What a lovely start to the new half term it has been! This week in worship, we have focused on the word ‘temple’ and the children showed such good understanding of what this word means and how important it is to us as faithful learners. In RE, we have been looking into the life of David and how is qualities made him so inspirational within the Bible, particularly in the battle of ‘David vs Goliath’.
It has been an exciting start to our learning as well as Year 5 and 6 came together to share some of their writing as we moderated our work so we understand what is expected come the end of key stage two. The children loved running away with their imagination by writing about a visual stimulus and also reading stories from children in Year 6. We have also started our new English topic of non-fiction texts and we discussed some real life examples of texts that we have both read and written in our lives before. Can you remember the six types of non-fiction texts?
Conversation Starters
On Monday, we began our My Happy Mind lessons in which we recapped about the different parts of our brain (can you remember what Team HAP stands for?). We discussed how our hippocampus where all of our memories are stored. We had a lovely chat and shared some weird and wonderful memories that will always stay in our minds. Share your memory with your parents and see if they remember this. Do they have any memories like this of their own?
Riddle of the Week
Test your parents on today’s riddle.
What is tall when it is young and short when it is old?
Let’s Celebrate
Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are faith-filled and hopeful. Our winner this week goes to Albert. You have come back after half term and have been so focused and determined Albert. I am really hopeful for the progress you are going to make this year as you have reflected so well on guidance given by your teachers.
Learning Certificate Winner of the Week: Our winner this week goes to Anna for being an focused and cooperative learner. You have been such a role model of how to engage fully in your lessons Anna and this has really shown in your quality of work. You have been so helpful and loving towards your new learning partner at the start of this half term. Long may it continue.
Notices
Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Parental Guidance- We are currently reading this book as our class novel. We are due to finish the book just before Christmas and are hoping to watch the film during Christmas memory week. If you have any queries or issues about your child watching this film, please email me. If no emails are received, I will take this as a yes to your child being okay to watch the film.
Remembrance Poppies- If you would like to donate some money for a poppy, ready for Armistice Day on Tuesday 11th, we are asking for a donation of 50p per poppy which can be brought into class or received directly at the office.
Monday 17th November PJ Day- Please bring £1 in to help raise money for Brian House so you can spend the school day all comfy in your PJ’s. Children can bring a reasonable sized teddy into school to keep them company whilst they are working super hard.
Choir- If you are interested in joining the school choir, or are already an existing member, please sign the form below.