Newsletter Issue 2 Friday 16th September 2011
Dear Parent/Carer,
Our newsletters are now online at http://robinhoodnewsletter.blogspot.com/
Parent Meetings
My thanks to those parents who attended our Welcome meetings this week. Our effective partnership is crucial to your child’s success in school.
Dates for the year
Celebration Fridays – your invite into our classrooms after school to share the fabulous learning from that Half Term take place this year on Friday:
7th October
9th December
30th March
25th May
13th July
Our first half of the week Nursery Parents have their Celebration Event on:
Tue 4th October
Tue 6th December
Tue 27th March
Tue 22nd May
Tue 10th July
Decorate an Egg
Our Easter Decorate an Egg Final takes place on Friday 30th March. Decorated eggs will be welcome into school from the Monday, 26th March. A display of all of our Eggs will be held in the Mall.
The Big Draw
We are looking forward to The Big Draw event, which will take place on Monday 3rd October. Everyone will be involved in drawing activities all day… including creating an enormous artwork in our Hall. We will be hosting an Open Event for parents and families on Tuesday 4th October to celebrate our incredible artistic creations.
An enormous ‘Get Well Soon’ to Thomas from everyone at the school.
Have a great weekend,
Mr Wilson
FOUNDATION STAGE NEWSLETTER
News round up
We have had another amazing week in Reception. The children have coped well with full days and have made the most of our fabulous indoor and outdoor provision.
Blogspot
If you haven’t had chance to look at our blog, please do and see what amazing things have been happening – you can find it at: http://mrssatrobinhood.blogspot.com/
This week
The children have continued to amaze us with their enthusiasm and energy levels. They have participated in guided reading, literacy and daily numeracy sessions. We have shared books, talked about our own favourite books and characters, illustrating them and giving reasons for our choices. In maths we have been practising our counting and have helped our puppet who kept going wrong! The children have also enjoyed PSE, music and PE sessions as well as assembly attending a key stage singing assembly. Phew!
Next week
Please make sure your child brings a family photograph (which we will copy and return) and up to three things which are special to them in a named bag. We will be sharing these in our PSE session next week and asking the children to talk about why these things are special. The children will use the family photographs as a stimulus for some of their own artwork and we will be finding out about more family members by sharing stories and discussing why our families are special. In our numeracy sessions we will be continuing to count in 2’s and 10s and we will be looking at a range of simple 2D shapes, discussing their properties and using them to make pictures of our homes.
How you can help us!
Please continue to make sure that your child practices their reading at home for five minutes every day and record this in the reading record, letting us know their successes and development points. Regular practice really does make a difference! We would also like all children to be able to write their name using the correct sequence of movements so please practice this every day too. This week we have kept the same five keywords (which will change next week) along with the tricky words of the half term. Please spend some time reading and writing these words as we will be using these words in our guided reading and literacy time. This will provide your child with the confidence to achieve during the school day.
Sounds
· p
· m
· o
Children should be able to write all these sounds using the correct sequence of movements.
Key words
These are words that the children will come across in their reading and they need to be able to read them quickly and confidently as well as write them using the correct sequence of movements.
· a
· as
· at
· if
· in
Tricky words of the half term
These are words which cannot be sounded out and the children need to read them on sight. Practice little and often!!
· no
· go
· the
· I
· into
· to
KS1 Newsletter
What an amazing week KS1 have had, from Zumba moves to learning about the internal organs! The KS1 staff are also very proud of the writing the children have done 'All About Ourselves', they tried extremely hard and it is hard to believe they have only been back in school 8 days!!
A reminder that all reading record need to be handed in on Monday to ensure your child continues to earn 100 merits and a certificate at the end of the half term! This also continues to develop the home-school link and support your child's reading at home.
Thank you to all the parents who attended the parent meetings on Wednesday! We hope you found the information given useful, any further questions please speak to a member of the team.
Literacy
This week the children have concluded their writing 'All about me....' where they wrote an opening paragraph which included their name and age. The children continued to write sections (paragraphs) about themselves, including their family, hobbies, friends and concluded their writing with a closing paragraph. The children have tried hard to start with a CAPITAL letter, end with a full stop and leave clear finger spaces. They have looked at developing their ideas using connectives such as: and, so, if, but, because.
