Reception class news
Trip to Holmes Chapel Library is on 17 May
The children are counting down the sleeps until Friday when we will be going on a train journey to the library in Holmes Chapel.
Guest readers
Thank you to Heather's mum who came to read to us on Friday afternoon.
Upcoming events
Trip to Stockley farm with buddies is on 23rd May
Buddy Music week is in the week of 4th June.
Buddy Music
Buddy Music information letters will be in school bags very soon. There will be two performances on the 6th of June. You will get two tickets for one preformance and please swap with other parents for your prefered performance time.
Times:
9:30 to 10:00am
10:45 to 11:15am
A CD is been recorded and will be on sale for £4.
The Book Exchange Extravaganza is going brilliantly!
Thank you to everyone who has donated their quality used books.
Well done for bringing in a £1, you never know,
there may be a book for sale that catches your eye.
Remember you can bring the book in at any point in the week,
but the exchange takes place at Friday lunchtime.....
So bring your money if you'd like a book!
This weeks learning covers:
Phonics: er/ir/ur and as always the tricky words and name of letters
PE - games (outdoors)
Music with Mrs Hext
Maths: problem solving (story sums)
Knowledge and Understanding of the World: Space - Planet facts
Creative writing
Reading
Handwriting
Children's comments about the past week's learning (6th May to 10th May)
"Painting my house (for our village display)"
"Football club this morning"
"Watching the cool youtube videos about plantes and space"
"Buddy time"
"PE with Mr Wilkes - i liked the tennis racquet one"
"School lunch!"
"Playing outside"
"learning ir - it tricky now with the other ur's!"
Children's comments about the past week's learning (29th to 3rd May)
"I loved everything!"
"Playing in the sandpit with my friends"
"Outdoor play as the sun has been warm for us"
"Outdoor PE with the big balls"
"Eating lunch on the field"
"Star wars day!"
Children's comments on week 22nd to 26th April
"I loved painting my alien"
"Playing with my buddy on the astroturf"
"I liked been the TA in phonics"
"Drawing"
"Looking after my alien in PE"
"Learning the ou sound - it sounded the same as ow like flower"
"Playing on the field at lunch"
"I liked the problems (Maths) that Bob (man on the moom) had this week. We helped him with a lot."
Children's comments on week 15th to 19th April
"Painting aliens and using highlighters on the rockets."
"Making starts with salt dough."
"Reading"
"Playing hide the sound with Mrs Raven in the hall."
"Buddy time today on the field."
What the children said their experiences last term:
Week 25th to 29th March
"The easter egg hunt was really fun with everyone. The bunny came and he was so quiet we never saw him!"
"I like watching the story of Jesus and how he died and then coming back to life."
"The lady who did the assembly was really good, she did magic tricks and all. We had to march like Roman soldiers and shout out."
"PE in the hall was good - balancing bean bags and we had hoops which were the badgers setts."
"Playing on the field with my buddy at break. Yes that was good."
"I loved my lunch and pudding!"
Comments about week of 18th to 22nd March
The children all said they enjoyed "Goostrey's Got Talent" show in assembly on Friday afternoon.
"I like doing gymnastics on the climbing frame."
"The pre-schoolers coming for a visit today was nice. I liked playing with them on the playground and colouring-in."
"Watching the spring music concert and seeing Millie play the piano."
"Playing with the parachute."
"Doing maths and writing sums."
Comments about week of 11th to 15th March
"Decorating biscuits"
"Playing with my friends"
"Putting the flowers in the vases for grandparents"
"Seeing the bug man and all the animals he bought with him"
"Going into the new museum"
"Writing our tickets and putting on the time"
Comments about week of 4th to 8th March
"Drawing my pet dinosaur -mine was called Ellie."
"I liked the story that James' mum read to us."
"Playing outside."
Looking at Mrs Raven's fossils."
"I liked playing in the kitchen."
"I liked gymnastics -my favourite are the monkey bars."
"Making my mother's day card."
"I liked going to the mother's day shop."
We are all excited to see that our bean plants are growing!
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