Happy Friday everybody and oh my goodness, it's December already! Things are getting close to our Christmas Production so we wanted to share some of the arrangements that relate to this.
Christmas Production Programmes
Our Christmas Production will be on Wednesday 13th December at 2:30pm and Thursday 14th December at 9:30am. Entry to these performances will be with the show's programmes which you can get at the office on Monday 4th December from 2:45pm and Tuesday 5th December from 8:45am. Programmes are limited to 2 per family and you can get 2 for either day or, if you prefer, 1 programme for each day. Please bring these programmes on the day of the performance to help keep entry quick and simple. We are all very excited to see you there!
Christmas Jumper Day
Our Christmas Jumper Day is Thursday 7th December. On this day, the children can wear their fabulous festive jumpers and donate £1 which goes to our continued sponsorship of Thoko in Malawi. The charity Action Aid use this money to ensure that Thoko and the other children in her community enjoy their right to an education just like all of us at Down Hall. (Articles 28 & 29)
The children will also need their Christmas jumper for our performances (Tuesday to the rest of the school and Wednesday and Thursday to parents) so consequently will not bring their jumper home on Thursday but keep them in school until the following Thursday.
Please be mindful, therefore, on Thursday when you send your child to school about what they are wearing underneath their jumper to ensure that they won't be too cold when they come home. If the children could bring in a plastic bag with their name on it then this would be extremely helpful in keeping everything organised too!
Maths Homework
This week, we would like you to look at pages 24 & 25.
For Year 1's this focuses on the signs we use in addition and subtraction calculations. Knowing the names for these signs is very important as is the fact that there are different words for each sign e.g. -, take away, subtract, minus. There are lots of fun games at the site below to further support your child's confidence with these operations.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/addition-and-subtraction
For Year 2's this focuses on subtraction of 2 two-digit numbers. We use the same approach as outlined last week for using lines and dots to represent the tens and ones but this time we make the first amount and cross out the second amount:
If we do not have enough ones to take away, then we exchange a ten for ten ones first:
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 discussed last week too!
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 lovely weekend!
Best wishes
Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille & Miss Smith
