Newsletter
Issue 20
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Friday 7th February 2014
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Dear Parent/Carer,
Here is a round up of the
events for this week, in what has been another very busy week in school.
Golden Owls
Thank you to all children
who have submitted a short video to enter into the Golden Owls Awards. Miss
Thackeray and Miss McSorley have taken time out of their lunchtime during the
month of January to support children who wanted to put a video together. They
are both very proud of the children’s creative efforts and now it’s just fingers
crossed that a film is shortlisted and we can take part in the Awards Ceremony on
April 2nd at Leeds Town Hall.
Sign 2 Sing
Thanks once more to Miss
Thackeray who organised the Sign 2 Sing event which took place this week. The
whole school joined together in the hall to simultaneously sign the song “Get
up and sign”. Now in its fourth year, sign2sing has become a major national
fundraising initiative involving over 300,000 primary school children
and adults in over 1,000 schools in the UK and abroad.
The idea is that we collectively become Guinness World Record Breakers by
singing and signing the same song, at the same time across multiple
locations. Thank you to all who brought in your £1 donation, which will go
to Sign Health. So far we have raised £171. If you have not donated but would
still like to, you can continue to do so into next week.
Arts coordinators meeting
I was asked by ArtForms,
Leeds to speak at the arts coordinators meeting on Monday at Temple Newsam
House to advocate the arts and share with other teachers from around the city
and country the wonderful work we do at Robin Hood with our creative curriculum
and the arts. It highlighted to me once more, how we are at the forefront of
best practice in so many areas of our curriculum and are recognized so widely
for our excellence.
Disabled parking space
Please be reminded that
the disabled parking space outside of the gate is for those who have a genuine
disability and therefore a blue badge. Please be courteous to those who need
that space by leaving enough space for those involved to be able to move
comfortably in and out of their cars. I have received reports that some
inconsiderate drivers are parking so close to the cars in the disabled space
that there is simply no room to move. This is not acceptable.
Good luck to
our shining stars!
I am so proud of Grace, Abi, Maddie (Y6) and Kassi (Y3), who will be
dancing on Sunday night at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End of London.
What an amazing opportunity to be able to dance and perform in front of such a
huge audience in our capital city. Dedication, passion and hard work show how
much you can achieve. Girls, go show those London folk how talented we
Northerners are! Enjoy every moment.
PTA News
Bags 2 school is back on Tuesday 11 March. The bags will be handed out after the half term holidays and need to be at school by 9am on the Tuesday morning (please do not bring before Tuesday as school have nowhere to store them). If you have any old clothes or textiles you have no further use for please fill the bags (any bag will do) and drop off at school, let's see if we can raise even more money than last time, which was a whopping £180.
Have
a lovely weekend everyone. I shall be celebrating my first born’s 6th
birthday with a busy weekend of cinema, bowling, too much cake and a Michael
Jackson tribute act (!!)
Mrs Dale
Don’t forget!
Our next parents coffee morning will be on Monday
10th February 2014 between 9 am and 10 am with Miss Thackeray in
Friendly Faces. You are invited to come along with positive suggestions which
are relevant to the agendas that we set. Any other issues can come directly to
me. It is important that we use the limited time that we have together to best
effect. The agendas for next time will be:
- Home learning-
Do you think the children get too much/too little? Is it purposeful? Any ideas
for improvement.
- Holiday
projects- what do you and your child think of them?
- Just a question
for discussion- what would we think of a shorter summer holiday but longer half
terms?
If you cannot make it, we
value your views so you can email me at gaynor.dale@robinhood.leeds.sch.ukNursery newsletter
NEWS ROUND UP
Thank you for the amazing
home learning we received again this week! Putting in the time to support your
child really does give them a head start for their learning and really boosts
their confidence as they love to share their knowledge! Have a look at our blog
at: http://foundationstagenewsatrobinhood.blogspot.co.uk/ to
see what has been happening and all our lovely home learning.
THIS WEEKThis week we have continued our topic of ‘Animals in their Habitats’ focusing on Jungle Animals. We shared the story of ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ and the children have been encouraged to join in with the rhyming words. Rhyme is a very tricky concept so any support you can provide will be very much appreciated. In numeracy we have been playing games like hide and seek to develop our positional language skills and in topic the children have worked with Mrs Chin to make an amazing papier-mâché jungle world!
