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Newsletter 5- March 2012
Dear Parents and Carers Term 4 is nearly over and Easter is fast approaching. I do hope Key Stage one parents and carers will join us for our annual Easter bonnet parade. I am really looking forward to seeing the array of beautiful and very creative bonnets at the parade as well as the display of imaginatively decorated eggs from our Key Stage two children. We have already stocked up on prizes and look forward to sharing these on Friday. The children have worked really hard over the last two terms and we have been delighted to welcome so many of you to the events we have hosted. BEDTIME STORIES FOR FOUNDATION STAGE
MATHS AND MUNCHIES Our maths and munchies session was really well attended and we have had some super feedbackthank you. We hope this has given many of you ideas of how you can support your children with ‘everyday life’ maths activities and how these activities link to their maths learning at school. We were particularly impressed with the fantastic booklet created by Chloe Bird in Acorn class. It was lovely to see all the fabulous activities Chloe and her mummy had fun with at home. We will be proudly presenting this with our attendance display in the main corridor.
Regan and Aaron from year six teaching their mums about fractions, decimals and percentages.
And Deniz teaching his dad The children and the teachers were really enthralled with their story.
Being able to read for meaning and understanding is such an important skill and as such we ask you to continue reading and discussing the content of the books your children are reading. We know that the more confident and skilled children are with their reading, the more successful they will be when learning across all subjects.
Foundation stage: role playing, reading and writing
PHONICS We would like to share the latest changes to phonic teaching and testing with our year one parents on Tuesday 24th April. Please come and find out how and why we are teaching your children and how you can support them at home. Parents/Carers from other year groups are also welcome to come and find out about these changes. LOLLIPOP LADY We are very pleased to welcome Katrina Cornish as our new lollipop lady. We all feel much safer to have her helping our families across the road. PARENT’S EVENING We hope you have time to read through your children’s reports and have been able to congratulate them on their successes and talk to them about their targets or any concerns. If you