Reminders and Info!

- Year 4 residential is cancelled due to lack of deposits from those who showed an interest in their child attending.

- Poppies, with other goodies, are available to buy from outside the School Office.

- Isle of Wight Residential deposits are due please.

- A huge thank you to everyone for the harvest collection —Home Start were over-whelmed!

The Craylands School

Newsletter

Upcoming Events Dear Parents/Carers, I am amazed at how quickly that term has flown by….we are well and truly into this academic year. This week, I spent some time in EYFS and I must say that I am so pleased to see how they have settled into school life. There were lots of busy children playing and learning in a range of areas; there were children washing bikes and the wooden hut, children who were threading beads, children making mud soup in the mud kitchen, however the main draw of the morning were the squishy beads in the water. Lots of happy and engaged children! A big thank you to the EYFS team for helping them to settle into school so well. I would like to introduce our newest staff member to you all. Mrs Rundle will be replacing Mrs Cobby in the school office as our Admin Officer between Tuesdays and Thursdays. I’d like to warmly welcome her to the Craylands team and hope that you will do too. A big thank you to Mrs Cobby (who will work her final few days after half term) for her work in the office whilst she has been with us. Another new staff member joining us after half term is Mrs Nash. Working on a Monday and Tuesday, Mrs Nash will be teaching in Stickman class, with Miss Marlton reducing her days to Wednesday to Friday. I must clarify that Miss Marlton is fit and well so please do not worry about her. Mrs Nash was able to come in and meet the children in Stickman yesterday. I am sure you will join me in welcoming her into our school community. It has been great to see so many of you at our parental engagement events. The reading mornings have been busy on all mornings and I am sure that your children have appreciated spending the time reading with you. Fewer parents and carers attended the after school clubs this week than we anticipated so we may have to reconsider whether we will run these again. A big well done to Funnybones class who were the first to lead a class assembly this year; they were shy and nervous but were brave enough to tell us about what they have been learning this term. Many thanks to the parents/carers who came to support. I must thank you all for the amazing generosity you have shown this week for our harvest festival. The amount of food parcels and the way in which many of them were decorated in an autumnal theme was more than we could have expected. I am sure that these donations will support less fortunate families as we approach colder and darker nights. Thank you once again. I have seen many home learning projects being brought into school over the past week. I have not yet managed to get around to seeing them all in class but I will endeavour to take a closer look upon our return in term 2. A big well done to all those children who have shown they are Craylearners by extending their learning at home. A big well done to all those children who have remained green all term; they should have received a certificate in assembly today. Keep this up for next term; we will review the ‘roar’ assemblies as part of our anti bullying/behaviour work-shop in November. Wishing you all a lovely half term break. Mr Hiscock

Craylands Lane Swanscombe, Kent DA10 0LP Telephone: 01322 388230 Email: admin@ craylands.kent.sch.uk

19/10/18 End of Autumn Term 1 Assessment reports

19/10/18 End of Term 1

29/10/18 Start of Term 2

29/10/18 Autumn Craft session for parents/children—letter to follow

1/11/18 Pedestrian/vehicle count on Craylands Lane.

5/11/18 EYFS parents invited to watch Read Write Inc

7/11/18 Parents evening

12/11/18 EYFS open morning for Sept 2019.

13/11/18 Anti Bullying/behaviour workshop

13/11/18 Sports Hall athlet-ics competition—children yet to be chosen.

15/11/18 Y2 class assembly

Each week, this newsletter will celebrate all those at The Craylands School who received a Craylearner certificate, R.O.A.R. certificate, those chosen to be a WOW writer, SUM DOG results as well as announc-

ing the weekly team winners.

Our pupils really are champions at Craylands!

This week’s winning team is…

Rochester

The R.O.A.R. certificates were issued to………

This week’s HERO (Here Every day Ready On time) Attendance Bear is awarded to ...