Next week the children will be looking at Flanimals (nonsense creatures) and creating their own Flanimal out of Playdoh. The children will then continue by creating a profile for their flanimal, building on this weeks learning, creating a section on family, friends and their hobbies. Why not support your child over the weekend by research Flanimals on the Internet and in books....
Numeracy
This week in Numeracy the children have tried so hard with their counting skills, counting in 1's from any number, counting in 2's, 5's and 10's. Please continue to support your child's rote counting at home. The children have also looked at odd and even numbers and how they can use counters to investigate and find out if a number is odd or even. Ask your child if they can sing the 'Even Stephen and Odd Bodd' song to you.....it's very catchy so you may find yourself singing it all day long!!!!
Next week the children will continue to develop their rote counting but also write the sequences down, discussing the pattern when counting in 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's. The children will also look at finding missing numbers within a sequence and explaining how they solved the problem. To round up the week the children will move into estimating and rounding.
Estimating is having a 'good guess' at how many of something they think are there. Rounding numbers to the nearest 10 is always challenging to understand so please support your child at home by giving them a 2 digit number and asking them to round it. The song the children will learn is...... '1, 2, 3, 4, round it down to the ten before, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 round it up to the next ten on the number line.
Topic
This week in topic the children have concluded their Science unit on the Human Body. They have continued to develop their understanding of the Internal Organs and place the heart, liver, stomach, large intestines, brain, lungs and kidneys on a large paper model. The children have also discussed the effect of exercise on the body and how the body cools down......by sweating!
Next week the children will be looking at the geographical location of Rothwell and Robin Hood, locating it on a map and discussing how the population has increased over recent years and the possible reasons for this. They will be looking at photos of the housing types in the local area (terraced house, bungalow, detached, semi-detaches, flats) and then discussing the differences.
What a fantastic week we have had in 3/4. We are so proud of ALL the children for their mature and enthusiastic approach towards their learning. Lots of children have visited Mr Wilson for Headteacher stickers, which is fantastic! The year three children have learnt our routines quickly and we're very proud of the year four children for being super role models. This is a great start to the year!
Literacy
This week we have begun our Non-Chronological Report unit. We have begun researching HOW the Vikings travelled to new lands, using Longships. The children have been developing their note-taking skills through the use of audio, videos and written texts. We have used these notes to compose a "Rainbow" paragraph. Why not ask your child to see if they can remember the different sections that they have included in their writing this week. Next week we will be researching WHAT the Vikings dd when they arrived in England.
Numeracy
This week, the children have been working super hard at partitioning two, three, four, five and six (!!) digit numbers. We have also been ordering numbers (including those with decimals) and finding the range of a set of figures. Next week we are counting and using money to solve real life problems. To practice your money skills, please visit the learning zone on the website over the weekend.
Science
In Science this week we have been learning about keeping warm and cool. The children have been fantastic at leading their own investigation into which material is the best to keep the Viking's broth warmer for longer. Why not ask your child if they can remember what the best thermal insulator was? Next week, the children will be applying the knowledge learned this week into some display work- we can't wait to see what fabulous outcomes we'll have!
Home Learning
We have been blown away by the amount of reading the children are doing at home and have been very pleased to give put lots of merits for this! Please encourage your child to read as much as they can and bring in their reading record every Monday to get stamped. Your child has received their ten spellings. We're sure you've been practicing them already. Our spelling test will be on Monday.
Reminders
During Spanish lessons your child is learning the Spanish vocabulary for family members. Please could they bring any photographs of your family for them to stick into their books.
Please ensure your child's PE kit is in school every Monday for the coming week and all school uniform is clearly labelled.
LKS2 Newsletter
What a fantastic week we have had in 3/4. We are so proud of ALL the children for their mature and enthusiastic approach towards their learning. Lots of children have visited Mr Wilson for Headteacher stickers, which is fantastic! The year three children have learnt our routines quickly and we're very proud of the year four children for being super role models. This is a great start to the year!
