Dear Parent/Carer,
The Big Draw
On Monday we will be holding our Big Draw Event when our classrooms will become Artist Studios, the Hall becomes an enormous Art Installation and our outdoor area gains a permanent graffiti wall. Parents, carers, family members and art enthusiasts are encouraged to join us between 3.15pm and 4.15pm on Tuesday to witness, draw inspiration from and purchase quality artworks from The Robin Hood Art Gallery. All of the works from the day will be on display and films of the works being produced will be showing all around school. Those wishing to purchase artworks are encouraged to make a contribution for the work… a fee negotiated direct with the artist.
Robin Hood has a fantastic reputation for the quality of its Arts curriculum. My special thanks to Mrs Dale, our Deputy Headteacher, who has been the driving force behind this fantastic event.
Clubs
Two of our Year 6 boys have been to me with their idea for a Scooter Club on a Tuesday lunchtime. Children who bring their scooter, and their helmet, can practice their tricks and stunts together in a supervised and safe area of the playground, helped and encouraged by Ben and Reece. In the first instance, this will be limited to Years 5 and 6 until we can gauge demand. Scooter Club will begin this Tuesday. This is the fourth Club that we are running this year at the suggestion of our pupils.
I have received a request that we provide an after school Rugby Club. As is always the case in schools, the number and range of clubs that we can run is limited by staff capacity. If we have a willing volunteer within our community to run an after school Rugby Club… please get in touch.
Children In Need
Friday 18th November will be a Non-uniform Day for the Children in Need Appeal. The appeal encourages children to 'come in something spotty'. Children should bring a donation to the charity on the day. All proceeds from the day go directly to Children In Need.
Operation Christmas Child
We will again this year support the Operation Christmas Child Appeal. This is a very popular and very successful appeal that is always very well supported at Robin Hood. Children are asked to fill a shoebox with Christmas gifts for a child elsewhere in the world who would not otherwise be receiving a gift at Christmas.
Have a great weekend.
Mr Wilson
Nursery newsletter Autumn 1 week 4
We have had a great week in Nursery and the late summer sunshine has been adored by all! It has been lovely to see the children making the most of our fantastic outdoor area and having lots of fun as they learn new skills. Don't forget Monday is our whole school BIG DRAW event. Children need an old shirt and their named and labelled teddy!.
This week
Following a Funnybones clip, the children have been finding out more about their bodies. The children have had lots of fun learning the “them bones” song and have been assembling their very own moving bodies. We have been playing “Simon says” to help name and identify our body parts – maybe you could have a go at playing this at home too? The children also had an amazing amount of fun as they walked in wellingtons to create their footprints and had lots of messy fun making hand print trees! Please do take a look at the Nursery blog to share our week’s outcomes!
Next week
The children will be finding out about our five senses. We will be using our sense of smell to identify smells on our smelly sock washing line (if you have any spare socks please could you bring them in on Tuesday thank you) and we will be tasting a variety of different tastes without being able to see what they are! We will be asking the children to tell us if they are sweet, salty, sharp, sour etc. The children will also be going on a 'sound walk' and will be using their super listening skills. Please encourage your child to be aware of using their senses at home too, ask them to describe what objects feel like, what tastes they do and do not like, and point out sounds you hear e.g. sirens, car horns, birds tweeting, wind rustling leaves etc.
How you can help us
Please ensure your child completes the home learning task and brings it into school on Monday morning / Wednesday afternoon. Can you also please continue to enjoy sharing and reading stories together with your child as often as possible, and write a comment in their shared reading record. I would also like to take this opportunity to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU for the INCREDIBLE family trees that came into Nursery this week. I was amazed at the effort and creativity of both the children and parents and fully appreciate the time and support you have given your child to allow that to happen!
