'Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together, make this world a beautiful garden.’

Rumi

I can’t believe we only have one week left until we break up for Easter, it was lovely to have our first stay and play today and I’m looking forward to Monday for the second half of the group. As we continue our lenten journey we have been thinking about what we can do for others. Last week we wanted to make something special for our Mums because they look after us, we love baking in Reception and so much thought and care went into our biscuits.

Conversation starter

Think of a friend who you would like to be kind to. What could you do for them?

What have we been learning this week:

This week we have had frogs! We have our own pond, Mrs Tierney very kindly sourced frog spawn and pond water. After a few days we now have tadpoles, we have learnt about the life cycle of a frog and some children drew their own in provision.

Drawing club:

This week we read The Magic Porridge Pot, ask you child if they can remember the actions and what the words mean?

The Magic Porridge Pot vocabulary:

Enchanted: put under a magic spell.

Conversation: talking and listening between people.

Endless: something that goes on and on.

Despair: feeling really sad and hopeless that things will never get better.

Cease: to stop doing something.

Covered: having something placed on top of it.

Steaming: very hot

Gloopy: sloppy or sticky.

Forest School:

Next week it is Group 1 and Group 2. Due to our Holy Week Assemblies these will take place in the afternoon so please come in school uniform and bring Forest school clothes to chnage in to.

Wednesday 9th April:

Group 1

· Eddie

· Florence

· Henry

· Isabella

· Maritta

· Mollie

· Roxie

· Rupert H

· Summer

· Sadie

Thursday 10th April

Group 2

· Adele

· Daisy

· Harry

· Hope

· Leo

· Lillie

· Noah

· Rosalie

· Tommy

· Ruairi

Stay and Play: Thank you for those who came today, the children loved showing you around the classroom. The children have worked so hard and it’s lovely to see how much progress they have made so far.

I am looking foward to our next stay and play session. These children will have their stay and play session on Monday afternoon at 2:15pm- 3:15pm.:

Maritta

Sadie

Noah

Adele

Summer

Eddie

Arla

Florence

Maggie

Isabella

Daisy

Ralph

Diya

Lillie

Mollie

Hugo

Home learning books

Thank you everyone returned their homework book. Our next challenge Can you ask your child to practice writing ‘s’ in their books.

Extra challenge can you write ‘a’ on the lines? circle your best one :).

LP means learning point we give them out to the children for excellent work :)

Let’s Celebrate:

Well done to our certificate awardee: a ‘ Sadie Spider’ for her determination with her reading you are becoming more and more confident each day, keep it up :).

Whole School Virtues - Grateful and Generous:

Today you demonstrated why we gave you the star, our reading corner had been left in a mess and you tidied it up by yourself even though you have been in there. Mrs Summersall was so happy and grateful and we are too thank you.

Henry the Dog: Henry is going home with this person for your phonics this week, wow keep working hard at home and practicing your sounds.

Important Information and Upcoming Events

On 23rd and 24th April Reception will NOT have any sessions due to parents forest school sessions.

Please return lenten boxes by Wednesday 9th April.

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