Welcome back everybody, the children have come back refreshed and full of enthusiasm. Danceathon was such a success and any of the initial nerves were soon banished as all of the children danced all day long with huge smiles! At the end of the school day all of the classes went out onto the playground to dance the Cha cha cha. It was fantastic!

We have also started our new story focus, the traditional tale, ‘The Three Little Pigs’. On Thursday we found hay, sticks and bricks and the children concluded that the only possible explanation could be that the three little pigs had been into our classroom. Next week we will be exploring the story further, creating story maps and actions to help us to retell the story.

Today we went to church, our first time as a class! The children were beautifully behaved and sang the hymns we have learnt in class wonderfully.

Certificates

Seth for... always being so enthusiastic towards learning! Your excitement really rubs off on those around you and this means you are always surrounded by others. You are also very curious, you think carefully and wonder about how things work. Keep being curious and enthusiasm Seth, it is just wonderful to be around!

Tilly N for... Always concentrating so carefully. You are such a determined little girl with such a desire to succeed. You concentrate so hard during our learning challenges. It is so lovely to hear you chanting, “Concentrate Cooper” as you spur yourself and others on. You really do encourage your friends with such kindness and love. Well done Tilly!

Phonics

This week we have learnt the sounds:

L, h, sh and r. The ‘sh’ is made up of two ‘special friends’. When they are together in a word they no longer make their initial sounds ‘s’ or ‘h’, they make the new sound ‘sh’. I wonder if you can spot our new sounds in any words this week…

We have been thinking carefully about our families this week and how special they are to us. We explored the similarities and differences between many different family structures. The children understand that we all belong to one big family, God’s family!

Reminder

Reading books should be in your child’s school bag each day. We change all of he children’s reading books on a Thursday. However, if your child has read their book a few times, shows good understanding and is able to tell the story or read the story fluently, please let either myself or Miss Neves know when dropping your child off and we can change their book that day.

We hope that you all have a wonderful weekend together as a family.

Miss Bassett, Miss Neves and Mrs Malley