Happy Friday, everybody! It has been a beautiful sunny week in KS1 and it has been such a pleasant change to be outside with no coats this week! The Mother's Day sale was lovely to be a part of on Friday - massive thank you to the PTA for putting this on!
Drop In Session - Wednesday 30th March
After school this Wednesday, we are excited to announce that there will be a drop-in session between 3:15-4:00pm! This will be an opportunity for you all to come into class to see where your children work ever so hard and to look at their English and Maths books. We will send all the children out to you as usual on this day and once all the children are with their adults, you can come down the steps into the classroom. There will be sufficient time for you to visit more than one class if you have more than one child in school. We are very much looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!
Red Nose Day
As promised, pictures of some of the activities we took part in from last Friday's Red Nose Day are now in our Special Events page on the website. The images in the photo carousel have been slowed down as well on the Colchester Castle page to give you a bit more browsing time without it taking too long to see them all. Click on the link below to see them all:
Fundraising For Ukraine - Friday 1st April
Just a reminder that on Friday 1st April, the children will be able to wear blue and yellow clothes (non-school uniform) to school to help raise money for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - suggested donation of £1.
We wanted to make it clear that we are focusing on the situation in regards to how many children have become displaced through no fault of there own, the effect on these children's rights and how they are not getting their right to be safe from harm, the right to a home and the right to go to school.
We will not be going into any detail of the specific events that are occurring in the war nor will we be watching any news reports regarding the situation in Ukraine in Key Stage 1.
The children are very much used to looking at events and situations by relating these to our rights but if you have any concerns please just let us know beforehand.
Maths Homework
This week we would like you to look at pages 48-49.
For Year 1's this looks at the measure of volume. This predominantly done through the use of langauge to describe how much is in a container. Explore the words such as full, empty, nearly full/empty, half full, more/less than half full. Have fun with cups and bowls and water and see if you can make all these different capacities!
For Year 2's, this is about comparing measurements. There are so many good ideas to discuss on page 48 of the homework book, use these to guide you. In using the greater than and less than symbols, don't forget "Mr Crocodile eats the biggest number!"
Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home as well as either your phonics or comprehension homework books - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development.
As always, we are available on our Key Stage 1 email. However, we would encourage you to come and see us at the end of the day if there are any issues or questions that you have. Just give us a wave and we will pop over!
