Newsletter- week ending 17th June
Dear parents and carers,
I just wanted to say an enormous thank you for all of the very thoughtful and generous gifts that I have received today. I shall be spending the Mothercare voucher on a baby monitor and some clothes.
I’d also like to say thank you for all of your help and support this year. I have particularly appreciated the time that the reading helpers have given to the class, as this has really helped the children to improve their reading skills.
This week the children have been working on a large art book project. They have really enjoyed being able to work on an individual project with plenty of scope, as well as having the chance to try some different materials. I was incredibly impressed with the high standard of the work that they produced. They had really thought about different colours, textures and materials to create their own individual masterpiece.
I have thoroughly enjoyed working with class 3 this year. Every single child has worked really hard and I have loved being their teacher. Some of the children have been with me for two years, so it’s going to be very strange in September to not have them around! I will be popping into school from time to time so I’m sure that you will see me soon. Baby Barker is due at the end of August, so you might see me at the start of term with a new born!
Have a wonderful summer with your children.
Mrs B
Newsletters | Comment (0)Newsletter- week ending 10th July
Dear parents/carers,
In English this week we have been looking at puns and wordplay in poetry. The children particularly enjoyed Andrew Fusek Peters’ “Hey Diddle Diddle”. We looked at why this poem was funny and studied the structure so that we could write our own versions with a partner. Then we studied the John Hegley poem “Emergensea”, looking at the way that the poet has made up new rhyming words. The children each then wrote their own animal poem. The poems were hilarious, and the children all did a brilliant job.
In maths this week we have recapped some of our favourite methods for adding and subtracting. The children have mainly been using partitioning (splitting a larger number up into hundreds, tens and units) to make larger numbers easier to deal with. Next week we’ll have a quick recap on multiplication and division methods.
Next week we will be working on an art project about books. We will be making our own artistic books based on our environment. I went on a course about this a few weeks ago and it was brilliant, so I’m hoping that the children will really enjoy it too.
Reports are coming out tonight, and I hope that you’re as pleased as I am with your children’s progress this year. They have all worked very hard and I am extremely proud of all of them. I’m really going to miss them!
I also hope that you enjoyed seeing “Hoodwinked” this week. I was very impressed with how well my class did in their first speaking roles. Thank you to all of you for your help, especially with costumes.
Mrs B
Three things to ask your child this week:
1 What’s your favourite method for taking away?
2 What happened to the octopus?
3 How do you lay a table?
Newsletter- week ending 3rd July
Dear parents/carers,
Another short note this week as I’m writing this while the children are working!
This week we have been very busy rehearsing our play. The children have worked extremely hard to learn their lines and song words and they are doing a wonderful job. I hope to see you all at one of the performances next week. I’d like to say a big thank you to all of the parents/grandparents who have been involved with making costumes. They look great!
The current Met Office forecast is for sunny spells this evening so it looks like the sports evening will be going ahead! I’m making a small change to the organisation this year. The children in my class must carry their chair back to the school before they will be released to you. Last year the staff spent quite a long time carrying piles of chairs back to the school, and obviously this isn’t something that I’m going to be able to do this year. I promise that it won’t take long! Thanks in advance for your understanding about this.
Mrs B
Three things to ask your child this week:
1 What’s the most difficult thing bout learning the guitar?
2 What was your favourite thing about your new teacher?
3 Which is your favourite part of the play, and why?
