AWARDS

Well done to our award winners this week!

Phonics

The children are now starting to learn phase 3 phonic sounds and  have enjoyed the challenge of the new learning. Please keep sending in on Seesaw examples of the children practising their new sounds at home. They have had the chance to applying the new sounds in a word or as a part of a sentence. Please see the sheets for the new term in the files section below.

Reading

Please remember to read regular with your child, this term especially is important as we delve deeper into their phonetic knowledge for building reading and comprehension skills.

Also please can you ensure only one key ring is hanging from your child's book bag. This will help us fit them in the class box. Thank you.

Please send into school the reading book and reading record book each day as we hear the children read aswell. We change the books twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays. Books will only be changed if the reading record has been written in. If you have any questions please ask.

There has been some amazing reading happening thank you and the children have loved to see them. Take a photo of your child reading in the funniest of places. This will encourage the fun and excitement of bringing stories alive. I will then share them next week and in future with the children in class.

Maths

We have been focussing on partitioning a whole number to idenity its parts, such as 8 = 4 + 4. The children have enjoyed comparing and sharing their ideas and disscussing different answers that are correct.

Literacy

This week we really wanted to head out into the woods but the weather and special events in school prevented us. We will try again next week. We hope to go out on Tuesday morning. We did have some lovely writing opportunities this week describing the characters in our story.

Wonderful Winter

The children have explored winter this week and created a beautiful piece of art to reflect this.

Library Session 

The children have started to attend the school library on a Friday morning. The children will have the opportunity to choose and take home a book to read over the weekend. This book must be returned on the Thursday so we can change it the following Friday.

Multifaith Week + One More Morning

Reception have had a fabulous lesson celebrating Hindu dancing and exploring the different styles of music. We even had the chance to dress up in traditional dance outfits.

My Happy Mind

Throughout the school, children in each of the classes have all been extremely enthusiastic about learning how to use happy breathing to help with the regulation of emotions.  We have been uisng the My Happy Mind website to learn all about our brain. As of 9.1.26, parents will now be able to access the website.Please see the files to download section for further information. Passwords for parents to access the site can be found inside your child's reading record book. 

Safety in PE

We would like to remind all parents that for the safety of all children and following guidance from Chorley SSP, jewellery is not to be worn during PE. This includes earrings, bracelets and watches. All children will be asked to remove their jewellery at the start of every PE lesson. This will ensure their own safety during the lesson and the safety of others. If a child is unable to take out their own earrings, adults in school will not be able to do it for them. This will mean they will have to take another role in the lesson such as observing, coaching or officiating.

For this reason, if your child is not confident taking out earrings, please do not put them in on our PE days. This year, our PE lessons are on Monday and Friday, however we may also have extra lessons on other days throughout the year.

Thank you for your support in keeping our children safe.

Tennis Sessions

What a fabulous way to finish the school week. We have loved the introduction to a new sport and key skills.We look forward to the next session!

End of Day Routine

• Children will only be allowed to go home with adults listed on the safeguarding form, unless school has been contacted to state otherwise. ​

• Children will be dismissed one at a time. Please let the adult on the gate know who you are picking up and they will then call the child.

• We kindly request that all children are dismissed prior to teachers/ Teaching Assistants being approached by parents. ​

• Should any child need to come back into the classroom, we will allow them back into the room after all of the children have been dismissed.​

Show and Tell!

Please send us a photo of your child's favourite dinner via seesaw  for the children to share.

Please can we ask that children only bring in items for show and tell based on what we have asked for on the blog.