Year 5, as part of a local history project, took part in a Blitz Experience Day. They learnt about the reasons why Coventry was targeted during World War 2; the impact of the Blitz and how it may have affected the people of Coventry afterwards.
Year 5 looked amazing in their outfits and even brought a brown paper bag with their 40s style snack for breaktime.
This week we will be learning about poetry.
We will be learning about different types poetry such as acrostic, rhyming and performance poetry. We will listening to a variety of poems and learn poems to perform. We will also be writing our own poems. Can your child think of rhyming words and make their own poems?
We are working really hard in phonics and it has been lovely to see how the children’s phonics has helped them to do fantastic writing this week. Keep up the good work!
Don’t forget to log on to the Oxford Owl to complete the online work. Your child will receive extra dojo’s if they do their phonics homework and practise their reading book.
Please continue to read every night at home as this gives your child the best support in helping them to move forward with their phonics. The continuous practise allows your child to reinforce the learning done at school by applying what they have learned to their reading. By re-reading the same text it allows your child to build both pace and fluency which will help them become a confident fluent reader. Please also remember to do your ‘Reading wise’ activities as extra phonic practise.
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/umYynzbs/NR8cRQVG
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/qAIKCOjU/gqlo4k5R
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/ho6KTQZu/pbOx50KR
This week in maths we will be exploring shape . We will be using right angles triangles and squares to make different pictures and to make other shapes. What shapes does your child know? Can they make a picture out of different shapes?
As the weather is starting to improve please can you provide your child with a named sunhat and remember to bring a water bottle each day. Please apply sun cream to your child before they come to school as we are unable to apply it on them.
On Wednesday 6th June RMT will doing a class assembly. All parents are welcome to attend.
Have a great week.
The Reception Team
Our topic this week is
We will be learning all about how to keep fit and healthy. What foods are healthy and healthy. The importance of exercise and the importance of sleep. Ask your child about what healthy foods they enjoy and what there favourite sport is. We will also be making fruit kebabs.
This week the children will be having phonics with their class Teachers. This is due to year 6 SATs. They will be having a speed sounds lesson and completing comprehension exercises where the children read the sentences and complete the pictures to demonstrate their understanding. They will be completing hold a sentence activities using words containing the sounds from this week, with the more able writing a more complex sentence. Continue to practise the letter sounds daily before your child reads and encourage them to use the SF, FT, RTW strategies to work out unfamiliar words. We have attached some links to home learning videos for your child to watch at home. There will be no online work this week but we will be sending a book home for your child to read.
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/umYynzbs/NR8cRQVG
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/qAIKCOjU/gqlo4k5R
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/ho6KTQZu/pbOx50KR
In maths this week we will be learning how to add more. We will continue to learn how to order numbers to 20 to support this. We will be using first, then , now stories to understand the process of adding. How many are there? How many more are joining them? How many do we have now? We will be using tens frames to support our learning. We will learn what happens when different amounts are added to a group. Can you make your own first, then, now stories? Count out a group of objects (less than 10 to start) and add more to the group? How many do you have now?
This week our topic is Superheroes.
This week we have lots of exciting events happening. We will continue our topic of Superheroes and learn more about the qualities real life Superheroes have. We will learn about Florence Nightingale and why she is a hero. On Thursday we will be having our own Superhero dressing up day. Can your child say what qualities make a real life superhero?
On Friday we will be learning about the Coronation of King Charles.
This week the children have worked hard in their new phonics groups. The children are all reading books or ditties in their groups now. Continue to practise the letter sounds daily before your child reads and encourage them to use the SF, FT, RTW strategies to work out unfamiliar words. The online book should be read quite fluently without the need to work out every word as they will have read this book several times in school. We have attached some links to home learning videos for your child to watch at home.
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/umYynzbs/NR8cRQVG
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/qAIKCOjU/gqlo4k5R
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/ho6KTQZu/pbOx50KR
In maths this week we will be looking at objects and numbers and comparing which is more. We will learn how to compare and estimate amounts. Look at different containers around the house and compare which holds the most. We will also learn what Tangrams and how to make them. Can your child cut up different shapes and make a picture?
We will be completing our topic on Thursday by having a superhero dress up day. We are not expecting parents to buy super hero costumes. We would like the children to think of the type of superhero they would like to be and come dressed according to this quality e.g. they may dress in sparkles and what to spread happiness, or be cheerful and come dressed in yellow. Obviously children can come in dressed in a superhero costume that they already have but we do not want to cause you any extra expense.
