Happy Friday, everybody! Rehearsals continue at a frantic pace in Key Stage 1 and we are getting close to sharing all our efforts with you soon! Lots will be happening next week, so here are a couple of reminders for you all:
Christmas Production Programmes
Our Christmas Production will be on Tuesday 17th December at 2:00pm and Wednesday 18th December at 9:30am. Entry to these performances will be with the show's programmes which you can get at the office on Monday 9th December from 2:45pm and Tuesday 10th 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 12th December. On this day, the children can wear their fabulous festive jumpers and donate £1 which goes to our sponsorship of Khadiza in Bangladesh. The charity Action Aid use this money to ensure that Khadiza and the other children in her community enjoy their rights just like all of us at Down Hall. (Articles 28 & 29)
The children will also need their Christmas jumper for our performances (Monday to the rest of the school and Tuesday and Wednesday to parents) so consequently will not bring their jumper home on Thursday but keep them in school until the following Wednesday.
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!
Upcoming Events
A few notes for your diary for things coming up soon - more details will be on the newsletter as we get nearer to the time so keep a look out!
- 10th December - KS1 Pantomime Trip
- 12th December - Christmas Jumper Day & Christmas Dinner Day
- 13th December - PTA Christmas Bazaar
- 17th/18th December - KS1 Christmas Production
This week, we would like you to look at pages 28 & 29.
For Year 1's this focuses on subtraction. 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 times tables. All Year 2 children are expected to know their 2, 5 and 10 times tables by the end of this academic year. This also includes the related division facts, so if we know that 4 x 2 = 8 will also know:
2 x 4 = 8
8 ÷ 4 = 2
8 ÷ 2 = 4
The more eagle-eyed of you will realise that this is just the same as addition and subtraction being the inverse of each other and, yes, we can represent it on a triangle!
And again, 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!
Have a great weekend!
Much love
Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith
