Apologies for the delay in putting the newsletters onto the blog but this is due to short-term problems with the internet.
Newsletter Issue 6 Friday 14th October 2011
Dear Parent/Carer,
As I write, I can hear a beautiful rendition of ‘California Dreaming’ by The Beach Boys coming from our Year 6 class. Magical! I also had the pleasure of watching the same class do their Line Dancing routine – part of their America Topic – in the School Hall.
As many of you will have seen, our Big Draw last week attracted press coverage from the Yorkshire Evening Post as well as Calendar News. We are looking forward to another couple of news articles on the interesting things that our children have been doing recently in the forthcoming Rothwell Record.
Parent Consultations
By now you should have received your appointment time for our Parent Consultations next week. We have provided everyone with an appointment time. These are important meetings, please contact Mrs Smith if for any reason you are unable to attend your appointment time and we will agree an alternate meeting time. Please remember, consultations are of ten minutes maximum duration – we do ask you to respect this as we want all appointments to run to time. The quality of appointments is compromised if parents have been kept waiting and everyone is under time pressure.
Clubs
There are no Clubs, except the paid-for Clubs, next week. Information has already gone out about this to parents. This is been due to Parent Consultations. Clubs begin again as normal after the Half Term.
After the Half Term we will be extending our Clubs offer by launching a Spanish Club from 3.15pm-4.00pm. More details of this exciting opportunity will be announced soon.
Holiday Clubs at Friendly Faces
Holiday Club places are available at Friendly Faces both this Half Term and for the first week of the school Christmas Holidays, up until 23rd December. Full days are charged at £27.50 and half days £14.00. We have an Early Bird rate of £22.50 and £11.50, if booked a Half Term in advance. For Friendly Faces places, please contact Louise Parker on 07810071148.
Graduate Teacher Trainees 2012
The application round for 2012 Graduate Teacher Trainees is open once again. This is an ‘on the job’ teacher training programme that Robin Hood has had the pleasure to be involved with for eight years now. During that time, we have trained fabulous teachers like Mrs Steel, Miss Mees, Mrs Moore and Mrs Brook who have all then gone on to join our permanent staff. Potential applicants should visit http://www.b-nett.co.uk/?page_id=479 for further details and application packs.
Fantastic Staff
Mrs Smith certainly deserves to be this week’s star. Mrs Smith celebrated her twentieth anniversary at Robin Hood yesterday. For all of those years, Mrs Smith has been a fabulous servant to our school. ‘Front of house’ can sometimes be a difficult and challenging job but it is one that Mrs Smith always does with a smile and a brilliantly positive attitude. Parents and visitors often comment to me on how fantastic our Mrs Smith is. This was typified when a family that recently left our school saved their very special praise for Mrs Smith and all that she had done for them over the years.
Comenius Visit
We have had a number of staff out of school this week who have been meeting with European partner schools and visiting schools in the Czech Republic as part of the Comenius project. Comenius is fully funded by the European Union. Involvement in the project brings addition funds, resources and links to our school and provides new learning opportunities for children. It is our aim to build strong and lasting partnerships with our European partners and to build staff expertise and confidence that will enable us to offer future Comenius visit to pupils.
Unnamed Clothing
A final call on unnamed clothing for this Half Term. We have two cardigans, 1 size 28" and 1 size 30", two jumpers age 5 and 6-7, one pair of shorts age 5, a pale blue Pumpkin Patch raincoat age 8 and a brown leather H & M jacket age 5-6. Please help us to help you – ensure that all items are clearly labelled with your child’s name.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mr Wilson
Nursery Newsletter
ROUND UP!
We have had a fabulous week in Nursery, despite the unfortunate weather and the children should be very proud of their achievements. They have produced some beautiful artwork to decorate our outdoor area and some beautiful gifts for special people in class and at home! Can I also say a huge thank you for the incredible home learning that has been produced again this week. Please do take a moment to look at the display by the snack table in Nursery, it is stunning and definitely makes me feel happy!!
THIS WEEK
We have continued to work on the OURSELVES topic, and have been focusing on our feelings and emotions. We have been sharing stories and looking at photos, to encourage us to think and talk about different emotions, and how best to deal with tricky situations. In numeracy we have been practising counting backwards from 10 and counting up to 20! We have also been learning our number names, what numbers look like and how we count objects! Please continue to play games and sing songs with numbers at home too.
NEXT WEEK
We will round off our topic by sharing some stories about Elmer the elephant. The children will consider the ways that Elmer is different and will be finding out about his friends. They will be writing invitations to Elmer and will be using his super pattern to count different colours and learn about simple repeating patterns. We will also be practising ordering elephants by size. The topic activity will include creating a huge collaborative Elmer outside and we will be finding out how to mix paints to make our very own colours!
HOW YOU CAN HELP US
· By reading daily with your child, encouraging your child to be involved in the book as much as possible.
· By practising counting at every opportunity e.g climbing stairs, fastening buttons etc.
· By ensuring your child can put their own coat on
· By practising putting on and taking off their own shoes and socks
DIARY DATES
Celebration afternoons are next week. We look forward to seeing you all then.
The first Monday back (31st October) is Halloween and Mr Wilson has agreed that the children in Nursery (and Reception) can come to school dressed for Halloween. However we will be accessing our full provision so please make sure outfits and shoes are practical and appropriate. Thank you
Home Learning!
To make your own Elmer the Elephant! (Images available on Google) You can be as creative as you like – make Elmer from card, 3D, using paints, create your own coloured pattern (spots, stripes, rainbow, hearts etc). A template is available should you need one please see the Nursery staff.
Reception Newsletter
NEWS ROUND UP
Well done to all of you for working so hard all week! We are really impressed with the children who have not only learned their keywords, but are spotting them in their reading.
Thank you too for all the fabulous home learning. Miss Abbey has uploaded them onto our blog at: http://mrssatrobinhood.blogspot.com/
THIS WEEK
We have continued to work on the OURSELVES topic, but have been focusing on our feelings and emotions. We have been creating artwork for a super display and we will be including the children's home learning outcomes too. In numeracy we have been practising counting backwards from 20 to zero which has proved a bit tricky(!) as well as learning how to write numbers correctly and thinking about the place value and how many tens and units are included in numbers. (eg 14 is one ten and four units)
NEXT WEEK
We will round off our topic by sharing some stories about Elmer the elephant. The children will consider the ways that Elmer is different and will be finding out about his friends. They will be writing invitations to Elmer and will be using his super pattern to count different colours and learn about simple repeating patterns. We will also be practising ordering elephants by size. The topic activity will include creating a huge collaborative Elmer in the hall and we will be finding out how to mix paints to make our very own colours!
HOW YOU CAN HELP US
By reading daily with your child for five minutes. All children should be ready to move onto PINK band books by the end of this half term
By practising the sounds and keywords of the week every day. New words for next week are: but, put, the, to, I, no, go, into. New sounds are: f, h and u
By ensuring your child can write their first and second names
By practising writing the numbers to 10 with the correct formation
DIARY DATES
Parent consultations are next week. We look forward to seeing you all then.
The first Monday back (31st October) is Halloween and Mr Wilson has agreed that the children in Reception (and Nursery) can come to school dressed for Halloween. However we will be accessing our full provision so please make sure outfits and shoes are practical and appropriate. Thank you
KS1 Newsletter
What a busy week Key Stage 1 have had! On Tuesday morning we waved good bye to Miss Oxley and Miss Mees who left on a Comenius visit to Prague. They were very excited at the thought of teaching in a different country and sharing their experiences of Robin Hood. We can't wait to hear their stories and see their pictures.
Parent Consultations
Thank you to Mrs Smith for organising the parent consultations, every parent now has an appointment to see their child's class teacher. We look forward to seeing you all at the parent consultations to share the experiences your child has had and our aims and aspirations for the year ahead!
Literacy
This week in Literacy the children have continued to develop their knowledge of having a Healthy Lifestyle. The children have been learning about 'Exercise and Keeping Fit' and have created a fact file poster to promote the importance of exercise. They have tried hard to include developed paragraphs, sub-headings, Did you know.....fact, CAPITAL Letters, full stops and text effects. The children added colour and detail to their fact file posters in order to make them eye-catching to the readers. You will find the fact files around school during the Parent Consultation week, so please make sure you have a read and see if you are leading a healthy lifestyle!!
Next week in Literacy the children will be concluding their block on Non-Chronological Report writing and will be writing about Robin Hood School. They will be including lots of information about school life which could include: their friends, favourite subject/lesson, classroom/playground and any other information they wish to include. Please support your child at home by discussing the things they have learnt since being in their new class.