On Friday we will be celebrating the King’s Coronation and you are welcome to come dressed up.
Please remember to contribute to our 50p fund each week if you can. This helps us purchase different resources to help enhance the curriculum and make it more exciting for your child so is very much appreciated.
Have a great week
The Reception Team
On Friday 24th March, Year 4 held a Roman Day. In the morning, we learnt about the intricate mosaic designs that would have been found in the Roman times. We created our own Roman Helmet mosaics, even something this small required a lot of patience!
During the afternoon, we recalled information about the Roman Army and what made them so successful. We practised some of their defensive battle formations, using the shields we had made for homework. These included; The Rebel-Cavalry, The Orb, The Wedge and The Tortoise.
Once we had practised these, the 2 classes took it in turns to attack or be attacked…
Attack!
After all of that battling, it was time to feast.
Dear Parent/Carer
National Strike Action by the NEU taking place on Wednesday 15th March & Thursday 16th
March 2023. We have been advised by the City Council that NEU Teaching members are proposing to take strike action on Wednesday 1st March, as a further step in their national dispute over pay.
This is not a decision that our teachers have taken lightly. Please understand that Teachers are striking against the national educational policy and resourcing in schools and not against the children that they work so hard for every day.
To date, I can confirm that school will not be open to Nursery on Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th March. It will also not be open to 4PP on Thursday 16th March. There are other staff members who will be striking however due to operational and health and safety implications we cannot accommodate Nursery & 4PP on the above days.
Your child’s attendance will not be affected by the strike day, as they will be coded as a Y
(unable to attend due to exceptional circumstances). You will now need to make alternative
childcare arrangements for your child/children on this day/s if they are in Nursery or 4PP.
If your child is entitled to free school meals, you will be able to collect a packed lunch from
the main office at 12:45pm. The packed lunch will include, a sandwich (choice or tuna mayo,
cheese, or ham) if you would like a packed lunch could you please make the school office
aware.
I am unable to advise at this time if classes will be closed on additional dates, but I will send
out more information if I hear.
Yours Sincerely
Natasha Maude
Headteacher
The children had a great time last week learning all about Chinese New Year. They learned all about the celebration and even tasted some Chinese food. We finished the week with our own dragon dance parade using the dragon head we had made in the week and playing a range of instruments. It was great fun!
This week we are completing a PSHE topic all about our ‘Goals and Dreams’. We will be learning about goals and what this means and about setting our own goals that we would like to achieve this year. This could be something in school or at home. We will talk about things that are difficult and how we can develop strategies to help us deal with things we think are too difficult. The children will set their own goals to work on throughout the rest of the year. We will also think about how we can support others to reach their goals.
The children are working well in their phonics groups, it is lovely to see the progress being made. We are noticing that not all children are going on-line to do their reading activities. Please log on and do these activities every night. Click on Fred frog to go to your child’s reading book library once they have read the book once. You will find their past books here also, if you wish to do some extra reading practise. All children should now be bringing a reading book or ditty sheets home each week. Please go through these every day and sign the diary. Please remember to go through the sounds every night so that your child is fluent with these. We sent the sound cards home previously so you should have these at home to go through regularly. You will also find the sounds at the front of the reading books. Go through these before each read. We have added some videos below for some extra practise.
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/EATYIqOs/yLyn4b2N
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/8wrRI9Zk/Bw9OpUNI
This week in Maths we are continuing to work on 6, 7 and 8. We are looking at different representations of the numbers and being able to look at an amount and know what number it is by explaining what we can see e.g. I can see a 3 and a 3, I know that makes 6. I can see a 5 and a 2, I know that makes 7. We are looking for the children to be able to subitise ( know how many there are without having to count). Try this at home with different collections of objects. Ask your child what they can see without having to count. We are also learning about pairs of numbers and combining two amounts. Again our subitising will come in handy here as we wont have to rely on counting e.g. I know 3 and 2 make 5.
Please be reminded that the children take their shoes off each week for yoga. We have some children mixing up their shoes. Please try to mark on your child’s shoe somehow so they know which ones are theirs, a lot of the boys have the same shoes and just grab the first pair they see. We want all children to go home with the correct property so please check that all items are clearly named. We have also noticed a lot of children coming to school in trainers with laces. Children should be wearing black school shoes that they can put on and take off by themselves. If they have laces then they should be able to tie these themselves.
