We had a fantastic day on Thursday! We were so lucky to take part in some special activities throughout the day. First we rocked out with Mr Pickles and even became the drummers in his band! Then we enjoyed our American themed lunch. Cooper and Louie even won a prize for finding a special sticker under their tray! At lunchtime we had cheerleading and baseball on the playground and then in the afternoon we had a go at cheerleading with Mrs Raynor! It was so much fun!
This week in phonics Miss Schön and Miss Rodgers group have been learning /ou/ ‘Shout it out!’.
We have been reading the book ‘An Outing in the Woods’. We have discussed the the vocabulary and the meaning of different words and phrases.
We now know 2 differerent /ow/ sounds
/ow/ as in cow, brown and town
/ou/ as in out, shout and loud
We have also learned that words can end in el or le and the ‘e’ is silent
We have also learned that when there is a ‘st‘ next to each other the ‘t’ is silent
This was a lot of leaning but the children have been doing so well with this! Keep it up boys and girls and don’t forget to practice as often as possible so that you can beat your ‘word count per minute’ scores!
We have been listening to Hindu stories in RE and the children have been doing freeze frames to retell the story. Then they made masks of the main characters and acted out the key points of the story.
On Wednesday 1st October Nursery will be opening the doors from 8.30 – 9.30am for our family book and a biscuit event. All family members are welcome to come and share a story with their nursery child.
We will also be hosting a used toy and book sale to raise money for nursery resources.
We hope as many of you can make it as possible to support the nursery children continue developing a love of reading.
The Nursery Team
The Thorne Colliery Monument Committee are unveiling a new noticeboard containing artwork completed by last year’s Year 5 children. They will also be playing the soundtrack of our product. Parents and children are invited to attend
Today the children brought home their first set of reading books for the new school year. Please encourage your children to look after these books and keep them safe in their school backpacks. This year we are asking that children bring their reading books to school everyday. This is to avoid missing books on Fridays when books are changed and also because staff plan to read your child’s books with them as regularly as possible.
Here are the slides that explain how children learn to read at Green Top School and the types of books they may bring home to share with you. Please take a few minutes to read these slides so you know how we work to support your child on their reading journey.
If you require any help or support please contact your child’s class teacher as we are always willing to answer and questions or concerns you may have.
Click the link below to view the slides:
Year 1 Parents – All Year 1 children brought home the first Year 1 Shared Reading book this week. Children at the expected level will be able to read this book. Next week we will begin our new phonics groups and your child will be placed into a reading group that is best suited to their current ability. Next week your child will be given the shared reading book that is more closely matched to level they are working in their phonics groups. We want children to enjoy reading and to achieve this we want children to read books that are closely matched to their current phonics level.
Key stage 1 will be taking part in an interactive drama workshop, which will be delivered by an organisation called ‘The Drama Hut’. It will be taking place at school on Thursday 25th September. It won’t affect any of their lunch time.
The workshop will link directly to their expedition work and will help to enhance their knowledge of The Great Fire Of London, as well as being lots of fun!Â
The cost of this workshop works out to be £6 per child. Please make the payment for this on ParentPay before Thursday 25th September.
Thanks again for your support
Mrs Shaw and the key stage 1 team.
Please take a few moments to have a look at the overview for our Expedition learning this term. Many thanks,
The EYFS Team
This week we have welcomed some new friends to nursery who are doing a great job of settling in. The children have been playing beautifully and are starting to learn some basic rules and routines in our nursery. There has been lots of painting, building, physical play, lots of story reading, snack eating, bubble blowing, role play and friendship making.
I wonder what tomorrow will bring?
