Crocodile Smiles in Class 6

10th September 2024Jayne Rodgers

Here we are doing our best impressions of a crocodile to say a huge thank you to our School Nursing team for the gifts of new toothbrushes and toothpaste today. We discussed the importance of keeping our teeth clean and why drinking water rather than juice is the healthiest option. The children also reminded me to TURN OFF THE TAP while we are brushing our teeth to conserve our precious water supply in keeping with our recent pledges to make small changes to make a big difference.

You make me so proud Class 6!

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Activism in class 6

9th September 2024Jayne Rodgers

I was so proud to receive these photographs of Noah showing that he has certainly taken on board all the learning from our First Week Back expedition – ‘How does what I do impact others?’ – by litter picking on the field behind his house. Activism is a huge part of our schools ethos as well as being one of our curriculum seams, and Noah is certainly showing that he is keen to make a stand for the protection of our world. Noah’s daddy said, ” He was adamant he wanted to do it so no animals got hurt, even after his swimming lesson and friends birthday party. He really does care and is genuinely concerned about the impact pollution is having on the planet and wildlife.” What a superstar!

Keep on spreading the word Noah!

Y1 Additional Important Information

8th September 2024Jayne Rodgers

Good afternoon,

We have just finished grouping the children according to their reading and phonics abilities so we will begin sending out reading packs this week. These will include 2 books, the red (non-decodable) word list, reading record book and weekly phonics homework. Book changing days will be Tuesday and Friday. ANY reading your child does – a page from their school reading book, phonics homework, a selection of red words etc. – should be noted and dated in the orange reading record book and each will count as one read for our reading challenge board. Please don’t think you have to make a lengthy comment if you don’t want to. A page number and date will be fine. At certain points on the reading challenge board the children will be rewarded with reading certificates. Please note, books will not be changed if there is no evidence of them being read in the reading record book. Reading is a massively important skill for year 1 children and we really do appreciate your support in reading with the children at home. We would also love to have some photographs of the children reading in unusual places for our reading corner displays. Be as imaginative as you like and send any pictures to your child’s class teacher. 20 HoWL points will be awarded for each one.

PE will be on Thursday afternoon. For information on appropriate kit, please see the Welcome to Y1 information sheet on the Headteacher’s Weekly Newsletter.

Finally, as from tomorrow we would request that you say goodbye to the children at the door rather than coming into school with them. This helps the children settle more easily into their learning and keeps the corridors clear and safe for everyone.

Any questions please ask. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Miss Rodgers and Miss Schon.

Hook Week in Class 6

7th September 2024Jayne Rodgers

What an amazing start to one of my favourite expeditions – ‘From Rags to Riches. What lies within the castle walls?’. The children have blown me away with their amazing attention to detail while sketching and colouring dragon eyes and then actually sculpting them in clay. Our classroom also looks amazing with a real castle play area and battlements, and the children have added to this by making sconces and coats of arms. Mr Kershaw was true to his word and we spent a lovely afternoon in our quad with him learning about fire safety and toasting yummy marshmallows! We finished our exciting week with a medieval dress up day, photographs under the amazing castle gate balloon arch, made for us by Elsie’s mummy, and a banquet with Mrs Clay and Xavier even treating us to some live entertainment!!

All of this has left us very excited to begin our proper learning next week.

Well done everyone!

Dress up day and Family learning – KS1!

3rd September 2024Simon Gerrard

This Friday (6.9.24), it is our dress up day to hook the children into their Expedition. They are welcome to come as anything medieval! They could be kings, queens, dragons or jesters – whatever links to castles, but please don’t worry about buying a costume!

On Tuesday 15th October it is the Family learning for Year 1. This will begin at 1.30 in the afternoon.

For Year 2, your family learning is on Thursday 17th October. This will again be at 1.30 in the afternoon.

We look forward to seeing you all and the amazing costumes!

Class 6 Colour Run

1st September 2024Jayne Rodgers

A perfect end to an amazing week! There are no words to describe today…so I’ll let the pictures do the talking…Can’t express how proud I am of you all….I know we are going to have the best year ever!!!

See you next week Superstars xx

Welcome to Year 1

30th August 2024Carly Schon

We are excited to welcome all of our new parents and children to Year 1. We will keep parents up to date with things that are happening in school through our class blogs. Today we wanted to share a few expectations that help to keep Year 1 running smoothly.

  • Please ensure all uniform is labelled with your child’s name. If it is not labelled staff will label it. This ensures we have no lost property in school.
  • Please ensure children bring a bag to school each day to keep their belongings safe. Children are asked to keep many things safe in their backpack and it also helps children to carry all of their belongings at the end of the day (water bottles, jumpers, cardigans, reading books, letters etc)
  • All children should bring a water bottle filled with water only every day
  • Please remember we have a no toys rule in school – please keep all toys/teddy bears etc at home
  • All children will need a PE kit consisting of a dark green T-Shirt, Black shorts and trainers or pumps. These will be needed from the week beginning 9th September. We ask that all children bring their PE kits to school on a Monday and take it home on a Friday. For this reason it would be helpful if children’s PE kit was in a separate bag to their every day backpack.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask your child’s class teacher in person or via email.

We are looking forward to a super year in Year 1. We have some great expeditions, visits and visitors lined up for the children to enjoy. More information will be shared soon!

Miss Schon and Miss Rodgers

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Class 6 Day 3

29th August 2024Jayne Rodgers

Today has been a busy one! The children are settling in so well and have worked their socks off. We began by playing team building games then did some fab partner work in phonics. We then deepened our understanding of the harm caused to our world by green house gases and pollution in the oceans. We listened to stories about polar bears and penguins and began to make posters for other classes to encourage them to ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ just like we are! And we still have tomorrow’s Colour Run to look forward to.

I’m so proud of you all!

Y1 and Y2 homework menus and parents overview.

28th August 2024Jayne Rodgers

Apologies to those parents who could not access these menus. We are looking into the issue. In the meantime below is a link to the Parent Overview and a screenshot of each year group’s Homework Menu.

Expedition Parent Overview

Children should be able to access these menus at any time from the KS1 Extended Study section in the ‘Children’ drop down menu on the front page of the blog if they are logged on with their own Green Top email address.

Please let me know if you have any more problems

Miss Rodgers