Happy Friday everybody! There is an expectant hush over Key Stage 1 today as we have now finished all our rehearsals of our Christmas Production "It's A Christmas Emergency!" The children have worked hard and done so well in learning their lines, the songs, the musical instruments and how to put a performance together. They are all very much looking forward to sharing this with you next week!
As previously mentioned, in line with our safeguarding duty of care we are unable to allow photography during the performance but we will be putting photos of the children up on our website next week after the shows for you to share with others.
Christmas Jumper Day
All the children looked amazing in their Christmas Jumpers today and we have raised money that will continue to sponsor Thoko and her local community in Malawi. We thought you might like to hear what Thoko wrote in her most recent letter to us. She writes:
Dear Down Hall
I am learning in Standard 4. I go to school everyday. I always work hard in classes and my end of term results are always good. When I finish school I want to be a nurse. Very soon we will start harvesting crops. Greetings to you!
Thoko
A local representative who oversees Action Aid's money also adds:
Dear Supporter
One of the problems in Primary Schools is the shortage of desks. As a way of addressing the issue, we bought desks and shared them with two Primary Schools in the Kalowe Zone. This initiative has helped increase the number of children who have access to sit at a desk. Thank you for your support which has really promoted education in the area.
Its amazing to think that from such a small act on our behalf, we can make such a big difference for the young people who live such a long way away but share our right to an education. Thank you all so much!
Santa Dash
Two message from Miss Sharman:
Next week, children across the school will be taking part in the Santa Dash challenge set by Deanes. During the week they will be walking, jogging or running to accumulate as many miles as they can to add to a whole school total. We will then send our results to Deanes who will add our score to those from other schools to see if, as a school sports partnership, we can make it all the way to the North Pole! Children may bring in Santa hats to wear during the dash if they wish!
Good luck everyone!
And a reminder if you have not already done so - our school has been selected by Sport England to complete an Active Lives survey. 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 26 & 27.
For Year 1's this focuses on addition. As with all the different operations in maths, as much practice as possible is key in learning the approaches to solving these calculations. Try number lines, try concrete objects - toys, pencils, spaghetti - anything!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/addition-and-subtraction
For Year 2's this focuses on how addition and subtraction are the inverse of each other and we can use this to check our calculations. So if we work out that 14 + 12 = 26 we also know (without needing to work out) that:
12 + 14 = 26
26 - 14 = 12
26 - 12 = 14
In class we look at this as a triangle to show the relationship between these 3 numbers:
The game below is good for reinforcing this idea:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families
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. Just come down the steps to see us!
Looking forward to seeing you all next week!
Yours in anticipation,
Mr Jude & Mrs Yuille
