Newsletter – 19th November 2021 Our News We were so proud of how all of the children returned to school after their half-term break. They all returned with big smiles and lots of enthusiasm ready to complete challenges in their learning and play. Very well done! We have loved hearing them talk about and share their holiday news which has been a great speaking, listening and writing opportunity. Last week the children found out all about Remembrance Day. They each created a poppy using art materials of their choice and then thought of a special word to write on the back. These have formed part of a lovely whole school display in the hall. This week has been Interfaith week, Anti-bullying week and World Nursery Rhyme week. A very busy week! For Interfaith week each class has been learning about a different faith and creating a poster to display around school and share in a whole school virtual assembly. The Ducklings have been finding out about Christianity, it’s beliefs, symbols, celebrations, place of worship, special book and daily life at home. Thank you to those children who brought in photographs and artefacts of their Christenings or visits to a church to share with the class. As part of anti-bullying week we have read some lovely stories ‘Be Kind,’ ‘Don’t be a bully, Billy!’ and ‘Sorry’ to help us think about how we should treat others and how we can help if we notice that someone isn’t being very kind. We have celebrated World Nursery Rhyme week by continuing with our learning around the theme of nursery rhymes. This week, the Ducklings and Little Chicks have been busy constructing walls for Humpty Dumpty, creating webs strong enough to hold Incy Wincy, programming a robot mouse to ‘run’ up and down the clock in Hickory, Dickory Dock, singing and playing the action rhyme London Bridge outside and using Twinkle, Twinkle as our inspiration for star Christmas decorations! Take a look on the Ducklings and Little Chicks class blogs to see what we have been up to. We have begun to read our nativity story, The Nursery Rhyme Nativity and started to learn to sing and sign along to the songs with the expert help of Amiee and Mr Kenyon.
OUR STARS STAR WRITER OF THE HALF-TERM Nancy from Yellow Ducklings and Georgia from Brown Ducklings STAR READER OF THE HALF-TERM Abel from Yellow Ducklings and Aidan from Brown Ducklings
STAR MATHEMATICIAN OF THE HALF-TERM Cole from Yellow Ducklings and Ella from Brown Ducklings