Literacy
This week we have begun our Non-Chronological Report unit. We have begun researching HOW the Vikings travelled to new lands, using Longships. The children have been developing their note-taking skills through the use of audio, videos and written texts. We have used these notes to compose a "Rainbow" paragraph. Why not ask your child to see if they can remember the different sections that they have included in their writing this week. Next week we will be researching WHAT the Vikings dd when they arrived in England.
Numeracy
This week, the children have been working super hard at partitioning two, three, four, five and six (!!) digit numbers. We have also been ordering numbers (including those with decimals) and finding the range of a set of figures. Next week we are counting and using money to solve real life problems. To practice your money skills, please visit the learning zone on the website over the weekend.
Science
In Science this week we have been learning about keeping warm and cool. The children have been fantastic at leading their own investigation into which material is the best to keep the Viking's broth warmer for longer. Why not ask your child if they can remember what the best thermal insulator was? Next week, the children will be applying the knowledge learned this week into some display work- we can't wait to see what fabulous outcomes we'll have!
Home Learning
We have been blown away by the amount of reading the children are doing at home and have been very pleased to give put lots of merits for this! Please encourage your child to read as much as they can and bring in their reading record every Monday to get stamped. Your child has received their ten spellings. We're sure you've been practicing them already. Our spelling test will be on Monday.
Reminders
During Spanish lessons your child is learning the Spanish vocabulary for family members. Please could they bring any photographs of your family for them to stick into their books.
Please ensure your child's PE kit is in school every Monday for the coming week and all school uniform is clearly labelled.
UKS2 Newsletter
News Roundup
· Thank you to parents and carers who attended the welcome meetings this week. During these, we shared Numeracy resources including iPod apps which can be used to support learning at home. These include Math Ninja, Pop Math, Multiple Wipeout and Eggs on Legs.
· PE for 5/6B is on Tuesday. 5/6D and 5/6G have PE on Thursday. Please make sure that PE kits are in school on these days.
· There will be an information meeting for Year 6 parents and carers about the residential to Robinwood in Cumbria next year at 5:30pm on Wednesday 28th September.
· We will be starting our science unit of ‘sight and sound’ in a couple of weeks and will be getting creative. If you have any old cardboard juice cartons please could you wash them out and send them into school with your child? Thank you.
Numeracy
Next week in Numeracy, we will be learning about addition and subtraction of decimals in the form of algebraic equations as well as finding the averages of data using mean, mode, median and range with a Universal Studios theme to link with our America Topic unit. We will also be continuing to develop our mental strategies when adding, subtracting and finding the difference.
Home Learning: To practice 6,7,8 and 9 x tables as well as any others specified by your teacher.
Why not visit:
http://www.fieryideas.com/tnt-tables-46-c.asp
Or if you have an iphone / itouch, download some of the following apps:
‘Ghostblasters’ or ‘Multiple Wipeout’
Literacy
Next week in Literacy, we will be using film clips to learn about the Titanic disaster from film clips and using our knowledge to write a non-chronological report about this event. Into this, we’ll be incorporating adverbs, connectives and complex sentences. There are LOTS of film clips to watch about this historical event at http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/ (search for Titanic).
Home Learning: This week’s spellings are linked to our focus on Titanic: passenger, journey, voyage, orchestra, ocean, captain, dangerous, illuminate, helplessness, unforgettable
Other areas of the curriculum:
In Topic, we’ve been creating collages which represent the landscape of America as well as famous landmarks. We’ve also been learning about the discovery of America.
In PE, our focus is dance. 5/6D are learning rock and roll moves. 5/6G are focusing on Street dance and 5/6B are learning how to line dance.
Our focus in RE is pilgrimage. We’ve been learning about the 5th Pillar of Islam (Haj) and the pilgrimage that many Muslims make to Mecca as well as the customs that take place when they are there.
In Music, 5/6D are using Garageband to mash tracks using a range of techniques including splitting, copying and pasting. 5/6B have been learning to sing popular songs using sign language and 5/6G have been learning how to play the Titanic movie theme tune on the recorder!
5/6D http://robinhood56d.blogspot.com/
Visit our Blogs! 5/6G http://robinhood56g.blogspot.com/