NEXT WEEK
Next week we will continue to learn about Jungle
animals and we will be looking at alliteration too. So we will talk about Gerald the Giraffe and Sammy the Snake and encourage the children to
think of their own alliterative words. As it is the final week of the half term
we would really like to assess the children’s number and writing skills so for
home learning can you please complete the attached sheet: Please
encourage your child to do it themselves as far as possible so we can see what they
can do!
·
Recognise and order the numbers to 10
·
Write the numbers underneath
·
Write their first name
HOW YOU CAN HELP US
·
Keep reading for 5 minutes every day if you possibly
can.
·
Keep practising writing the first letter in
your child’s name and beyond as soon as they are ready (some children are now writing their first name independently – which
is amazing!)
·
Please complete the home learning task with your
child (see above) to give us some next steps to plan in to meet their
personalised learning needs after the half term.
Thank you for your continued support and we hope that you have a great weekend!
Mrs Steel, Mrs Chin, Miss Fox and Mrs Beckwith.
Reception newsletter
NEWS ROUND UP
The children had an amazing
time today when the animal workshop came in. They got a chance to touch and
hold some of the animals from the rainforest. The children were ever so brave
and the experience really brought the children’s learning to life. Thank you so
much for all your donations at the Christmas shop, without you such an exciting
experience would not have been possible.
THIS WEEK
This week our topic has
focussed on the jungle and we have learnt all about the different animals we
might find hiding in the deep dark jungle. The children have been printing this
week and made some fantastic animal prints. They took their inspiration from
the different animal skins. They also made some large scale papier-mâché animals
including a lion and elephant. We will be displaying all the children’s
fabulous art prints and large scale animals in our classroom so we are
expecting it will look fantastic very soon.
In numeracy we have been measuring everything from our feet to books and
the children are now confident with the concept. The children are really
enjoying our very practical approach to maths. This week the children learnt to
read the phase 3 sounds; ear, air, ure and
er and wrote the Phase 3 tricky
words; you, they, all, are, my and her.
NEXT WEEK
Next week we will be
learning all about Kenya and the different animals that live there. We will be
taking an aeroplane trip there and thinking about what we would pack to go on
our safari trip. Then we will embark on our safari to see if we can spot the
big 5. The next day we will take a trip
to Mombasa and meet the children who live there. In topic we will be learning
about The Masai Mara tribe and we will make traditional symmetrical shields. In
numeracy we will be learning our number bonds to 10 and our aim is to enable
the children to be able to mentally recall them so please practise at home. In
phonics we will be recapping all the Phase 3 sounds and words which were sent
home last week for home learning. Unfortunately Miss Pyatt will not be in
school next week as she has been called up for Jury service so please do not
think she is having an extended holiday!
ASSEMBLY –
Next Friday (14th
February) we will be holding our half termly assembly to celebrate and show off
all the wonderful learning the children have been doing. It was great to see so
many of you there last half term. The assembly starts at 2.30 in the hall so
please arrive promptly.
We look forward to seeing you next Friday!
Miss Lambert, Miss Pyatt and the Reception team.
Key Stage 1
Home learning
Everyone
did incredibly well with their reading last week. It is so important that the
children read as much as possible at school and at home. Very well done! This
week we would like you to do exactly the same things again but with a little
more focus on the phonic sounds that we have covered this half term. We have
provided a table outlining the sounds we have been working on. Please can you
write down some of the words that you find containing our sounds.
Our incredible print
workshop!
Keep
your eyes peeled for the postman because he will be delivering a very exciting
invitation to you imminently! Over the past few weeks we have been creating
some beautiful art outcomes by printing with a vast range of different
resources. We have practised repeating patterns with finger painting, explored
overlay printing by layering up our designs, produced mono prints with jelly
and designed block printing, rainforest themed creations. If you come to our
workshop, not only will you be able to see our amazing outcomes, you will also
be able to have a go yourself. So, whether you’re a dab hand or just want to
learn something new, come on down! Our workshop will take place in the hall on
Thursday 13th February from 2:15pm. Hope to see you there.
Laaandan!
