Welcome to Snowdrops
Teacher: Mr Hill
Welcome to Snowdrops! We want our classroom to be a safe, positive and encouraging environment where everyone feels valued, supported and ready to learn. In Snowdrops, we work together, listen to one another and celebrate everyone’s achievements. We believe that everyone has a voice, and we encourage children to share their ideas, ask questions and have confidence in their learning.
We are looking forward to a fantastic year filled with exciting learning, new experiences and lots of fun!
Homework
Homework is set every Friday and should be completed and returned by the following Friday.
Spellings
Spellings will be sent home at the beginning of each spelling unit. Some spelling units will last for a number of weeks, so children may keep the same spelling list for more than one week.
Please check the spelling sheet carefully for information about the spelling test date. Regular practice at home will really help children to develop their spelling skills and confidence.
Times Tables
Times tables should be practised regularly to build speed, accuracy and confidence with multiplication and division facts.
Little and often is best – even a few minutes of practice each day can make a big difference!
Reading
Children should read at home every day for a minimum of 10–15 minutes.
Daily reading is essential for developing children’s fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and love of reading, so please encourage your child to make reading part of their everyday routine.
PE – Thursday
Our PE day is Thursday. Please make sure children have the correct PE kit in school.
Resources:
https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login
https://www.conquermaths.com/login/
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/windy-ne10
Family Trees
This week, the Snowdrops, Bluebells and Tulips have been considering the importance of family. For their RE lesson, each class learned about the values and roles in a traditional Hindu family, as well as reflecting on what makes their own relatives important. As part...
Snowdrops’ Homework 13.5.22
Hello Snowdrops, I’ve set new spelling tasks and games on Spelling Shed. You have to spell words with the 'ous' suffix e.g. famous. Remember to search https://play.edshed.com and then type your username and password. For maths, please practise your times tables...
Learning About Food Hunger
The children of Tulips, Snowdrops and Bluebells have been learning about hunger in the world. We learned that 810 million people on Earth are malnourished and that much of the world's food goes to waste. Our discussion then moved on to how we can harvest more food and...
Snowdrops’ Homework 6.5.22
Hello Snowdrops, This week, I've set new spelling tasks and games on Spelling Shed. Remember to search https://play.edshed.com and then type your username and password. For maths, please practise your times tables - including the 7 x table that we have worked on - at...
Windy Winners!
This week we were looking for Top Mathematicians and it's always a difficult choice. Our other certificate was for a Top Effort. In addition to these two awards our value of the month was for Honesty. So, it's a huge well done to all of our winners! Class Top Effort ...
LKS2 are in the zone!
In geography, the children of Snowdrops, Tulips and Bluebells have been learning about the climate zones of our planet. Each class has impressed their teachers by using several 'topic words' such as 'temperate,' 'arid,' 'polar' and 'tropical.' Our tasks involved...
Snowdrops’ homework 29.4.22
Hello Snowdrops, This week, I’d like you to work through the tasks and games I’ve set for you on Spelling Shed. There's some phonics revision and then some of our words that end in -le. Remember to search https://play.edshed.com and then type your username and...
Support for Parents ASD
There are a number of support groups within the Autism Support Hub. Parents and Carers of children who may be in the process of assessment are also welcome. https://gateshead-localoffer.org/gateshead-autism-information-hub/...
Windy Winners!
Congratulations to all of our winners this week. Our two awards this week were for a Top Reflector and a Top Attitude. Class Top Attitude Top Reflector Dragonflies Gia Jaxon Ladybirds Max Finn Robins Savannah Bo Owls Mikey Isla Nightingales ...
French in LKS2
Over the last half term the children have been learning about vegetables in French or as our French experts would say... les légumes. The children worked hard on their pronunciation skills. Over the last six weeks, they have progressed from naming vegetables to...
Easter Egg Winners!
It's a huge well done to all of our Easter Egg Winners this year. We'd also like to say a huge thanks as well to everyone who entered. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can....
KS2 Easter Service at St. Albans!
Well it was time for some Easter celebrations this week with Windy Nook's annual Easter service back up and running at St Albans Church. The whole of KS2 put on an amazing show for parents and it was wonderful to have all the children back together singing! Year 5...