19th November

Class News.

Year 5 and 6 Juniors had a wonderful trip to Dove Cottage in Grasmere where they found out lots of new and interesting information.  They went inside Dove Cottage, walked around the grounds and explored a new poem ‘Lucy Gray’.  They then walked into Grasmere Village, visited William Wordsworth’s grave and enjoyed a piece of gingerbread courtesy of the PTA.  We were so proud of how the children behaved and the wonderful questions they asked.

They have also been busy creating detailed Roman Mosaics in computing to then use for art printing techniques.

Christmas performance practice is in full swing too!

Year 5 Star of the week: Joey for volunteering to be in another year group at Dove Cottage

Year 6 Star of the week: Izzy for being kind to another child who had hurt himself

 

Year 3 and 4. This week has been a mixed bag!  The juniors all went on a lovely trip to Grasmere on Tuesday and the Christmas play practice has begun in full swing.  Please support your child to learn their lines for the play, it is a great help to us and them if they know their lines.  It will help your child to feel more prepared for the play and hopefully more confident to say their lines clearly and wow the audience!  It is the first play we have done in a while so should be a lovely event in the school calendar.

Our Science has overlapped with our English work this week, looking at classification and how we group animals and plants.  We will continue with our interactive book next week.  Maths has been all about efficient methods for subtraction for the year 4s and Year 3s has been more about addition, adding 3 digits to 2-digit numbers.  Reading is still really important at school and at home.  Please continue to read with your child regularly, this really does support their learning in school.

Year 4 Star of the week: Evie for being patient and kind to others

Year 3 Star of the week: Livia for being patient and kind to others

 

Infants have had a busy week securing understanding of friendly numbers that make 5, exploring 5 making part of other numbers and counting in multiples of 5 (older children). We have also been investigating the Nativity characters, what they tell us about what God is like and painting fantastic watercolour pictures of them. 

Looking ahead to next week, we will be having a Forest School adventure with our friends from Leck St Peter’s, where we will be doing some cookery on the forest fire and making bird feeders – as well as exploring seasonal changes in the forest area. 

Certificates are awarded this week to match our ‘Being Kind’ emphasis during Anti Bullying week. 

Infant Star of the week: Jonathan for being a kind friend, giving pencil pots out to the other Reception children each morning. 

Certificate:      Sam for always having a kind, encouraging word for others. 

                        Ruby for having a kind smile that cheers everyone up. 

 

Infant Forest School. All infant children are off to Leck Woods on Monday 22nd November to continue their Forest School Adventures.  A detailed information sheet is attached with this newsletter.  Lucy, the cook, will be providing them all with a packed lunch to take with them.  Please send them to school in appropriate clothing and with a drinks bottle.

 

Vision Screening.  There is a letter in the book bag for all reception and year 1 children who took part in the vision screening session earlier this week

 

PTA Newsletter. A PTA newsletter accompanies this newsletter, do have a read as the lead up to Christmas is one of their major fundraising times!  All money raised is used to benefit the children in school.

 

Christmas Cards.  We have had lots of orders for the lovely Christmas cards the children designed.  Michelle will be collecting them on Monday, so if anyone has forgotten you can send your order in on Monday. 

 

The Big Dig. Please try and support the Garden Gang on Saturday 27th November between 1 and 3pm; when they will be starting the exciting project to form our very own Forest School and Outdoor Education Area.  Plenty of tea and cake will be available!  Bring your spade, gloves and maybe a bulb planter.

 

 

 

Dates so far for this half-term: –

Monday 22nd Nov – Infant Forest School Day at Leck

Friday 26th Nov – Non-Uniform Day re PTA Raffle Prizes

Saturday 27th Nov – Garden Gang Bulb Planting 1-3pm

Tuesday 7th Dec – Christmas Service in Church 2pm

Wednesday 8th Dec – Christmas Dinner

Friday 10th Dec – Final Mad Science After School Club

Tuesday 14th Dec – Panto Live in School

Friday 17th Dec – End of Term

Tuesday 4th Jan – Return to school for spring term