Next
half term our topic is going to be LONDON! To kick start this incredible topic
we are having a day of exciting London themed activities. We are very lucky to
be welcoming a historical specialist who will be re-enacting the Great Fire of
London as William Petty. We will also be taking part in a whole host of
creative activities – painting Big Ben, designing and making the Crown Jewels
and drawing sewer rats! It is sure to be an action packed day which we’ve no
doubt the children will thoroughly enjoy. To get into the swing of things we
will be dressing up as people from the Tudor era. Please can you send your
child to school dressed as a scruffy street urchin! (Typing Oliver Twist orphan
into Google will give you plenty of ideas!)
Numeracy
Now
that the children have secured their knowledge of directions we will be moving
into fractions. Next week we’ll begin by halving objects, pictures and numbers
before moving into quarters (and perhaps even thirds, fifths and tenths!) It is
important that the children are exposed to fractions in as many different
contexts as possible so we will be using lots of different visual resources to
support their learning. Perhaps you could have conversations with your child
about when they might use fractions in everyday life… sharing food, splitting a
bill, sharing toys/sweets equally to name but a few.
Literacy
You
will all get to see first-hand what we have been learning in Literacy when you
read your invitation. We have been playing lots of different sentence games to
really embed sentence structure as well as layering this up by teaching a range
of persuasive devices such as rhetorical questions, humour and colloquial
language. I’m sure you will agree that the children can be very persuasive when
they want to be! To consolidate this learning around persuasive techniques we
will spend the final week of term crafting a letter to a celebrity of the
children’s choosing. It will be a lovely opportunity for them to apply all that
they know in a context that really means something to them… and if Jonny Depp
decides to visit our school as a result, then everyone’s a winner!
Have a lovely weekend.
The KS1 Team
Lower Key Stage 2 Newsletter
Yet
again, we have had a fabulous and exciting week of learning this week in Year
3/4! We have been super creative this week, making cocktails in numeracy,
building Anderson shelters in topic, making an electrical board game in science
and continuing with our informative World War 2 power point presentations
during I.C.T. We would like to say another big Thank You to all parents and
carers that managed to join us at our showcase assembly. We hope you enjoyed
your rock buns! This week we took part in the Sign 2 Sing event in the hope
that we will have broken the World Record for the most children signing and
singing at the same time. We eagerly wait to find out if we have been
successful! We would like to say a big Thank You to Callum who helped us learn
all the signs to the song ‘Get up and sign’ and of course to parents and carers
who donated money towards the fantastic cause.
Home Learning
As
well as the children reading daily and practicing their weekly spellings, we
would like everyone to be learning their Times
Tables. We will now be testing the children weekly on a different times
table as this will help us all greatly when solving multiplication and division
problems. Links to any on line games to support your child with this will be on
our phase blog as well as the Times Table Wall of Fame (a list of everybody who
managed to score 12 out of 12 on their weekly test). The times table we will be
testing next week is the 7 Times Table.
Numeracy
This
week in numeracy the children have been looking at capacity. We have been
reading scales and using our column addition and column subtraction methods to
solve word problems. On Thursday we all got the opportunity to measure a
variety of drinks and mix various amounts of each to create our very own
cocktail! The children really enjoyed it and we certainly made some concoctions
that had unusual tastes! Next week we will be consolidating our calculation
skills when using the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division). We will be applying all of these skills to answer a variety of
problems and investigations.
Literacy
This
week in literacy, the children have been writing to a male family member who
had been called to war to update them on what life was like for us since the
start of the war. We thought about our evacuation, the first time we met our
host families, what life was like in the countryside and what it was like to
return to London for a day during the Blitz and the devastation we witnessed.
The children have done a fantastic job of empathising with World War 2 children
– well done! Next week, we will be continuing to write our diary entries to
document even more of the highs and lows of World War 2. The completed diaries
will be on display at the end of term.
Topic
In
our topic sessions this week we have been making Anderson shelters using
corrugated card, paint, tissue paper and our super art skills. The children
have done a fantastic job of these and we can’t wait for you to see them at the
end of term!
Spellings
These
Spellings will be tested on Monday 10th
February.
Group 1: huffing,
puffing, missing, hissing, kissing, bossing, messing, telling, passing, pulling
Group 2: thinner,
thinnest, fatter, fattest, happier, happiest, chillier, chilliest, funnier,
funniest
Reminders
· Please ensure your child has an art shirt in
school at all times.
