Please note that the breakfast club starts at 0800 every morning, with supervision in the playground beginning at 0830.
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Termly Newsletters
Today we are pleased to share with you the new format for our newsletters. These will be termly and, as well as whole school and nursery newsletters, there will be a newsletter from each class where you can glimpse the learning that will be taking place over the year. The newsletters can be found by clicking on the School Information tab along the top of our blog page. The nursery newsletter can be found under the Nursery tab, as before.
Please let us know what you think of the newsletters – and of course the blog! What do you like? What would you like to see on the blog? How can we improve?
Thank you
Outdoor learning in P3/4/5
This week, P3/4/5 were budding artists. Using chalk, they had to draw a portrait of their partner. We discussed how shape could help us – deciding that a portrait should have an oval head, rectangular neck and shoulders, then other shapes for the facial features. It was chilly outside, but we had lots of fun creating our chalk art! Thanks Amber who took most of the photos for us to share with you all.
Nursery news
Children in nursery this week have been enjoying the sunny weather with lots of outdoor play happening each day. The crates have proved to be very popular, with them being turned into trains, cars, hills to climb etc.
Indoors , the children have been learning to take care when washing their snack dishes, as we now have ceramic plates and glass cups. It has only taken a couple of days for all children to learn to be a little more gentle when washing up.
Singing is a daily occurrence at the moment with children enjoying learning the songs from the nativity. Won’t be long now before you will be entertained!
We are still looking for donations for the hamper. If you could hand something in before next Thursday, we should be able to create a very desirable prize to sell raffle tickets for at the fair on Thursday.
Nursery news
Lots of new resources have arrived in nursery today with a focus on the role play area. We are also looking at literacy in the environment with tins of food from a certain supermarket in the role play corner. I wonder if the children can tell you which supermarket they are from!
There’s a lot of singing going on too with practices for the nativity in full swing.
We are hoping to fill our dress up area with scarves and sarongs. If you have any unwanted ones at home, please bring in. Gracias!!
Outdoor learning P6/7
Today we abandoned our planned lesson and decided to make the most of the frost! Groups were challenged to create a giant drawing that would be seen from above, using only their feet and the frost below.
Afterwards, pupils discussed which problem solving strategies they’d used. This included Try a Simpler Case, Guess Check and Improve and Work Together.
Outdoor learning in P1/2
This week, pupils had to work as a team to fill up a bowl full of water. There was an added problem however… the cup was full of holes!! Everyone worked well together and problem solved to get the job done.
Loose Parts Outdoor play for nursery!
This week, nursery children will be given lots of natural materials to play with outdoors. Can’t wait to see how their imagination does with these goodies!
Outdoor Learning in P3/4/5
Lots of muddy fun was had when pupils had to mix water and soil to make mud then use it to create wall art!
Online Payment – Parent Guide
Please click on the links below to access a guide which shows parents how to make the most of the new Online payment system. These guides show you how to register for Online Payment and how to make payments and pre-order meals.
If you have any questions after having had a look a the guide, please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs Millard.
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