Dear Parent/Carer,
I hope you had a wonderful
Easter break. I was fortunate enough to visit the beautiful nation of South
Africa, where I enjoyed experiencing firsthand some of the wonderful history
linked to the country, including visits associated with the great Nelson
Mandela; a figure whose impact on the world is shared often with the children
of Robin Hood Primary School. This takes me seamlessly into my first item…
Celebrate
Mandela across Leeds
If you are thinking of
something to do with your children this weekend, Leeds City Council is hosting
a week of celebration of the values of Nelson Mandela’s phenomenal
achievements. Events for the young and old will be held in communities across
Leeds, including performances of the traditional African Gumboot Dances in
Headingley on Saturday and Mandela portrait graffiti art at Trinity Shopping
Centre on Sunday. For more information visit www.leedsinspired.co.uk
Late
arrivals in school
Through our rigorous monitoring
systems, we have noticed that there are an increasing number of late arrivals
into school. I must clearly stress how important it is to get your children
into school before the bell goes. Lessons start promptly and due to the pace of
learning, missing even a few minutes of lessons can be detrimental to the
children’s understanding. This also leaves many children feeling uncomfortable
entering the class after everybody else. Thank you for your cooperation.
Some
lovely news
I am delighted to inform you
that Miss Thackeray and her fiancé, Mike, are expecting a baby in the Autumn
term. I am sure you will all join me in congratulating Miss Thackeray on this
lovely news.
Whole
School Celebration Friday
The date for this half term’s
Celebration Friday will be Friday 16th May. You will be welcome to
come into school and view your child’s learning from the half term between 3:15
pm- 3:45 pm.
Phase
Celebration Assemblies
A quick reminder that the phase
assemblies this half term will run as follows:
Friday 25th
April- Upper Key Stage 2
Wednesday 30th
April - Nursery (1) Friday 2nd May – Nursery (2)
Friday 9th
May- Reception
Friday 16th
May – Key Stage 1
Friday 23rd
May- Lower Key Stage 2
The
assemblies for Summer 2 will be announced on next week’s newsletter, along with
other key summer dates.
PTA News
We hope you all had a lovely break and
enjoyed the sunny weather we had. This week has seen the arrival of the
sports bibs, so whether your child is in the red, blue, green or yellow house
there will be no headache trying to find the appropriate coloured t-shirt come
sports day in the summer. We are meeting with Mrs Dale next week so we
can book some dates in the diary for the up and coming exciting events we would
like to hold. If anyone has any ideas for events or ways to spend the PTA
funds that have been raised then please contact us at
robinhoodprimarypta@gmail.com. Please also use this email if you think
you may be able to help in any way to raise funds for your children. If
you are unable to help out on the event days we do require help with ringing
around for donations from local companies.
Have a great weekend.
Mrs Dale
Don’t forget:
The next parent coffee morning will take place on
Monday 19th May with Miss Thackeray in Friendly Faces. The agendas
for discussion will be:
· Website and
blogs- how well used are they? How could we make them more engaging/useful for your
children?
· How do you rate
our improved parental engagement this year?
If you
are unable to come, please do not hesitate to share your views with me at gaynor.dale@robinhood.leeds.sch.uk
Nursery newsletter
NEWS ROUND UPWelcome back to our new term at Nursery. We hope you have all had a wonderful Easter break – it has been lovely to see the children coming back enthused and excited about their learning! Please keep looking on our blog for the latest information and to see what has been happening in Nursery at http://foundationstagenewsatrobinhood.blogspot.co.uk/
THIS WEEK
Our classroom has been
transformed into a Pirate world with treasure, sand, water and a Pirate ship!
We have been dressing up as a Pirate and will continue to dress up next week
too – so please dig out your stripy t-shirts and jeans. We have been finding
out what the children know about Pirates and there are some super quotes from
the children on the blog. We have also been learning the song ‘Portside
Pirates’ ahead of our assembly next week.
