8 April 2016

SATs Information Evening

Thank you for attending our SATs information meeting. If you still have questions or could not attend the PowerPoint used is available on the Year 2 page of our website. All children have been given their learning so far to take home and revisit alongside guidance on age related expectations. If…

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8 April 2016

Reading Bookmarks

Remember to support your child's reading development by reading daily and using the bookmarks located in the front of the reading record to extend your child's understanding of the text. Daily reading will help increase reading stamina and spelling especially of high frequency words and common…

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8 April 2016

Reading Bookmarks

A great way to improve the understanding of what you are reading. When did you last use yours? Did you record it in your 'reading record' book? 

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7 April 2016

Small World Play at St Stephen's

Our new 'Small World Play' areas have been an instant hit with children during morning breaks and lunchtimes. Designed to stimulate imagination, encourage social interaction and develop language - as far as I can see they're just GREAT FUN!

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7 April 2016

Reading Bookmarks

In our talk for reading session this afternoon this group were using their reading bookmarks to help them ask questions about the text.  It was fantastic the observe their conversation and hopefully the bookmarks are used just as much to help understanding at home too!

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6 April 2016

Our Trip to Cronkshaw Farm

Today all of Year 1 went to the farm.  We had lots of fun and got very muddy!

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5 April 2016

Identifying Countries of the UK

Today we all used an atlas to identify and label the four countries of the U.K.

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5 April 2016

Welcome Back! (Yesterday)

The new term has started really well - so well in fact that I haven't had time to blog until now! We welcomed Mrs Hughes back from her sabbatical term in New Zealand - she is bursting with ideas and raring to go. We also welcomed Mrs Hall to Year 4 (Yes - Miss Moss got married over the Easter…

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5 April 2016

SATs Information Evening

Don't forget that we are hosting an information meeting after school on Thursday to outline the demands of the new testing structure. There will be an opportunity to look at past papers and further exploration of what age related expectation looks like for each of the core subjects. The meeting…

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5 April 2016

Writing Blogstar

A tremendous effort with improving her handwriting in her handwriting sessions. Let's see this in everyone's learning as we perfect our cursive handwriting.

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5 April 2016

It's Important to Recycle!

We are learning that even large supermarkets are trying to do their bit by recycling. 

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5 April 2016

Something Fishy Going On...

We are now learning about the sustainability of fish as a food source. 

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