Stickman Class

Prize drawer att winners: Fletcher L, Layla H, Frank M, Summer L

Achievements outside of school…Dakota (Walliams) won gold and silver medals in South East Gymnastics competiton—well done!

Kazia (Walliams) gained a medal in a recent dance competition.

Will and Ashley (EYFS) passed level 1 swimming—well done boys!

Dassia (Walliams) gained her Brownie promise badge—congratulations!

Elmer Eleanor F Dahl Max F-K

Funnybones Grace Z Walliams Gideon O

Gruffalo Honey C Horowitz Carys

Stickman Jade S Morpurgo Matthew M

Elmer Amelie S Dahl Zachary M

Funnybones Eva P Walliams Daisy F

Gruffalo Faren A Horowitz Eray A

Stickman Melissa G Morpurgo Chloe R

To be a Craylearner, you need to be in school every day!

100% is what I really want to see!

Less than 96% means you will struggle to be a Craylearner!

Class Attendance this week Attendance over the year

Hungry Caterpillar 98.5% 97.8%

Rainbow Fish 98.5% 98.3%

Elmer 93.1% 96.4%

Funnybones 96.4% 97.3%

Gruffalo 93.1% 94.7%

Stickman 98.6% 95.9%

Dahl 94.0% 96.0%

Walliams 95.3% 96.0%

Horowitz 89.6% 96.8%

Morpurgo 91.6% 95.7%

WELL DONE TO……..Stickman Class for having the highest attendance this week!

What have the Craylearners been learning about this week?

Ask your child to show you their learning from this week at home.

Useful websites:

www.topmarks.co.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/

Year group Maths Spag

Rainbow Fish/Hungry

Caterpillar

Learning the names of 2d shapes and making patterns.

Learning the phonemes e, l, h ,sh and r and blending these sounds in simple CVC words.

Elmer / Funnybones

Learning super sentence

starters and the ‘ing’ ending for words.

Part, part whole model with addition.

Gruffalo/Stickman Addition and subtraction of two digit numbers to a one digit number.

Adding interesting adjectives to

sentences and spellings.

Dahl Adding and subtracting three digit numbers and ones and tens using regrouping.

Heading and paragraphs. Spelling 100 words.

Walliams Assessments on place value and addition and subtraction.

Spelling 100 words. Revision of SPAG taught so far.

Horowitz Multi-step problems for

addition and subtraction.

Learning relative pronouns and relative clauses.

Morpurgo Assessments on place value, addition and subtraction and long multiplication.

Prepositions e.g. under, over, next to. Writing a chapter to a story.

Can you help to contribute towards the reading zoo—if you have any of these books and are willing to donate them, we would

very much appreciate it.

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

The cat in the hat The Gruffalo Burglar Bill The true story of the three little pigs Aliens love underpants Room on the broom Not now Bernard The Gruffalo’s child We are going on a bear hunt Elmer The owl who was afraid of the dark The bear and the piano The bear who stared Owl babies The very hungry caterpillar The tiger who came to tea Lost and found Where the wild things are The Tunnel Leon and the place between Journey The snail and the whale The promise Are we there yet? Handa’s surprise Please Mr Panda Tortuga Mama Panya’s pancakes Bringing the rain to Kapiti plain Grace and family Mt granny went to market We’re going on a lion hunt Goodnight moon Alexander and the no good, horrible, very bad day Meg and Mog Funnybones When you were small Time for bed Tom and Tilly Guess how much I love you Peace at last Each peach pear plum I will not ever never eat a tomato Avocado baby Fantastic Mr Fox Six dinner Sid Pumpkin soup The tale of Peter Rabbit The giant jam sandwich

