Sunday, 8 June 2014

9th June 2014


Tattenhall here we come!

 

Do you have an unbelievably excited little one at home? Are they checking you have remembered to pack everything, including the kitchen sink? Well, they are probably one of the Year 2 children off to Tattenhall on Wednesday!

The details are as follows:

The children need to arrive for school as normal on Wednesday morning at 8.45am. The coach will be leaving just after 9.00am and we will be returning for around 3.30pm on Thursday. If there are any traffic issues, then a member of staff will contact school to advise of a new arrival time.

 

The Hall will be available from 8.30am for you to leave your child’s luggage. We then ask that you and your child return to the playground so staff can bring them all in together. As there is limited space, we would like to politely request, that parents allow their child to come into school on their own. You may assemble on Chapel Road if you wish to wave your child off. Many thanks for your understanding with this.

Remember that they are only going to be away for one night, so the bag that they are bringing needs to be able to be carried or wheeled by them. Also, please ensure that their name can be clearly seen on the outside of the case.

If your child needs to take any prescribed medication, Mrs Malone will be around on Wednesday morning to collect it. Also, please ensure that this has been included on the medical form.

Children can bring a teddy bear!

They will need to bring pumps, slippers or indoor shoes, as outdoor shoes are not allowed in the centre.

On the first day, they will need a packed lunch. It would be helpful if this can be put into a plastic bag, packed separately from the rest of their luggage, so it can be disposed of.

Children may bring up to £3 to purchase souvenirs from the shop at the Candle Factory.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO PACK?

When going through this list, please remember that anything taken, may get torn, WILL get dirty and, whilst we do everything possible to avoid it, but may get lost. Whatever they do take...

LABEL EVERYTHING WITH CHILD'S NAME AND ST.VINCENT'S.

Indoor Clothing

 

·         a change of clothing for the evening - slippers or pumps

 

·         lots of OLD clothes - joggers, jumpers etc.

 

Outdoor Clothing

 

·         Sweatshirts, tracksuits, t-shirts

 

·         no demins - only for inside

 

·         plenty of socks

 

·         underwear - more than one pair each day

 

·         at least 2 pairs of old trainers/shoes NOT good school shoes

 

General

 

·         pyjamas

 

·         wash bag and flannel

 

·         hand towel

 

·         toothpaste and toothbrush

 

·         hairbrush or comb

 

·         anorak or cagoule - OLD

 

·         Cameras - disposable ones are best and then only if they know how to use one. Please make sure that it is clearly labelled with your child’s name as we often end up with several unidentified identical cameras!

 

·         £3.00 to purchase pens etc. in the shop

 

·         sun cream / hat in case it is sunny - the children need to be able to apply the suncream themselves

 

·         plastic bag/sack for dirty clothes

 

Phew! What a list, but this is to ensure that everyone is sure about the kinds of things that they need to take. Just think about how much we all pack when going away overnight with the family!

 

A few children have asked if they can bring Nintendos, iPods etc. Apart from not having the time for these, they could get damaged or lost, so we would ask that these be left at home.

 

Although the children are SO excited now and sleep may not be top of their list of priorities at the moment, just thinK of the big sleep they will have on Thursday night - not to mention the staff!

 

Year One

 

The Year One children will not be missing out! Although they too would love to be going on the BIG SLEEPOVER, we have an exciting couple of days planned for them too. Whilst their own class teachers are at Tattenhall, Miss Greenhalgh will be providing some exciting activities for the children! Superheroes will be involved!

 

It will be a busy week, and one where there will be a lot of tired faces by Friday evening!

 

 

English

 

In English this week we will be looking at some stories by the fabulous author Julia Donaldson. We will be reading The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child and Room on the Broom. We will discuss our favourite characters and be writing our own book reviews and blurbs.

 

Can you write a book review with your child about one of their favourite books? What do they particularly like about the book, what is it about and how could you convince someone else to read it!

 

Phonics websites

 


worksheets for-

- consonant and vowel recognition,

- initial consonant sounds,

- beginning and end blends,

- consonant diagraphs,

- silent letters,

- long vowel sounds,

- Phase 3 and 5 sounds.

 


a good selection of resources including worksheets and some interactive games. Covers-

- Phase 3 and 5 sounds

- Phase 6 work such as prefixes and suffixes, plurals and tense worksheets.

- extensive list of long vowel worksheets and games such as hangman.

 


Has and Letters and Sounds section that covers all the phonic phases and the tricky words, 100/200 common words.

Lots of letter fans, mats, display ideas and games that follow ideas in  Letters and Sounds phases.

 

 


Under word level section of literacy, a good selection of worksheets and powerpoints. Covers-

- Early phonics and alphabet work.

- Phase 6 work (plurals, tenses, prefixes/suffixes etc)

- some phase 3/4/5 sounds.

 

 


American site, simple worksheets mostly CVC and initial sounds.

 


mix of very good interactive games and worksheets covering most phonic phases. Recommend Sandcastle quiz for phase 3 and 5.

 


a very good selection of interactive games focussing on phonics and sentence construction. Each is split into medium/hard/really hard and are short and fun.

 


a great selection of games that link well with games in Letters and Sounds.

 


a selection of interactive games for all phonic phases. Mostly simple games.

 


interactive games for a range of sounds. Each has a couple interactive games and a clever LCWC game.

 

 

 

Maths

 

This week in maths we will be re-viewing number bonds.

Year 1

The children will be looking at addition and subtraction facts for pairs that total up to 9 and 10.

Year 2

The children will be looking at pairs of multiples of 10 that total 100.

They will also use pairs that total 10 to make the next multiple of 10.

 

Websites to support Maths

Number Bonds

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/units120.html how many questions can you answer in 2 minutes?

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/numberskills.html click on any of the timed activities to help with number bonds knowledge.

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf select the number bonds activity and then make 10 or 20. How many can you get right before the clock runs out?


http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html make 20 - the dance will really make you giggle!

http://www.ictgames.com/brilliant_beadstring.html move the beadstring to make patterns to 10 and 20

http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html match the pipes to make the number bonds to 10


http://www.interactivestuff.org/sums4fun/colquiz.html for each question you get right, it colours in a part of the picture!

 

 

Science

This week we will be starting our new topic on Living Things.

We will discuss the things that living organisms need to stay alive & healthy, e.g. food, water, shelter, sleep, exercise, etc. We will point out that some animals need to be in water to survive, e.g. fish (though they can survive outside water for a little while), but many animals cannot survive under water for very long, e.g. humans who have to surface to breathe air or need to be using a scuba diving tank! Do plants need the same things as animals? Plants need light to survive, but they also need water and some nutrients from the soil.

Can you spot any living things on your journey to school? If you have pets, what do they do that shows you that they are living things?

Reminders

This month we will be carrying out our phonics screening check for the Year 1 children and also some of the children in Year 2. It would be helpful if you could continue to practise the phonemes with your child. There are lots of useful websites detailed above to help you with this.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your continued support.

Year 1/2 Team.

 

 

 

 

 

No comments: