Happy Friday, everybody and welcome back to our final half term this year! There are lots of things going on in our last 6 weeks or so together so we have condensed these down into a handy diary list for you all. We will go into details about each event as we get closer to it in the blog so be sure to check in every Friday to get important information for the week ahead!
Diary Dates
Thursday 16th June - Whole Class Photos being taken
Friday 17th June - PTA Father's Day Sale
Friday 24th June - Times Tables Rock Stars Day
Friday 1st July - PTA Disco
Friday 8th July - Sports Day
Wednesday 20th July - Last day of term
PTA Father's Day Sale
On Friday 17th June the PTA will be running a Father's Day sale in school. During the day your child will have the chance to attend the sale if you wish them to. The items are priced between £1-£2.50. We ask that the children bring money in a named purse, wallet or envelope, along with a carrier bag with their name on to hold the purchased items.
Times Tables Rock Stars Day
In computing this week, the children in Year 2 have been exploring the Times Tables Rock Stars app that we use in school. This is designed to help the children develop rapid recall of times tables facts (and their related division facts) in particular for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
On Friday 24th June, we would like all staff and pupils to take the opportunity to dress up as rock stars for the day. During this day they will take part in a range of maths activities. Prizes for the best dressed rock star will be handed out. We are not asking for a donation to dress up.
The children will be bringing home their logins for TTRS next week.
Maths Homework
This week we would like you to look at pages 60-61.
For Year 1's this looks at measuring lengths of time. Understanding how seconds, minutes and hours relate to each other is an important consideration here as is comparing times in terms of earlier and later.
Again, here is a link for games relating to time:
For Year 2's, this is looking at 3D shapes. As well as being able to name common 3D shapes, children need to be able to describe their mathematical properties e.g. how many faces, vertices and edges that they have. Being able to explain how 2 shapes are similar and different is also something we ask the children to do.
Below are some games for exploring shapes:
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 come down the steps to see us!
Have a lovely weekend!
Kind regards
Mr Jude, Miss Langley, Mrs O'Connor & Mrs Yuille
