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Information
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CAFOD
Family Fast Day
Envelopes were distributed this week to
children. Donations could include the money that each family would have spent
on one meal. This is a worthwhile cause and we have received many thank you
letters from CAFOD for our generous donations over a number of years.
Homework
Homework was sent out this week on Thursday, and
we hope that all the children will be able to complete it. Could we remind
you that it should be completed in HB pencil and any lines
are drawn with a ruler. Numeracy work should be completed online,
using the My Maths website. Login details will be stuck into your child's
diary this week. We would like parents to sign their child’s homework too
every week, so we know you have seen the work your children is expected to
complete. If you child experiences any difficulties with homework, please
feel free to make a comment in their homework book or their diary.
A
reminder
We have noticed quite a few children playing on
the equipment outside Foundation Stage in a morning and again after school.
Could we ask that you refrain from playing on the equipment during these times
please. Many thanks.
Congestion
A big thank you to those parents who drop your
children off on the playground in a morning. It really does help them to
become more independent and ensures that they are ready to start work much
more quickly. From
this week, particularly all of our new foundation stage children are now in
full time, we politely request that parents do not come into the area or
cloakrooms during morning or afternoon sessions. Thank you for your
understanding with this.
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
You
will have read on this week's newsletter, that ALL children MUST now be
collected from the main entrance door ONLY after any clubs. The person in
charge of the club will bring your child to the main entrance, and hand them
over to yourselves, or someone whom you have nominated in advance. This also
applies to Football after school - parents are asked NOT to go onto the
school field - instead, please arrive no earlier than 5 minutes before the
end of the club, and you will be able to collect them from the main entrance.
As
this is in the interests of all the children's safety, we thank you for your
understanding and co-operation.
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Literacy
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This week, we are moving onto reading and
writing our own information texts. For this week, we will be focussing on
Sharks!
Have a look and see what information you can
find over the weekend, and bring it to school this week, so we can add to our
class project.
Spelling
games and online activities can be found by clicking on our ‘links’ menu on
the left hand side of the screen, or by going to http://www.topicbox.net/English/word_spelling_activities/
A big thank you to everyone who has commented on
their child’s reading in the diaries. It really does make such a difference
to the progress your child can make during the year. We would ask that you
make a comment at least twice per week in the diary and value your support
with this.
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Numeracy
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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:-
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Science
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In Science this week, the children will be
putting their listening skills to the test and we will be checking if they
can remember how to make a circuit. They will also all have the chance to see
if they can make the boy’s nose light up in the area (if you have a look at
the interactive display in the area, it all makes sense!)
http://www.topicbox.net/science/physics_electricity/
some of these are based in KS2, but many of the children will be able to
access them when working alongside an adult. Have a go at making an
electrical circuit!
What does your child know about electricity?
Where does it come from? How many objects in the house use it as a power
source? Why is it dangerous? This is our first science topic of the year, so
why not see how much your child already knows?
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Come and See
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This week we are finishing our topic of Beginnings.
The children will be celebrating all kinds of beginnings; remembering their
own families and God’s care for them all. They will also take away with them
the question of what they can do for their families this week.
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TOPIC
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What
can we find in our local area?
The children are
following a school project about Warrington. The whole school are covering
different aspects of the local area. The children will be learning a lot
about Warrington and its special features including the history of the local
area.
This week the children
will be learning about the industry in the past and present in Warrington. We
will be talking about Fiddlers Ferry and have planned a trip in connection
with our science topic “Electricity”. The children will be looking at old
pictures of Tannery Lane and other industry and discussing where people work
in Warrington.
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Web-links
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http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/calcbalancev3.swf
click on the number names in the middle of the scale to match the number name
to the digit. This will be a really useful site to bookmark, as we will be
using it regularly throughout the year.
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/numbers_eng/numbers_e.html this site is useful for practicing the formation of each of the numbers. The first slide is VERY fast, so click on the green arrow on the bottom right-hand side to practice the numbers individually. http://www.numbernut.com/basic/activities/number_mem20_1-10words.shtml play a memory game and match the number names to the digits at the same time! http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/n2a/playground.htm click on the ‘continue’ button to start the activity. This activity looks at the number names up to 100, so give it a go if you fancy a challenge! http://www.primaryonline.co.uk/sitetour/pol/blastoff1.html a lovely game in which you have to launch 5 spaceships! Remember that the number name won’t always match a spaceship, so you have to click on ‘next’ until you get a match. This game is most suitable for Year 1, as it covers numbers up to 20. http://www.ictgames.com/postletter.html fancy a challenge? Listen to the number and post the letter in the correct letterbox.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/hfwords/index.shtml
a great site, where you have to match the shape of the HFW to its spelling
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/cvc/index.shtml choose any of these activities to help with CVC words (cat, hat, mat etc) http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurwordsrepeat.html you need to turn the volume up for this one! Click on the dinosaur egg to hear the word and then click on the written word that matches it. http://www.ictgames.com/lcwc.html I love this one! You can either choose from the lists of prepared words, or you can type in the words that your child is working on. You need to click on start to begin ‘look, say, cover, write, check’. http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=stickyl drag and drop the letters on the green letter rack at the top of the page and then click on the ‘Send’ button to send it to the word bank. http://www.ictgames.com/wordreader.html listen to the word and then click on the matching flower http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/airport_xray.html this may bring back memories of your holidays (doesn’t it seem a long time ago?!) Scan the suitcase to find the high frequency words |
Sunday, 29 September 2013
30th September 2013
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