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Attendance Winners

By Mrs Sembi, in School News - Sunday, 11 December 2022

The classes with attendance 95% > were
🏆 Poplar
🏆 Whitebeam
🏆Hornbeam

Attendance Winners!

By Mrs Sembi, in School News - Sunday, 4 December 2022

This week, the classes with attendance above 95% are:

- Hazel Class

- Poplar Class

- Willow Class

- Beech Class

Lower School Attendance Winners

By Mrs Sembi, in School News - Sunday, 27 November 2022

Chestnut class have been in the lead for the duration of the Autumn term, and they have taken first place again this week. Not only will the attendance bear be spending another week in Chestnut class, but the children will also receive additional playtime!

Upper School Attendance Winners

By Mrs Sembi, in School News - Sunday, 27 November 2022

This term, we continue to work hard to improve attendance, in line with the whole school focus 'Every Day Counts!'
 
The attendance winners for the Upper School this week were Walnut Class. Walnut Class enjoyed an additional playtime on Friday.
 

Artist of the week 28th November

By Mrs Johnson, in School News - Sunday, 27 November 2022

Stereophonics

 

oThey were formed in 1992.

oThere are 4 musicians in the band.

oThey have released 12 albums- 8 of these were number one hits!

oTheir original name was Tragic Love Company.

Artist of the week 21st November

By Mrs Johnson, in School News - Sunday, 20 November 2022

 

Artist of the week...Sam Smith!

Facts

ØThey were born 19th May 1992.

ØIn May 2014, they came out to the public as gay

ØIn September 2019, they came out as non-binary and changed gender pronouns to they/ them

ØThey are a songwriter as well as a singer

ØThey have openly shared their experiences of living and coping with obsessive-compulsive disorder

ØIf they weren’t a singer, they would want to own their own flower shop

ØThey love tuna on pizza

 

ØThey are related to another famous singer Lily Allen 

 

Reception Curriculum Information - Autumn Term 2 2022 - Incredible You

By Reception Team, in School News - Thursday, 17 November 2022

Phonics - Continue to learn the phonemes and graphemes (ff, ll, ss, j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, nk) and practise blending and segmenting CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words

P.E. - Fundamentals to P.E. 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) - JIGSAW Celebrating Difference

Understanding the World - Continue developing positive attitudes about the differences between people and recognise some similiarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries 

Expressive Arts and Design - Remember and sing entire songs 

Nursery Curriculum Information - Autumn Term 2 2022 - Welcome to our World

By Nursery Team, in School News - Thursday, 17 November 2022

Phonics - Phase 1 listening games

Maths - Counting, matching numeral to quantity and comparing

P.E. - Ball skills

Understanding the World - Being me in my world, exploring and learning about different countries 

Expressive Arts and Design - Creating closed shapes with continuous lines and begin to use these shapes to represent objects. Remember and sing entire songs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist of the week 14th November

By Mrs Johnson, in School News - Sunday, 13 November 2022

Jamiroquai...

ØHis real name is Jason Kay.

ØHe owns more than 70 cars.

ØThe group are called Jamiroquai.

ØThey were formed in 1992.

ØHe was born on December 30th 1969.  

ØHe was a jazz singer first, in his teens.

ØHe became homeless and took on many jobs to get by.

ØThey made the soundtrack for Godzilla.

ØHe loves to wear unique hats!

Year 3 Curriculum Information - Autumn Term 2 2022 - Creation

By Year 3 teachers, in School News - Monday, 7 November 2022

Maths –   Written Methods for addition and subtraction, inverse operations

English –   Traditional Tales, Fables, Poetry and

writing and performing a Play

Science –   Animals including humans

History – Historical/religious Creation stories

Computing – Creating media-animation

PE – Dance and Tag Rugby

RE – Christianity – The True meaning

Art – Develop skills in stitching, cutting and joining.

Music – Exploring & developing playing skills

French – Les Animaux (animals)

Jigsaw – Celebrating Differences