End of Week 2

Hello all,

We have had a busy week in Year 3 this week! In Maths, we started the week with some more column method work before moving on to estimating and rounding, which is reflected in the homework for this week.

In our Learning Across the Curriculum lessons, we have been looking at stone age jewellery and tools, including looking at the materials and methods used to create them. We even had some children pitching their ‘inventions’ in a Dragons Den-style pitch!

The skill we have been focusing on in DR has been ‘inferring’, so please test the children on this skill over the weekend. We read ‘Stone Age Boy’ as a class this week, which the children seemed to enjoy lots.

We saw huge improvements in the home reading engagement levels this week (with a year 3 class winning the school-wide home reading competition), so please keep this enthusiasm going for the coming weeks as it has really reflected in class!

Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing everyone Monday!

Mrs Campbell-Whitfield and Mr Ward

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School Playground Environment Fundraising

Dear families,

Please help us raise money to buy new environmentally-friendly resources for our school playground

Please see the link below

https://www.gofundme.com/f/environmentally-positive-school?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=chat&utm_source=whatsApp

We appreciate your support

Year 6 Team

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Autumn 2 – Shang Dynasty

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School Fundraiser

Below is a message from our student council, please have a read!
“Hi, we are the student council from Oliver Goldsmith Primary School.
We have a great school but it is in a very busy part of London and the traffic is all around us. We want to add lots of green space to our school playground where we can play and learn. We want to grow plants, flowers, trees and vegetables so that we can create a positive environment.
We want to use re-cycled materials to support our planting, seating and shade in the playground.
This is all very expensive so this is why we are trying to raise funds to help us create a future proof, environmentally positive space.
We would love to be able to do this so we are asking for your kind donation to support us with this. Thank you.”
Any donations would be hugely appreciated! Follow this link to find out more:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/environmentally-positive-school?qid=020b9b864400a3d5ce7b101e07af26d6
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First Week Back

Hello all!

It has been a fast-paced first week back, making a great start to the new half term.

In maths this week, we have been covering addition and subtraction using the column method.

We have also introduced our new topic which is Through the Ages. We have talked about what history is and dived into the different periods within the Stone Age. Our DR lessons have been linked to this, reading the book Cavekid Birthday whilst focusing on predicting.

Our science topic this half term is Magnets and Forces, so this week we began looking at some of the different forces. This will be covered more throughout the half term.

Please keep reading with children at home. It is essential that parents leave comments in the reading records so we have a good understanding of what is happening at home.

Enjoy the weekend and we look forward to another great week next week.

Mrs Campbell-Whitfield and Mr Ward

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Autumn 2 Week 1

Welcome back! We hope you had a great rest over the half term break.
This week we are reading a book called “We’re going on a leaf hunt”. The children have been enjoying a range of Autumn activities such as leaf rubbing, nature walks, singing songs about Autumn and going on our first school trip to Lucas gardens on our own leaf hunt. We found some beautiful leaves!
In Phonics we are learning the sounds /h/ /b/ and /f/.
Check your bookbags for the homework to complete over the half term. Choose one activity a week. We can’t wait to see what your children have done at home.
Thank you
From the Reception team
Here is a link to the story

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‘Parenting Smart’ by Place2Be

Dear Parents/carers,
You may find useful a new website that the children’s mental health charity Place2Be has launched, aimed at helping parents with typical situations they can find themselves in with their children. The site offers parenting advice from child mental health experts and practical tips to support children’s wellbeing and manage behaviour are available via https://parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk/ 
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Come and join us

We have changed the date to the 18th of November and we look forward to seeing you all then.

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Welcome to Autumn 2!

We are very happy to say welcome to year 1 for the Autumn 2 term!

Topic – this term is based on Ourselves – we will focus on history and Design and Technology.

Please look at the homework overview on what you can work on that is linked to our topic. We have amazing ideas ready for you.

Maths –  we are continuing to work on addition and focus more on subtraction over the next few weeks.

Science – we are learning about Animals including Humans. Our main focus will be the human body and the five different senses

RE –  we are going to focus on how Christians celebrate Christmas. Our big question for you and your child is What does it mean to belong?

PSHE – we are going to learn about celebrating differences and celebrate the Anti bullying week. This year the Anti-bullying theme is One Kind Word so please focus on using kind words.

PE – We will learn Gymnastics that is set for year 1 ability. The social skill linked to this half term is I can help and play with others and take turns.

Please continue to read with your child everyday and sign their reading records. Homework is given out on every Friday and needs to be returned by every Tuesday.

Thank you for your continued support.

Year 1 Team

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