What we've been up to .......
June 2022
Year 2
This week Year 2 have had some exciting visitors make their appearance; their butterflies hatched! This was very exciting for the children to watch and understand the life cycle of a caterpillar.
Our learning Behaviour animal this half term is "Wise Owl" Children will be able to earn a sticker if they demonstrate these learning behaviours:
- I can ask my learning partner if I need help.
- I can use the working wall and knowledge organisers to find information to help me.
- I can create my own examples and problems to show my understanding.
Assemblies
Our theme for assembly and worship this half term is "The Miracles of Jesus" We will learn these bible stories:
- Jesus calms the Storm
- Jesus heals a paralysed man
- Jesus feeds 5000 people
- Jesus walks on Water
- Jesus and the Enormous Catch of Fish
We will also hold worship linked to our Christian Vision and values.
May 2022
We held our Jubilee Celebrations during the last week of the half term. All the children enjoyed reading the book "The Queen's Handbag" by Steve Antony and then meeting him on TEAMS to learn about how he drew the illustrations. The whole school, including Nursery visited the Junior School for a story telling session with the older children and enjoyed the cakes provided. On Friday, we had our own Street party outside and the Queen judged the costumes for Dress Up day. Year 2 children enjoyed baking their own biscuits and the school was decorated with bunting.
April 2022
RECEPTION
The children have enjoyed listening to the story of ‘Naughty Bus’ this week. They have retold parts of the story in small world, driven different vehicles through play dough and compared the tracks, experienced driving vehicles in baked beans (it happened in the story!) and gone on a bus journey in role play (thanks to Mrs Taylor for the amazing bus). We were all excited when a wrapped present arrived on Thursday. It was a red bus, just like the one in the story, I hope it makes good choices!
The story has inspired the children with their writing. We are so pleased with the children’s growing independence in writing a simple sentence.
We are practising our number bonds to 10 in maths. We have used numicon and tens frames. The children have worked hard with the online game Hit the Button. It is free, select play game + Number Bonds + Make 10 + Play.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Our Learning Behaviour animal this half term is "Sensible Squirrel" The children will be given a sticker if they demonstrate these behaviours:
- I use the equipment on my table to help me.
- I can choose equipment from around the classroom to help me like books, maths resources or word mats.
- I use things I already know to make links and help me learn new information.
Year 1 Gardening
The Year 1 garden has been looking rather sorry for itself following a fantastic summer in bloom (we won a Platinum Prize award in the Primary Schools category with it in last year’s Rugby in Bloom!). A big thank you to Mrs Lewis who once again has come to the rescue. The Year 1 children enjoyed accessing the different potting/planting stations on Thursday morning. They were sowing seeds ready to plant in a few weeks’ time, with the hope that the garden looks just as fantastic as it did last summer. They did a great job listening, labelling and using the gardening tools appropriately. This is all preparation for our ‘I am alive’ topic which starts after Easter!
March 2022 World Book Day
The whole school enjoyed dressing up as their favourite character. There were lots of dalmations on the loose too!
School Visit to Birmingham C.B.O.
On Friday 11/2/2022, reception, year 1 and year 2 visited Birmingham to watch a performance by Birmingham Symphony orchestra. The theme was "Going into Space." For our youngest children, this was their first school trip and there was a great buzz of excitement. The children enjoyed the trip and joined in with the actions and the songs. Everyone behaved well and learnt lots of facts about the instruments in the orchestra too. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered on the trip.
Assemblies and Collective Worship February 2022
We have had another fantastic week and the children are showing great enthusiasm for worship and have continued to show great joy and happiness when singing our hymns.
We have focused on our school value of Honesty this week and also looked at a picture of Jesus with children. We thought about the special relationship Jesus had with children. This links with the bible passage from Matthew 19.13-14: Some people brought children to see Jesus for him to place his hands on them and to pray for them, but the disciples scolded the people. Jesus said, “Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.”
January 2022
Year 1
We have been so pleased with how Year 1 have settled back into routines after the Christmas break. They have come back ready to learn and absolutely loved the start of our 'Home Sweet Home' topic.
We have looked at the story of 'The Three Little Pigs', the children were fab at identifying story language and have enjoyed joining in with repeated phrases. Before introducing the story, children were given clues to explore and make predictions from - What could the story be? Why do you think that? The children went on to complete their own independent writing to retell the story, and they have done a brilliant job!
Maths saw the children using the language of less, equal and greater to compare groups and numbers to 20. They worked brilliantly in pairs to support one another with using the correct vocabulary.
We are looking forward to our 'Winter Walk' next Thursday to support our Topic lessons
Peer to Peer Well-Being Champions
In January 2022, some of our Year 2 children and year 4 and year 6 children received some training, so they can help others. Our year 6 and year 4 children from the Junior school will visit the infants to support our younger children. The children engaged well with the training.
Our Learning Behaviour Animal this half term is "Effort Elephant" The children can earn a sticker if they show these behaviours:
- I put effort into completing my work.
- I make sure that I always complete my work to the best of my ability.
- I review my work and consider what I could do to improve it.
December 2021
Reception
It has been a very crafty week in Reception! The children have been busy making lots of Christmas decorations. We have been very pleased with how hard they have worked in measuring, cutting, sticking, threading and being creative. Rehearsals for our Christmas blockbuster, with a cast of thousands (59!), has taken up a lot of time, we would be very grateful if you could help the children with their lines.
Year 2 trip to Coventry Cathedral
On Thursday, Year 2 went to Coventry Cathedral to learn more about signs and symbols from our RE topic. This was a fantastic trip as we went into the old part of the Cathedral as well as the new. We saw many signs and symbols on our tour round and impressed the tour guides with our knowledge.
November 2021
Remembrance Assembly 11/11/21
Children made poppies and thought about things/people/animals that they like to remember. At 11 am, we held a 2 minute silence. It was wonderful to see how well the children responded to the opportunity to reflect and their mature, considerate responses they gave to Mrs Marson. Thank you to all the children that came dressed in their uniforms from the following charities.
Our Learning Behaviour animal this half term is "Concentrating Crocodile" The children are concentrating hard to try and earn a sticker for showing these behaviours:
- I can carefully practise tasks to help me get better.
- I can manage my distraction sand concentrate on my learning.
- I can improve my work by editing and redrafting.
October 2021
Year 2 have been practising retelling the story of 'Tom's Magnificent Machines' using puppets. They loved this and the drama has supported their understanding of the story.
September 2021
It was lovely to welcome the children back to school this week. We have introduced our new Learning Behaviour characters to the children and they are showing great enthusiasm for earning stickers, by demonstrating the characteristics of each character. We will work on one each half term and are starting with Team Meerkat.
Year 2 visit to the Junior School
On the 18/0/5/21, year 2 visited the Junior school. They tried to spot different trees and plants and then identified these. It did stay dry for us and the children worked hard.
Becoming a National Support School
We are pleased to announce that the school has been designated by the National College for Teaching and Leadership as a ‘National Support School’. As a National Support School we will host visits from other schools who will look at what we do. Our headteacher, Ian Dewes and his colleagues will also visit other schools to help them develop their practise. We have been involved in these sorts of activities for a while and our staff have found them to be useful ways of developing their own skills. By becoming a National Support School we will be able to further develop and retain the existing skills of our staff. It will also create an additional source of income for the school. As part of this work, Ian has been designated a National Leader of Education.