Numeracy
This week in Numeracy the children have continued to deepen and test their knowledge of Place Value and Numbers and the Number system. The children have been partitioning numbers using the malteser system but also using numbers:
e.g 367
is made up of: 300 60 7
The children then progressed onto finding missing numbers:
e.g 67 = ........+ 7
The children partitioned the number first, then filled in the missing number. Why not support your child at home and ask them to partition 2,3 and even 4 digit numbers.
Next week in Numeracy the children will be showing off all their learning from this half term and explaining the progress they went through in order to get the answer.
Topic
In topic the children have drawn a self-portrait of themselves, looking closely at the shape of the eyes, nose, ears and mouth. They used mirrors to closely inspect the colour of their eyes and skin tone before using paints to add detail to their pencil drawing of themselves.
Next week the children will be learning about the Harvest Festival and what the celebration signifies. On Friday the children will be presenting their knowledge and understanding at Lofthouse Church on Friday at 10 o'clock. Hope to see you there!!!
LKS2 Newsletter
Well done to all the children on yet another fantastic week in year 3/4! We have been very impressed with the level of effort they have all been putting in to their learning. We are looking forward to seeing you at the parent consultations next week to discuss your child's progress so far this year.
Numeracy
In numeracy, the children have been doing some fabulous learning. We have been looking at venn diagrams, pictograms and bar charts, and learning how to read and interpret data from them. Not only this, but we have also had a go at constructing our own pictograms and bar charts. Why don't you ask your child to show you what they can do? Please ensure your child is practising their times tables with you at home as this will help them in their numeracy learning.
Literacy
As you know, we are learning all about the 'Vicious Vikings'. This week's learning has been focused around Viking battles, Viking weapons and King Alfred the Great. The children have been improving their note taking skills in order to gain some quality information to write detailed rainbow paragraphs. They have been including some super compound and complex sentences within their writing, as well as many audience engaging features that we have enjoyed reading! Well done year 3/4!
Topic
Over the course of this week the children have been continuing to make their moving mechanisms, weaving and Kar2ouche animations. We are so pleased with their super progress and we all think that they are going to be looking fabulous by the end of next week.
Reminders
Our school trip to Danelaw Viking Village in York is happening next week. Year 3s are going on Tuesday, year 4s on Thursday. Please ensure you refer to the letter sent home as this details what the children need to bring. As we are outside for most of the day it is vital the children have suitable clothing which will keep them warm and dry if it rains. A pair of wellingtons as well as trainers is advisable. It is a fantastic day and we are sure the children will really enjoy living like Vikings for the day!
UKS2 Newsletter
News Roundup
Congratulations to Shannon K, our Achiever of the Week, for the great effort and thought which she put into her mathematical explanations about our recent practical activity in Numeracy. Shannon expertly included mathematical language in her explanations. Shannon's depiction of an American icon in the style of Andy Warhol was also really impressive. Well done.
The first Times Tables Challenge will be held on Friday 21st October so keep practising your times tables.
Next week is Parent Consultations, for which appointments for all the children have been made. We look forward to updating you about your child's start to the academic year, our aims and ambitions for the year and your child's progress and targets.
Numeracy: This week, we have been finding fractions of shapes as well as focusing on mixed numbers and improper fractions. Finding common denominators is also a focus. These websites provide useful information and games to practise fractions- http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html
Numeracy Home learning:
Please continue to practise ALL of your times tables ahead of the Times Tables Challenge on Friday.
There is a fraction activity on I Am Learning ( via the Learning Platform) for the children to access at home.
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.
Literacy
In Literacy, we have been looking at newspaper reports and 'stealing' WOW words and phrases to use in our own reports about the recent Big Draw at school. There's a continuing focus on including our star criteria which include the correct use of punctuation, complex sentences, adverbials, quotes and personal opinions.
Literacy Home Learning:
This week’s spellings are recorded in your child's planner. Please practise these regularly at home!
Please read the next chapter of Stormbreaker. There are questions about the text which are also available on I Am Learning.
Other areas of the curriculum:
In Art, we have been representing iconic images of America in the style of Andy Warhol.
In PE, we have been rehearsing and finessing our performances of street dance, line dancing and Rock and Roll. Performances will be shown in assembly over the next couple of weeks.
In RE, we have continued to look at the religious act of pilgrimage to Lourdes. We have looked at the Catholic faith and have compared it with the Muslim faith.
Visit our Blogs!
5/6D http://robinhood56d.blogspot.com/
5/6G http://robinhood56g.blogspot.com
5/6B http://robinhood56b.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Harvest Festival
Harvest Festival Friday 21st October
The children will be walking up to church at 9.30 (weather permitting), and any support walking with the children from parents or members of the community will be very welcome.
The service starts at 10.00am.
The children will be walking up to church at 9.30 (weather permitting), and any support walking with the children from parents or members of the community will be very welcome.
The service starts at 10.00am.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Issue 5 2011 - 12
Newsletter Issue 5 Friday 6th October 2011
Dear Parent/Carer,
Apologies to those families who received a slightly earlier edit of last week’s newsletter via email and paper. The couple of unfinished sentences that did go out via those sources have been amended on the online newsletter…
The Big Draw
We had a brilliant Big Draw Day on Monday, during which we received visits from Calendar TV, the Yorkshire Evening Post and Councillor Lisa Mulherin, our Chair of Governors. Children from every class, Nursery to Year 6, contributed to the vast artwork in our Hall and produced works of art in their classrooms, all of which were displayed on Tuesday at our Robin Hood Art Gallery Open Exhibition for parents and families. Thanks to everyone who attended that event in support of our fabulous artists. A group of Year 5 and 6 pupils created a permanent work at the rear of the school – our Friendly Faces Graffiti Wall. Robin Hood is, of course, well known for the quality of its Arts provision. We are the proud holder of ArtsMark Gold and have featured in national publications on Art by ofsted and The Campaign for Drawing. The Big Draw at Robin Hood featured on Calendar News on Wednesday this week.
Feedback
We do want to hear from you about your ease of access to the newsletters. We made the change to mainly an electronic system in order to
a. reduce paper, photocopying and administration costs
b. ensure that the newsletters get to those who do want to see them as Pupil Post was not always 100% reliable.
When the newsletter was paper-based, we were often told by parents that they did not receive the newsletter – which is why we added the blog version to our distribution process.
Parents are now able to access the newsletter – at school on the Noticeboards, via the blog, via email or in paper form from the office. We are currently looking at whether the newsletter can be distributed via facebook to make access even easier. Our newsletters contain important information about school. Please ensure that you have a method of accessing them.
Feedback on the different methods of accessing the newsletter could form part of the discussion at our Parents Forum, to be held in Friendly Faces, 9.00am 4th November. Mrs Ann Parker (Governor) and Mrs Dale (Deputy Headteacher) will be there to share a coffee and a chat about any aspect of school life. Please do speak with Mrs Dale about your child’s experiences of The Big Draw… she would be delighted to hear from you.
Graduate Teacher Trainees 2012
The application round for 2012 Graduate Teacher Trainees is open once again. This is an ‘on the job’ teacher training programme that Robin Hood has had the pleasure to be involved with for eight years now. Potential applicants should visit http://www.b-nett.co.uk/?page_id=479 for further details and application packs.
Fantastic Staff
It is a regular feature of our newsletters that I spotlight the contribution made by key members of staff to our fabulous school. I would like this week to pay my particular thanks to Mrs Holland. Mrs Holland’s full time move to the office last year has been a blessing for Mrs Smith, the staff and I as her ultra-efficiency and fabulous photocopier skills have helped us all greatly.
Unnamed Clothing
Mrs Holland has three school-badged jade green cardigans; one age 5-6, one size 28" and one size 30", two jumpers age 5 and 6-7, one pair of shorts age 5, a pale blue Pumpkin Patch raincoat age 8, a two-tone green Mothercare coat age 3-4 and a brown leather H & M jacket age5/6 – all unnamed. Anyone missing these items… please claim them from Mrs Holland… and write child’s name in them. We do not have the space in school to hold a stock of unnamed clothing. Any items not claimed by the Half Term will be donated to charity. Please help us to help you by ensuring that all items that your child brings to school are clearly named.
Holiday Absence
During their inspection in April, ofsted noted the number of school days at Robin Hood that are lost to family holidays during term time – both authorised and unauthorised. Our policy on Holiday Absence is clear, is available from our website (http://www.robinhood.leeds.sch.uk/parents/policies.php), is consistent with the other Rothwell schools and is consistently applied when requests are received. While I fully recognise the issues for families surrounding the taking of holidays in term time I am also aware of the impact that absence from school has upon learning.
