Year 5, as part of Local History Week, visited the Coventry Town Centre to compare old bomb sites with how it looks today. They visited the Herbert Art Gallery, where they had the opportunity to try an Anderson shelter and explore artefacts, readings and footage from World War 2. We finished the visit spending time in the old Coventry Cathedral – where we could clearly see a reminder of the bombing during the Coventry Blitz on 14th November 1940. In addition to this, the children also took part in a WOW day dressed as evacuees.
On Thursday 20th March, Year 3 celebrated our topic of Ancient Egyptians by participating in an Egyptian day! We dressed up in costumes and had lots of fun engaging in many activities.
These activities included: learning about hieroglyphics, Egyptian Gods and Goddesses,
Creating Egyptian collars,
Exploring a tomb,
Painting an Egyptian landscape and drawing a symmetrical picture of Cleopatra.
This week we will begin our topic on Spring. The children will be learning all about the season and the changes that have occurred from Winter and Autumn. We will be looking for signs of spring in the environment and will be going on a walk around the school site looking for signs of spring. The children will continue to observe their bean stalk plants from last week to see if these have started to grow. When out and about with your child, encourage them to look for any signs of spring and talk about what you see.
The children are all working well in their phonic groups and are now using what they know to write simple sentences and captions. Continue to read with your child every night and don’t forget to log on to Oxford owl to do the quiz and read the book on there also. It is lovely seeing the children become more confident with both their reading and writing and we are seeing lots of writing in the children’s play. Below are some more blending videos for extra practise.
This week in Maths children will build on their earlier work matching numerals to quantities by now finding and making pairs. They will begin to understand that a pair is two. Children will be provided with collections of items that come in pairs and twill begin to notice that some quantities will have an odd one left over with no partner.. Encourage your child to notice pairs and odd and even numbers through games involving matching pairs, such as snap or memory games.
We are loving the sunny weather at the minute but please be reminded that your child needs to bring a waterproof coat with a hood every day. Our weather is very changeable and even though sunny it is still cold when the sun goes in. The children have access throughout the day to our outside area and spend their lunch break outside – even in the rain! It is better for your child to have a coat that stays on their peg if not needed rather than having no coat and not having one when they need it.
In nursery we have been reading the story of the very hungry caterpillar written by Eric Carle.
We have been doing lots of activities related to the story including sequencing events, learning about the lifecycle of the butterfly, painting butterfly’s and creating pattern caterpillars.
We also tried tasting all the fruit the hungry caterpillar ate in the story.
This week the children will be learning all about the Lunar/Chinese new year. This year is the year of the snake. The children will learn all about the celebration, why it is celebrated and how people celebrate it. The children will be involved in a range of different activities where they will explore story, song, dance and decorations. They will have the opportunity to taste some Chinese food and will make their own decoration. You may like to support this learning at home by talking about the celebration and asking them what they have learned and could even have some Chinese food. We would love to see the children exploring the celebration at home so don’t forget to send in any photos to [email protected] or [email protected].
The children are all working hard on their blending in phonics with the sounds they already know as well as being introduced to new sounds. Continue to go through all of the sounds at home and try to do the reading activity or book that is sent home on a Friday every evening. Don’t forget to sign your child’s diary when you hear them read or do the activity with them. If your child has log in details for Oxford Owl on the front of their diary then don’t forget to log in and for your child to do those activities also. Below are some blending videos that you may wish to do with your child.
The children had a wonderful day last week when we had our Frozen day. They all looked fantastic in their ‘Frozen’ inspired outfits and joined in with a range of different activities. The children have learned lots of facts over the last few weeks about winter and have been talking about differences to the season of Autumn that they have learned about previously. We hope they have talked about these with you and shared some of their knowledge. Below are some photos from the day.
We are looking forward to a fun week celebrating the lunar new year . Have a lovely week
This week we will be focusing on Christmas and will be spending some time practising for our Christmas Nativity play. The children have all been given a part in the play and will all dress up in a costume to take part. We have all of the costumes in school so please do not worry about buying or making anything. All we ask is that you help your child to learn any lines that we send home. The children will perform their nativity on Thursday 12th December at 2.15 and Friday 13th December at 9.15. You should have received all the information on how to get tickets. If you have any questions about tickets then please speak to the office staff.
