Friday 8 March 2024

Amethyst, Diamond & Emerald Blog - Friday 8th March 2024

 Happy Friday everybody! We all had a fabulous day on Thursday, celebrating World Book Day. It was lovely to see all the children enjoy sharing some of their favourite books with their friends with many going "full book day" and dressing up too!








Colchester Castle Payment

Big thank you to everyone who has already paid for the Colchester Castle trip via Scopay. If you have not done so yet, please do so as payment also acts as consent for your child to go on the trip. If there are any problems, please see the office.

Justgiving Page

As a Gold RRS school we are proud to be raising money to help children achieve their Rights within the UK and in the wider global community.  This year we have set up a justgiving page as an additional way to donate to our collection fund if preferred.   

Down Hall Comic Relief Just Giving Page

On the day children will be able to buy a red nose for £2, bring in some jokes or something funny to share in class and come to school in non-uniform for a donation of your choice.  Thank you for helping us to teach your children about The Rights, and to learn that small actions together can make a big difference!  We are looking forward to a fun Friday taking part in Comic Relief next week!  

RRS Article 2:  Children's Rights apply to every child, everywhere all of the time.

Spelling Frame Homework

Spelling Frame

This week we are looking at Spelling Rule 2. This is the /oi/ vowel digraph for Year 1's and the "soft g sound" for Year 2's spelt as -dge.

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 40 & 41.

For Year 1's this focuses on length and height. It is important to develop the correct vocabulary here; longer/shorter rather than bigger/smaller. Take the time to compare different objects around the home - choose 6 toys/items and order these in terms of their length or height.

For Year 2's this focuses on finding fractions of amounts. As usual, relate this mathematical concept back to the basic operation of division.

Doggy Division


Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development. Keep using the range of questions we have discussed previously as well!

If you have any issues or questions, please, please come and see us at the end of the day - we would love to see you!

Have a brilliant weekend!

Much love,

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille & Miss Smith