was invaluable. We will use

this information to making this an even better school for all our families.

Thank you for your generosity in giving to this charity – we raised £155.00

We all had great fun in assembly, hearing all the jokes!

SCIENCE QUESTION OF THE WEEK

A teddy bear, a dog and a tree. Which one is the odd one out and why?

The children can explore the question in any way they would like.

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FOREST SCHOOL SPRINGS BACK

Forest school restarted this week with Yellow and Purple classes managing to avoid the bad weather. A

walk around the reserve saw everyone spotting the first signs of Spring and the birds were 'helped' by

the children making birds nests and filling them with 'wool' worms. Everyone got 'hands on' with some

frogspawn and watched a newt too.

LOCAL FREE CYCLE EVENTS

Lewisham Cyclists are holding some local free cycle events this Spring. The first event will be free bike

checks at Crofton Park library on Saturday 23 March from 2pm to 5pm. It is first come, first served and

they will check your brakes, oil the chain and get any of your family's bikes up and running smoothly

for Spring.

Local family bike rides also run by Lewisham Cyclists will be starting on Saturday 7 April at 10am at

Eddystone Road SE4. They will be riding to Mayow Park but you don't have to do the whole ride! Start

and then bail out where ever you need to!

TREE PLANTING AT BLYTHE HILL FIELDS THIS WEEKEND

The Friends of Blythe Hill are holding a tree planting session at Blythe Hill this Saturday at 10am. Why

not go along and help add more trees to our local park, maybe do a bit of litter picking too!

CLEAN TEETH FOR THE FOODBANK

We are still collecting toothbrushes and toothpaste for Lewisham Foodbank. Any toothpaste or

toothbrush from any shop would be great so please donate if you can. Please put your donation

into the big white box next to the school office.

Science Week at Stillness

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The children have enjoyed a fun and busy science week!

Year 1 and 2 took part in a Dry Ice Workshop where they explored the properties of dry ice and how it

changes state.

A huge thank you to Lee Norris and his students (Daniel’s father from Green class) for visiting Year 1 with

a selection of animals for them to learn about and hold.

Reception became inventors in a workshop where they learned all about how levers and catapults work.

Nursery experimented with how colours mix in different liquids.

And last but not least we have loved watching the ducklings hatch and grow over the last two weeks. They

will be greatly missed!

Reception Weekly Email

Please continue to send in junk modelling resources. We would love

cardboard boxes and kitchen rolls in particular. Thank you!

Diary Date- Reception Spring Concert Friday 29th March 9am

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What we will be doing in school

How you can help at home

Topic – Amazing Eggs

This week we will be talking about

dinosaur habitats and describing where

they used to live.

We will be using inspiration from the

book ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ to

create our own dinosaur hunt story

maps. We will use drama to re-enact

the stories we make.

Find out about different animals and their

habitats today e.g. Arctic regions, deserts,

rainforests, oceans, ponds.

Maths

We will be working on measuring and

comparing lengths and heights. We

will measure the length and height of

dinosaurs, in the playground!

Measure the heights of the people in your

family using string or building blocks (non-

standard units of measurement). Compare

lengths of objects around the house. Order

shoes from longest to shortest/ biggest to

smallest.

Phonics and tricky words

New sound ‘ar’

Revising: oo, oo, ear, ai, oi, oa.

We will be practising hearing and

saying the sounds in words

(segmenting) using the sounds we have

learnt so far. e.g. ‘boat’ and ‘dear’ and

begin to say sounds and blend to read

words.

Sounds taught so far: c, o, a, d, g, f, s,

e, l, i, t, u, y, j, r, n, m, p, h, b, k, v, w, x,

z, qu, ll, ss, ff, zz, sh, ch, th, ck, oo, oo,

ee, or, ng, ai, oi, oa, ear.

Tricky words taught so far: the, to, I,

was, no, go, me, my, he, be, like, have,

we, some, they, all, she, live, come.

Other high frequency words taught so

far: yes, from, this, that, then, dear,

from, went.

Look for the new letters in their reading

books, can they say the sound? Can they begin

to blend letters to read simple words? E.g. “f-

l-oa-t = float”, “b-ear-d = beard”

Try to spot the tricky words we’ve taught in

books that you are reading. Can they spell

them out e.g. with magnetic letters.

Practise writing the letters taught so far.

Please ensure they are practising the correct

letter formation and orientation.

We welcome any writing done at home

brought in to share with the class. When

writing at home, please encourage your child

to leave spaces in between their words.

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Red Class Forest School Wednesday 20th- Please bring a pair of

wellies to school in a separate carrier bag.

Maths games reminder

Maths games are changed on Mondays. Please ensure that your

child’s game is returned each Monday. If any pieces are broken or

lost, please tell a member of staff as soon as possible.

PE

Please ensure that your child is wearing trainers or plimsolls to school

on Tuesdays or that they have a pair in their PE kit.

Thank you

SCIENCE QUESTION OF THE WEEK

A teddy bear, a dog and a tree. Which one is the odd one out

and why? Think of as many different possibilities as you would like!