Newsletter Issue 5
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Friday 5th October 2012
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Dear Parent/Carer,
It’s the end of another busy week and I have been reflecting! My little boy enjoyed his 2nd birthday this week, which made me reflect on how quickly each phase of childhood passes by. The important thing is to enjoy every part of that journey and to maximise how we can support our children to become truly amazing contributors to this world.
June Wood
It is with great sadness that I bring you the following news about our beloved Governor, June Wood. June passed away last weekend at the age of 82. June served as an LEA school governor for many years and was the Chair of Robin Hood Primary School for well over a decade, during which time she helped to lead the school to become outstanding and was recognised locally, nationally and internationally. She appointed Mr Wilson as Headteacher in 2005 and he always greatly appreciated her support. She was very supportive as I took over as the Acting Headteacher this year. She will be greatly missed by all that knew her.
Observations
I have had the most wonderful time observing in every classroom across school this week. For me, observations are one of the most rewarding and useful parts of this job. Being an outstanding school, teaching and learning at Robin Hood is regularly and consistently of a very high standard. But like all outstanding schools, complacency can never be allowed to set in and it was with great excitement that I was able to celebrate with teachers the many fantastic aspects of our practice, whilst identifying ways that we can become even better than we are. The children are engaged in truly incredible learning.
The Big Draw
We will be holding the Big Draw in school on Monday. Please provide your child with an old shirt or t-shirt to wear over their uniform. Also, please do come along to see the artistic outcomes of the day from 3:00 on Tuesday 9th, when we will open our hall doors to the community.
Our exhibit at Armley Mills Museum
Our Pom Pom sheep will be on display at the Armley Mills exhibition from Thursday 6th of October until the end of the month. My thanks to Mrs Chin for the links she made with the museum, which enabled us to contribute to this exhibition- yet another place in the community where our creative outcomes can be seen.
Autumn Disco
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY- The newly established PTA will be holding an Autumn Disco after school on Wednesday 7th November. Your child will provide you with more details very soon. We hope that you will support this exciting event. I for one, appreciate all the efforts being made to organise this.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs Dale
NEWS ROUND UP
What a busy few days we have had in nursery this week; made paper plate grandparents counted out objects from a larger group AND had a half day full day of ICT. As usual the children have been full of enthusiasm and excitement, creating a lovely atmosphere in our setting.
THIS WEEK
The children have had a great time in phonics this week!! We have been making all sorts of weird and wonderful animal noises and identifying animals just from a description! In numeracy we have been challenging ourselves to count out up to 10 objects from a larger group. As usual the children rose to the challenge and demonstrated to us their fantastic counting skills! On Monday and Friday we had half a day of ICT activities which the children thoroughly enjoyed and they were all really really engaged in. Using the IPads the children accessed the Book Creator, puppet Pals and Sock Puppets programmes. The results were amazing and their confidence in using the ICT was very impressive.
NEXT WEEK
Next week we will be learning all about where we live. In numeracy we will be focusing on positional language such as behind, in front of, next to, underneath and above etc. Next week in phonics we will be starting to tune into instrumental sounds and having lots of fun playing musical instruments.
On Monday and Thursday we are taking part in the Big Draw which is a full day of art activities! We are all very excited about this event as the whole hall will be covered in paper and the children will have the opportunity to draw some wonderful drawings. In class we will be making a whole class photo using collage. So on Monday please can you send your child in with an old shirt which they can slip over the top of their uniform. The art work the children produce will be available for you to view in the hall on Tuesday evening after school.
HOW YOU CAN HELP US
· Please listen to your child’s fabulous reading once a day and comment in their reading record. Please feel free to drop in and change their books when you pick them up.
· Please practice counting to 10 and beyond with your child at any opportunity e.g. counting apples in the supermarket etc. and practising recognising numbers
· Please have a look on the Robin Hood Foundation Stage blog to see what exciting activities your child has been doing.
Thank you for all your support! Have a lovely weekend.
Reception newsletter
NEWS ROUND UP
What a busy week we have had in Reception this week; we have completed our family Zigzag books, made paper plate grandma and granddads, matched numbers to the correct quantities AND had a full day of ICT. As usual the children have been full of enthusiasm and excitement creating a lovely atmosphere in our classroom. We are really impressed with their progress and they are starting to become much more confident at blending their sounds together to read words.
