This week children and staff wore wearing their own pyjamas and shared their favourite bedtime stories.
We also read and explored the features of different poems before writing our own.
We had a lovely day celebrating World Book Day! It was a fun filled day where the children came into school wearing their own pyjamas and spoke about their favourite bed time stories. We also read lots of classical children’s stories such as: The Tiger Who Came To Tea, The Hungry Crocodile, The Gruffalo and many more books. The children also enjoyed designing their own potatoes with their favourite characters printed on top using colouring pens, we also designed our own story books and created our favourite characters using playdough outdoors. Thank you for all your support at home!
I hope you’re all having a wonderful week! I wanted to share with you what we’ve been up to in nursery this week. We have been diving into the delightful story of ‘The Pig in the Pond,’ sparking the children’s imaginations through role play, word writing, and exciting reading adventures. It’s been such a joy to see their enthusiasm and engagement with the story. Looking forward to more fun and learning ahead!
Welcome back to spring term 2. We have some exciting events to look forward to this half term and the children are really excited about them. We are we are particularly excited in year 3 because we have started to learn to play the ukelele. All children in year 3 will have weekly lessons for ten weeks.
Topic
This half term we will be focusing on the Tudors as our history topic. So far, the children have learned about how the Tudor period began, through learning about the War of the Roses and the impact they have on our lives today. As part of this topic, we will be visiting the National Portrait Gallery to look at portraits of the Tudor Monarchs. Look out for the pictures next week.
Writing
In writing, children will learn write letters using the Tudor period as a context and a recount of the British Navy’s battle with the Spanish Armada .
Maths
We will be learning about fractions and measurement. Much of the learning for the spring term closely links to your child’s knowledge and understanding of their multiplication and division facts, so it is important that you ensure that your child practices his or her times table at home.
P.E.
P.E. will now take place every Wednesday this half term. Please ensure that your child has their full P.E. kit on that day.
Science
For science this half term, we will be learning about the function of the human skeleton and muscles. They will also learn about the function of plants and the different ways they disperse their seeds. Maybe you could support your child by asking them how the acronym SPaM is used to help them remember the function of the skeleton.
Reading
Finally, I would like to remind you about reading. Children’s books are changed every Tuesday and Friday. Please could you ensure that your child reads every day and that their reading records are signed. Thank you to all of you who have chosen to do this regularly.
It is a busy time in Year 4 at the moment as we have also been taking part in cricket lessons. Last week, everyone had fun practising their throwing and catching skills and playing a range of different games.
This week, Hubble class finished off their cooking lessons with the Flygerians at South London Gallery. We hope everyone at home enjoyed sampling the delicious food. 
We began the term setting new year resolutions! What are your goals for 2024?
We invite our nursery children to dress in their pyjamas on Wednesday, 6th March, as we celebrate World Book Day and discuss their favourite bedtime stories. It will be a fun-filled day with lots of arts and crafts activities centred around World Book Day.
Our nursery children are delighting in the experience of listening to captivating stories being read aloud, while also seizing the opportunity to independently access books from our library corner. Please help your child foster a love for reading by reading at home with them. Why not take your child to the local library and discuss what a library is?