NEXT WEEKWe will continue to learn about Pirates; we will be sharing some Pirate stories and thinking about what it would have been like to be a Pirate in the past. We will be hosting the celebration assemblies next week on Wednesday at 11.00 and Friday at 2.30 and would love you to join us. For home learning please can you make us a flag, treasure chest or other pirate object to put on our display in the class room and ahead of the assembly could you please practice the song ‘Portside Pirates’ (it is quite long so please could you focus on the chorus) which is on line at: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+tube+portside+pirates&docid=608052118086289912&mid=5F9B64BAE8279640CEEB5F9B64BAE8279640CEEB&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=5F9B64BAE8279640CEEB5F9B64BAE8279640CEEB
PLEASE NOTE the following
diary dates:
Nursery
will be CLOSED on Wednesday 2nd July 2014
HOW YOU CAN HELP US
· Please complete the home learning task with your
child (see above) and bring it in on their first day back.
· Keep practising writing names (first and then
second) and encourage your child to read to you for five minutes every
day.
Thank you for your continued
support.
Mrs Steel, Mrs Chin, Miss
Fox and Mrs Beckwith.
Reception newsletter
NEWS ROUND UP
Welcome back to our new term
at Reception. We hope you have all had a wonderful Easter break. It has been
lovely to see the children coming back enthused and excited about their
learning! They looked fabulous dressed up as pirates and the fact they were
dressed up as pirates really made their learning come to life. Please keep
looking on our blog for the latest information and to see what has been
happening in Reception at http://foundationstagenewsatrobinhood.blogspot.co.uk/
THIS WEEK
Shiver me timbers! Our
classroom has been transformed into a Pirate world with treasure, sand, water
and a Pirate ship! We have been dressing up as a Pirate and will continue to
dress up next week too – so please dig out your stripy t shirts and jeans. We
have been finding out what the children know about Pirates and we have learnt
all about the scariest pirate in history Blackbeard. Those terrible pirates of
the sea even kidnapped Geraldine the Giraffe this week so on our quest to
rescue her we made some fabulous treasure maps, made ourselves a pirate
passport and described the dazzling treasure we found on our voyage using
amazing adjectives. In topic we made some fantastic maps of the playground
which we then tea stained to make them look like authentic treasure maps. In
numeracy we have been focussing on ordering and recognising numbers to 20 and
quick-fire maths asking the children to tell us what one more and one less of
given numbers were, first to 10 then 20.
NEXT WEEK
Next week the children will become authors and they
will write their very own pirate story using time connectives e.g. first, then,
next etc. In topic the children will be making a boat for their pirates. They
will be testing lots of different materials to see which materials sink and
which materials float. They will use the materials which float to construct a
pirate ship. Good luck me hearties! In numeracy we will be focussing on single
digit subtraction and addition problems using the counting on and the counting
back method. In phonics we will be learning the alternative long a sounds; Mr
End ay (play) and the split digraph a_e (make) and we will be learning to
read the words; about, your, day, make,
came and made.
PLEASE NOTE the
following diary dates:
Our next class
assembly will be on Friday the 9th of May at 2.30pm in the hall. We
look forward to seeing you all there.
HOW YOU CAN HELP US
·
Please engage with the home learning and the
learning logs.
·
Please read for 5 minutes daily and help your
child learn their spellings.
·
Please send in any spare shoe boxes you have
and plastic bottles to help support our pirate role play.
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Lambert, Miss Pyatt and the Reception Team
Key Stage 1
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Home Learning:
Please continue to support your child in reading,
learning their spellings and counting.
For mental maths you can continue to support your child
in learning the following number facts.
Times tables – X2, X5 and X10
Division facts – by 2 , by 5 and by 10
Any other practice of number facts such as 3s, 4’s, 6s,
7s even 8s and 9s will help your child in all of their Numeracy.
You can do this through using counters/objects, through
rote counting (counting in 2’s, 5’s or 10s from a given number) or simply
writing down a number sentence and your child using their fingers or doing
this mentally in their heads to work this out.
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Welcome back
The
Key Stage One team hope you have had an enjoyable and relaxed half term. We can’t actually believe the summer
term is here already! How quickly this year has gone. It only seems like
yesterday we were welcoming in all of your fantastic children in to their new
classrooms! The children have lots to look forward to and we know they will
enjoy all of the fun things that we have planned!
Disney
This
week the children have begun their new unit of learning all about Disney. The
children found it fascinating watching the following clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39zhCvPBprI which shows the first recorded sound
to the first recorded moving picture. We have then looked at what Disney films
look like now and how they are made. How fast technology changes! They have
found it so much fun making their own slap stick comedy movies and we hope to
show some of these in our up and coming Key Stage One Assembly.
