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Wednesday 22 February 2017

Week 4

Week 4, Term 1, 2017

Gala - March 2nd - please check to see if you have things at home that you can donate.  Lists are available at school if you don't have one.  This is a huge undertaking and all help will be gratefully received.  Thank you.

Hi everyone, welcome back to Week 4.  Gosh haven't we had a lot of rain over the last week!  My cows are certainly pleased about it but I was more than happy to see the sun today.  Here we go for Week 4....

*Disco - there is a disco to raise money for St John's Church on Tuesday at 12:30.  The children are allowed to bring mufti from home to wear for the disco and the cost will be a gold coin donation.

*We are getting into some good routines now.  It is taking some of the children a bit longer to settle so we need to all make sure we are supporting them to be organised, make good choices for their learning and encourage a positive learning environment in Room 13.  Thank you all for getting your children to school on time, it is super when we can all start the day together in prayer.

*ReadingWriting, Maths - we have been using some play based systems in the classroom for the last 3 weeks.  This week we will be introducing a more structured system.  We will have Literacy and Numeracy Rotations and while there will still be plenty of resources available, including some play based, the children will be required to stay with their learning team until the chime signals movement.  I am hoping it will give the children the opportunity to work with kids outside their friendship group as well as give a variety of activities a go rather than sticking with one they like.  I will assess the situation after a few weeks.  

*Reading - I am really keen to develop the children's love of Literacy, especially reading.  I will be attempting to give them many different text types,  allowing them to discuss what they think about the books they read and the author who wrote them, encouraging them to learn new vocabulary and finally giving  them the chance to choose their own interest texts and read independently.  In our current reading programme, the children will bring two texts home each week and these will remain with the children for the week.  This does not mean they cannot read other books at home, please encourage them to do this often.  It simply means they will not bring a new book home every night.  In order to focus on new vocabulary and building ideas and comprehension, the children need to be familiar with the books they are working with.  This cannot happen if every day they are learning a new text.  Please continue to encourage their reading and talking at home with lots of opportunity for reading many different books.

*RE: We have been learning about the Our Father and have written our own 2017 version.  This will be pasted in the homework books so that they can learn the original and explain the new one to you.  There will also be a new poem each week in the homework book.

*Swimming - no swimming this week but please do send togs as we will do the sprinkler on hot days.

*Lent is coming up and it marks the beginning of a very special time in the Church.  We will have lots of Lent activities prior to Easter, beginning with Ash Wednesday on the 1st March.  Please do discuss these events with your child at home.  Our Schools motto is "with Christ as our Centre" and we try to remember and include him in all our school activities.

*Golden Time: This week will be a House Tug "o" war with the rest of the school.  Our waffle making was great fun but I was a bit disappointed with the lack of manners in Room 13 on that day.  We are going to have a big focus on manners and respect this week.  If you could continue this learning at home, I would be most gratefu.

Have a great week
Annie



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