PTA Annual General Meeting
The PTA AGM will take place at school on Thursday 13th October, 6.00pm. Parents of our Nursery and Reception children, as well as the parents of children throughout the school, are very much encouraged and welcomed to join us.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mr Wilson
Nursery newsletter Autumn 1 week 5
News Round Up
We have enjoyed another great week in Nursery as Monday kicked off with our Big Draw event. The children had a fabulous time going on a bear hunt and then produced a montage to represent the environments where we found our bears! Many thanks to the parents who supported their children by purchasing their amazing artwork.
This week
We have been learning all about our senses, what they are and how we use them. The children have been listening to sounds inside and outdoors and have smelled and tasted some interesting things, talking about the reasons they liked them and using super descriptive words such as 'salty', 'sour' and 'sweet'. In our numeracy sessions we have concentrated on counting to ten and introduced counting backwards from 10. Please encourage your child to count objects at home too, e.g. how many lego blocks they have used to build a tower, how many teddies have they got lined up on their bed etc.
Next week
We will be continuing to learn about Ourselves but will be focusing on our feelings and emotions. The children will be using role-play to act out different scenarios and we will be discussing different feelings and appropriate responses to different situations. The children will be thinking about the things that make them feel happy and sad and developing strategies to cope in different situations. In numeracy we will continue to look at numbers and using number rhymes and games to help build on their skills.
How you can help us
Please ensure your child completes the home learning task and brings into Nursery as we do use the finished outcomes to support our activities in school.
Thank you so much to those parents who have engaged with the reading records and guidance notes to help your child with early reading skills. Please could I ask that Wednesday becomes the day that we hand in reading records and I will then return them to you.
Thank you.
Reception Newsletter
News round up
We have enjoyed another great week in Reception. Monday kicked off with our Big Draw event and thank you to all parents who supported their children by purchasing their amazing artwork.
As the weather has turned colder please can you make sure your child brings a coat every day. We have also had some polo shirts going missing, particularly after PE. Can you please check that all clothing (including shoes) is clearly named and if your child comes home wearing something that isn't theirs, please can you wash and return to school to allow us to return to the rightful owner!
This week
We have been learning all about our senses, what they are and how we use them. The children have been listening to sounds inside and outdoors and have smelled and tasted some interesting things, talking about the reasons they liked them and using super descriptive words such as 'salty', 'sour' and 'sweet'. In our numeracy sessions we have looked at numbers above 10 and have continued with working on our number formation.
Next week
We will be continuing to learn about Ourselves but will be focusing on our feelings and emotions. The children will be using role-play to act out different scenarios and we will be discussing different feelings and appropriate responses to different situations. The children will be thinking about the things that make them feel happy and sad and developing strategies to cope in different situations. In numeracy we will continue to look at numbers above ten, talking about the way they are made up from tens and units and practising writing them. All children need to be able to read, recognise and write the numbers to twenty during their time in Reception.
New Sounds and Keywords
the new sounds for next week will be: 'b', 'd' and 'i'
the keywords will be: him, his, not, got, up, mum
KS1 Newsletter
What an amazing week it has been in Key Stage 1....check out the blog for photos of this weeks events!! http://robinhoodkeystage1.blogspot.com/
Home Learning
A huge THANK YOU to all parents and children for their outstanding home learning projects which were handed in on Monday. The Key Stage 1 staff were very impressed with the time, effort and creativeness the children showed. All projects handed in can be seen of the KS1 blog......
The Big Draw
On Monday the children took part in The Big Draw, where they were involved in art based activities across the day. The day started with a whole school assembly led by Mrs Dale who shared the vision for the day and the project which would take place in the hall.
The children went on an Autumn walk to collect leaves from the playground which then fed into the children's art work of leaf printing and observational drawings of leaves. When using the leaves to print, they first investigated the different ways to create a leaf print using primary colours and then teamed up with up to 3 other people to create amazing pictures of leaves. The children then continued to add detail to the pictures using coloured pens and pencils.
During the afternoon the children went outside to create observational drawings of leaves using charcoal and coloured pastels. The children spent time looking at how to create an effective outlines of the leaves (without drawing around the leaf itself) and then adding on the vines.
We hope you were able to join the celebration of this art work on Tuesday and even purchased some from the amazing artists Robin Hood have!!!
Literacy
This week in Literacy the children have tried so hard with their learning, creating a booklet all about being healthy and having a healthy lifestyle. The children continued to look at having a balanced diet and the effects this has on the body. They watched video clips to enhance their listening skills and knowledge of the subject. The children have completed their own Healthy Eating booklet including sub-heading, CAPITAL LETTERS, full stops, developed ideas (using: so, if, but, because, when), Did you know facts..... and text effects.
Next week the children will be learning with a partner and creating a poster on Exercise. They will be participating in different exercise videos, discussing the effects these have on they body while reading information texts about the benefits of exercise and the possible side effects of being unhealthy. The children will look at how to set out an effective poster using different colours to present different ideas.
Numeracy
This week in Numeracy the children have continued to develop their understanding of Numbers and the Number System and using the Malteser system to partition two and three digit numbers. The children have been ordering the numbers and discussing which is the Biggest/Smallest and why. Please continue to support your child at home by asking them to write three and four digit numbers at home and label up the columns.
Next week in Numeracy the children will be developing their understanding of the 100 square and where the numbers are in relation to the columns and rows. They will continue to develop their understanding of 1 more/1 less and 10 more/10 less, using the hundred square but also doing this mentally. To really test the children's understanding and knowledge of the 100 square they will be given a small section to fill in and complete which will require them to use all the skills taught across the week.
Topic
This week has seen another taste testing session.....tasting different smoothies and trying to identify the fruit used. The children then continued to design, make and evaluate their own fruit smoothie, using a selection of fruit. The children really enjoyed the hands on sessions and even created their own labels which would be used for their bottles. I am sure in years to come we will see some of these on the shelves in Morrisons!!
LKS2 Newsletter
Our week kicked off with the fantastic 'Big Draw' on Monday, where we had lots of fun creating sky lines of the words most famous landmarks. We would like to congratulate all the children for their amazing enthusiasm and superb effort shown throughout the day. We would like to thank everyone who came along to support the event in the hall on Tuesday and who purchased our amazing pictures. I'm sure you'll agree 3/4 are very talented artists! Miss Thackeray and Miss Nicholls class have produced an amazing video of instructions on how to play a fun playtime game this week. This video is for the schools in our comenius project to use and learn from. Miss Thackeray and Miss Nicholls will take this with them next week when they are going to Prague to observe and teach in one of our Comenius partner's schools.
Literacy
This week we have continued to research what life was like for women and children. The children have introduced their report with an engaging opening paragraph and have continued to group ideas into paragraphs. We have been very impressed with the children's descriptions and attempts at complex sentences. Next week the children will be researching the battles that the Vikings and the Saxons took part in and the impact Alfred the Great had on the Vikings' reign over England.
Numeracy
This week we have been sorting and carrying out investigations around odd and even numbers. We also have had a lot of fun sorting multiples of different numbers into venn and carol diagrams. Next week we will be collecting data and representing this in pictograms and bar charts.
Topic
We have been continuing our weaving, moving pictures and Kar2ouche animations all about different aspects of Viking life. We are looking forward to sharing these with you at the end of our topic.
Reminders
All year four children who are going on residential have received the itinerary, equipment list and a medical form. Please can all medical forms be completed and returned to school as soon as possible.
Our trip to Danelaw Viking Village at Murton Park is fast approaching, please can you ensure we have everyone's payment in before we go. As the weather has turned quite cold please can all children make sure they come to school on that day in warm clothes and a waterproof coat.
Thank you,
Year 3/4 Team
UKS2 Newsletter
News Roundup
• Congratulations Laura Bond, who is our Achiever of the Week, for her AMAZING paragraph about an American Film icon. She wowed us with her use of ALL the star Criteria. Well done Laura.
• Well done to everyone who took part in the Big Draw event on Monday. We were so impressed with the enthusiasm and creativity demonstrated by Year 56 as well as the quality of the outcomes. Some pieces of work are still available if pupils wish to take them home.
• Thank you to everyone who attended our Celebration afternoon on Friday. We were delighted to share the children’s work with parents and carers and we sincerely hope you enjoyed the biscuits that were on offer.
Numeracy: this week we have been looking at the relationship between fractions and decimals. We have found fractions of given amounts and applied it to the decorating of our biscuits. Next week we will continue to look at fractions. However, we will be focussing on mixed number and improper fractions as well as finding common denominators. The following websites are useful to get you started:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html
Home learning: please continue to practise ALL of your times tables as well as other number facts (e.g. number bonds to 100, 1000, etc). These facts facts are fundamental when working with fractions. 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 moving on to look at newspaper reports and the stylistic devices needed to write like a journalist. We will be using the Big Draw event as a stimulus and will be looking to include ALL of our Star Criteria in our writing. These include: the correct use of punctuation, complex sentences, adverbials, quotes and personal opinions.
