Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 28th February 2025

 Happy Friday, everybody and welcome back to the second half of the Spring Term. We had a very exciting week back with our visits to Holy Trinity Church. Huge thank you to Reverend Glen for showing us around the church and a big well done to all the children who were so well behaved and asked so many questions!

Because this week we were in a slightly different routine to normal weeks with all the LSAs walking the children up to the church, your children will not be coming home today with their spelling books or new Guided Reading books. This will resume next week but they will still bring Maths and Comprehension homework books back as normal.

Upcoming Events

Thursday 6th March - World Book Day (come to school dressed as your favourite book character!)

Friday 21st March - Red Nose Day (further details to come)

Friday 28th March - PTA Mother's Day Sale

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 40 & 41.

For Year 1's this focuses on length and height. It is important to develop the correct vocabulary here; longer/shorter rather than bigger/smaller. Take the time to compare different objects around the home - choose 6 toys/items and order these in terms of their length or height.

For Year 2's this focuses on finding fractions of amounts. As usual, relate this mathematical concept back to the basic operation of division.

Doggy Division

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have a brilliant weekend!

Much love,

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 14th February 2025

  Happy Friday, everybody! It is incredible to think that this week marks the half way point for this academic year! Wow, how time flies and how wonderfully hard everyone has worked this half term!

Visits to Holy Trinity Church

A reminder that first week back after half term will be our class trips to Holy Trinity Church in Rayleigh. We will be walking up to the church during morning sessions of the school day and will be back in time for lunch as normal. The dates for each class are as follows:

• Tuesday 25th February - Tulip Class
• Wednesday 26th February - Daffodil Class
• Thursday 27th February - Bluebell Class

There are no other changes to our normal school day for this visit. We will share with you our time at the church in the newsletter!

Half Term Homework

As mentioned earlier, the children have all worked phenomenally hard this half term and we all wish them a relaxing half term. To this end, we will not be sending any of the maths, spelling or comprehension homework books back this week. The children will bring home their reading books and Guided Reading books as normal, however.

Have an amazing half term break and we will see everyone back at school on Tuesday 25th February!

Best wishes

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 7th February 2025

 Happy Friday, everybody! It has been a very busy time in school this week but we have been exceptionally proud of how well all our children have represented our school during this time. They are truly amazing!

Visits to Holy Trinity Church

As part of our RE theme this term we have been looking at Christianity and the role of the church in the lives of Christians. To support this learning, we have arranged for each class to visit Holy Trinity Church in Rayleigh. We will be walking up to the church during morning sessions of the school day and will be back in time for lunch as normal. The dates for each class are as follows:

• Tuesday 25th February - Tulip Class
• Wednesday 26th February - Daffodil Class
• Thursday 27th February - Bluebell Class

There are no other changes to our normal school day for this visit. We will share with you our time at the church in the newsletter!

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 38 & 39.

For Year 1's this focuses on quarters. Again, it is helpful when discussing fractions to relate it closely to division. So when discussing finding quarter, relate it to the same as dividing it in 4. The game below explores how to recognise halves and quarters in shapes.

Halves and Quarters

For Year 2's this focuses on thirds and quarters. As usual, relate these mathematical concept back to the basic operations of maths - dividing by 3 or by 4. The game below explores finding quarters and three quarters by sharing.

Finding Quarters By Sharing

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have a great weekend!

Kind regards

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith