Well we made it until the end of term with almost full classes for most of the time. The children in Blue  have worked incredibly hard under unusual circumstances and we are very proud of them.

Despite restrictions, the children have had lots of fun in the last week with cards and decoration making,  a virtual pantomime, and  a Christmas party. Undertaking a party with 33 children can be a challenge at any time. However, the class were delightful entering into the games in the true spirit: stepping down with a smile  if they were out. Wink murder proved a big hit with children enjoying protracted and noisy deaths when they were winked at;  and Elora has to be crowned the Queen of Charades!

We would like to thank you all  for your kind words, cards and lovely gifts – they are much appreciated.

We wish you all a peaceful Christmas with all your family.

Mrs Benson, Mrs Bernasconi, and Mrs Wade.

Dear All,

For our part of the Christmas play, Children Around the World, our class are visiting Australia ( if only!!) and are the angels at the beginning of the play.

The girls ( and Rudi who is playing Angel Gabriel) are all angels. We do not want you to  purchase an angel costume but if you already have a costume/wings or a halo that would be amazing. If not, wear something light/ floaty. If anyone has spare wings or halos that we could borrow, please bring them in.

All the boys are surfers on the beach. Please can they wear bright shorts/ swimming trunks and a t-shirt. Again, we do not wish you to buy anything- just raid the summer wardrobe. A few children are bringing in body boards and a beach towel to hang round their neck.

We will be filming our part of the production next Friday 11th December.  Costumes can be brought in from Wednesday 9th December as there is so little space to store anything in our room.

Thank you so much for your support.

Mrs Benson and Mrs Bernsaconi

Several of the children seem to have lost one or more sets of logins details for the Home learning websites. The children should bring home today (Monday 16th Nov) a one sheet summary of their login details for the websites we are using for home learning and remote learning. 

The children have glued  on the details for Classroom Secrets Kids, Purple Mash and TTRS/ Numbots. It might be a good idea for them to add their Teams information too. The Microsoft Teams details were shared with parents in a letter just before half term.

We are trying to help them to learn to be organised, so again we have discussed the importance of keeping these safe and also shared ideas on where they might keep them at home so that they do not get lost. The children had lots of great ideas and many of our children had already gathered and put their details somewhere safe that they could find them easily – well done! Quite a few have also been regularly accessing Purple Mash and Classroom Secrets Kids for, many weeks – well done what a great learning attitude!

Dear All,

Well we have reached the end of a very long half term! It’s been lovely welcoming your children back into school, and we are delighted with their hard work and progress this half term. It was also good to catch up with many of you for parent consultations.

Next half term the children will be having one additional PE slot on a Wednesday so they will need to come into school on a Wednesday and Thursday prepared for outdoor. PE. They will be doing dance in their PE session on a Tuesday. Please remember that the school will continue to be well ventilated so children need warm clothes ie tracksuits in class and for outdoor play.

Have a wonderful half term break. Keep safe and well.

Mrs Benson and Mrs Bernasconi