Today we have started our weaving project!
Lots of fun had by all!
Communications
Rocks in Grinshill
Over the last few weeks we have been learning about the properties of rocks, the three main rock groups (Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic) and where they come from. This week, the children have been using chocolate to make comparisons to the different rock types and how the rocks are formed on our planet.
Of course they all loved tasting the rocks too 🙂
Rocket Phonics – 2nd October 2023
Year 2
This week in out phonics lessons, Year 2 will be focusing on the sounds:
- ‘ture’ as in picture
- ‘y’ as in pyramid
- ‘sc’ as in scissors
We will be reading and spelling words including these phonemes, such as picture, mixture, nature, gym, mystery, pyramid, scissors, science, scene.
We will also be continuing to practise reading and spelling the common exception words:
- oh
- their
- people
- Mr
- Mrs
- looked
- called
- asked
- could
- water
- where
Incredible News!
Wow! Look at our weekly certificate winners, who received their awards in Worship on Friday! Haughmond pupils will receive theirs on Monday!
English
If you would like to know more about how we teach English at our school. You can find documents on the website (Click on the icon learning, curriculum, lesson planning)
These documents share with you how we teach speaking and listening, reading and writing. We also go through the schemes we follow to teach phonics and how we teach spellings. Each class teacher has their own way of testing spellings, but the children will always have spellings to learn at home.
If you have any questions about anything we teach at school, please speak to your class teacher.
#wakeupwednesday – The Dangers of Vaping
The Dangers of Vaping
They’ve helped thousands of people successfully quit smoking; in laboratory tests, they’ve been found to be up to 95% less harmful than cigarettes; and they’ve been hailed as “a game changer for public health” by one independent review. So why exactly are vapes and e-cigarettes still regarded by many experts as controversial and potentially dangerous?
In terms of young people, the issue is availability. Vapes (containing nicotine) aren’t supposed to be sold to under 18s: a fact at odds with the rising number of school-age users and the products’ colourful packaging and child-friendly flavours. This #WakeUpWednesday guide summarises what trusted adults need to know about the potential dangers of vaping for young people.
Homework W/C 25th September 2023
Homework – W/C 25th September 2023
Times tables facts
Year 3s – 5 x 3, 6 x 3, 7 x 3, 8 x 3
Year 4s – 5 x 7, 6 x 7, 8 x 7, 9 x 7 (Extra beat the clock activity)
Remember to practise in any order including division facts.
Spellings – You should be practising 2 or 3 words from your half term list each week.
Reading – Read chapter 4 from ‘Robochef’ on fiction express, remember you can choose, level 1, level 1 lite or audio, then answer the questions.
Reading Rocks
Today all of the classes received their exciting new deliveries of Reading Rocks books. Each class will receive two books per half term. All of the children will get a chance to read these new books. If your child does bring them home, please take care of them and return them back to class when finished with, for another child to enjoy.
We would like to thank Battlefield Farm shop for purchasing these for our children. Thank you
       
Super Certificates!
Huge congratulations for our certificate winners this week!
#wakeupwednesday What Parents and Carers Need to Know About WhatsApp
WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging platform on the planet, with over two billion users (forecast to become three billion by 2025), across more than 180 countries. The majority of those people (70%) open the app at least once a day – but what exactly are they seeing? Contact from strangers, fake news and convincing scams are all among the service’s well-documented hazards.
According to Ofcom, WhatsApp is used by more than half of 3- to 17-year-olds in the UK (including one in three from the 8–11 bracket), despite its 16+ age restriction. If your child hops onto WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends or family, our updated #WakeUpWednesday guide to the service contains the key details you’ll need to support them in doing it safely.