Home Learning: This week’s spellings are linked to our art unit: Scissors, Sculpture, Texture, Picture, Prepare, Create, Pastel, Material, Mixture, Build. You can practise these spellings via the Learning Platform.
Other areas of the curriculum:
In Science we have been finding out about how we hear and how sound travels. We have carried out investigations around changing the pitch and volume of musical instruments and have then had a go at making our own ‘unique’ sounds.
In PE we have been rehearsing and finessing our performances of street dance, line dancing and Rock and Roll. Performances will be shown in assembly over the next couple of weeks.
In RE we have continued to look at the religious act of pilgrimage. We have looked at the Catholic faith and have compared it with the Muslim faith.
Visit our Blogs! 5/6G http://robinhood56g.blogspot.com/
5/6B http://robinhood56b.blogspot.com/
5/6D http://robinhood56d.blogspot.com/
Dear Parent/Carer,
Apologies to those families who received a slightly earlier edit of last week’s newsletter via email and paper. The couple of unfinished sentences that did go out via those sources have been amended on the online newsletter…
The Big Draw
We had a brilliant Big Draw Day on Monday, during which we received visits from Calendar TV, the Yorkshire Evening Post and Councillor Lisa Mulherin, our Chair of Governors. Children from every class, Nursery to Year 6, contributed to the vast artwork in our Hall and produced works of art in their classrooms, all of which were displayed on Tuesday at our Robin Hood Art Gallery Open Exhibition for parents and families. Thanks to everyone who attended that event in support of our fabulous artists. A group of Year 5 and 6 pupils created a permanent work at the rear of the school – our Friendly Faces Graffiti Wall. Robin Hood is, of course, well known for the quality of its Arts provision. We are the proud holder of ArtsMark Gold and have featured in national publications on Art by ofsted and The Campaign for Drawing. The Big Draw at Robin Hood featured on Calendar News on Wednesday this week.
Feedback
We do want to hear from you about your ease of access to the newsletters. We made the change to mainly an electronic system in order to
a. reduce paper, photocopying and administration costs
b. ensure that the newsletters get to those who do want to see them as Pupil Post was not always 100% reliable.
When the newsletter was paper-based, we were often told by parents that they did not receive the newsletter – which is why we added the blog version to our distribution process.
Parents are now able to access the newsletter – at school on the Noticeboards, via the blog, via email or in paper form from the office. We are currently looking at whether the newsletter can be distributed via facebook to make access even easier. Our newsletters contain important information about school. Please ensure that you have a method of accessing them.
Feedback on the different methods of accessing the newsletter could form part of the discussion at our Parents Forum, to be held in Friendly Faces, 9.00am 4th November. Mrs Ann Parker (Governor) and Mrs Dale (Deputy Headteacher) will be there to share a coffee and a chat about any aspect of school life. Please do speak with Mrs Dale about your child’s experiences of The Big Draw… she would be delighted to hear from you.
Graduate Teacher Trainees 2012
The application round for 2012 Graduate Teacher Trainees is open once again. This is an ‘on the job’ teacher training programme that Robin Hood has had the pleasure to be involved with for eight years now. Potential applicants should visit http://www.b-nett.co.uk/?page_id=479 for further details and application packs.
Fantastic Staff
It is a regular feature of our newsletters that I spotlight the contribution made by key members of staff to our fabulous school. I would like this week to pay my particular thanks to Mrs Holland. Mrs Holland’s full time move to the office last year has been a blessing for Mrs Smith, the staff and I as her ultra-efficiency and fabulous photocopier skills have helped us all greatly.
Unnamed Clothing
Mrs Holland has three school-badged jade green cardigans; one age 5-6, one size 28" and one size 30", two jumpers age 5 and 6-7, one pair of shorts age 5, a pale blue Pumpkin Patch raincoat age 8, a two-tone green Mothercare coat age 3-4 and a brown leather H & M jacket age5/6 – all unnamed. Anyone missing these items… please claim them from Mrs Holland… and write child’s name in them. We do not have the space in school to hold a stock of unnamed clothing. Any items not claimed by the Half Term will be donated to charity. Please help us to help you by ensuring that all items that your child brings to school are clearly named.
Holiday Absence
During their inspection in April, ofsted noted the number of school days at Robin Hood that are lost to family holidays during term time – both authorised and unauthorised. Our policy on Holiday Absence is clear, is available from our website (http://www.robinhood.leeds.sch.uk/parents/policies.php), is consistent with the other Rothwell schools and is consistently applied when requests are received. While I fully recognise the issues for families surrounding the taking of holidays in term time I am also aware of the impact that absence from school has upon learning.
PTA Annual General Meeting
The PTA AGM will take place at school on Thursday 13th October, 6.00pm. Parents of our Nursery and Reception children, as well as the parents of children throughout the school, are very much encouraged and welcomed to join us.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mr Wilson
Nursery newsletter Autumn 1 week 5
News Round Up
We have enjoyed another great week in Nursery as Monday kicked off with our Big Draw event. The children had a fabulous time going on a bear hunt and then produced a montage to represent the environments where we found our bears! Many thanks to the parents who supported their children by purchasing their amazing artwork.
This week
We have been learning all about our senses, what they are and how we use them. The children have been listening to sounds inside and outdoors and have smelled and tasted some interesting things, talking about the reasons they liked them and using super descriptive words such as 'salty', 'sour' and 'sweet'. In our numeracy sessions we have concentrated on counting to ten and introduced counting backwards from 10. Please encourage your child to count objects at home too, e.g. how many lego blocks they have used to build a tower, how many teddies have they got lined up on their bed etc.
Next week
We will be continuing to learn about Ourselves but will be focusing on our feelings and emotions. The children will be using role-play to act out different scenarios and we will be discussing different feelings and appropriate responses to different situations. The children will be thinking about the things that make them feel happy and sad and developing strategies to cope in different situations. In numeracy we will continue to look at numbers and using number rhymes and games to help build on their skills.
How you can help us
Please ensure your child completes the home learning task and brings into Nursery as we do use the finished outcomes to support our activities in school.
Thank you so much to those parents who have engaged with the reading records and guidance notes to help your child with early reading skills. Please could I ask that Wednesday becomes the day that we hand in reading records and I will then return them to you.
Thank you.
Reception Newsletter
News round up
We have enjoyed another great week in Reception. Monday kicked off with our Big Draw event and thank you to all parents who supported their children by purchasing their amazing artwork.
As the weather has turned colder please can you make sure your child brings a coat every day. We have also had some polo shirts going missing, particularly after PE. Can you please check that all clothing (including shoes) is clearly named and if your child comes home wearing something that isn't theirs, please can you wash and return to school to allow us to return to the rightful owner!
This week
We have been learning all about our senses, what they are and how we use them. The children have been listening to sounds inside and outdoors and have smelled and tasted some interesting things, talking about the reasons they liked them and using super descriptive words such as 'salty', 'sour' and 'sweet'. In our numeracy sessions we have looked at numbers above 10 and have continued with working on our number formation.
Next week
We will be continuing to learn about Ourselves but will be focusing on our feelings and emotions. The children will be using role-play to act out different scenarios and we will be discussing different feelings and appropriate responses to different situations. The children will be thinking about the things that make them feel happy and sad and developing strategies to cope in different situations. In numeracy we will continue to look at numbers above ten, talking about the way they are made up from tens and units and practising writing them. All children need to be able to read, recognise and write the numbers to twenty during their time in Reception.
New Sounds and Keywords
the new sounds for next week will be: 'b', 'd' and 'i'
the keywords will be: him, his, not, got, up, mum
KS1 Newsletter
What an amazing week it has been in Key Stage 1....check out the blog for photos of this weeks events!! http://robinhoodkeystage1.blogspot.com/
Home Learning
A huge THANK YOU to all parents and children for their outstanding home learning projects which were handed in on Monday. The Key Stage 1 staff were very impressed with the time, effort and creativeness the children showed. All projects handed in can be seen of the KS1 blog......
The Big Draw
On Monday the children took part in The Big Draw, where they were involved in art based activities across the day. The day started with a whole school assembly led by Mrs Dale who shared the vision for the day and the project which would take place in the hall.
The children went on an Autumn walk to collect leaves from the playground which then fed into the children's art work of leaf printing and observational drawings of leaves. When using the leaves to print, they first investigated the different ways to create a leaf print using primary colours and then teamed up with up to 3 other people to create amazing pictures of leaves. The children then continued to add detail to the pictures using coloured pens and pencils.
