Welcome Back to school

We can hardly believe that our first term in reception class has already come to an end and the spring term has started! The children couldn't wait to tell us all about their christmas presents and the lovely time that they had. They have all settled back into the new term, excitied to see their friends and have been working hard. I can't believe how much their have grown in two weeks!

We are kicking off the new term with a mini topic based on 'Winter' which will be loosely based on the story of 'The Gruffalo's Child'. This will involve lots of out door activites where we will be mixing magic 'sleep' potions (the smellier the better!) to keep the Gruffalo sleeping while we look for his treasure. We have been using our imagination to draw pictures of Jack Frost and the children have also painted beautiful winter pictures using blues, silvers and shades of white. As the term progresses we will be looking at 'Chinese New Year' and our main topic of 'Prince and Princesses'.

Thank you to all those parents who promptly paid their snack money and can I also remind parents to return PE kits to school (if you haven't already done so) as well as the children's 'Sound books' for undating and reading books on your child's designated reading day.

As always, thank you for your continuing support and if you have any concern, query or you would just like a progress update on your child, please do not hesitate to come and see me - every effort will be made to see you at a convienient time.

What a show !

Our Christmas concert this year was called `Sparkle.`  It was about the smallest star in the sky who had a very important job to do- she became the star of Bethlehem! All the children used their loud voices to tell the story and sang their hearts out! We were all very proud.We have been working so hard on our Christmas concert this year.   

Children in Need !!!!

We had such a fun day helping "Children in Need" We dressed in spotty clothes and made spotty biscuits! Delicious! We also put our loose change on a huge Pudsey Bear. Did you see our school name on Children in Need?

What a Diwali Party!

We had a very enjoyable day indeed! The children made Rama and Sita crowns and the girls dressed up in saris. The children made a rangoli pattern to go on our doorstep and their diya lamps were placed around the infants. Fairy lights decorated every room. The children ate nann bread, samosas and pakoras and crunched on pompadoms! We had a selection of fruit and traditional indian barfi sweets (which the children made). We ate to traditional Indian music and finished the day off by decorating our hands with mendi patterns. We will developing our number skills this week with a little help from 'Ravana', the ten headed demon!!
Many thanks to those parents who attended the reading presentation last Tuesday, I hope you found it useful and informative. The reading leaflet will follow shortly.

We had a lovely time at the New Theatre and all children were both a credit to their parents and the school!

Could I please ask for the children's soundbooks to be returned to school to be updated with the next six sounds. Thank you!

Diwali

We have been celebrating diwali . We made diya lamps to help Rama and Sita find their way back from the forest. We also looked at traditional Indian clothes. Don`t we look smart?

Another busy week!

We will be finishing our topic of diwali this week, which will end on Wednesday with a diwali party. We will be decorating our department with as many lights as possible and will be making a rangoli pattern on our doorstep for good luck. We will also make Rama and Sita crowns aswell as sharing delicious 'barfi sweets' (a traditional indian sweet that the children will make).

The children were very excited to receive a parcel from King Rama himself! He wanted to know all about Wales. The children made Welsh greeting cards, printed Welsh pictures using the internet and painted rainy day pictures! We now have a big Welsh parcel to send to India!

Some important dates for this week:

• 9.15am Tuesday 9th November-Reading Presentation (In Mrs Tucker's classroom)
• Thursday 11th November-Bigfoot theatre company are coming to school to work with children (I am on a teacher's training course)
• Friday 12th November- 'Room on a Broom' theatre trip.
  

It's Diwali

Welcome back to school after our half term break. We have a busy couple of weeks ahead of us. During the coming week the children will be learning about the festival of Diwali. Diwali is the Hindu festival of light and is based on the story of Prince Rama and Princess Sita, who are banished to a forest where they defeat Ravana ( the ten headed demon!). As Rama and Sita made their way back to the city, people lined the roads with lights to help them find their way. Diwali means 'Line of Lights'.

We will also be looking at how Diwali is celebrated by Hindus today. The children will be making diwali lamps (also known as diya lamps), diwali cards, rang0li patterns and we end the topic with a Diwali party. We will also be looking at traditional Indian dress.

Some dates to be aware of:

• 11th November Bigfoot theatre group are coming in to class to do some activities based on 'Room on the Broom'.


• 12th November New Theatre trip to see 'Room On A Broom'.

Can I also remind parents that snack money is due for this half term (£2.50). Can PE kits be retuned to school asap.

Thank you