THIS WEEK
In phonics this week we have been practising saying and writing the sounds; ck, e and u and reading our key words of the week which were him, his, not, got, up and mum. The children have finished their zigzag books and they look brilliant! In numeracy we have been challenging ourselves to count out up to 20 objects from a larger group and to match numbers up to 20 to the correct quantities. As usual the children rose to the challenge and demonstrated to us their fantastic counting skills! On Wednesday we had a full day of ICT activities which the children thoroughly enjoyed and they were all really engaged in. Using the IPads the children made their own book about themselves, a sock puppet show and a fairytale puppet show. The results were amazing and their confidence in using the ICT was very impressive.
NEXT WEEK
Next week we will be learning all about where we live. In numeracy we will be focusing on positional language and using the terms more and less than. Next week’s sounds are; r, h, b and our words of the week are the tricky words; I, no go, to, the and into.
On Monday we are taking part in the Big Draw which is a full day of art activities! We are all very excited about this event as the whole hall will be covered in paper and the children will have the opportunity to draw some wonderful drawings. In class we will be making a whole class photo using collage. So on Monday please can you send your child in with an old shirt which they can slip over the top of their uniform. The art work the children produce will be available for you to view in the hall on Tuesday evening after school.
HOW YOU CAN HELP US
· Please listen to your child’s fabulous reading once a day and comment in their reading record. Please concentrate on asking your child to say what the sounds are in a word and then blending them to read the word.
· Please ensure your child has their reading book and name book on their designated day.
· Please practice counting to 10 and 20 with your child at any opportunity e.g. counting apples in the supermarket etc. and practising recognising numbers
· Please have a look on the Robin Hood Foundation Stage blog to see what exciting activities your child has been doing.
Thank you for all your support! Have a lovely weekend.
Key Stage 1 Newsletter
Home Learning
Next week the children will be taking part in ‘The Big Draw’ event. We would like your child to be creative during this week and show us their creative side by drawing a picture. The picture can be of anything they wish to draw but they must include detail and colour it in neatly.
The pictures will be shown on the school website so make sure they are your best! We look forward to seeing your creative side!
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News
The staff in KS1 are looking forward to next week when we see the launch of ‘The Big Draw’ where children will take part in a range of drawing activities across the day. Please provide your child with an old shirt, or something similar, for them to wear over their school uniform, so we can be as creative as we want!
Literacy
This week, in Literacy, the children have concluded their writing on Robots and have written fantastic booklets titled ‘All about Robots!’ The children were very proud of their colouring, colouring in one direction (like the band) and their time. Miss Hinton has spent time in the three classes this week and was very impressed with the quality of the front covers which the children produced.
Within the Robot booklets the children included pieces of writing about ‘Robots in Space’, ‘Robots in the Army’ and ‘Robots in the Future’. The children had some fantastic ideas around robots in the future and how they could help support humans in their daily lives! The children have continued to embed the use of capital letters and full stops whilst developing their ideas using: so, if, but, because, and, when.
Next week the children will look at Africa ’s Big Five (Leopards, Lions, Rhinos, Buffalos and Elephants), watching clips from the BBC about how these animals move and the distinctive features which are unique to each animal.
Numeracy
We would like to say a big “Thank You” to all parents/carers who supported their child in completing last weeks’ home learning. The children were keen to show off their learning! William in Year 1 was very proud when showing Miss Hinton and Miss Mees the partitioning he had completed at home! Please continue to support your child partitioning 2, 3 or even 4 digit numbers.
This week the children have been looking at the language: more, less, most, least, biggest, largest, longest and shortest. The children looked at the following statements and indicated if they were true or false:
‘67 is less than 19’ or ‘18 is more than 4’.
Why not use the Home Learning books to write some similar statements for your child to answer and show off this additional learning next week? We are always so excited to see the additional learning your child does at home.
Next week the children will be looking at 1 more/less, 10 more/less and 100 more/less. They will begin by using the 100 square then looking at the pattern of the numbers while adding 10 more/less to a number (the unit stays the same and the tens number changes).
This week has been a very busy and productive week in year 3/4. The children have enjoyed learning more about the Victorians and their independence and attitude to their learning has been just fantastic!
Home Learning
Every week, the home learning is for the children to practice their spellings ahead of our weekly test on Monday morning. We would also like the children to continue reading as often as possible at home. Please ensure you are noting in the children’s reading records when they are reading at home- if we can see they have read every day they will earn five house points for their team. We were extremely pleased by how many signed reading records we received on Monday – thank you! Your child may also have some extra home learning in preparation for our Harvest Festival Performance (Friday 19th October at Lofthouse Church
Literacy
In Literacy this week we have been finding out all about Victorian leisure and play. The children were VERY excited to discover that Blackpool Pleasure Beach Lofthouse Church
Numeracy
This week, we have been looking at rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 as well as finding the range, median and mode of a set of data. The children learned Woody’s Round Up rhyme to help them with their rounding skills. Ask your child if they can remember the words! Why not ask them to round some numbers for you when you go shopping? Next week, we will be learning how to make sensible estimations.