During the afternoon the children went outside to create observational drawings of leaves using charcoal and coloured pastels. The children spent time looking at how to create an effective outlines of the leaves (without drawing around the leaf itself) and then adding on the vines.
We hope you were able to join the celebration of this art work on Tuesday and even purchased some from the amazing artists Robin Hood have!!!
Literacy
This week in Literacy the children have tried so hard with their learning, creating a booklet all about being healthy and having a healthy lifestyle. The children continued to look at having a balanced diet and the effects this has on the body. They watched video clips to enhance their listening skills and knowledge of the subject. The children have completed their own Healthy Eating booklet including sub-heading, CAPITAL LETTERS, full stops, developed ideas (using: so, if, but, because, when), Did you know facts..... and text effects.
Next week the children will be learning with a partner and creating a poster on Exercise. They will be participating in different exercise videos, discussing the effects these have on they body while reading information texts about the benefits of exercise and the possible side effects of being unhealthy. The children will look at how to set out an effective poster using different colours to present different ideas.
Numeracy
This week in Numeracy the children have continued to develop their understanding of Numbers and the Number System and using the Malteser system to partition two and three digit numbers. The children have been ordering the numbers and discussing which is the Biggest/Smallest and why. Please continue to support your child at home by asking them to write three and four digit numbers at home and label up the columns.
Next week in Numeracy the children will be developing their understanding of the 100 square and where the numbers are in relation to the columns and rows. They will continue to develop their understanding of 1 more/1 less and 10 more/10 less, using the hundred square but also doing this mentally. To really test the children's understanding and knowledge of the 100 square they will be given a small section to fill in and complete which will require them to use all the skills taught across the week.
Topic
This week has seen another taste testing session.....tasting different smoothies and trying to identify the fruit used. The children then continued to design, make and evaluate their own fruit smoothie, using a selection of fruit. The children really enjoyed the hands on sessions and even created their own labels which would be used for their bottles. I am sure in years to come we will see some of these on the shelves in Morrisons!!
LKS2 Newsletter
Our week kicked off with the fantastic 'Big Draw' on Monday, where we had lots of fun creating sky lines of the words most famous landmarks. We would like to congratulate all the children for their amazing enthusiasm and superb effort shown throughout the day. We would like to thank everyone who came along to support the event in the hall on Tuesday and who purchased our amazing pictures. I'm sure you'll agree 3/4 are very talented artists! Miss Thackeray and Miss Nicholls class have produced an amazing video of instructions on how to play a fun playtime game this week. This video is for the schools in our comenius project to use and learn from. Miss Thackeray and Miss Nicholls will take this with them next week when they are going to Prague to observe and teach in one of our Comenius partner's schools.
Literacy
This week we have continued to research what life was like for women and children. The children have introduced their report with an engaging opening paragraph and have continued to group ideas into paragraphs. We have been very impressed with the children's descriptions and attempts at complex sentences. Next week the children will be researching the battles that the Vikings and the Saxons took part in and the impact Alfred the Great had on the Vikings' reign over England.
Numeracy
This week we have been sorting and carrying out investigations around odd and even numbers. We also have had a lot of fun sorting multiples of different numbers into venn and carol diagrams. Next week we will be collecting data and representing this in pictograms and bar charts.
Topic
We have been continuing our weaving, moving pictures and Kar2ouche animations all about different aspects of Viking life. We are looking forward to sharing these with you at the end of our topic.
Reminders
All year four children who are going on residential have received the itinerary, equipment list and a medical form. Please can all medical forms be completed and returned to school as soon as possible.
Our trip to Danelaw Viking Village at Murton Park is fast approaching, please can you ensure we have everyone's payment in before we go. As the weather has turned quite cold please can all children make sure they come to school on that day in warm clothes and a waterproof coat.
Thank you,
Year 3/4 Team
UKS2 Newsletter
News Roundup
• Congratulations Laura Bond, who is our Achiever of the Week, for her AMAZING paragraph about an American Film icon. She wowed us with her use of ALL the star Criteria. Well done Laura.
• Well done to everyone who took part in the Big Draw event on Monday. We were so impressed with the enthusiasm and creativity demonstrated by Year 56 as well as the quality of the outcomes. Some pieces of work are still available if pupils wish to take them home.
• Thank you to everyone who attended our Celebration afternoon on Friday. We were delighted to share the children’s work with parents and carers and we sincerely hope you enjoyed the biscuits that were on offer.
Numeracy: this week we have been looking at the relationship between fractions and decimals. We have found fractions of given amounts and applied it to the decorating of our biscuits. Next week we will continue to look at fractions. However, we will be focussing on mixed number and improper fractions as well as finding common denominators. The following websites are useful to get you started:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html
Home learning: please continue to practise ALL of your times tables as well as other number facts (e.g. number bonds to 100, 1000, etc). These facts facts are fundamental when working with fractions. 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 moving on to look at newspaper reports and the stylistic devices needed to write like a journalist. We will be using the Big Draw event as a stimulus and will be looking to include ALL of our Star Criteria in our writing. These include: the correct use of punctuation, complex sentences, adverbials, quotes and personal opinions.
Home Learning: This week’s spellings are linked to our art unit: Scissors, Sculpture, Texture, Picture, Prepare, Create, Pastel, Material, Mixture, Build. You can practise these spellings via the Learning Platform.
Other areas of the curriculum:
In Science we have been finding out about how we hear and how sound travels. We have carried out investigations around changing the pitch and volume of musical instruments and have then had a go at making our own ‘unique’ sounds.
In PE we have been rehearsing and finessing our performances of street dance, line dancing and Rock and Roll. Performances will be shown in assembly over the next couple of weeks.
In RE we have continued to look at the religious act of pilgrimage. We have looked at the Catholic faith and have compared it with the Muslim faith.
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Friday, 30 September 2011
Issue 4 2011-12
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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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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Wednesday, 28 September 2011
issue 1 2011-12
Dear Parent/Carer,
Welcome to the first newsletter of the school year. It is brilliant to see all of the bright, shining faces, ready for another year of powerful learning at Robin Hood.
Along with your child’s phase newsletter, these will be the final newsletters produced en-masse in paper form. As of next week, newsletters will be posted to our school website blog.
Parent Meetings
We look forward to welcoming you next week and sharing key information for the year ahead at our Parent Meetings.
Lower KS2 (Y3/4): 2.40pm – 3.10pm, Tues 13th Sep
Upper KS2 (Y5/6): 3.20pm – 3.50pm, Tues 13th Sep
KS1 (Y1/2): 2.30pm – 3.00pm, Weds 14th Sep
The meetings will all take place in your child’s classroom. Please make every effort to attend. Your support and our partnership is a key strength of our school and community, one that best enables our child’s learning.
Thank you
I would like to say an enormous thank you to Mr Reynolds and our Summer Team for the very hard work that they have put in throughout the summer. This is vitally important work that should never be allowed to go ‘under the radar’. The fact that we have such a fabulous learning environment of which we can all be proud is entirely down to the hard work of Mr Reynolds and the entire team at Robin Hood.
I’m sure that you have noticed many of the developments, upgrades and enhancements that have taken place during the summer. Our commitment to providing a World Class learning environment for our children remains as strong as ever. I’m sure you will notice more developments when you are in school for our Parent Meetings next week.
Friendly Faces
Friendly Faces have had a terrific summer of fun… and it has been great to see the team working so brilliantly with our children. Very few spaces at Friendly Faces remain for weekdays. School Holiday and Training Day availability remain open at this time. Please contact Louise Parker for more information or to book, either at Friendly Faces or on 07810071148.
Key Dates
Week commencing 17th Oct – Parent Consultations Week
Fri 21 Oct – Harvest Festival Celebration at Lofthouse Church
Wed 16 Nov – Year 34 Residential
Fri 16 Dec – Christmas Service at Lofthouse Church (am) Carols Around the Tree (pm)
Tue 3 Jan 2012 – Training Day
Thu 22 Mar – ‘The Robins’ Awards
Week commencing 26th Mar ’12 – Parent Consultations Week
Fri 30 Mar ’12 – Easter Service at Lofthouse Church
Mon 16 Apr ’12 – Training Day
Week commencing 14 May ’12 – Year 6 SATs Week
Thu 31 May ’12 – New Reception Parents Meeting
Fri 1 Jun ’12 – New Nursery Parents Open Day
Mon 11 Jun ’12 – Year 6 Residential
Fri 6 Jul ’12 – Training Day
Mon 9 Jul ’12 – Sports Day
Thu 19 Jul ’12 - Golden Day
Fri 20 Jul ’12 – Talent Show
Mon 23 Jul ’12 – Leavers Assembly
Celebration Fridays
Our Celebration Fridays will take place this year on or close to the final Friday of each Half Term for every Year Group. Celebration Fridays are a fantastic opportunity for you to share your child’s learning from the Half Term. Nursery Parents whose children stay for the front part of the week will have their Celebration Evening opportunity on a Tuesday in the same week as the Celebration Friday. Precise dates will be in next week’s newsletter. Look out for dates specific to your child’s phase in school in upcoming newsletters.
