Well Done to the 3 children who have achieved the Head Teachers award this week. We are extremely proud of all of you. Keep up the excellent work!
Well Done to Ella-Anne E in 4GW for her super enthusiasm and participation during our Roman day with some super drama acting.
Well Done to Phoebe in 4AT for her improved confidence and attitude to learning, especially during Science week.
Well Done to Scarlett in 4PP for her overall effort and enthusiasm towards her learning.
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This week has seen the launch of our after-school library sessions for pupils whose year group do not already have an allocated lunchtime library session. It has been wonderful to see the children come into the school, choose a book to borrow and it take home to read. Our library is open after school 3:30p.m. – 4:00p.m. Please collect your child as normal from their classroom door and walk around to the front entrance of the school to gain entry into the library. The allocated sessions are:
Mondays – Reception Groups
Tuesdays- Year One
Thursdays – Year Two
Fridays – Year Three
If you are unsure which day your year group’s lunchtime session is on, then take a look at the library class timetable below.
Freya – For always being a helpful and kind member of the class
Riley – For showing great determination in maths
Khadija – For her hard work and enthusiasm in her fraction work.
Happy Science week everybody! It is a very exciting week for the children, as they will be taking part in their very first Science week, here at Coundon. To celebrate Science week, we will be learning about ‘growth’ and the different ways we can look at growth. The children will be visiting the new Science laboratory and they will have the opportunity to grow their very own bean. We will be placing the beans on the window in the classroom and watching them grow, as the weeks go by.
We will also be linking our learning on growth, with our shared reading. This week we are reading ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. We will be discussing the different parts of the story and reading alternatives and discussing the similarities and differences. Some of the children’s challenges will be linked to the story, such as growing their own cress giant head.
In phonics this week, the children will be continuing their learning in their specified phonics groups. The children will be reading, writing and spelling during their lesson times and using the different learning strategies to support them, such as, Fred-fingers, pinch the sounds and letter formation phrases. Some of the children are still struggling with their letter formation. Any writing they are doing at home, can you please reinforce the correct way to write the letters and using the Read Write Inc. phrases to help them.
In maths this week, we will be introducing the children to subtraction. We will be focusing on the subtraction facts to 5 and using our number bond facts to help us. The children will be pretending to be hungry monsters and eating some of the ‘monster food’ and investigating how many they have left. We will also be creating our own ‘Now, Next, Then’ subtraction stories. The children will be drawing their own stories and then sharing them with the rest of the class.
We have had a great response to the library visits on Mondays. A reminder that RHB sessions started this Monday and will be held every other week. RMT sessions will start Monday 21st and will be held every other week. It is a great opportunity for the children to share a love for reading with you and to be able to take a book home that they enjoy.
Have a fabulous week!
The Reception team
A huge congratulations to Rares in 3HG for his excellent homework. He created a detailed storyboard. Well done! 🙂
Well done to Finley in 3DW for being a kind and caring friend and showing empathy towards his peers.
Well Done to the 3 children who received the Head Teachers Award this week, we are extremely proud of you all. Keep up the excellent work!
Well Done to Daniyal S in 4GW for his superb enthusiasm with his reading. For always reading at home and for showing a real enjoyment of what he has read.
Well Done to Ahmet in 4AT for his excellent recall of classroom instructions in Spanish.
Well Done to Uraib in 4PP for his fantastic working attitude and hard work in Maths- Keep it up!
During Summer 1 (April 25th – May 28th), PE will be on a Wednesday and Thursday for 4GW and 4PP.
4AT will continue with swimming on a Wednesday and will have their 2nd PE slot on a Thursday.
