Parkland Post – 3rd December
This week
Welcome to this week’s Parkland Post! As we approach Christmas, we seem to be getting busier and busier; there is definitely a festive buzz as you walk around school. Our Christmas Tree is now up in the hall and has been decorated with twinkling lights and beautiful baubles – you could say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Y3/4 trip
Yesterday, Years 3 and 4 had a trip to the National Science and Media Museum to support their learning in Science. They took part in a workshop which investigated sound and had a great time looking round the rest of the museum. We are so lucky to have such a magnificent museum on our doorstep.
Learning across school
Mrs Wierzbianski was able to spend time in each of our classes this week to speak to pupils about their learning and to see first hand what they were doing. In Nursery, they were feeling and looking very festive with lots of different tasks such as creating Christmas cards, dressing up in festive costumes and role-playing. They were also accessing other areas of continuous provision such as the water tray where the boys were telling Mrs Wierzbianski all about blue whales and other things you might find in cold places.
In Reception, the pupils were writing letters to Father Christmas which they are going to post next week. Miss Carter was impressed with the quality of independent writing and how well the children are using their phonic knowledge.
In KS1, Year 1 were busy with a whole class phonics session where they were practising the ‘ear’ sound (trigraph) and their handwriting. Fred was certainly challenging them to some tricky words!
In Year 2, the pupils were busy practising their 2-digit number recognition and working together to partition. Each partnership showed how well they could succeed together which is one of our Co-op Ways of Being.
Years 5 and 6 have shown resilience this week as they have completed a full round of end of term assessments. Each pupil has worked through these to show off the knowledge they have and the staff working in Years 5 and 6 have been so proud of how they have tackled each paper. Following on from the Year 6 assessments, they had a chat about SATS and the sorts of things they can be doing at home to help themselves such as continuing to practise times tables and spellings but taking time to enjoy reading as well as following their own interests.
Skills Builder
In January, we are going to be introducing assemblies and lessons which will develop essential skills such as teamwork, listening, speaking, problem solving etc as part of our Careers Related Curriculum. There are lots of activities which can be done at home too so each week, we will add a new activity to the newsletter for you to do with your child. If you complete a task with your child, it would be wonderful if you could send a photo of what you have been up to through Facebook Messenger or upload it to Tapestry, Seesaw or Google Classroom. Each week, we will give certificates to pupils who have shown that they have used the skill we are focusing on.
This week’s task is here:
Parent Forum Dates
Thank you to those parents that attended our previous forum, it is important that we get your input and ideas for school. If you can make the next one please join us for tea and cake and a good chat! Here are the dates for the rest of the year.
January 27th
March 4th
May 5th
Non Uniform Donation Day
On Monday the 6th of December we will be having a non uniform day in aid of our Christmas fair. We ask that each child brings an item or gift to put into our fair. Suitable items are things such as; bubble baths, unused toiletries, toys, small gifts, xmas themed items, chocolates etc.
Thank you in advance for helping out!
The fair will be held on Tuesday 14th December after school.
Parkland Pride
Do what matters most
Be yourself, always
Show you care
Succeed together
Nursery
Kayleigh
For continuing to build confidence joining in more.
Raysa
For building up her communication and making friendships.
Reception
Mollie
For listening carefully and sharing her ideas during our carpet discussions.
Bailey
For joining in and playing with the other children.
Year 1
Leela
Really coming out of her shell over the past week and giving her learning a huge effort.
Geoffrey
His perserverance this half term, trying extremely hard especially with handwriting.
Year 2
Hope
Always offering help and reassurance to her classmates.
Liam
Giving other children a helping hand when they need it.
Year 3/4A
The Whole Class
For how they represented the whole class on our school trip to the media museum.
Year 3/4NW
The Whole Class
For how they represented the whole class on our school trip to the media museum.
Year 5
Gracie Lou
For bringing out the best in everyone!
Poppy
Going the extra mile to be a good friend.
Year 6
Lacie
Great experimentation with 3D Modelling in Computing.
Callum
Reading to younger children in breakfast club and always being there to lend a hand.
Parkland Panther- PE Awards
Year 1- Jersey
Year 2-
Year 3/4A-
Year 3/4NW-
Year 5- Layla and Kieran
Year 6- Tyler