‘Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.’
Matilda, Roald Dahl
Wow I can’t believe we have finished our 1st half term, we’ve had an amazing start we have settled in so quickly and we are growing our brains every day. Today we found out that we had won the best class during lunch time out of the whole school. I am so proud, Mrs McGow and Mrs Ely can’t believe we are in Reception we have been great role models to others.
This week we reflected on the word greatness and what we think it means. Jesus taught his disciples how they could be great by being kind, thoughtful and helpful and this is how God wants us to live, to be the best we can be. We thought about our families and how they show us greatness by puting our needs first.
Conversation Starter
Each week we will give you a question that we would like you to think about and discuss together at home. This could be over dinner time as a family, at bedtime, on a walk or even in the car. However you choose to discuss this question is up to you, but the idea is that it will help to give an insight in to what we talk about in school, help children to understand more about themselves or others.
What does the word greatness mean to you?
Can you talk about someone who shows true greatness by putting others needs first?
What have we been learning this week:
We have loved our doctors role play, we will keep as a doctors when we return to school, but then we will turn our role play into a shop.
Phonics: please remember when practising your sounds at home, not to add ‘uh’ on the end. Our sounds this week were‘e’ (as in the sound an ape makes), ‘l’ (short sound ball) and ‘h’ (ffffff no ur at the end).
Reading Books: please can you sign to let us know you have read together at home. These books will be changed every Monday, please can you ensure reading folders are in bags every day so books can be changed and we can listen to your child read in school.
Maths: we have been comparing and using the word fewer, e.g. Sam have 4 dinosaurs, Pat has 2. Pat has fewer than Sam. We then groups lots of objects in different ways such as colours, animals (long necks, tails etc) and counted and compared them
KIDSAFE
In this session we evaluated what we had learnt over the last five sessions. Every Child has a certificate, they will be handed out after half term. Please click on the button to find out more information.
Let’s Celebrate:
Lunchtime awards:
Well done Reception thank you for being such wonderful role models and for remembering those acts of kindness everyday! Enjoy your sweets.
Our class dog Henry get’s lonely at the weekends, so every week myself, Mrs Summersall, Miss Forster and Mrs Kroll will choose someone to take Henry home.
Well done to this little girl who has had a brilliant week, you have been a super tidier and being very focused during our carpet input.
Important Information and Upcoming Events
Reception stay and play
I would love to invite you into school, to share your child’s learning. There are two session an afternoon and a morning: Tuesday 5th November 2:15pm-3:15pm and Wednesday 13th November 9:15am- 10:15am. Please can you fill in the form below and let me know your preferred date by Monday 28th thank you.
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 Wednesday (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 healthy and safety reasons, no jewelry 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.DT- we will start our DT after half term, we will be making boats so if you could bring in plastic bottles/containers that would be great.
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 half term break
Miss Drummond, Mrs Summersall, Mrs Kroll and Miss Forster