A plea for newspaper
Next
week the children will begin to make their favourite Disney character out of
modroc and for this fun task we need LOTS of newspaper! If you have any spare
or are planning on throwing any away please can you send this in to school with
your child. We will be doing this from Monday for the next two weeks and any
newspaper would be greatly received. We thank you in advance for your help in
this!
Literacy
This
week the children have started a story writing unit. The children have spent
the week exploring different characters in Disney films. These have included
Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell
and Snow White to name a few! The children have been learning about character
types (heroes, heroines and villains). They have also been learning about the
difference of a character on the outside to the inside. So a character may look
beautiful and pretty on the outside but this may not be the case on the inside!
They could be nasty and jealous! Please feel free to discuss different types of
characters with your child at home.
Numeracy
This
week each class has started learning about a different type of measure. Year
One have started learning about weight, Year One/Two about capacity and Year
Two about length. Across the half term all classes will learn about each of
these types of measurement. The children have been learning the different types
of measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres, litres, millimetres, centimetres
and kilometres. They will learn how to read different scales of these types of
measurement (weighing scales, liquid containers and rulers). Where possible you
could use this language at home.
Bug Club
We
know that many of the children enjoy accessing using this facility at home on
the computer. Each teacher has updated their classes Bug Club so you may find
some new books on your child’s own log in to read at home. If you are unsure of
your child’s password please ask a class teacher and we can provide this for
you.
Have
a lovely weekend.
The
Key Stage One Team
Lower Key Stage 2 Newsletter
What
a fantastic week we have had this week in year 3/4. The children have all
returned after the Easter break with enthusiasm and excitement as we embark on
another fun-packed half term. We hope to share many of our outcomes at the end
of the half term at our Showcase
Assembly on Friday 23rd May at 2.30pm.
Thank
you to all parents and carers who attended our residential meeting on Wednesday
evening. The meeting was arranged to answer any final questions that parents,
carers and children may have about the trip. Kit lists and further information
are available on our blog but if you do have any further questions, please do
not hesitate to get in touch. Could we please remind all parents to ensure any
medication is clearly labelled with your child’s name and any relevant details
to ensure they are administered correctly?
Home Learning
Once
again, we have been inundated with learning logs from the Easter holidays. It
has been wonderful to see so many children taking a lead in their own learning
and completing such a variety of tasks during their own time. Many examples of
these fantastic outcomes will be shared on our blog as well as at our Showcase
Assembly at the end of the half term. Just
a gentle reminder that we are no longer sending home photocopied resources for
home learning. We have saved many resources onto the phase blog for you to
download at home along with links to games and activities that we have been
using in class. There are also paper copies of resources from in class often
available daily for the children to take home. We would also like the children
to continue to read daily and ensure they are recording this in their reading
records so we can reward their efforts with stickers! In addition to this, the
children should be practising and learning their spellings and Times Tables as this was the key skill
that has let many children down when trying to calculate multiplications,
divisions and fractions this half term. The
times table we will be testing next week is the 4 Times Table. We are really impressed with the children’s
continued effort with learning their times tables and all the children who are
getting 12 out of 12 are celebrated on our
blog ‘Wall of Fame’ on a weekly basis.
Numeracy
This
week the children have been delving into the world of 2D shapes. They have been
identifying common properties (vertices, angles, sides, lines of symmetry and
right-angles) as well as learning the correct mathematical terms for regular
and irregular shapes. Next week we will be turning our attention to the
properties of 3D shapes.
Literacy
This
week in literacy we have begun the very exciting unit on narrative. The
children have been looking closely at how to use speech marks correctly as well
as how to use well-chosen adjectives to enhance the detail and description in
an opening paragraph. Next week we will be continuing our story-writing and
looking closely at how to use adverbs to add to the fabulous description.
Spellings
These
Spellings will be tested on Monday 28th
April.
Group 1: their,
there, people, can’t, don’t, didn’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t, hasn’t, hadn’t
Group 2: circuit,
certain, century, ocean, city, circle, receive, special, except, ancient
Topic
This
week we have begun our very interesting unit titled ‘Where We Live’. The
children have been using maps of the UK to locate Leeds and its surrounding
cities, rivers, mountain ranges and railways. Next week we will be taking a
closer look at some of the more iconic buildings and landmarks in and around
the bustling city.
