Happy Friday!
An action packed week of Trees, authors and story writing. This week, we have been working on Place Value in Maths, in English, we are writing our own stories based on the theme of The Fox and the Star, with some pleasing results. In Science, we continued with our work on States of Matter, thinking this week about the structure of a solid, a liquid and a gas. We have worked of body tension and posture in our gymnastics session (see photos). On Wednesday, we enjoyed Music and R.E. sessions with Miss Boyce, we have also enjoyed a workshop with the Devon Wildlife Trust, based on Trees. Following this, we had a fabulous afternoon on Thursday, when we had a workshop with visiting author Leisa Stewart-Sharpe. She was amazing and captivated the children with her story telling. In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum, I have set them 25 minutes worth of TTRS time as home learning. This can be done as a block, or it can be spread across the week, so that the children do 5 minutes a day. Spellings will also start on Monday, so spellings will come with the children to learn. The children have also brought home their Wider Curriculum home learning tonight. Could the children do one activity really well and return it to me after half-term, you can do more if you want to, but i will expect one in. Next week, the children will be having P.E. on Tuesday and Thursday, so send them in, in their P.E kits on both of these days please. We will complete our work on Place Value in Maths, start a new text in English, continue with States of Matter in Science, Romans in History and Drawing in Art. As well as this, on Monday, please send your children in dressed as a scarecrow, or animal and with a donation of food for our Harvest Celebration. You are most welcome to join us for this, in St Peter's Church at 2pm on Monday. On Wednesday, we have individual photographs with Vanessa Perri-Khoo (which was rescheduled, due to the poor weather on Wednesday), so make sure that we're smart. Have a great weekend, see you on Monday. Mr F Happy Friday! A full week of hard graft, wet playtimes and Christmas card designs?! Yes, please check your child's bag for their Christmas card order form, it will need to be returned to school by Thursday 28th September at the latest. This week, we have been working on Place Value in Maths, in English, we are writing our own stories based on the theme of The Fox and the Star, with some pleasing results. In Science, we continued with our work on States of Matter, thinking this week about the structure of a solid, a liquid and a gas. On Wednesday, we enjoyed Music and R.E. sessions with Miss Boyce and we continued our P.E. unit based on Football with our Saints South West Coach. Finally this week, we created our Christmas card designs (yes, I know it's September!) which your child should have with them in their bags. In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum, I have set them 25 minutes worth of TTRS time as home learning. This can be done as a block, or it can be spread across the week, so that the children do 5 minutes a day. Next week, the children will be having P.E. on Tuesday and Thursday, so send them in, in their P.E kits on both of these days please. We will continue our work on Place Value in Maths, The Fox and the Star in English, States of Matter in Science, Romans in History and Drawing in Art. As well as this, on Wednesday, we have individual photographs with Vanessa Perri-Khoo, so make sure that we're smart; a workshop with the Devon Wildlife Trust, so could the children please bring a waterproof coat and wellies/walking boots/old shoes, as they will be outside for this. We also have an exciting afternoon in store on Thursday, when we will have a workshop with visiting author Leisa Stewart-Sharpe. Have a great weekend, see you on Monday. Mr F Happy Friday!
Another lovely week weather wise. It was great to really get going with English, Maths and other subjects across the curriculum this week. This week, we have been working on Place Value in Maths, in English, we wrote letters using modal verbs to Fox the character in our text, The Fox and the Star. In Science, we began our work on States of Matter. On Wednesday, they enjoyed their first Music and R.E. sessions with Miss Boyce and we started a new P.E. unit based on Football with our Saints South West Coach. Finally this week, as part of our Romans topic, we have been studying and acting out the story of Romulus and Remus - the myth that explains the creation of Rome. (see photos) On Wednesday evening, some of the children visited Chagford to take part in a concert. They sang beautifully and really enjoyed it - as did the audience. In terms of home learning, can I remind everybody that the expectation is that children read for at least 10 minutes at home everyday, this can be magazines, newspapers, manuals, cookery books, as well as their reading books, as it is all reading. I would also like children to spend time working on their times tables, which are vital in so many areas of the Maths curriculum, I am Next week, the children will be having P.E. on Tuesday and Thursday, so send them in, in their P.E kits on both of these days please. We will continue our work on Place Value in Maths, The Fox and the Star in English, States of Matter in Science, Romans in History and Drawing in Art. Have a great weekend, see you on Monday. Mr F Happy Friday everyone.
It seems strange to be writing about the first week back, when the children have only had three days back but they have been a superb three days. I have really enjoyed welcoming the children back and feeling their enthusiasm for learning new concepts and ideas, I have been really impressed with their attitude and the willingness that they have to develop new knowledge. This week, we have tackled, English, Maths, P.E., Art, Book Talk and Life Skills. I have included a few photos below so that you get a flavour for how hard they have been working. A new timetable be be posted on Monday but for reference, P.E days are Tuesday and Thursday, so have your kits ready! We will also introduce home learning next week, composed of reading every night for at least 10 minutes, times tables learning for Maths, Spelling and a Wider Curriculum home learning for the half term. I hope that you all have a great weekend, I will see you on Monday. Mr F |
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