7 Nov 2008 - Newsletter 7th November 2008

Come and join us on this wonderful day in school. For one day only we will be making Christmas Craft items. We need enthusiastic people to help with groups of children. You do not need to be artistic just enthusiastic.

Last year a number of our working parents booked this day as holiday from work and joined us and really enjoyed being involved with the school for the day.

If you can come in for only a morning or afternoon we would also be grateful. There will be more details nearer the time.

Come and join us on this wonderful day in school. For one day only we will be making Christmas Craft items. We need enthusiastic people to help with groups of children. You do not need to be artistic just enthusiastic.

Last year a number of our working parents booked this day as holiday from work and joined us and really enjoyed being involved with the school for the day.

If you can come in for only a morning or afternoon we would also be grateful. There will be more details nearer the time.

The Christmas Fair is nearly upon us once again. Lots of exciting stalls are being planned for children and families.

Please come along next Thursday 13th November to the next HOPA meeting and offer your support.

At the Link Parent Meeting this week the stalls for each class were drawn out of a hat.

We will be meeting outside the Ambassadors Lounge, Gloucester Square (main Ambassadors theatre entrance opposite the Civic Offices) at 5.00 pm with our lanterns.

5.00-5.30 pm Lanterns will checked and line up in parade order

5.30 pm Candle Safety Talk by Woking Fire Station Staff 5.45 pm Procession departs from Gloucester Square

6.45 pm Procession ends at The Plane on a Stick (Big Apple)

 Although the parade states it is for an hour you only have to participate for as long as you wish.

This is an opportunity to have a professional family group photo taken on the evening of Thursday 13th November between 4.00 to 7.00 pm. A list of appointment times is available in the School Office.

This year we decided to make a handy carry bag to keep in keep up our Eco ethos displaying each child's drawing of themselves . Each year group have their own bag.

We have the kept the cost of the bag to £5 which means we are making only a very small amount for the school. The more bags we can sell the cheaper we will buy the bags and therefore make a little more.

Please think about buying a bag not only for yourselves but also for relatives for Christmas .

To enable you to see an example of the bag we will put one out on display outside the Eco Lobby every morning and under the covered roof area in Reception at lunch time and home time.

In literacy this week we have been using "time movers". First we thought about what we had been doing in the half term. Next we told our talk partner. After that we wrote about what we had done. Finally we tried to add some "juicy" descriptive words.

In maths we have been making "sensible" guesses as to how many bricks, pencils, counters etc. there are. We have then been counting to see how good our guesses were.

We have also been thinking about what makes a good friend and how we can be a good friend ourselves. Thank you for sending in the children's favourite toys as well as some of your old favourites. Today we looked at them and what they are made from and compared them to some old toys. We also looked at some very old toys from Chertsey Museum.

Next week we will be writing about an event from our own childhood, such as a funny story or a favourite memory. In maths we will be doubling numbers and in PE we are continuing our dance about old toys.

th, ng, x, qu

we, said

Please remind your child to bring in something for the sound

table.

Road safety walks - practising crossing the road

safely. Thank you very much to all those parents who

helped on our walks.

Learning about Diwali and making diva lamps

Finding out about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night celebrations

We were really impressed with the children's writing about

their half term holiday news!

Please could you help your child to find soft objects for our

Science Investigation Table. We are also collecting boxes

and cylinders (e.g. kitchen rolls) for the children to use to

make model fireworks next week.

You will find your child's new targets in the back of the home diary, please talk to your child about them.

Find out when your birthday is!

Thank you very much for all your support

We were very lucky to have a special visit from 'Just Trombones'. The duo came into school to talk to us about their exciting instruments. We really enjoyed listening to them play their trombones, especially the Pink Panther tune. We found out that if a small trombone is stretched out then its tubes measure 2 and a half metres long! We found this particularly interesting because in Maths this week we have been measuring. We have learnt that there are 100crr in a metre and have got very good at deciding if an object is greater than or less than a metre.

We decided in Year 2 that we love fireworks and bonfire night and wrote some exciting rhyming poems to celebrate.

Next week is Road Safety Week. Please encourage your children to practise the Green Cross Code when out and about at the weekend.

1. Think first

Find the safest place to cross, then stop

2. Stop

3. Use your eyes and ears

Look all around for traffic and listen

4. Wait until it's safe to cross

If traffic is coming, let it pass

5. Look and Listen

When it is safe, walk straight across the road. Always walk across, never run.

6. Arrive Alive

Keep looking and listening for traffic while you cross.

Thank you if you offered your help with our key words. We will be in contact next week to arrange for training.

Grown ups please complete the Energy Savers Report and donate the leaves to our school. It only takes 5 minutes and it is quite interesting. We now have 8,370 towards our 27,743 total.

Child's Name ................................................................................................................ Class .................................................................

Number of bags required @ £5 each              Rec ......................  Year 1 ...................... Year 2 ......................