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October 13, 2016
October 13, 2016

AGM (Annual General Meeting)

PTA AGM (Annual General Meeting) The AGM is on Tuesday the 18th October at the Gillygate Pub @ 7pm.  Staff, Parents, Carers, Governors, Chickens and of course the children too are all part of the PTA by default. Everyone is welcome! Come and find out what is happening and planned for this academic year. Most...
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October 13, 2016

Ice cream sale

Ice cream sale tomorrow. Everything 50p!!
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October 13, 2016

Next week

In English next week we will be looking at editing our writing to make it even better. In maths we will be looking at doubling and halving. Show and tell next week will be held on Thursday as there is a staff training day on the Friday. It is the turn of Group 5.  Please...
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October 13, 2016

Spellings

Spellings this week will have a focus on the ‘igh’ phoneme with the graphemes ‘igh’, ‘ie’, ‘y’ and ‘i_e’.
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October 13, 2016

Mrs Honey’s hat.

We have loved our story ‘ Mrs Honey’s Hat’ by Pam Adams and finding out all the different things that happened to her hat. We acted out the story, wrote what happened and painted lovely colourful hats to decorate our classroom. 
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October 13, 2016

Next Week

Next week in Literacy we will be looking at the book ‘Mrs Honey’s Hat’ and writing labels for all of the different things she finds in it. We will be continuing to count in maths and see if we can count two groups to find the total. Please remember it is parents evening on Thursday...
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October 13, 2016

Next week

In maths this week, we will be learning about doubles, halves, days of the week and months of the year. In English we will be recounting our wonderful Harvest Festival. We will also be focussing on the story ‘Peace at Last’ and doing some hot seating to question the different characters. On Tuesday, we will...
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October 13, 2016

Spelling

The spellings this week is the ‘igh’ phomene using the graphemes ‘ie’ i-e’ and ‘y’.
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October 13, 2016

Homework

This week we are practising the sounds ‘ck’, ‘e’ and ‘u’. Can you find any words with ‘ck’ at the end of them such as sock? Have a go at saying the sounds.
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October 13, 2016

Harvest Festival

Thank you again to all of the parents who helped us walk down to St Thomas’ church this morning. The children behaved beautifully and everyone sang really well together. We hope you all enjoyed the songs, poems and stories that were told and thank you for any contributions of food that you brought.
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October 13, 2016

Underneath a Magical Moon

Wow! We all had a fantastic day on Tuesday at the Theatre Royal. Everybody walked into town so sensibly and then we began our workshop. We began to retell the story of Peter Pan and thought about all of the different characters. We even made a huge map of the island with a cove for...
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October 13, 2016

Next week.

Quick reminder – Next Friday is a training day so please don’t bring your children to school.  Class 2 are going on their theatre trip next Tuesday and we are all very excited. Please make sure you have returned your permission slip. Also, we have parents’ eve Wednesday and Thursday and you should have received...
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October 13, 2016

Spellings

This week, spellings will focus on the ‘igh’ sound in words. These may include variations such as ‘ie’ for pie, ‘y’ for fly,’i’ for kind and ‘i-e’ split digraph for time. Please encourage your children to use these words in sentences too. 
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October 13, 2016

Harvest Festival 

We had a fantastic time at St Thomas’ church celebrating harvest! All of the children sang brilliantly and made us very proud. It was lovely to come together to be thankful for all of the food and experiences we have. Thank you to everyone who came and watched or helped us get the children to...
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October 13, 2016

Addition

The Reception children worked very hard at using addition. They added numbers together to find a total and know the number gets bigger. They filled a plate full of food and then added more to find the total. Finally they wrote a number sentence. 
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October 13, 2016

Harvest Festival

Well done Class 2! You all sang brilliantly at the Harvest Festival and were so well behaved. Thank you to all parents who contributed to our Harvest Festival table. 
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October 13, 2016

Harvest Festival

The children were fantastic in the Harvest Festival this year. They sang wonderfully and recited the poem very well. Good work Class 3.
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October 13, 2016

Attendance

Class 3 had the best attendance last week so we have been looking after the attendance bear!
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October 13, 2016

Next Week…

English Next week in English we will be finishing off and performing our fantastic playscripts of Sinbad’s voyages. Maths In maths we will be exploring long multiplication in more detail and using RUCSAC to tackle word problems. Spelling Please make sure you complete your spelling homework and bring your homework books in on Tuesday for the last spelling...
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October 13, 2016

Homework Project…

Remember that for your next homework project we would like you to research recycling. This is a very important issue for the future of our planet. You could look at which materials can be recycled and which cannot, look at the impact of recycling or not recycling on the Earth or you could research what...
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October 13, 2016

Code of Conduct

In our topic lesson on Wednesday afternoon, we explored the code of conduct practised by Buddhists. We looked at the Eightfold Path and used drama techniques to further our understanding of each rule.
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October 13, 2016

Next week…

English Next week in English we will be finishing off and performing our fantastic playscripts of Sinbad’s voyages. Maths In maths we will be exploring long multiplication in more detail and using RUCSAC to tackle word problems. Spelling Please make sure you complete your spelling homework and bring your homework books in on Tuesday for the last spelling...
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October 13, 2016

Homework Project

Remember that for your next homework project we would like you to research recycling. This is a very important issue for the future of our planet. You could look at which materials can be recycled and which cannot, look at the impact of recycling or not recycling on the Earth or you could research what...
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October 13, 2016

Spectacular Shapes!

On Wednesday morning, we recalled our prior knowledge of shapes, using what we know about shapes to identify their properties and classify them. We then looked at properties of circles and calculated the diameter and radius accurately.
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October 13, 2016

Playscripts!

This week in English, we have continued exploring stories from the Arabian Nights and read the Voyages of Sinbad. Each group summarised one of his voyages and then applied their understanding of the story to create a collaborative playscript.  
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October 13, 2016

Next Week

English Next week in English we will be writing our own play scripts Maths In maths we will be working on our multiplication and division skills Spelling Please make sure you complete your spelling technique posters and bring them in to share next Thursday Other Our final Year 4 Pedestrian Training session will take place...
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October 13, 2016

Homework Project

Just a reminder about your homework project which is due in to class on the 20th October: For your next homework project we would like you to research recycling. This is a very important issue for the future of our planet. You could look at which materials can be recycled and which cannot, look at the...
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October 13, 2016

Next Week in Class 6

Next Week in Class 6 English Next week in English we will write our own newspaper reports! Spellings You have been given your spellings on Monday. Please practise them at home and complete the activity set in your homework books. Your spelling homework is checked on Monday too so please bring your book in then...
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