Dear Parents,
In our English Curriculum this week there has been a focus on Poetry. We are giving children the skills that they need to master reading but we also aim for them to love reading and be able to select books based on an understanding of what makes an enjoyable read. Enjoying the rhythm, rhyme and use of language in poems is a really effective way to promote this. Through poetry, the children are encouraged to make choices and engage in reading. Children across the school have been enjoying talking about their responses to the poems, and exploring their likes, dislikes and how the poems make them feel. Throughout the school I have heard children learning, reciting and performing poems.
If you would like to share any of these poems with your child/ren, these are some of those used during the week.
Year 1/2
‘Out of the Fire, a Spark’ by Michaela Morgan
Spring’ by Deborah Alma
‘The Seedling’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar
‘Child’s Song in Spring’ by E. Nesbit
‘Caterpillar’ by Christina Rosetti
‘Snow Fox’ by Liz Brownlee
Year 3/4
‘He Thinks of his Past Faces’ by John Canfield
‘Fire’ Read aloud by Brian Moses
‘The Way Through the Woods’ by Rudyard Kipling
‘Shadow Boy’ by Kate Wakeling
Year 5/6
‘Front Door’ by Imtiaz Dharker
‘Becoming the Eagle’ by Jan Dean
‘Chameleon Kids’ by Matt Goodfellow
‘Instructions for Not Becoming a Werewolf’ by Abigail Parry
Next week, parents are invited into school to find out more about the Early Years Curriculum and the Year 4 Multiplication Times Tables Check. Miss Evers will explain more about the purpose of the multiplication check, which will be used to determine whether Year 4 pupils can fluently recall their multiplication tables. Miss Day will also be explaining more about what is involved in the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. Parents are welcome to come into school to find out more on Wednesday 5th February at 2:45pm and 6pm. The meetings will be held in Sycamore and Catkins Classes.
Recently we were successful with an application to the Local Schools Nature Grant. We were one of 100 schools chosen, from 1572 that applied. As a result, we have some fantastic outdoor equipment for ‘loose parts’ sculpture and den building. Children in Catkins will begin using this next week and will start to invite other classes to join them at lunchtimes for outdoor learning and play after half term. Have a look at our photos from our excellent training session led by Learning through Landscapes.