· The current weather is very changeable and so
we ask that your child brings a suitable coat to school every day.
· Just a gentle reminder to ensure all of your
child’s belongings (especially PE kits, hats and gloves and school jumpers) are
clearly labelled with your child’s full name.
· As the weather is that little bit cooler at
the moment, we would like to remind children to ensure they have an appropriate
PE kit for our outdoor sessions on a Wednesday.
Unless the weather is so severe, we will still be taking part in our outdoor
activities, therefore we ask that all children have the following kit with
them:
o
suitable footwear (trainers)
o
t-shirt/long-sleeved top
o
Full-length jogging trousers/leggings
o
Warm socks
o
Warm jumper (not their school sweatshirt)
o
Hat and gloves (optional).
o
Inhalers for those who need them.
These
exciting sessions have been well received by everyone taking part and we would
like to ensure that everyone is warm and safe whilst doing so.
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 wonderful weekend!
Team 3/4
UKS2 Newsletter
Thank you to all the parent, carers and grandparents
who attended our phase assembly this afternoon.
We are sure you will agree the children have such a wide and creative
curriculum and do so much within a few weeks since our last phase assembly. Please visit our blog to see the amazing learning in
progress: http://year56rhps.blogspot.co.uk
Reminders:
Please remember the Times Table Challenge will be
held on Tuesday 11th February.
There are some fantastic times table songs on Youtube, also check out
the following website: www.teachingtablles.co.uk and
select the bingo machine for the game we use in school.
Next half term we will be creating something very
special in our art sessions. Therefore each child will need to bring in a plain
pillow case if possible. It will be painted and cut up so unfortunately it
won’t be returned in the same condition. If any parents/carers are able to
spare any more pillow cases, this would be fantastic! Thank you in advance!
Achievers:
We are proud to announce the year 5/6 achievers for
today’s celebration assembly. In 5/6G, Mollie, Amelia and Amelia wowed Miss
Gascoigne with a creative and catchy song all about Ancient Greece! In 5/6H
Miss Hinton and Miss Kaye have been particularly impressed with Max for his
amazing improvement in his handwriting, and Lia for her ambitious vocabulary in
her recent Alexander the Great biography. Finally in 5/6M, Emily has really
shown what a fantastic science mind she has! Throughout the half term Emily’s
enthusiasm and explanations of scientific processes has been simply brilliant!
Congratulations and well done to all- these are some amazing achievements!
Core Subjects:
Numeracy:
This week in Numeracy the children have been
learning about mean, median, mode, range and probability. The children have
been busy finding the average amount of wrappers opened by the factory workers
at Veruca Salt’s father’s factory when searching for the Golden Ticket! Next
week we will be completing some end of term assessments and having some fun
with addition and subtraction….Don’t forget Times Table Challenge is on
Tuesday!
Literacy:
In literacy this week pupils have been drafting and
publishing their biographies all about Alexander the Great. Each biography has been
fantastic and has featured paragraphs about early life, later life and his conquests.
We have all been impressed with the accuracy and detail that each biography has
included. Congratulations to all! Next week we will be recapping on some
grammar and punctuation areas including; subordinate clauses, prefixes,
suffixes and word classes.
SPELLINGS: This week the
spellings are: foresight, foregone, forecast, forehead, prehistory, predicted,
preamble, deactivate, deface. Pupils have received a copy of these spellings and
will be tested on Friday 14th February.
PE:
In
PE this week pupils have focused on developing their communication skills in
rugby. They have combined their previous learning of holding the ball, receiving
the ball, the backwards pass and the side step, into small sided games.
Please ensure that your child has the appropriate
kit in school for each session. Thank you in advance.
ICT:
This week the children have been continuing to
compile their videos to raise awareness of cyberbullying using Photostory,
Movie Maker, iMovie and iPhoto. The children have selected appropriate images
and music to convey the serious tone of this issue!
Science:
In Science this week the children have grouped
together materials based on certain properties, such as, if they are insulators
(do not let heat/electricity passing through easily) or conductors (allow
heat/electricity to pass through easily). We then discussed the usefulness of
materials having these properties in everyday life.
Topic:
This week the children have continued creating their
outcomes ready for presenting them. The children have shown fantastic teamwork
skills during topic; splitting responsibilities equally between their groups’
and giving encouragement to each other.
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