Electronic Newsletter
Future newsletters will be published in electronic format. In order to ensure that you are up to date with information, dates, etc, please follow the newsletter blog or give your email address to Mrs Smith in order that we can mail the newsletter to you direct. Please do let us know if you do not have access to a computer to receive the e-newsletter or wish to continue to receive it in paper form via Pupil Post.
It’s great to welcome you back and I look forward to another outstanding year at our outstanding school,
Mr Wilson
Welcome to the first newsletter of the school year. It is brilliant to see all of the bright, shining faces, ready for another year of powerful learning at Robin Hood.
Along with your child’s phase newsletter, these will be the final newsletters produced en-masse in paper form. As of next week, newsletters will be posted to our school website blog.
Parent Meetings
We look forward to welcoming you next week and sharing key information for the year ahead at our Parent Meetings.
Lower KS2 (Y3/4): 2.40pm – 3.10pm, Tues 13th Sep
Upper KS2 (Y5/6): 3.20pm – 3.50pm, Tues 13th Sep
KS1 (Y1/2): 2.30pm – 3.00pm, Weds 14th Sep
The meetings will all take place in your child’s classroom. Please make every effort to attend. Your support and our partnership is a key strength of our school and community, one that best enables our child’s learning.
Thank you
I would like to say an enormous thank you to Mr Reynolds and our Summer Team for the very hard work that they have put in throughout the summer. This is vitally important work that should never be allowed to go ‘under the radar’. The fact that we have such a fabulous learning environment of which we can all be proud is entirely down to the hard work of Mr Reynolds and the entire team at Robin Hood.
I’m sure that you have noticed many of the developments, upgrades and enhancements that have taken place during the summer. Our commitment to providing a World Class learning environment for our children remains as strong as ever. I’m sure you will notice more developments when you are in school for our Parent Meetings next week.
Friendly Faces
Friendly Faces have had a terrific summer of fun… and it has been great to see the team working so brilliantly with our children. Very few spaces at Friendly Faces remain for weekdays. School Holiday and Training Day availability remain open at this time. Please contact Louise Parker for more information or to book, either at Friendly Faces or on 07810071148.
Key Dates
Week commencing 17th Oct – Parent Consultations Week
Fri 21 Oct – Harvest Festival Celebration at Lofthouse Church
Wed 16 Nov – Year 34 Residential
Fri 16 Dec – Christmas Service at Lofthouse Church (am) Carols Around the Tree (pm)
Tue 3 Jan 2012 – Training Day
Thu 22 Mar – ‘The Robins’ Awards
Week commencing 26th Mar ’12 – Parent Consultations Week
Fri 30 Mar ’12 – Easter Service at Lofthouse Church
Mon 16 Apr ’12 – Training Day
Week commencing 14 May ’12 – Year 6 SATs Week
Thu 31 May ’12 – New Reception Parents Meeting
Fri 1 Jun ’12 – New Nursery Parents Open Day
Mon 11 Jun ’12 – Year 6 Residential
Fri 6 Jul ’12 – Training Day
Mon 9 Jul ’12 – Sports Day
Thu 19 Jul ’12 - Golden Day
Fri 20 Jul ’12 – Talent Show
Mon 23 Jul ’12 – Leavers Assembly
Celebration Fridays
Our Celebration Fridays will take place this year on or close to the final Friday of each Half Term for every Year Group. Celebration Fridays are a fantastic opportunity for you to share your child’s learning from the Half Term. Nursery Parents whose children stay for the front part of the week will have their Celebration Evening opportunity on a Tuesday in the same week as the Celebration Friday. Precise dates will be in next week’s newsletter. Look out for dates specific to your child’s phase in school in upcoming newsletters.
Electronic Newsletter
Future newsletters will be published in electronic format. In order to ensure that you are up to date with information, dates, etc, please follow the newsletter blog or give your email address to Mrs Smith in order that we can mail the newsletter to you direct. Please do let us know if you do not have access to a computer to receive the e-newsletter or wish to continue to receive it in paper form via Pupil Post.
It’s great to welcome you back and I look forward to another outstanding year at our outstanding school,
Mr Wilson
Friday, 23 September 2011
Issue 3 2011-12
Newsletter Issue 3
Friday 23rd September 2011
Dear Parent/Carer,
Parent Forum
I am delighted to announce that our Governing Body are keen to launch a regular opportunity for our parents to meet with them to share a coffee and discuss school matters at a Parent Forum, the first of which will take place from 9.00am on Friday 4th November in the Friendly Faces building. Mrs Ann Parker, Governor, will be accompanied by our Deputy Headteacher Mrs Dale. The Parent Forum is designed as yet another way for our parents to be active participants in the life of our school by providing yet another avenue for dialogue between you and the school.
Clubs
We have had an enormous response to our Clubs offers. Club notifications are coming home today. Most Clubs begin next week – please check the start date for your child’s Club. Some Clubs are suspended for the week after – due to the large contingent of staff that we are sending to meet with our European partners and learn about schools in the Czech Republic. Again, please make a note and make the necessary arrangements if your child’s Club is affected that week. Clubs are provided voluntarily by our staff – we are very fortunate to have such a hard working and dedicated staff. Please ensure that staff are notified if your child will have a scheduled absence from a Club and please ensure that your child is collected on time from his/her Club.
There are still a few spaces remaining on Thursday 3.15-4.15 for Beginner Guitar Lessons. Anyone interested, please see Mrs Dale.
Dates for the year
Our second half of the week Nursery Parents have their Celebration Event on:
Thu 6th October, Thu 8th December, Thu 29th March, Thu 24nd May, Thu 12th July
The Big Draw takes place on Monday 3rd October. We will be opening our doors as The Robin Hood Gallery of Art from 3:15p.m on Tuesday 4th October. We hope that you will be able to join us to view the wonderful outpouring of creativity that we expect. There will even be the chance to purchase some of the Art treasures on display.
Robin Hood’s Got Talent
We want to encourage as many children as possible to put themselves forward for our fantastic Robin Hood’s Got Talent. Please help us and help your child by ensuring that the songs they choose for audition are appropriate and do not contain ‘adult’ themes and references.
Have a fantastic weekend.
Mr Wilson
Nursery newsletter Autumn 1 week 3
Well done to everybody for another fabulous week in Nursery. The children are becoming really confident in their new surroundings! As the weather is getting a bit damper, please make sure you send your child with a waterproof coat every day as we will be taking full advantage of our fabulous outdoor provision.
Please have a look at our Nursery blog at http://robinhoodnursery.blogspot.com/
This week
The children have been sharing information and photographs with their friends, talking about their family members and have created some beautiful frames to put around their photographs. They have also been exploring the natural environment and have produced some stunning Autumn printing which is currently displayed in Nursery. Please do take a look! In numeracy we have been practising counting and using numbers to help us play games and share the toys. Please do encourage your child to count at home too, e.g when walking down steps putting on shoes, fastening buttons etc.
Next week
The children will be finding out more about the different body parts and will be learning songs and ring games to help identify where they are! We will be sharing some 'Funnybones' stories and clips and creating our very own moving bodies! In our number sessions we will continue to practice counting as well as collecting data about eye colour which we will then be putting into pictograms. We will be using an ICT programme to produce our finished outcomes.
How you can help us
Please ensure your child completes the home learning task and brings into school on Monday morning / Wednesday afternoon. This week it is to create a simple family tree (as far as grandparents) We also ask for your support in reading with your child at home sharing stories everyday. Please refere to your childs reading record for hepful tips. Thank you.
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Reception newsletter Autumn 1 week 3
Well done to everybody for another super week in Reception. The children are writing with us every day so please ask them to show you how fabulous they are.
As the weather is getting a bit damper, please make sure you send your child with a waterproof coat every day as we will be taking full advantage of our fabulous outdoor provision.
Please have a look at our Reception blog at: http://mrssatrobinhood.blogspot.com/
This week
The children have been sharing information and photographs with their friends, talking about their family members and creating super zig-zag books. They have even been recorded on the dictaphone by Miss Johal and some of their comments appear on our blog. In numeracy we have been practising counting in 1's, 2's and 5's as well as number spotting in the environment. Please practice counting to ten and back with your child every day!