A bear called Paddington Winnie the Pooh Little foxes The Giraffe and the Pelly and me. How to Tame your dragon Rabbit and Bear: Attack of the snack The racehorse who wouldn’t gallop The Troublesome Tiger The Enchanted Wood The Twits Pippi Longstocking The Worst Witch Captain Underpants The Jolly Roger and the cave of doom Bad mermaids on the rocks Witch Wars Bear Grylls adventures Dotty Detective Oliver and the Seawigs Beast Quest Famous Five The Bolds That Rabbit belongs to Emily Brown Horrid Henry Flat Stanley Bill’s New Frock The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth Ug Mt Brother’s Famous Bottom George’s Marvellous Medicine Astrosaurs Books The great ghost rescue Compton Valance: The most powerful boy in the universe Rainbow Magic Books The Queen’s nose The Magic Faraway Tree Evie’s Magic Bracelet Peter Pan Wind in the Willows How to Train your Dragon The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe The adventures of the wishing chair The BFG Milo Speck, accidental agent Secrets of Droon Charlie and the chocolate fac-tory The Sandman and the Turtles

The Adventures Guild The Carpet People The Creatures of the Pines: The Unicorn Rescue Society: Book 1 The Lifters Finding Serendipity Mark of the Thief My Diary from the Edge of the World All abroad the Discovery Express The Map to Everywhere The Witch Boy The Wizards of Once The Great Ghost Rescue Sir Gawain and the Green Knight I believe in Unicorns The Fox and the ghost king Journey to the moon The phantom lollipop man The Grunts on the run You’re a bad man, Mr Gum! Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Boy in the Dress The 13 storey treehouse Spaceheadz How to eat fried worms How to be a Supervillain: Book 1 Compton Valance: The most power-ful boy in the universe Mortimer Keene: Ghosts on the Loose Nixie the bad, bad fairy Cosmo and the Magic Sneeze The Girl with the Broken Wing The Demon Headmaster James and the giant Peach

Can you help to contribute towards the reading zoo—if you have any of these books and are willing to donate them, we would

very much appreciate it.

Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Artemis Fowl: Book 1 Wildwood Katy Bettle Boy Kaspar Prince of Cats Tom’s Sausage Lion Grandpa’s Great Escape Timmy Failure: The Cat stole my pants The Wolves of Willoughby Chase The Last Gargoyle Nevermoor: The trails or Morrigan Crow The Little Prince Percy Jackson The Red Pyramid Swallows and Amazons A place called Perfect StarChaser Mr Stink Cakes in Space The misadventures of Max Crumbly Dange really is everywhere: School of danger Diary of a 6th Grade ninja Middle school: the worst years of my life. Big Nate I swapped my brother on the internet. The Language of Spells Midnight for Charlie Bone Araminta Spook: Mt Haunted House The Island of adventure Clockwork Varjak Paw Matilda The Firework Maker’s daughter Moonlocket

My Brother is a Superhero The Explorer Carrie’s War Blake and Mortimer Going Solo Waiting for Anya Twist of Gold Why the Wales Came Private Peaceful Emily Feather and the Enchant-ed Door Harry Potter Alice in Wonderland The Obsidian Mirror Howl’s Moving Castle Coraline Tom’s Midnight Garden A Wrinkle in Time. Wed Wabbit Time travelling with a Hamster The World’s Worst Children The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Gangsta Granny What not to do if you turn in-visible. Geek Girl Cinder The Jungle Book The Secret Garden The Secret Keepers Holes The Guggenheim Mystery The Maze Runner Goosebumps Death in the Spotlight

Black Beauty The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The 1,000 year old boy The seventh most important thing. A Chase in Time Goodnight Mr Tom Ballet Shoes Watership Down Escape from Mr Lemoncello’s Li-brary Northern Lights Inkheart Truckers Throne of Glass The Girl who Drank the Moon Rebel of the Sands Heartless Withering Tights A Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom Cakes in Space Great Expectations Little Women Anne of Green Gables Indian in the Cupboard Emil and the Detectives A Wrinkle in Time Dolphin Song The Hound of the Baskervilles Knightly and Son Murder is Bad Manners City of Orphans Holdfast The Blackthorn Key, Book1