During Reading Week, our reading ambassadors will be hosting a family learning session to celebrate all things reading! The session will take place between 2pm – 3pm on Thursday 9th October.
If you would like to attend, please use the Google Form below to sign up so we know how many people will be attending.
Thank you!
We introduced our new text today called Let the children March! The children were very mature about the issues in the book and we discussed segregation and civil rights in great detail. I was very impressed with them and how compassionate they were towards people who were treated differently to others. They then went into groups to answer questions about the text and discuss their thoughts on different parts. It was a great lesson!
Last week, Year 3 children brought home a small blue ‘messages book’ with their school reading book, and we would just like to clarify the following:
Inside the little blue books, you will find:
The little blue books are not a ‘reading diary’ but if you wish to log your child’s reading at home then please feel free to use this. Teachers will check in with these blue books from time to time so feel free to include non-important messages that you would like us to take note of. However, any time-sensitive messages or matters of importance should be raised directly with your child’s class teacher to avoid it being missed.
Any further log-in details or the like will be added to these little blue books as we go, and you will be advised accordingly.
The expectations for home reading in Y3 are as follows:
We thank you for your support with this and, if there are any further questions, please don’t hesitate to speak with your child’s class teacher.
Mrs Dutton & Miss Cooper x
Another wonderful Community Crew session this week!
It was a real joy to see the children singing together so beautifully in the hall, a lovely moment of unity and celebration that truly captured the spirit of our school community.
This week, the children have also given shout-outs to their fellow crew members, recognising those who have demonstrated fantastic HOWLs (Habits of Work and Learning). It’s been heartwarming to witness the genuine support and encouragement they’re showing one another – a true reflection of our shared values.
A huge well done to Verity and Storm, our HOWL Point winners this week! Both have shown consistent kindness, worked hard, and demonstrated a real commitment to getting smart, a brilliant effort from you both.
Congratulations also to Ella and Clementine, who received our very first Healthy Eating postcards for always eating all of their school dinners. Keep it up!
And finally, a special congratulations to our Crew Champions this week: Henry from Crew Wallace and Jayden from Crew Jones. Your efforts and attitudes have truly stood out, a well-deserved recognition!
Well done to everyone for a fantastic week!
Our annual reading week is coming up WC 6th October and we can’t wait to celebrate!
Throughout the week, our reading ambassadors will be helping us to celebrate reading in lots of fun ways! The ambassadors will be hosting the official launch event for our brand new library as well as a reading drop in event.
Other things happening throughout the week:
We will be hosting book sales where all books will be 50p
We will also be running our renowned ‘Crack the Code’ competition where children can attempt to crack the code to our safe full of prizes! This will also be 50p per go!
Last week, Year 3 continued their RE learning around the Jewish religion and its stories about God’s promises. We learned about the story of Moses, from his escape as a baby in a Moses basket on the River Nile to his victory in leading his people out of slavery and through the Red Sea itself. To consolidate their learning, children reenacted scenes from the story and created story maps to retell the tale. Why not ask your child to retell you the story and see how much they can recall? Can they remember the ten plagues that God sent to Egypt to help Moses in persuading the pharaoh to release his slaves?
Today, Class 7 have been looking into their new text ‘Let the Children March’. We learnt about what children had to face, growing up in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. We then worked together to critique the images!
Thank you to all the adults that were able to join us on Friday morning to support our first coffee morning of the year and support MacMillan!
Our Student Leaders really enjoyed being a part of their first event and helping to sell some buns and cakes at the end of the school day!
Next week is NSPCC Kindness Week, to celebrate the week we are hoping to see lots of you demonstrating one of our HOWL’s – ‘Be Kind’ and showing lots of compassion.
There will be some added activities and challenges next week but to get us prepared let’s see how many of you can tick off some of the challenges on the kindness grid. You could even have a go at creating your own kindness grid for your crew to complete!
Can you share some photographs of how you have shown kindness this week? Remember to share your story in Crew next Monday!
On Thursday 2nd October 3-4pm Year 1 teachers will be hosting a Phonics Drop In session in the school hall. We would like to invite all parents and carers of Year 1 children to join us to find out more about our school phonics programme, how you child is taught phonics in school and what you can do at home to support your child. Miss Schön and Miss Rodgers will be available to talk you through activities and resources and to answer any questions or concerns you may have. There will be lots of activities for you to take part in with your child. Phonics is a huge part of your child’s learning in Year 1 and we really hope you can join us!
