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.
Walk to School Month
October is national walk to school month and as part of that we are asking children to try and travel in an active way more often. This can be walking, biking, or scooting from home to school or even just parking a little bit further away and walking the final part to...
Windy Winners!
Last week the children had the opportunity to receive our Value of the month award 'Dedication' as well as for a Top Effort and Top Reader too! Well done to all of our winners! Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go...
Robins and Owls homework 7.10.22
This week’s homework 7.10.22 for Year 1 is CGP Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling page 12. Children to return completed for Friday 14.10.22. Thanks Miss Thompson & Mrs Short. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to...
Marvellous Maths in Robins
We have thoroughly enjoyed our maths lessons so far in Year 1. We are focusing on mastering numbers within 10. We have been comparing numbers this week using the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols. We love working practically and collaboratively! Article...
Practising our basic skills in Robins
Each day we practise key skills that help us with our other subjects. We practise our maths, spelling, reading, sketching, phonics and more! Our favourite is computing. This term, we are focusing on keyboard skills and logging onto the laptops independently. Article...
Read Write Inc. superstars!
The children in KS1 love our daily phonics lessons. They start by learning a sound and then reading words with the sound in them. Then, we use our Fred fingers to help us to spell the word. We work hard to read both real and alien words, and not forgetting those...
Discovering toys from the past at Beamish
Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being, from radio, newspaper, books, computers and other sources. Adults should make sure that the information you are getting is not harmful, and help you find and understand the...
European Day of Languages
On Wednesday, children from Nursery to Year 6 looked at different languages across Europe. There were a variety of activities that took place such as guess the country and tongue twisters. The younger children then learnt to say hello in different languages whilst the...
Poets in KS1
This week, Robins and Owls have loved learning the poem 'Don't' by Michael Rosen. It is a silly poem that made us laugh. We started by rehearsing the poem and adding actions to help us remember it. Then, we worked as a class to create our own version of the poem....
Year 1 Homework 30.09.22
This week’s homework 30.09.22 for Year 1 is CGP Maths page 2 Number and Place Value. Children to return completed for Friday 07.10.22. Thanks Mrs Short & Miss Thompson Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to...
Windy Winners!
This week our two awards were for a Top Geographer (KS2) and Top Growth Mindset. A huge well done to all of our winners! Windy Winners 23.9.22 Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level...
Mmm- Jam Sandwiches
Year 2 have been learning how to write instructions this week. They started by reading instructions to make a jam sandwich before making their own. They were able to write their own instructions for somebody else to read using time words, bossy verbs, bullet points...