Summer Sun

Some of the super summer sun homework that

we received today! Well done.

News round up

Well done to our superstars this week - Maddie and Emilia and to George who was our achiever! Mrs Friar reported that George had done some amazing work on our papier machie masks.

Welcome back to Daisy and Lewis (we have missed you) and get well soon to Jenson. I am looking forward to having a full carpet next week!

We have now finished with our formal PE sessions so please can you encourage your child (if they haven't already done so) to bring home their PE kit. Lockers will also need to be emptied next week so we can get them cleaned out ready for September (please note my lovely ladies whose lockers resemble fashionista's store cupboards!)

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All the children have brought home their reports today - we are sure there will be some very proud parents out there!

Have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday!

Sports Day

Thank you to all our parents for supporting your children and the school at Sports Day! It was lovely to see so many of you there. Well done to Libby Seager's dad who won the Dad's race!

The overall winners were the RED team and every child that represented this team will receive a Rosette. If you didn't get yours today don't worry, it will be delivered to the classroom tomorrow.

Well done everybody! Don't forget it's a normal day tomorrow, so back into uniforms and don't forget your book bags!

Reading Bags

As the next couple of weeks have extra things happening, it may be that we have to read with children and change books on different days. We would be really grateful if you could make sure book bags are in school every day!

Thank you for your support.

A busy week in reception

Here's a few of the things we got up to last week!

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News round up

We hope you have enjoyed your extra day off.....what a shame that the weather wasn't kind. Well done for all your hard work this week. Our superstars are Jenson and Annia who will receive their certificates next week. Click here for a link to this week's newsletter:http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=84036389

Don't forget your coloured T shirt for sports day on Monday!

Have a lovely weekend.

Sports Day Monday July 11th

Sports Day colours

Please send your child in a plain T shirt of the appropriate colour for sports day next Monday!
Thank you for your support.
Red
Benjamin, Amory, Ella, Finlay, William, Nell, Daisy, Cagri, Harvey, Imogen
Blue
George, Reece, Lyla, Kassi, Matthew E, Jacob H, Libby W, Emilia, Oliver, Jacob W, Ben T, Matthew W
Yellow
Alfie, Lewis, Cerys, Lauren H, Harry A, Louie, Libby S, Amisha, Alex, Lucas, Jasmine
Green
Jenson, Max, Maddie, Taylor, Leo, Kieran, Matilda, Millie, Ewan, Harry R, Lauren D

Transition Day

Just to remind you that children are visiting their new class/teacher tomorrow.
Please can you drop them off at their new classroom and collect them at 3.10 pm.

Don't forget to come back to Reception on Wednesday though!! Have a great day.

News round up

Well done to everybody for another amazing week in Reception and to our superstars - Ewan and Harry A.
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For homework this week the children have been asked to complete a practical capacity activity to consolidate their learning. We have been practising using language such as 'full', 'empty', 'half full' etc.
Can you also support us by revisiting the tricky words and keywords we have been learning. In order to continue making super progress as they move into Year 1 the children need to be able to read and write these independently. You can access the homework by clicking here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=83449364

All children were given a letter yesterday detailing their new class teacher from September and the arrangements for transition day this Tuesday. The children will all spend a full day in their new class - if you have any questions, please feel free to raise them with a member of the Reception team. Thank you.

Hope that you have a super weekend; Miss Lambert and I have been on an exciting course this morning about outdoor learning......watch this space for news!

School Trip

We had an amazing day yesterday on our trip to Meanwood Valley Farm. I hope you've had chance to look at the photographs on the classroom window.

Well done to everybody for their fabulous behaviour!

Homework

Well done to everybody who spent time this weekend making an amazing spider (or two). Have a look at the clip and see if you can spot yours!

News round up

Well done to our super achiever Matthew Wardell and to our superstars this week - Amory and Lucas.

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We are looking forward to seeing your amazing spiders (Oliver was going into Leeds when I saw him this morning to get what he needed for his spider!) which we will be able to add to our super mini beast display (see above).

Other news:

Trip to Meanwood Valley Urban Farm

Don't forget we are going on our trip on Wednesday! Children need to wear their school uniform and should have a waterproof coat, sun hat and if appropriate sun cream applied. They will also need a packed lunch - please ensure everything is clearly labelled - thank you.

Junk modelling

Mrs Chin has almost emptied her garage and we have still run out of boxes, pots, caps etc! Please can you send in your clean junk modelling stuff and we will transform it (just ask Daisy's mum!!) no egg cartons or toilet roll tubes thank you.

If you are not fammiliar with the Incy Wincey Spider rhyme, there is a link on the British Council website
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-incy.swf

And even more!

We have some really creative people in Reception......

Creativity in Reception

We've had another amazing week in Reception. Welcome to Imogen who has joined us this week. She has told Miss Lambert and I that she has had a great week and will definitely be coming back on Monday!

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All children have had their reading assessed this week and we have seen some super progress. In order to get our assessments completed, children may have read on a different day to usual and may not have had book bags with them. If you would like to change books or collect additional ones, you are welcome to come into school on Friday evenings and we do encourage children to change their reading books regularly themselves.

Our homework this week is focusing on number formation and matching letter sounds to names of letters. Please can you spend some time this weekend encouraging your children to complete these tasks?

Here is a video the children might like to watch about number formation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUSJQm4XLO4

and another one with the alphabet on: http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/alphabet-eng/alphabet.htm

Have a lovely weekend.

Mini beast homework - what the children found out!

Here are a few examples of the super homework that was handed in on Monday. Children hunted for the mini beasts over the weekend and then wrote some sentences summarising what they discovered.

George's super shaker!

Well done to George who created this super shaker at home. He told me it has 'rice and split peas inside to shake and I covered it with shiny foil'

A minibeast habitat

In our topic sessions this week the children have been working on a collaborative project - to create an indoor mini beast habitat. Here are a few photographs of the work so far......

Next week the children will be making their own mini beasts to add to the working wall. Well done to everybody for their amazing contribution so far!

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Homework this week is to undertake a mini beast hunt in your garden, at the park or anywhere you find yourself this weekend AND write some sentences summarising the facts about the mini beasts you discovered.

Well done to Kassi and Jasmine who are our superstars this week. Well done too to everybody in Reception and Nursery for their enthusiasm and superb behaviour on our mini beast hunts this week.

Have a super weekend.

Mini beasts

We've gone 'mini beast' mad in Reception this week! The children have been really excited about all our fabulous new areas of provision (thank you to the staff who have worked so hard to pull these areas together!) As you can see they have been very busy today......

Some of the mini beast homework.............

Here are just a few of the pieces of homework handed in today. Mrs Chin was so impressed she has started to put them up on display!
Thank you for all your hard work, you should feel very proud of yourselves.

A few more examples of our fabulous mini beast homework

Mr Wilson's new tie!

Dear Mr Wilson,

Thank you for being brave enough to wear the super tie we made for you! You looked amazing in Celebration assembly.

Have a lovely week off and we will all see you soon.

News round up

We've had another fabulous week in Reception including a surprise party for Guy!

Guy has left our school today and starts his new school after the half term break. Guy, we will all miss you - you have been a superstar! We hope you have a lovely time in your new school and that you will come back to visit us soon!

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Have a look above at the amazing work the children have produced at home and in school for our Queen's knickers display!

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Have a lovely week!

Topspot writing

Some of the independent writing done today, summarising the guided reading book for this week....WOW!!

Amazing portraits

Thank you for all your super homework! Well done.