Happy Friday, everybody! How time flies - it seems amazing that we are about to move into our last week before half term!
Parent/Teacher Consultations
Thank you to everyone who has signed up for the meetings on Monday 17th October & Tuesday 18th October. If you have signed up for a Monday meeting but you would wish this to be a face to face meeting, please come and let us know. We are gauging how popular Zoom meetings are still and don't want you to feel that you have to have a Zoom meeting if slots on Tuesday had run out. Meetings will take place in the hall and you need to enter the school via the main entrance, however all gates will be open. We look forward to seeing you all!
School Council Elections
On Wednesday 19th October both Amethyst and Emerald class will be electing their representative for the School Council! Any child who was not a councillor last year is eligible to stand so we have asked the children to have a good think as to whether they can be a wonderful and inspiring representative for their class.
Over the weekend, if your child is thinking about standing for election, maybe they would like to make a poster or create a short speech that might help them convey their suitability to be a Class Councillor. Be creative - what might make people vote for you?
The new School Councillors will be announced in assembly on Thursday 20th October. Good luck!
Sport England Active Lives
Our school has been selected by Sport England to complete an Active Lives survey. Selected children will complete this survey in school next week but parents are invited to fill out their own survey by following the link below:
Maths Homework
This week, we would like you to look at pages 14 & 15.
For Year 1's this focuses on counting in 2's, 5's and 10's. Counting on in 2's is very important for helping children to identify even numbers and as mentioned before in previous blogs, counting on in 10's really helps develop the children's understanding of place value. This will all serve as a precursor to when the children start looking at times tables more formally later in the year and as they move into Year 2. The games below focus on developing these skills:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/saucerSorter/
For Year 2's this focuses on partitioning numbers. Children are most used to partitioning numbers into their tens and ones (e.g. 38 = 30 + 8). However, we can partition numbers in many different ways - so if 30 + 8 = 38; 20 + 18 = 38 and 10 + 28 = 38 too. We encourage the children to look for patterns to help them find different solutions to the same answer. The link below has an app that lets the children create numbers using tens and ones equipment and then rearrange these to create different combinations of numbers that make the same amount.
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-pieces/
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.
If you have any issues or questions, please, please come and see us at the end of the day. Just come down the steps to see us!
Have a great weekend!
Kind regards
Mr Jude & Mrs Yuille