Science
In
science this week the children have been investigating forces. They have
identified a number of forces that require contact between 2 surfaces (push,
pull, twist, squeeze, etc.) and have learnt about friction. Next week we will
be carrying out an investigation into which surfaces create the most/least
friction.
PE
This
week in PE we have begun to learn our section of this year’s BIG DANCE routine.
The children have really enjoyed learning the steps and moves and will
contribute to a whole school performance at the end of the half term in the
hope of breaking a world record.
Reminders
· Year 4 residential – Wednesday 7th
May- Friday 9th May. Please can all children who are going on this
trip be in school by 8.45am on the Wednesday morning?
· Showcase Assembly on Friday 23rd
May at 2.30pm
· The current weather is very changeable and so
we ask that your child brings a suitable coat to school every day.
· Please ensure all of your child’s belongings
(especially PE kits, hats and school jumpers) are clearly labelled with your
child’s full name.
· Remember the children have two PE units a
week now, one indoor and one outdoor so please ensure they are bringing the
correct kit each week.
· As the weather is getting warmer, can all
children please be provided with a named water bottle, especially on PE days?
Don’t forget to check out
our blog where you will find lots more information about this week’s learning
as well as important reminders and dates for forthcoming events. http://year34rhps.blogspot.co.uk/
Have a fabulous weekend!
Team 3/4
UKS2 Newsletter
News Roundup:
Friday Celebration Assembly:
Thank you to all the parent/cares who attended
our Celebration Assembly today, we are sure you will agree the children
completed some amazing tasks last half term; from their Japanese artwork to learning
some Judo moves. Well done to all
children in Year 5/6 for continuing to work hard.
Year 6 Numeracy Book
The children in Year 6 have been given a
‘Study Guide’ and a ‘Question Book’ to work through ahead of the SAT’s. This is a resource the school have paid for as
we feel it will be beneficial for the children to continue to practise and
reinforce their learning at home. We ask
for your support in encouraging your child to complete a page or two on a
regular basis and send it back into school.
For each 5 pages completed your child will receive a Headteacher
sticker.
Year 6 SAT’s
The
Year 6’s will be completing their SAT’s in three weeks, the week commencing
Monday 12th May.
As
we have the privilege of having two additional qualified teachers we have
decided to split the Year 5’s and 6’s for the next three weeks. The luxury of this is all children will be in
a smaller class than they would be normally. All children will be covering the same
learning but they will just be working in a smaller group, this will therefore
mean more 1:1 time with the adult in the class.
Core
Subjects:
Numeracy:
This week in Numeracy the children have been recapping
some taught strategies from across the year.
This week the children have been looking at measure (Length, Mass and
Capacity). They have been discussing the
language used and converting numbers into different units of measure; for
example 1000g = 1 kg, 100cm – 1 metre.
The children have also looked at time, telling the
time, both on digital and analogue clocks.
They have then been using this knowledge to complete word problems.
Literacy:
This week in Literacy the children have been
discussing a controversial question: ‘Is modern technology affecting the sleep
patterns of young people?’ This has led
to interesting conversations about modern technology and if this does affect
young people’s sleep patterns and social
skills.
SPELLINGS: This week, the spellings are: stapled, enough, umbrella, released,
familiar, surprised, mattered, disruptive, physically
Other
areas of the curriculum:
PE: This half term the children will be learning the
routine to ‘The Big Dance Pledge’ which is a chance to learn a dance routine
with the rest of the world! If your
child wants to continue to learn the dance at home they can use the following
website: http://www.bigdance.org.uk/big-dance-pledge/
Please ensure your child brings in their PE kit on a
Monday for 5/6G and 5/6M, Tuesday for 5/6H and outdoor PE continues to be on a
Thursday. Due to the weather becoming
warmer, we would highly recommend the children bring in a water bottle in order
to rehydrate themselves.
Spanish: This half term the children will
continue to learn the Spanish vocabulary for objects related to the
seaside. They will be creating a picture
which will include a number of the vocabulary to describe the images. A number of children have been using the
Spanish dictionaries to find different Spanish words which they want to include
within their picture. If your child
would like to learn additional Spanish as home, the following website will help
with their pronunciation: www.studyspanish.com
