Welcome to Robins
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School Bags: Children should bring their school bag every day.
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Toys: Please check that your child is not bringing toys into school.
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Reading Diaries: These should be brought in daily along with their ditty or reading book.
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Reading Rewards: On Fridays, we count how many times your child has read at home.
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3 times = 1 reward point
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More than 3 times = 1 reward point and a dip in the prize box
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Please make sure reading is recorded in their diary.
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Spellings: Children are given a set of spellings to learn each week.
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These are displayed on the classroom window and in homework books.
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Key Words: Your child has a set of key words to learn in their bag.
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Once they can read the words fluently, we celebrate their achievement and they are given the next level of words.
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Homework Books: Sent home on Fridays and should be returned by the following Wednesday.
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PE Day: Friday
Children should wear: -
Black shorts or joggers
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White t-shirt
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Trainers
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School jumper
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Labelling Clothes: Please ensure all jumpers, cardigans, and coats are clearly labelled with your child’s name.
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Lunch: If your child is having a school lunch, please ensure that payment is now done on Arbor. Please check Arbor for regular updates and information.
KS1 Investigate Terrific Trees
Key Question: Can I identify trees found in our school grounds? (Identifying, Classifying and Grouping) This week, we used our knowledge of deciduous and evergreen trees to try to identify the trees in our school grounds. We explored our school grounds with a leaf...
Exploring Poetry in KS1
Robins and Owls have been exploring a poem called 'He She' by Clare Bevan. They have been looking at the vocabulary she uses and practising their expression. This week they took turns to act out the roles of the two children in the poem thinking about their different...
Making Football Friends Across The Phases!
Robins had a lovely surprise on Friday when the Year 6 children joined their PE lesson. They loved their extra football tuition and enjoyed getting to know some of the older children. Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and...
Owls and Robins line up!
This week Owls and Robins have been manipulating numbers up to 100. They have been using Base 10 to partition 2 digit numbers and they have also been exploring number lines. Everyone was fantastic at estimating where their number would go on the number line. Well...
Year 1 Phonics Screening Check – Information for Parents
Please find attached a PDF of the information for parents about the phonics screening check. Phonics Screening Check. Information for parents. Below are the previous years Phonics Screening Check Booklets. Please download one per week and practice. Remember for...
The Last Supper in KS1
The children in KS1 have been finding out why Christians have bread and wine at church. They did role play as the disciples, breaking bread and drinking red juice. They thought about how shocked and furious they would have been when Judas betrayed Jesus during the...
Science Week in KS1
This week has been Science Week and this years theme has been Change and Adapt. We have been lucky enough to watch multiple live lessons and also conducted an investigation around ice. We were comparing which material would help melt an ice cube faster. Children were...
World Book Day Celebrations
Windy Nook celebrated a fun-packed World Book Day last Thursday, with the entire school taking part in a wide range of activities to cheer-on everything reading. All children received free books thanks to Mr. Atkinson from WHSmith, who kindly supplied these for us. In...
King of the Castle
KS1 rounded off their 'King of the Castle' topic with a DT project. Their brief was to design a castle strong enough to protect the king! The first part of the process was to research different types of castles and identify the features found on both stone castles and...
Champion Gymnasts in KS1!
KS1 have been learning about how to be a champion gymnast this half term. They have stepped up to the challenge showing many different ways to travel and balance using their big and small body parts. Article 13: You have the right to find...
Humpty Dumpty Sat On a Wall
This half term we have been learning about everyday materials in science. Our investigation was to decide which material would be best at protecting Humpty Dumpty. Investigation focus: comparative test Before the investigation we explored different materials and...
How Many Jelly Beans?
The pupils and staff had a fantastic time celebrating the 25th anniversary of Number Day. We based our maths activities around the story 'How Many Jelly Beans?' The day was filled with fun activities focused on exploring the world of statistics and numbers. The...