Next week
The children will be finding out more about the different body parts and we will be using our phonic knowledge to help us label them correctly using the initial sounds (eg 'l' for leg and 'h' for head). We will be sharing some 'Funnybones' stories and clips and will be writing about what we have found out. In our number sessions we will continue to practice counting as well as collecting data about eye colour which we will then be putting into pictograms. We will be using an ICT programme to produce our finished outcomes.
How you can help us
Please ensure your child completes the home learning task and brings into school on Monday morning. This week it is to create a simple family tree and we would like the children to write the initial sounds themselves. We also ask for your support in reading with your child and spending five minutes practising the sounds of the week and the keyword flashcards we have sent home every day. Thank you.
Sounds of the week
these are c and g
Keywords of the week are: of, off, can, on, is, it
Tricky words for this half term are: no, go, the, I, into, to
KS1 News
It's been another fantastic week in Key Stage one! The children have been enthusiastic towards all of their learning, which has included making their own Flanimal and showing off their map reading skills! The Key Stage One staff would like to say thank you to all of the parents/carers who are ensuring their children come to school with their reading records on a Monday morning. We can see all the wonderful reading and other learning the children are doing at home and it has been great to read such positive comments! We will be using the reading records to record the spellings for each week. Please support you child in continuing to use these words in their learning at home.
Literacy
This week the children have been very enthusiastic learning about and making their own Flanimals! Their creations have been fantastic and have allowed the children to produce outstanding booklets. They have included sections such as, describing their appeareance, who their family and friends are, what their hobbies are and what they like to eat.
Next week the children will be starting a two week piece of learning all about why it is important to be healthy. They will be understanding all about the different food groups; fats, fruit and vegetables, protein and carbohydrates. At the end of the two weeks they will be creating their own healthy eating booklet. Please support your child when they are eating to talk about what foods they are and why they may be good or bad for them. A useful website you may want to look at it is http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/Activity.aspx?siteId=3§ionId=37&contentId=55
Numeracy
This week in Numeracy the children have been learning all about different sequences. They have looked at sequences in 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's and have been describing patterns in the numbers. The sequences have not only been forwards, but backwards and had missing numbers! The children should be very proud of their efforts as these are very difficult concepts to grasp. Well done to you all! Take a look and see how fantastic your children are!
Next week the children will be using lots of maltesers! They will learning about place value and ordering numbers. To help your children with the understanding of place value, one small packet of maltesers is labelled as one ten, so if they have four packets of maltesers, they will have four tens. Please ask your child about this system next week and see how they explain it to you!
Topic
This week in Topic the children have been developing their map reading skills. This has ranged from understanding 'birds eye views' and what different symbols and colours mean on a map. The children have also navigated themselves around school and created their own 'virtual tour'. Watch out for these on the blog!
Next week the children will be learning all about Rothwell! They will be visiting Morrisons, where they will be able to see the fishmongers and bakery. They will also take a short walk in the centre and look and see what parts of Rothwell are new and what parts of it are old. It is an action packed week and we are sure the children will really enjoy it!
LKS2 Newsletter
We are very proud of everyone in year 3/4 for yet another full week of fabulous learning. Well done to everyone who brought their reading record in on Monday, it was lovely to reward all the children for their home learning!
Literacy
This week we have been practicing our note taking skills whilst finding lots of information out about the vikings from many different resources. We have been using these notes to write super rainbow paragraphs including many different features to entice our reader. Next week we are continuing to entice our readers by adding lots of text effects to our writing and extending our ideas into compound and complex sentences.
Numeracy
The children have been super mathematicians this week ordering both negative and positive numbers. We have also been finding the patterns in different number sequences and continuing them. We had lots of fun solving the Fibonacci sequence. Why not ask your child to explain this to you? Next week we are looking at rounding different two, three and four digit numbers to the nearest ten, hundred and thousand.
Science
This week we have been creating amazing displays in our classrooms to show off our scientific knowledge of thermal insulators and conductors. We were blown away by the children's explanations of how to keep things warm or cold.
Topic
Next week we are beginning Viking weaving and creating some Viking moving pictures using linkages and levers. We are looking forward to showing you all our fantastic outcomes at our next Friday celebration!
Important notices
As our Danelaw Viking trip is fast approaching please can you ensure that you have returned conformation and payment so that your child is able to attend. Thank you to everyone who has already done so.
Please can you ensure your child has their PE kit in school every week. Miss Thackeray's and Miss Nicholls' PE session is every Tuesday and Mrs Moores' is on a Thursday.
Have a great weekend from the 3/4 team!
UKS2 Newsletter
News Roundup
· A BIG well done to those children who have made a real effort with their reading since the start of term. We really do appreciate the commitment that both children and parents put in at home and it has been a joy to read so many positive and detailed comments. We hope this will continue for the rest of the year.
· 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
· Next week our topic sessions will focus on the Science unit of Sight and Sound. We will be carrying out our own investigations as well as finding out about how we see and hear. Could we please ask for any cuboid juice cartons or boxes to be sent into school, as we will be using them to make a device to help us see? Thank you.
Numeracy
Next week we will be applying our knowledge of addition and subtraction to real life situations involving calculating percentages. We will be increasing and decreasing values by varying percentages as well as continuing to develop our mental strategies. To get a head start, why not have a look at the following website: http://www.funbrain.com/penguin/index.html
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 using a variety of resources (including websites, biographies and film clips) to research and write about four famous American film stars. These will include: Clint Eastwood, Judy Garland, Tom Hanks and Miley Cyrus, who are all famous for varying reasons. The children will be organising their information about each individual and then writing a detailed paragraph ensuring they include all of our Star Criteria from the last 2 weeks. We will also be focussing on making links between our paragraphs as well as within paragraphs.
Home Learning: This week’s spellings are linked to our focus on science: investigate, instructions, information, vision, optician, transparent, opaque, translucent, reflection, science.
Other areas of the curriculum:
In Topic, we’ve been finding out about the troubles faced by Native Americans in 1607 when Captain John Smith sailed the Atlantic in search of new land for English settlers. We have also begun to look at the excitement of the Great Oklahoma land rush of 1893. Did you know that some people even rode bicycles to try and stake their claim on a piece of American land?
In PE, we have continued to develop our street dance, line dance and rock and roll dance routines. We will be showing some of these performances in a celebration assembly very soon.
In ICT we have been looking at the artistic collages of American Artist, Robert Rauschenberg. We have begun to collect our own American images and will be creating a ‘moving collage’ using Smart Notebook.
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Friday 23rd September 2011
Dear Parent/Carer,
Parent Forum
I am delighted to announce that our Governing Body are keen to launch a regular opportunity for our parents to meet with them to share a coffee and discuss school matters at a Parent Forum, the first of which will take place from 9.00am on Friday 4th November in the Friendly Faces building. Mrs Ann Parker, Governor, will be accompanied by our Deputy Headteacher Mrs Dale. The Parent Forum is designed as yet another way for our parents to be active participants in the life of our school by providing yet another avenue for dialogue between you and the school.
Clubs
We have had an enormous response to our Clubs offers. Club notifications are coming home today. Most Clubs begin next week – please check the start date for your child’s Club. Some Clubs are suspended for the week after – due to the large contingent of staff that we are sending to meet with our European partners and learn about schools in the Czech Republic. Again, please make a note and make the necessary arrangements if your child’s Club is affected that week. Clubs are provided voluntarily by our staff – we are very fortunate to have such a hard working and dedicated staff. Please ensure that staff are notified if your child will have a scheduled absence from a Club and please ensure that your child is collected on time from his/her Club.
There are still a few spaces remaining on Thursday 3.15-4.15 for Beginner Guitar Lessons. Anyone interested, please see Mrs Dale.
Dates for the year
Our second half of the week Nursery Parents have their Celebration Event on:
Thu 6th October, Thu 8th December, Thu 29th March, Thu 24nd May, Thu 12th July
The Big Draw takes place on Monday 3rd October. We will be opening our doors as The Robin Hood Gallery of Art from 3:15p.m on Tuesday 4th October. We hope that you will be able to join us to view the wonderful outpouring of creativity that we expect. There will even be the chance to purchase some of the Art treasures on display.
Robin Hood’s Got Talent
We want to encourage as many children as possible to put themselves forward for our fantastic Robin Hood’s Got Talent. Please help us and help your child by ensuring that the songs they choose for audition are appropriate and do not contain ‘adult’ themes and references.
Have a fantastic weekend.