Reception newsletter Autumn 1 week 4
We have had a great week in Reception and the late summer weather ensured that we could gather up fallen autumn leaves and build our pretend bonfires in the sunshine! It has been lovely to see the children making the most of our fabulous outdoor area. Don't forget Monday is our whole school BIG DRAW event. Children need an old shirt and their named and labelled teddy!. See our latest news on our blog at http://mrssatrobinhood.blogspot.com/
This week
Following a Funnybones clip, the children have been finding out more about their bodies. We have talked about bones, muscles, ligaments and even blood! They have been labelling body parts using their initial sound knowledge and have labelled faces by completing a stick and cut activity.The children nominated a member of their group to be the 'body' and the rest of the group have drawn round them and labelled them up. What a shame the paper wasn't big enough for Mrs Steel!
Next week
The children will be finding out about our five senses. If you can have a conversation with your child about these over the weekend, it would really help with their knowledge ahead of next week. We will be using our sense of smell to identify smells on our smelly sock washing line (if you have any spare socks please could you bring them in on Tuesday thank you) and we will be tasting a variety of different tastes without being able to see what they are! We will be asking the children to tell us if they are sweet, salty, sharp, sour etc. The children will also be going on a 'sound walk' and will be using their super listening skills.
How you can help us
Please ensure your child completes the home learning task and brings into school on Monday morning. Can you also spend five minutes every day listening to their amazing reading and write a comment in their shared reading record. Children also need to be practising the sounds and keywords we have sent home so far as we have new ones to introduce next week!
Sounds of the week
these are r (rip, rat) and l (lip, lat)
Keywords of the week are: back, had, and, big, get, dad
Tricky words for this half term are: no, go, the, I, into, to
Well done to the children who brought home a certificate to say they had learnt all their key words and sounds of the week. You really are amazing!
KS1 News
On Monday the children will be taking part in The Big Draw (http://www.thebigdraw.org/bigdraw). All day the children across school will be taking part in a range of drawing activities and experiences which will then be used to transform and decorate our school. You are invited to visit our exhibition on Tuesday 4th at 3:15pm where you can tour the school and appreciate the work of our very own artists. Just like a real Art Gallery you will be able to purchase your child’s Art Work for a small donation.
Please can you ensure that your child brings an old, oversized shirt to school on Monday to protect their clothes during these activities.
We need your Recycling! The children of KS1 have been very busy during their independent learning creating a range of wonderful things in our workshop areas and as a result our box supplies are very low. Any boxes (no egg boxes thank you), yoghurt pots and newspapers that you could bring into school would be gratefully received by your child’s class teacher.
Literacy
This week the children have started to research information about eating healthily. On Monday the children sampled a range of foods and developed a bank of adjectives to describe the taste, smell, feel and appearance of various foods. This vocabulary is going to be key to persuading more people at Robin Hood to eat healthily when the children put together their own booklet next week. The children have also started to learn a little bit more about the various food groups such as fats, carbohydrates and proteins and they have been writing down facts about why our body needs them.
Next week the children will be looking at how their information and facts can be written and presented in a booklet to encourage Robin Hood to eat healthily.
Numeracy
This week in Numeracy the children have been using our Maltesers method to explore place value and the value of each digit in a given number including tens, hundreds and even thousands! This has also allowed the children to develop both their understanding of number and their ability to read and write numbers correctly. They have also begun to apply this knowledge to a range of activities requiring the children to order a range of numbers in various contexts.
Next week the children will be using their understanding of place value to order quantities and money. They will also be investigating values and playing around with numbers to make new amounts.
Topic
We have had a very busy week in KS1 as always! Our wonderful trip around the Local Area and around Morrisons was a big hit with the children and a great opportunity to get to know more about the area that we live in. The trip around Morrisons has been a great experience for the children as they got to find out more about how the Deli, Fishmongers and Bakery operate. Not only did they get to watch bread being made but they even had a sample … Delicious! Finally, the children tested out their customer service skills while working the tills. I am sure that you have heard lots about this trip at home already!
Next week the children will be designing and making their very own healthy Smoothie! They will be sampling possible ingredients and combinations as well as existing products. The children will also be designing their own eye catching packaging to try and encourage people to choose the healthy option!
LKS2 Newsletter
The children in Year 3/4 have had yet another fantastic week! They have showed us an excellent attitude towards their learning!
