Wednesday 5 December 2018

Weekly News - Visit from Father Christmas!




We have had a very exciting week as Father Christmas visited us at school! He left some footprints and a magical letter asking the children to reply and to write their Christmas lists. The children have been very busy using their phonic knowledge to write back to Father Christmas. He will be collecting the letters at the Christmas Fayre.

We also caught Father Christmas arriving at the yurt on CCTV – take a look!

The children have been very lucky as 2 of Father Christmas’ elves have visited us at school, try to spot where they are in the morning!

Every morning we have been counting down the sleeps until Christmas day and writing the number on a board- the children get very excited about this! Perhaps you could do this at home with your child to help with knowledge of numbers.

We have also been learning about why we celebrate Christmas and the nativity story and we have been learning some songs which the children will be singing to you at the end of the Christmas craft morning.

We have also been learning about Hanukah. Can your child tell you why Jewish people celebrate Hanukah?

The children have been busy decorating their Christmas cards ready to bring home to you at the end of term.

When you come to the Christmas fayre, don’t forget to take a look at our new display in the hall! The children used shapes to make pictures of themselves. From this, we found that some children are struggling with shape recognition. Perhaps you could look for shapes in the environment with your child at home. 

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