Mr Wilson
Nursery newsletter Autumn 1 week 3
Well done to everybody for another fabulous week in Nursery. The children are becoming really confident in their new surroundings! As the weather is getting a bit damper, please make sure you send your child with a waterproof coat every day as we will be taking full advantage of our fabulous outdoor provision.
Please have a look at our Nursery blog at http://robinhoodnursery.blogspot.com/
This week
The children have been sharing information and photographs with their friends, talking about their family members and have created some beautiful frames to put around their photographs. They have also been exploring the natural environment and have produced some stunning Autumn printing which is currently displayed in Nursery. Please do take a look! In numeracy we have been practising counting and using numbers to help us play games and share the toys. Please do encourage your child to count at home too, e.g when walking down steps putting on shoes, fastening buttons etc.
Next week
The children will be finding out more about the different body parts and will be learning songs and ring games to help identify where they are! We will be sharing some 'Funnybones' stories and clips and creating our very own moving bodies! In our number sessions we will continue to practice counting as well as collecting data about eye colour which we will then be putting into pictograms. We will be using an ICT programme to produce our finished outcomes.
How you can help us
Please ensure your child completes the home learning task and brings into school on Monday morning / Wednesday afternoon. This week it is to create a simple family tree (as far as grandparents) We also ask for your support in reading with your child at home sharing stories everyday. Please refere to your childs reading record for hepful tips. Thank you.
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Reception newsletter Autumn 1 week 3
Well done to everybody for another super week in Reception. The children are writing with us every day so please ask them to show you how fabulous they are.
As the weather is getting a bit damper, please make sure you send your child with a waterproof coat every day as we will be taking full advantage of our fabulous outdoor provision.
Please have a look at our Reception blog at: http://mrssatrobinhood.blogspot.com/
This week
The children have been sharing information and photographs with their friends, talking about their family members and creating super zig-zag books. They have even been recorded on the dictaphone by Miss Johal and some of their comments appear on our blog. In numeracy we have been practising counting in 1's, 2's and 5's as well as number spotting in the environment. Please practice counting to ten and back with your child every day!
Next week
The children will be finding out more about the different body parts and we will be using our phonic knowledge to help us label them correctly using the initial sounds (eg 'l' for leg and 'h' for head). We will be sharing some 'Funnybones' stories and clips and will be writing about what we have found out. In our number sessions we will continue to practice counting as well as collecting data about eye colour which we will then be putting into pictograms. We will be using an ICT programme to produce our finished outcomes.
How you can help us
Please ensure your child completes the home learning task and brings into school on Monday morning. This week it is to create a simple family tree and we would like the children to write the initial sounds themselves. We also ask for your support in reading with your child and spending five minutes practising the sounds of the week and the keyword flashcards we have sent home every day. Thank you.
Sounds of the week
these are c and g
Keywords of the week are: of, off, can, on, is, it
Tricky words for this half term are: no, go, the, I, into, to
KS1 News
It's been another fantastic week in Key Stage one! The children have been enthusiastic towards all of their learning, which has included making their own Flanimal and showing off their map reading skills! The Key Stage One staff would like to say thank you to all of the parents/carers who are ensuring their children come to school with their reading records on a Monday morning. We can see all the wonderful reading and other learning the children are doing at home and it has been great to read such positive comments! We will be using the reading records to record the spellings for each week. Please support you child in continuing to use these words in their learning at home.
Literacy
This week the children have been very enthusiastic learning about and making their own Flanimals! Their creations have been fantastic and have allowed the children to produce outstanding booklets. They have included sections such as, describing their appeareance, who their family and friends are, what their hobbies are and what they like to eat.
Next week the children will be starting a two week piece of learning all about why it is important to be healthy. They will be understanding all about the different food groups; fats, fruit and vegetables, protein and carbohydrates. At the end of the two weeks they will be creating their own healthy eating booklet. Please support your child when they are eating to talk about what foods they are and why they may be good or bad for them. A useful website you may want to look at it is http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/Activity.aspx?siteId=3§ionId=37&contentId=55
Numeracy
This week in Numeracy the children have been learning all about different sequences. They have looked at sequences in 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's and have been describing patterns in the numbers. The sequences have not only been forwards, but backwards and had missing numbers! The children should be very proud of their efforts as these are very difficult concepts to grasp. Well done to you all! Take a look and see how fantastic your children are!
Next week the children will be using lots of maltesers! They will learning about place value and ordering numbers. To help your children with the understanding of place value, one small packet of maltesers is labelled as one ten, so if they have four packets of maltesers, they will have four tens. Please ask your child about this system next week and see how they explain it to you!
Topic
This week in Topic the children have been developing their map reading skills. This has ranged from understanding 'birds eye views' and what different symbols and colours mean on a map. The children have also navigated themselves around school and created their own 'virtual tour'. Watch out for these on the blog!
Next week the children will be learning all about Rothwell! They will be visiting Morrisons, where they will be able to see the fishmongers and bakery. They will also take a short walk in the centre and look and see what parts of Rothwell are new and what parts of it are old. It is an action packed week and we are sure the children will really enjoy it!
LKS2 Newsletter
We are very proud of everyone in year 3/4 for yet another full week of fabulous learning. Well done to everyone who brought their reading record in on Monday, it was lovely to reward all the children for their home learning!
Literacy
This week we have been practicing our note taking skills whilst finding lots of information out about the vikings from many different resources. We have been using these notes to write super rainbow paragraphs including many different features to entice our reader. Next week we are continuing to entice our readers by adding lots of text effects to our writing and extending our ideas into compound and complex sentences.
Numeracy
The children have been super mathematicians this week ordering both negative and positive numbers. We have also been finding the patterns in different number sequences and continuing them. We had lots of fun solving the Fibonacci sequence. Why not ask your child to explain this to you? Next week we are looking at rounding different two, three and four digit numbers to the nearest ten, hundred and thousand.
Science
This week we have been creating amazing displays in our classrooms to show off our scientific knowledge of thermal insulators and conductors. We were blown away by the children's explanations of how to keep things warm or cold.
Topic
Next week we are beginning Viking weaving and creating some Viking moving pictures using linkages and levers. We are looking forward to showing you all our fantastic outcomes at our next Friday celebration!
Important notices
As our Danelaw Viking trip is fast approaching please can you ensure that you have returned conformation and payment so that your child is able to attend. Thank you to everyone who has already done so.
Please can you ensure your child has their PE kit in school every week. Miss Thackeray's and Miss Nicholls' PE session is every Tuesday and Mrs Moores' is on a Thursday.
Have a great weekend from the 3/4 team!
UKS2 Newsletter
News Roundup
· A BIG well done to those children who have made a real effort with their reading since the start of term. We really do appreciate the commitment that both children and parents put in at home and it has been a joy to read so many positive and detailed comments. We hope this will continue for the rest of the year.
· 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
· Next week our topic sessions will focus on the Science unit of Sight and Sound. We will be carrying out our own investigations as well as finding out about how we see and hear. Could we please ask for any cuboid juice cartons or boxes to be sent into school, as we will be using them to make a device to help us see? Thank you.
Numeracy
Next week we will be applying our knowledge of addition and subtraction to real life situations involving calculating percentages. We will be increasing and decreasing values by varying percentages as well as continuing to develop our mental strategies. To get a head start, why not have a look at the following website: http://www.funbrain.com/penguin/index.html
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 using a variety of resources (including websites, biographies and film clips) to research and write about four famous American film stars. These will include: Clint Eastwood, Judy Garland, Tom Hanks and Miley Cyrus, who are all famous for varying reasons. The children will be organising their information about each individual and then writing a detailed paragraph ensuring they include all of our Star Criteria from the last 2 weeks. We will also be focussing on making links between our paragraphs as well as within paragraphs.
Home Learning: This week’s spellings are linked to our focus on science: investigate, instructions, information, vision, optician, transparent, opaque, translucent, reflection, science.
Other areas of the curriculum:
In Topic, we’ve been finding out about the troubles faced by Native Americans in 1607 when Captain John Smith sailed the Atlantic in search of new land for English settlers. We have also begun to look at the excitement of the Great Oklahoma land rush of 1893. Did you know that some people even rode bicycles to try and stake their claim on a piece of American land?
In PE, we have continued to develop our street dance, line dance and rock and roll dance routines. We will be showing some of these performances in a celebration assembly very soon.
In ICT we have been looking at the artistic collages of American Artist, Robert Rauschenberg. We have begun to collect our own American images and will be creating a ‘moving collage’ using Smart Notebook.
Visit our Blogs! 5/6G http://robinhood56g.blogspot.com/
5/6B http://robinhood56b.blogspot.com/
5/6D http://robinhood56d.blogspot.com/
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Issue 2 2011-12
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/
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/
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