Numeracy
This week we have been having lots of fun rounding different two, three and four digit numbers to the nearest ten, hundred and thousand. The children helped Buzz Lightyear with his till problems. We have also been learning how to make sensible estimations. Next week, we will be focusing multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 and recognising 2 digit and 3 digit multiples of 2, 5, and 10. In addition to this, we will also be looking at 3 digit multiples of 50 and 100.
Literacy
We have been continuing to develop our note-taking skills by learning all about Viking farmers. The children have been trying really hard to include amazing compound and complex sentences into their super rainbow paragraphs. Why not ask your child to write a complex sentence for you?
Topic
In topic this week, the children have taken on the roles of Viking women, and craftsmen, in order to create some super DT outcomes. We have been learning how to weave with wool, which takes a lot of concentration and hard work - something that the children have proven to be great at! Next week we will be continuing this, alongside learning how to make moving images! How exciting!
Important notices
As you know The Big Draw is coming to Robin Hood on Monday 3rd October, which we are all very excited for! Please remember to send your child into school with an old shirt, and ensure they have socks on with their shoes. On Tuesday 4th October, we are having a community event which you are invited to attend to view your child's art work. You will also have the opportunity to make a small donation if you would like to take some art work home (just like a proper art gallery).
We are beginning to use iPods and iPads across the school. If you have one of these devices at home, here are some apps the children will enjoy playing to help develop their numeracy and literacy skills:
- PopMath
- TimesTables
- Wipeout
- Mr Thorne does Phonics
- Word Wizard
UKS2 Newsletter
News Roundup
· Thank you to those parents and carers who attended the Robinwood information meeting on Wednesday evening, during which key dates and information about the Year 6 visit to the centre next year were shared. All deposits for the trip must be returned to school by Friday 21st October. Please note that this is a non-refundable deposit. If you were unable to attend the meeting then your child should have brought home a letter and information booklet. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
· A BIG reminder about the BIG draw which is happening on Monday. We are going to be getting very arty and creative for the entire day. Children will need to wear their normal school uniform. However, we do recommend that they bring an old shirt as some of the activities could get quite ‘messy’. Please don't forget to come into school at 3:15 on Tuesday 4th October to view the magnificent outcomes from The Big Draw day. We will be encouraging parents to "buy" their children's artwork as they will behave as real artists on Monday and this will add to excitement and authenticity of this.
Numeracy: This week we have been looking at calculating percentages. Next week we will continue to look at percentages and how they relate to fractions. We will be calculating fractions of amounts and will then look at simplifying fractions as well as improper and whole number fractions. To get a head start, why not havea look at the following websites: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html
There's also lots of games and quizzes at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/ to practise different aspects of Numeracy
Home learning: Please continue to practise your 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables as well as other number facts (e.g. number bonds to 100, 1000, etc). Any additional resources related to specific strategies will be provided for those who wish to practise at home. These resources are NOT compulsory; however we hope that children will choose to use these to help them with their understanding of the units of work.
Literacy
Next week in Literacy, we will be continuing our research and writing about iconic American actors: Clint Eastwood, Judy Garland, Tom Hanks and Miley Cyrus. The children will be organising their information about each individual and then writing a detailed paragraph ensuring they include all of our Star Criteria. We will also be focusing on making links between our paragraphs as well as within paragraphs.
Home Learning: This week’s spellings are linked to our focus on science: sound, vibration, audio, pitch, volume, auditory, loudness, sound, instrument, hearing. You can practise these spellings via I Am Learning on the Learning Platform. Please see Miss Darroch if you have forgotten your user name or password.
Other areas of the curriculum:
In Science we have been learning about how we see and what our eyes look like. We have also been investigating what happens to a beam of light when it is reflected in a mirror.
In Reading we have been continuing to work through our class novel, Stormbreaker. We have identified the main character, fourteen year-old Alex, and have begun to find out how his life is about to change as he enters the world of spies and villains.
In Spanish we have been learning about the family. Next week we will be learning how to describe our family members.
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