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It was great while it lasted!
Sadly it looks like
Summer has ended and cooler weather is on the way. Therefore please could you
make sure that your child has a coat with them in school so they will be warm
enough for going out at playtime.
Collecting from school
A letter was sent
home last week to enquire about who will be collecting your child from school
each day. Please could you send this back to school complete with details, if
you haven’t already done so, so that your child’s teacher will have up to date
information. Also if the arrangements do change, please could you write a note
in the home/school linkbook or phone the school office to pass a message to the
teacher. Thank you.
Taekwando taster session
The children will
all experience a short taster session in Taekwando this week from a registered
coach. A letter will be sent home later if your child enjoys the taster and
would like to take part in lessons.
iPad support session
There is a free
support session on iPad training for parents on Friday 10th October
at 3:15pmin the school hall. This will be run by MGL who are the team providing
ICT lessons in school for the children. You will be able to find out about the
apps that the children use in school and how to get the most out of them for
your children. Please bring your own iPad with you as we will not be able to
provide them on the day.
Maths
This week in Maths we
will be learning about number bonds.
Year 1 children will
know addition facts for pairs that total up to 6 and relate addition facts to
an understanding of addition, including + and =
Year 2 children will
rehearse addition and subtraction facts for pairs that total up to 10 and
relate addition and subtraction facts to missing number sentences.
Some websites to help:-
English
This week we are
reading the story The Tiger Who Came To
Tea by Judith Kerr. This is a lovely story that encourages children to
think about the feelings of the characters. We will be hot seating the children
as both Sophie and the Tiger to find out their thoughts and feelings. We will
be writing about our favourite parts of the story and writing character
descriptions. We will also be having lots of fun designing a tin of tiger food
and a making a tiger mask.
Ask your child
what animal they would like to come for tea?
What would they
feed the animal?
Try these websites
for fun English activities!
Topic
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT LAST WEEK IN EQUIPPING
CHILDREN WITH SHOE BOXES AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THEIR SPACE ROCKETS!
All the children had great fun! The year 1/2 classrooms looked like a glitter
bomb had exploded – it was a very sparkly exercise!
This week in Topic…
Is it a bird or is it a
plane? Neither – it’s Albert II – the
first monkey to travel into space in 1949!
To start the children will
be asked to think about questions they would ask an astronaut who has just
returned from a mission to the moon.
This introduction builds on recent English grammar lessons where we
studied types of questions and how to structure and write questions – not
forgetting the all-important question mark!
In discussion we will look
at what astronauts wear and what equipment they take to space. We will discuss what we would need to take with us if we
travelled to the moon and also what things we would like to take with us.
Independent work – the
children will be asked to write a list of what items they would need and want
to take to the moon.
The Space Race
This week we will also be
looking at the space timeline. Children
will be asked to think about how the Americans felt when Russia beat them to
put the first man in space. And what it
spurred the Americans on to achieve.
Paired work – the children
will be given space timelines and will be tasked to put the events in
chronological order from Albert II the monkey to Laika the dog to Uri Gargarin!
Interesting fact – did you
know that because moon gravity is less
strong compared to gravity on Earth, we can jump 6 times higher & weigh 6
times less on the moon! A small child would weigh the same as 2 bags of sugar!
Come and See
Families
We will be
remembering, rejoicing and renewing the Families topic this week. The children
will be continuing to recognise the stories and psalms which reveal God’s love
and care. The children will be listening to stories of when Jesus was a little
boy.
We will be looking
at these pictures and asking the following questions.
·
How can you tell Mary and
Joseph loved Jesus?
·
What do you think life was
like for Jesus when he was growing up?
·
What stories do you remember
about Jesus when he was young?
·
What would a typical day be
like for Jesus and his family?
·
How do you think Jesus’s life
is different from yours?
The children will share in a reflection and prayer.
Thank you for your
continued support- and have a great week!
The Key Stage 1
team.
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