Please click here for the headteacher’s letter regarding the planned closure for industrial action on Thursday 2nd March 2023.
Hope you all had a nice half term.
Our topic for this half term is Traditional Tales. We shall be focusing on the following texts;
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Jasper’s Beanstalk
- The Ugly Duckling
- The Elves and the Shoemaker
Now the weather is improving, we are looking into the possibility of organising a local trip to Burgess Park to look for the ducklings and swans in Week 3 or 4 of this half term. If you would like to support on this trip, please contact a member of the Reception team.
In maths, we shall be focusing on numbers up to 20. Please practise adding and subtracting using practical objects with your child.
In phonics, we are recapping the Phase 3 sounds and beginning to write simple sentences, using and applying our phonics knowledge.
Also, please remember about the importance of reading at home and recording in the home school diaries. Your support can make such a difference.
Finally, here are some key dates for your diaries;
- Friday 3rd March – World Book Day
- Wednesday 29th March – Easter Bonnet Parade
Regards,
The Reception Team
Safer Internet Day 2023
‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’.
Make time to listen to your children today and make positive change together.
Safer Internet Day 2023 aims to answer the following questions:
- What issues really matter to children and young people?
- What changes do they want to see?
- How can we all work together to advocate for them moving forward?
Here are some tips from the National Online Safety for encouraging open discussions about digital lives:
open-discussions-about-digital-lives
A few useful links for keeping children safe online:
- thinkuknow.co.uk – Online safety advice for parents
- childnet.com – Excellent free resources for educators and parents/carers
- theparentzone.co.uk – The Parent Zone
- vodaphone.com – Resources to support parents in making the right digital choices
- askaboutgames.com – Useful website offering answers to questions parents and players have about video games age ratings, and other tips to ensure children play safely and responsibly
- pegi.info – Pegi website to help parents make informed decisions when buying video games
Dear Challenger,
Next week is mock SATs week. Please use the materials attached to revise and prepare for next week. What are you secure with? What do we still need to learn?
Work hard. See you on Monday
Dear all,
A reminder that the school will be closed tomorrow for industrial action in line with the NEU’s teacher strike. School will resume on Thursday 2nd February as normal. For further information about the strikes please see the NEU’s website using the link below.
NEU to take strike action over pay | NEU
Kind regards,
Senior Leadership Team
We are working on Long Division in maths this week, and it can get tricky!
Use the websites below to help you practise this skill further…
Oak Academy- Long Division
Vimeo- Long Division
Please see your reading comprehension homework, in the links below, to be completed by Monday (in addition to your usual banded book and reading record activities).
Poetry Reading Revision Mat Non-Fiction Reading Revision Mat Fiction Reading Revision Mat
Good luck,
Although this holiday has commonly been called “Chinese New Year” in the West, China is not the only country to observe it. Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most celebrated and longest of all Asian festivals, and is observed by millions of people around the world.
The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, which means that it is based on astronomical observations of the Sun’s position in the sky and the Moon’s phases. This ancient calendar dates back to 14th century BCE (whereas the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582). The Chinese lunisolar calendar shares some similarities with the Hebrew calendar, which is also lunisolar, and it has influenced other East Asian calendars, such as those of Korea and Vietnam.
As with many winter solstice celebrations, the symbolic darkness of night is banished by the light of fireworks, lanterns, and candles. Man-made paper lanterns are hung by the hundreds in public areas, bringing good luck to the new year.
There are dragon dances, performances, and festival parades with music and acrobatics. The festivities continue for two weeks, finishing with a special lantern festival, which signals the end of the New Year celebration period.
The OGPS PTA will be selling Lucky Red Envelopes on Friday 27th Jan 2023, to celebrate Chinese New Year 2023.
Each envelope will have a wise proverb and a chocolate coin and 4 lucky envelopes will have £5 inside!! Each Envelope will be 50p – so try your luck and see if you get lucky!!