Next Week
Next week, we have two very exciting days planned! On Monday, we will be taking part in the Big Draw event. Please ensure your child has an art shirt to cover their uniform for when they are artists in the hall. On Wednesday, we will be taking part in an ICT day, which will see the children developing their ICT skills to create their own IBooks about the Victorians and learn about computer programming to make their own video games. We are very excited about these events and are privileged to be able to offer such diverse learning experiences for the children.
Spellings to be tested on 15th October (the children already have their spellings for this Monday)
Group One
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Group Two
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peas
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metal
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leaf
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petal
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meal
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capital
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team
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natural
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eagle
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hospital
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jeans
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barrel
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peanuts
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travel
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peach
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cancel
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teacher
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temple
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beast
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scramble
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Reminders
· PE kits need to come in on a Monday and be taken home on a Friday. Miss Thackeray’s and Mrs Moore’s class will now have PE on Tuesdays. Miss Snowden’s will have PE on Thursday.
UKS2 News Roundup
· We have several Achievers of the Week! Congratulations to Elliot, Rebecca, Eleanor, Laura and Jennifer for the time and effort they put into writing their manifestos for the position of Leeds Children’s Mayor 2012. The teachers really enjoyed reading their super ideas and plans for how they would achieve a child friendly Leeds . A particular well done to Laura who has been chosen as Robin Hood’s entry for the new Children’s Mayor. Short listing takes places next week so we’re keeping our fingers crossed that Laura makes the final ten.
· On Monday, it’s The Big Draw! Children in Year 5/6 will producing artwork for a Wall of Fame in class as well as contributing to wall and floor coverings in the hall. We look forward to sharing our artwork with you on Tuesday from 3pm in the hall. We hope that you can join us but don’t worry if you can’t because we’ll be updating our blog http://robinhood56.blogspot.co.uk/ with what we’ve been up to!
Reminders:
· On Monday, please bring an overall or old shirt for our Big Draw activities in the hall.
· PE kit should be a plain white T-shirt, black or blue shorts and outdoor trainers (weather permitting). No jewellery should be worn. Please can all the children ensure that they are come into school with the correct PE kit on Monday (5/6G & 5/6B) and Tuesday (5/6M).
· Don’t forget to bring in your planners every day, especially on Monday when they will be stamped and signed – try to aim for at least 4 entries per week of reading and remember, stickers are up for grabs!
· Please ensure that step booklets for the Global Children’s Challenge are in school for our ICT lessons (5/6M and 5/6B Monday; 5/6G Tuesday)
Numeracy:
- This week, the children have been practising column addition and subtraction and applying this to a number of problems based on
- Next week, we will be learning how to add up very quickly by rounding , adding then adjusting. We will be crunching lots of numbers and getting our teeth stuck into lots of investigative learning.
- Visit www.mathszone.co.uk for some different addition and subtraction maths games.
Literacy:
- This week, the children have been analysing the language used in letters of thanks in preparation for writing to the Royal Armouries about our recent trip there.
- Next week, the children will be writing a formal letter of thanks, which will include adverbs and adjectives to improve the quality of sentences.
- This week’s spellings to be tested on Friday are:
dandelion carpet category definite memorable
general skeleton medicine animal poisonous
Other areas of the curriculum:
- In Topic, we have continued to develop our presentations around a subject of choice. Many outcomes are beginning to take shape and look fabulous! The children have also transferred onto acetate a coat of arms unique to them. These will be displayed in the mall.
- In PE this week, the children have been developing their football techniques by using a drop of the shoulder (aka ‘The Stanley Matthews’).
- This week in Spanish, the focus has been reading instructions in Spanish and applying this to write our own recipes.
- In Music, 5/6B have performed their Fruit Salad Samba using agogo bells, shakers and tambourines! 5/6G have been learning about the semi-breve and minim, we have also developed our recorder playing skills even further by playing some tricky, but funny songs! 5/6M have been using Garageband to develop their musical compositions of well-known songs.
- In ICT, the children have recorded their step data in Excel and used a formula to calculate their total steps for the week. This data has been added to the Global Children’s Challenge website. Currently, 5/6M are in Sanford, United States, 5/6B have reached the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador and 5/6G are in Niagara Falls.
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