16 Oct 2009 - Newsletter 16th October 2009

Thank you once again for your patience during the recent Royal visit to Hermitage School. We have discovered that it possible to get all of the children out through the front doors of the school if we have to.

Due to the rain the brick work is now only three quarters complete but it does mean our building is beginning to look like a real classroom. The rain also means that the grass seed on our trenches is also beginning to grow.

The roof will start going on next week. We are hoping to put in windows and doors during the half term. Once that work is complete we put in the paths.

A huge thank you to all the parents who asked about raising money to finish the classroom. One parent is considering a sponsored fund raising journey of his own. I am sure we will all support him if he does this. Other people had some very good ideas which we will pursue as soon as we complete the present planned work.

After the wonderful demonstration by Kieran, the gymnast, who visited the school recently the teachers decided that they would like more training in gymnastics. Therefore our focus on the Inset Day is gymnastics. To help us with our training we still need

5 children (Year 1 and Year 2) dressed in their PE kits at 1.30— 3.00 pm on Friday 23rd October. Thank you to the 3 children who have already volunteered.

This week has been a busy week! We have had lots of fun using our Troublesome Triangle' to help us solve two step problems in Maths. We helped our friend Maisie find how many ways there were around a maze. In Literacy we were visited by our spider friend who left a note in his web on our doors. We acted out solutions to his problem.

Thank you to all the parents who visited us for Parent Consultation Evening, it was a pleasure to see you all and talk about your child's progress.

Sounds: ee, w, oo (cool) oo (wood), ie. Key words: to, was

Our visit from the RSPCA (last Friday) Judith told us lots of

interesting facts about animals. We thought carefully about

what animals need to be 'happy and healthy' and how this

is similar to what we need.

Making colourful repeating patterns, using shapes.

'Having a go' at writing the initial sound of words.

Completing the tricky obstacle course in our Outdoor

Classroom!

Thinking about the sense of taste - trying different fruits

and describing how they taste.

Bring your special memory on Monday morning, ready to share with the class. You may want to bring a photograph/ object or you might just want to remember and tell us.

Practise counting from 0-10 - can you count backwards

too?

Thursday 29^{th October}

14.00 to 16.30 and 17.30 to 19.30

Leisure Centre, Kingfield Road, Woking

Attendance by appointment is strongly recommended, to make an appointment please contact 0300 123 2323