‘Spring is proof that there is beauty in new beginnings.’
Matshona Dhliwayo
The weather has been lovely this week it has been great being able to take our learning outside.We have been thinking about the time Jesus spent in the desert and how it brought him closer to God. Lent is a special time where we try to grow closer to Jesus by making time for Him in our daily lives. We try to spend less time doing things that keep us busy and more time helping others.
Conversation starter
Who are you grateful for? Can you say thank you to them this week?
What have we been learning this week:
We have started to see signs of Spring this week in school and we are transforming our outdoor area, the children helped us plant bulbs to add more colour into our environment.
We have been learning lots of new sounds and more red (tricky) words, that we have used in our Drawing club this week. Our reading is coming on!
PE: thank you for coming in PE kits on Monday, as the hall was being used Year 2 joined us for our PE lesson. Mr Murry set up some great teamwork games to help us practice our Fundamental Movement Skills and we all worked well together.
Library: We enjoyed our trip to the library, a huge thank you to our helpers, this trip would not have been possible without you all we appeciate it. They were a credit to our school, they were all polite and sat beautifully while listening to the stories. We also loved learning how to take our own books out. Some of the children have been inspired to create their own books, thank you Archie! your wonderful book encouraged others to make their own. Thanks to Drawing Club all the children have a joy for writing, they are all brave to have a go and it has a purpose. I am excited to watch our writing develop further this year :).
Understanding the World: We went on a sign of Spring walk, we found daffoldils, crocuses, snowdrops and bluebells, our class tree has started to grow leaves but some of the other trees havent yet. Ask your child can they remember what the four seasons are:
Music: Today we wrote our own story as a class and composed the music in small groups. We practiced then performed to Nursery, watch the video below, they were amazing. Nursery we so impressed that we had done the whole thing in 30 mins. They have been inspired and will perform for us next week.
Forest School:
Next week it is Group 1 and Group 2
Wednesday 19th March:
Group 1
· Eddie
· Florence
· Henry
· Isabella
· Maritta
· Mollie
· Roxy
· Rupert H
· Summer
· Sadie
Thursday 20th March
Group 2
· Adele
· Daisy
· Harry
· Hope
· Leo
· Lillie
· Noah
· Rosalie
· Tommy
· Ruairi
Don’t forget come into school in forest school clothes and bring uniform in a bag for after.
The children have loved our vets, and thank you for your contibutions it looks better and better each day and the children have loved bringing things in from home to share with the class.
Maths: Week 3 is in your child’s bag, for the next two weeks, please play as much as possible it really helps with your child’s fluency. I have attached the session below. Please email if you have any questions.
Let’s Celebrate:
Well done to our certificate awardee: a ‘ Bobby Bee’ for his enthusiasm for his Phonics this week.
Whole School Virtues - Grateful and Generous:
You are generous with your time, thank you for being a kind friend to everyone and bringing a smile to our face.
Henry the Dog: Henry is going home with this person for working hard on his reading, Miss Forster couldn’t belive how speedy you were this week well done.
Important Information and Upcoming Events
Understanding the World
Wednesday 19th March Schoolastic Book Fair- From this date until the following Wednesday, the hall will be open at the end of the day for the chance to buy a book at our annual book fair sale.
Friday 21st March ‘People We Love Planters’- Our forest school leaders are hosting, in association with ‘Leafy Lytham’, a planting session where the children can take these home. If your child would like to take part, please complete the payment on ParentPay the deadline to pay is Tuesday 18th March.
Friday 21st March Easter Egg donation- Own clothes day and bring an Easter egg for our raffle.
Wk B 24th March
We will be looking at changes as part of our topic this half term, first we will be looking at how we have changed. Please can you send me a photo of your child when they were a baby/toddler so we can guess who is it and discuss how we changed.
Wednesday 2nd April- School Photo Day
Stay and Play
Thank you for those who have filled in the forms.It has helped me to plan the most suitable days for the majority of parents. Our sessions will be on:
Friday 4th April 9:15 - 10:15
and
Monday 7th April 2:15 - 3:15.
Please fill in the form and select your preferred date. If you can’t make either date any family member is welcome to attend in your place. We are very excited to share with you our learning from our Spring term.
Show and Tell:
Please look below to see which day your child can share their show and tell news. We love to celebrate each child’s achievements in class. So we use show and tell as an opportunity to share things that they are proud of, or to share something that is important to them. Great show and tell examples are: sharing photos, bringing in certificates or medals, a souvenir from a trip out or something that they have made at home.
Important Reminders:
Polite reminder that we are a Nut free school. Please can you bring in healthy snacks please refer to the poster for suitable snacks, we always have fruit avalible too.
PE
Our PE days are Tuesday (outside) and Friday (inside). On these days, children can come to school in their PE uniform and will remain in this for the day. We kindly ask that velcro trainers (white, black or navy) are worn as this allows the children to be indepoendent when taking their shoes off and putting them back on. Polite reminder that for health and safety reasons, no jewellery is to be worn on PE days. We kindly ask that this is removed at home before coming into school.Art T-shirt
Please can you bring in an art T-shirt, if you haven’t already, these help us keep uniforms as clean as possible.Jumpers: please can you check that your child has brought the right jumper or PE jacket home, they can easily get mixed up when bags are being packed, there are a few missing in class, thank you.
if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at:
d.drummond@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
Thank you for all of your support
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond, Mrs Summersall, Mrs Kroll and Miss Forster