weekly news 9th January 2020

We have had a super first week back after the Christmas holidays ! The children have settled back into their school routines really well and are clearly enjoying seeing their classmates again.
The children have been sharing some news about what they did over the holidays and we have enjoyed seeing lots of observations which have been uploaded to Tapestry.

We have started our new 'Power of Reading' book called 'The Train Ride' by June Crebbin and in our first session we looked carefully at a picture at the beginning of the story and described what we could see and what we imagined the story might be about.

All of the children have had a turn learning how to play in our super new role play area which is set up as a train station. They have enjoyed getting into role as train guards, conductors and passengers !

 The children have been taking train bookings, selling tickets and driving the train !

 They have been using their measuring skills to check the size of parcels for the mail trains !

They have been writing on notices about cancelled trains and timetable changes !

They have been making and serving refreshments in the station cafe too !

In maths this week we have been learning about how to measure length. We used our 'measuring eyes' to decide who was the tallest and shortest children in our group and then we drew around them and estimated how many felt pens long they were. We talked about what sort of equipment people use to measure length with and the purposes of measurement. Perhaps you could do some more measuring at home with your child and take a photo to upload to tapestry so that your child can tell their class about their learning at home ?

On Friday morning we are going to be taking part in a tennis taster session which should be good fun.

Next week we will be learning all about vehicles that travel on roads and we will be exploring various vehicles which are being brought onto the school grounds for us to see. On Tuesday morning we will be going on our 'Winter welly walk' around the village. We will be looking for signs of winter and also doing a survey of the different vehicles which we see while we are walking. Please let us know if you are able to join us. We will be leaving school via the pedestrian gate near the Doctors surgery at 9:30am and should be back at 10:30am. On Tuesday afternoon we will be having a Road Safety talk.

We are always keen for parents to come and help in school so please do let us know if you are able to spare any time on an occasional or regular basis ! 

Also we would really appreciate any donations of spare underwear especially socks please !