23 Jan 2009 - Newsletter 23rd January 2009

The school is participating in the Free Books for Schools.

Each week, for 12 weeks, from January 2009, The Times and The Sunday Times will be printing 12 Books for Schools tokens; four in The Sunday Times, three on Saturday in The Times, and one each day from Monday to Friday for parents and teachers to collect.

Get all your family, friends involved to collect the tokens. Can you collect the tokens at home and then send them into school in an envelope, already counted, with the total written on the envelope.

All children have been learning about The Really good School Dinner event in their PSHE lessons. The children learnt a lot about schools in Africa and the life of the school children of Africa. They found out that sometimes children in Africa only receive one meal a day which they receive at school. In the world's poorest countries parents usually only send their children to school if they know they'll get a meal at lunchtime. So if you take part, they'll get an education too.

The school is taking part in The Really Good School Dinner event which is about all of us doing something really good to help children in much poorer countries. This week we are asking every child to bring in 10p and that money will go directly towards a school meal for a child in a country like Kenya, Malawi or Bangladesh.

The money raised will by used by the World Food Programme's school feeding programme to provide pupils with a nutritious meal, for many their own meal of the day.

TONIGHT 5.30pm—7.00pm

First we lined up in the Hall in long lines. We felt Happy. The teachers called out our names. When we were in our Mess groups we went to the classrooms which had been changed into the HAAS Oaktree.

Next we walked the plank to get on the ship. We went to do our activities. It was great when the teachers put on their sailor hats and became captains. I felt really shy.

After that we played cards with Ellie and William and another boy. I like it because it was boys against girls and the girls won. We also had to tie rope to rings. I felt happy because I learnt new ways to tie knots. /All of that was great and we designed a tattoo. I felt happy because I had a clever idea.

It wasn't long before we went into the hall and we got into groups for the dance. I felt quite excited as I got to go first. The teacher put the music on and everyone got a go at dancing. I felt excited because it was fun although I don't like dancing.

This week we have been learning about Moses and writing wonderful stories about how he was saved from the Egyptian king by being put in a basket in a river. We have been getting better at putting in punctuation - including speech marks!

In maths as we have been exploring weight we have been making chocolate Rice Krispie cakes - we had to measure the ingredients carefully so that our cakes tasted good!

Next week we are focusing on sculpture - looking at examples from around the world as well as making our own sculptures out of clay, wire and paper. (If you have any old newspapers they would be really useful, as would flattened cereal boxes and cardboard boxes!)

Homework challenge:

If you have the opportunity, please take your child to the Light Box - they currently have a great sculpture exhibition which would be a really useful experience for the children ahead of next week's discussions.

Key words: have, be

Sounds: c, k

Making service vehicles from recyclable materials

Playing with battery operated toys

Creating symmetrical pictures and patterns using

computers and paint

Exploring different ways to travel along benches

Learning how to call for a fire engine and the fire

station role play

Sorting 2D and 3D shapes

Next week we are learning about Chinese New Year and if you have any Chinese artifacts that you would be willing to lend, please send them in. We are especially looking for some Chinese music (tape or CD).

Practise writing these key words from memory:

we, said, you

Look for items at home that begin with c and k.