The children are progressing well in their Phonics groups and staff are continually assessing the children’s knowledge to make sure they are in the correct group. Continue to do the reading activities in your child’s reading diary. Soon we will be sending out log in details for those children on reading books to access additional activities online to support your child’s reading. As the texts become more difficult, your child will bring home a book bag book to read and they will be asked to go online to read the book that they have looked at that week in school as well as a quiz. The extra practice at home will help your child to develop confidence and fluency in their reading.
The children all had a lovely day at Ash End Children’s Farm. They enjoyed seeing lots of different animals and had a great time feeding the goats and sheep. The children were involved in a variety of different activities throughout the day but I’m sure they will all agree the highlight was our visit to see Father Christmas. The children were very well behaved and we had a lot of tired eyes on our Journey home. We hope your child was eager to tell you all about it!
Year 5 had an unforgettable Bushcraft trip, filled with adventure and teamwork! The children learned essential outdoor skills such as trap making, shelter building and basic first aid. They even participated in a mock plane wreckage recovery, adding to the excitement. They mastered fire lighting and enjoyed cooking some of their own meals. The evenings were spent camping with friends and indulging in the classic campfire treat—s’mores! It was a fantastic opportunity for the children to embrace the great outdoors.
This week we will be starting our topic all about Autumn. We will be talking about the things we already know about Autumn and will be learning lots of new information. We will also be going on an Autumn walk looking for signs of Autumn within the school grounds. As the weather has been so unsettled lately could you please ensure your child has wellies or a change of footwear and a waterproof coat with a hood. Throughout the week we will be talking about all of the changes we notice and will be involved in a wide range of activities that explore the season of Autumn. If out and about at the weekend or on your walk to school you see some interesting Autumn foliage such as leaves, conkers, acorns etc. then please collect it and send it in to school to help with our activities. Talk to your child about the changes to the weather and the environment to support the learning happening in school and to give them the opportunity to share what they have learned.
The children have all now settled in to their phonics sessions and are being introduced to a new sound every day. Your child will continue to bring home the new sounds learned on a Friday for you to practise with them. Please cut them out and fold the card so the sound is on one side and the picture on the other. Go through the sounds each day to get them into the habit of doing their reading activities. Once your child is confident with the new sounds as well as the previous sounds sent home, start to put the sounds together to make simple CV and CVC words such as ‘a-m and g-o-t’. The more confident your child is at blending these sounds then the easier they will find reading once ready for a reading book. Please find below some links to the sounds taught this week.
This week in Maths we will be looking at children recognising the amounts to 3 without the need to count (subitise). We want the children to move away from a reliance of counting and be able to see numbers and know how many their is in a set. This will help your child to develop a deeper understanding of number and will help them to move away from the reliance of using their fingers as they move through the school. We will be using the term “what can you see and how can you see it”. This will help your child to really look at the set and talk about what they can. To support at home, make a collection of different amounts to 3. Can your child say how many there are without the need to count? If you change the arrangement but still have the same amount do they still know how many there are? Do they know how many there are if you take one away?
The weather has been very unkind to us at the minute and we have had an incredible amount of rain. Please make sure your child comes to school suitably dressed for the rain. All children should come to school everyday with a waterproof coat with a hood. The temperature will continue to drop over the next few weeks so please make sure the coat is warm as the children spend a lot of time outside. We go outside in all weathers. If you are sending in hats and gloves then please name these and encourage your child to put their gloves in their coat pocket and their hat in the sleeve of their coat when they take it off so they can easily get to it when they need it. Thank you to all those parents who have sent in a pair of wellington boots for their chid. If you haven’t sent any in please try to do so in order for your child to change in to them in the wet weather and keep their feet dry.
Can we please ask if possible that children come into school in shoes they are able to fasten themselves. We have a number of children coming into school wearing shoes/ trainers that need to be tied with laces and they are unable to do them up. Children in Reception are expected to be able to put on and take off their own shoes to develop independence. They remove their shoes regularly for yoga sessions, for dressing up and to change into their wellington boots. We would be grateful for your help with this.
We are looking forward to another exciting week of learning and can’t wait to discover the season of Autumn with the children.
