Class 5: Super Handwriting

24th June 2025Carly Schon

In Class 5 we have been focussing on improving the presentation of our work. We have been thinking a lot about our handwriting and if we are forming letters correctly, writing on the lines, keeping our letters a consistent size and using ascenders and descenders. Each day I have been choosing children to receive a postcard for improvements in their handwriting. Today it was just too hard to choose so we have 9 handwriting champions with many more children who are right behind them! I wonder who will receive our handwriting postcards tomorrow?

Starting Reception – 2025/26

23rd June 2025Rebecca Carter

Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended our ‘New to Reception’ meeting. It was fantastic to see so many familiar and new faces and talk with you at the start of your child’s journey into reception. We are very much looking forward to our 2 transition days on Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th July 8:30am-3pm. Please confirm with the nursery team your child’s attendance for these days.

Here is the information shared at the meeting.

New to F2 Parent MeetingDownload

Kind regards,

Miss Carter

Stewardship in Nursery

23rd June 2025Elizabeth Hay

The children learnt how to take safe risks today with Mr Kershaw. They carefully used the hedge shears to trim the Nursery hedge. The children showed great stewardship but also excellent listening skills and ability to follow instructions.

The hedge looks so much better. Thank you Mr Kershaw and Nursery Crew!

Nursery – Have a Go Henry!

23rd June 2025Elizabeth Hay

Today we learnt about another Learning Alien, Have a Go Henry. We talked about independence and trying something and ‘having a go’ even if it new or tricky. The Nursery children had a great time playing the get dressed game where we set the timer and they had to put as many items of school clothing on as they could. I was so impressed how well so many children could do up the zip in the coat and put woolly gloves on.

Super work Nursery Crew!

Extended Study – COMPETITION TIME!

23rd June 2025Sophie Myers

Throughout this week, there are lots of National Awareness days including:

  • National Children’s Art Week
  • Plastic Free July
  • Clean Beaches Week
  • International Plastic Bag Free Day

Use the following links to build your knowledge:

https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/childrens-art-week-2025/https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/plastic-free-july-2025/https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/clean-beaches-week-2025/https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/create-week-2025/https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/international-plastic-bag-free-day-2025/

TO CELEBRATE THESE DAYS WE ARE GOING TO RUN A ART COMPETITION WHICH WILL BE DRAWN ON THE 14TH JULY!

THE CHALLENGE – Create a piece of art to celebrate plastic free and clean beaches etc.

Could you use plastic as part of your artwork, shells, sand etc.

Bring your completed artwork in to school and hand to Crew Leaders by the 14th July – Crew Council will pick a winner from each phase!

We can’t wait to see and display your final pieces!

Reception Phonics

20th June 2025Amanda Wallace

This week in Phonics we have been covering the following sound. The sounds will be sent out for the children to be practising to recognise the trigraph, say the trigraph and then write the grapheme.

The children are really starting to learn and retain those sounds but will need support to blend those sounds together. Have a go at the green words and the more they hear those sounds being blended the easier it will become. There is a sentence to read on the bottom of the sheet also. Reading this and also reading the reading books that the children now have will all help to increase and improve the children’s fluency in their reading.

Thanks

Mrs Wallace and Mrs Jones.