We would like to say a big thank you to those parents who are paying into our 50p fund to help us purchase consumable resources for the children. This money allows us to do lovely activities such as food tasting, cake making and a variety of sensory activities. It is very much appreciated and we hope to plan lots more nice activities for the children.
Have a lovely week
The Reception Team
The Reception team would like to wish you all a very happy new year. We all hope you had a wonderful break over the Christmas period. Thank you for all of the very kind cards and gifts, it is very much appreciated.
We have started the term learning all about Winter. We are focusing on the change of season and are encouraging the children to recognise the changes. The children are learning about what happens in the winter months and have been taking about how to dress appropriately for the weather. You could support this learning at home especially when experiencing frost and ice and encourage your child to share their ideas and understanding of the weather, how they should dress and how the weather feels.
We have started our new phonics groups this week. The children were assessed on the sounds they know and their ability to blend the sounds to make words. They will continue to work on the sounds they are finding tricky as well as learning new sounds. The children are working hard on blending the sounds to read simple words. Continue to practise the letter sounds at home every night. The set 1 sounds were sent home previously with your child. If you have misplaced these then please speak to a member of staff so we can send another set home. If your child is on a reading book you will find all of the sounds they are learning at the front of the books. Be sure to go through these every time your child reads. Remember the children need repetition to become fluent readers. Reading once a week will not encourage fluency. All of the children will have on line activities to do each week. Some children will be using QR codes to access videos while the rest of the children will have work set on oxford owl ( log ins are attached to the reading diary). Again please read the online book more than once. You can access the book again by clicking on Fred frog.
In Maths this week we are looking at all the ways to make 5. The children are exploring different ways of recognising amounts and ways to make 5 without counting. By the children knowing what makes up 5 they will gain a deeper understanding of number for when they move onto place value and larger numbers as they move through the school. You could support your child by getting them to share the different ways to make 5. Ask questions such as ‘ if I have 5 sweets and I eat 2, how many are left?’ Your child should be able to answer ‘3’ as they have learned that 2 and 3 make 5 without the need to use practical aids. If they are struggling then use practical aids to show them.
Can we remind all parents that children should only be bringing water in their water bottles and not squash. We have a duty of care to protect the children’s oral hygiene and the expectation is that between meals only milk or water should be drank. Squash should only be drank during meals. This is to protect your child’s dental health. We appreciate your help and support with this.
Next week we will be concluding our winter Topic with a ‘Frozen’ day. Look out for a letter this week explaining what we are doing.
Have a great week
The Reception Team
This week we are continuing on with our work on celebrations with a focus on celebrating ourselves and others. We will be talking about our similarities and differences and will be talking about the things we like and are good at. We will focus on finding what we can celebrate about each other with reference to our school value of ‘Kindness’. We think it is important to find the good in everyone and to celebrate differences. The children will be thinking about others and will be talking kindly about each other.
The children are all working well with their phonics. They have settled in their new group and are progressing with their sounds. Please continue to go over all phoneme cards that we have sent home and put the cards together to make CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words. If your child is confident with these then start to look at CCVC words such as t-r-a-p or CVCC words such as s-e-n-t. Please aim to spend at least 5 minutes every day doing this. If your child has brought a book or ditty sheet home please hear them read every night and sign the diary to show your child has read. We will collect the reading diaries and books on a Wednesday so that reading teachers can collect the books in and administer the book for the next week. These will go home on a Friday. Please do not worry if your child is not on a reading book yet as they need to be confidently blending before they move on to the next stage.
In Maths this week we are continuing with ‘It’s me 1, 2, 3’. The children are gaining a deep understanding of the numbers to 3 knowing how the numbers are made up and being able to subitise (recognising the amount without the need to count in a variety of forms). We have been looking at more and less and being able to identify what is 1 more or 1 less than 1, 2, 3. We will have a big focus on the children looking at amounts and saying what they see, Looking for groups of 1, 2 and 3.
Please remember to bring back library books on a Friday so that the children can choose a new book to take home and share with you throughout the week. Reading to your child with expression and enthusiasm will help develop a love of reading and will be something they want to be able to do themselves. It has been lovely hearing all of the lovely comments from parents at our parents consultation meetings about how your children are using their phonics at home and are keen to read and write.
On Friday this week we will be having a minutes silence to commemorate all those that have died in war. We will discuss with the children in a simple way about why this is remembered and link it to our work on celebrations and how we often celebrate things we want to remember.
