We hope that this week's blog finds you well, as we have had a large
number of children off this week with coughs, colds and high temperatures. We
are sure that with a little rest over the weekend, they will feel much better
and will be raring to come back to school on Monday!
Literacy
Year One will be using rhymes and pattern stories as models for their
own writing, while Year two will be collecting suitable words and phrases in
order to write poems; designs simple patterns with words, use repetitive
phrases and write imaginative comparisons.
http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Infant_activities/rhymingwords.htm Rhyming words quiz
http://www.rhymezone.com/ really
useful online rhyming dictionary
Their poems will be based , around weather comparisons between Winter
Days and Summer Days.
Example
Biting
air
Winds
blow
City
Streets
Under
snow
Noses
Red
Lips
sore
Runny
eyes
Hands
raw
Chimneys
smoke
Cars
crawl
Piled
snow
On
garden wall
Slush
in gutters
Ice
in lanes
Frosty
patterns
On
window panes
Morning
call
Lift
up your head
Nipped
by Winter
Stay
in bed!
Maths
This week in Maths we will be working on position
and movement using correct mathematical language. Year 1 children will describe
position: above, below, beside, left, right; and describe direction and
movement: forwards, backwards, up, down, left, right.
Year 2 children will know that a right
angle is a measure of a quarter turn and recognise right angles.
It is important that
your child is confidently able to use this language and recognise angles to
achieve this objective and as always
your support at home is valued.
Some websites to help
with this are:-
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/rightangles.ppt this is a PowerPoint to download.
Use MyMaths Level 2 – Shape – Angles – Position
and Turning to support further learning in this area.
Science
The children have been working hard learning all
about Discovery Dog and which is the best paper to use to solve Naughty Nora's
problem!
You can support them at home, by testing which
papers you have around and deciding which is the most absorbent.
http://www.topicbox.co.uk/science/materials_properties/
Topic
This week in Topic the
children will be looking at differences in architecture between old and new
houses. They will be going on a walk around the local area looking at the ages
of different houses, asking how we can tell if they are old or new. They will also
have opportunities to sketch the houses seen.
There will be a note in the diaries
this week for you to sign for permission for the children to go on the local
walk.
http://www.topicbox.co.uk/history/homes/
Parent
Consultation meetings
Thank you to those of you who have returned the
slips for parent consultation meetings. As you can appreciate, we will do our
best to accommodate these times, but many of you have requested the same slot,
and so we politely request a degree of flexibility in the time you are
allocated. These times will be sent home on Monday of next week.
Reading
diaries
We have noticed a real improvement in the number of
children who are being heard read at home every night, and also the number of
comments we have read this week.
As there has been an unusually high percentage of
absence this week due to illness, we will publish the percentages for each
class next week.
Medication
As you are aware, we are only able to administer
medication which has been prescribed by a doctor and not those bought over the
counter, such as Calpol. Many thanks for your understanding with this.
Start
of the school day
Many of our children are now very independent and
are ready and eager to start the school day. Could we respectfully request that
parents do not come into school in the mornings, particularly in the
cloakrooms, as it can become very congested. Thank you for your understanding
with this.
Parking
The vast majority of parents adhere to the parking
requests made by ourselves and Penketh South. Unfortunately, there are still
some who continue to drive onto the premises. There was an incident this week
where a resident was issued with a parking ticket, as their driveway had been
blocked by a parent dropping their child off in the morning. PLEASE PASS THIS
MESSAGE ON TO ANYONE WHO DROPS OFF OR COLLECTS YOUR CHILD.
Contact
numbers
As we have had to contact so many parents this week
due to illness, there have been many occasions where we have been unable to
contact home.
Please ensure that we have up to date contact
details for home, work and mobile numbers, as well as AT LEAST two other contacts
that are contactable during the school day. Thank you.
Many thanks and have a good week.
1/2 team
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