20 Feb 2009 - Newsletter 20th February 2009

Well done to all the children who completed their homework challenge this week. It really helped those children with the start of our Science electricity topic. The children are already involved in this and are asking lots of questions. Some of the children have been given written Literacy homework this week. If this is your child please help them to complete their task. It is really valuable in your child's learning.

In Literacy we are learning how to make our story writing more interesting. We are using a computer program and music attached to really help us describe the setting and mood.

In Numeracy our topic is shape and lines of symmetry. We have had some really exciting days learning about this and have been painting, making and working on the computer to help us in this area. The children have enjoyed naming all the shapes. An interesting fact ? (just in case you get this question in Trivial Pursuit.) Did you know a 100,000 sided shape is called a decemyriagon. Ask your child to tell you more!

Eagle Spelling group and parents of Eagle group: Thank you very much to all those children who have worked so hard to learn so many spellings. A few of the words on this weeks test were from a future spelling list so well done to all of you who got those correct! Miss Hogg

Next week promises to be very exciting. To link to World Book Day on Thursday, the children will be making their own adventure world books. They will be researching different countries, practising their dances and learning about art in different places and cultures. There is a really exciting drama session planned where the children will find a special box with objects from around the world. They will also be learning to create music from different countries and cultures.

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Evaluating our outside classroom to think what we like or what could be improved

Writing our holiday news and making pictures and models to show what we had been doing

Sowing marigold seeds and looking after them so they grow into beautiful flowers!

Talking about what is precious to us

Learning to add two numbers together (put the larger number in your head and count on the smaller number)

Naming and describing 3D shapes

In our literacy work next week, we shall be talking about story characters and making up stories. Thursday is World Book Day and on Friday we would like the children to come dressed as characters from stories e.g. a princess, Superman, Spiderman, Goldilocks. Little Red Riding Hood, a bear, a cat, a spotty dog, a rabbit, a soldier, a frog etc... Please do not go to any expense hiring any costumes; simple, home-made costumes are always best! You may already have a costume in your dressing up box at home or left over from our Christmas Concert.

We also need items sent into school that the children consider to be precious. These could be photographs, postcards, nature objects collected from the seaside or countryside that remind them of a lovely day out, a baby toy and so on. Please name the item but do not send in anything too precious that you would be heartbroken about losing. We shall be expecting all the children to be picking up the items and looking at them.

We need volunteers to dig a flower bed alongside our vegetable garden. Please see Mrs Afzal if you can help. Squirrel Class would appreciate some boxes for junk modelling.

Now we have updated our assessments, please check for new targets in the back of your child's home diary.

Practise writing these key words from memory: have, be, by

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