CPS Newsletter | Autumn 1 | Week 5
European Languages Day Blog
Dear parents and carers,
Last week, we celebrated the European Day of Languages. We took this opportunity to celebrate the diversity of our community. The children had an assembly to share their knowledge of languages and of the world. They were passionate about it and demonstrated our school values of curiosity and kindness. Each year group completed a different activity.
Did you know that animals make different sounds according to the country? This is due to the different phonics in each country. EYFS explored the phonics of various countries and compared their sounds.
Year 1 learnt how to say hello in many different languages. They also learnt a bit of Spanish and designed their own flags.
Year 2 did a survey in their class and found out who spoke another language or had been abroad, sharing their experiences and culture.
Year 3 did a poster representing the translating of the expression ‘a piece of cake’ in various languages.
Year 4 heard people speaking in different languages and had to guess the language.
Year 5 looked at random pictures from around the world and had to guess which country it was by looking at the signs or background.
Year 6 did a quiz on languages to test their knowledge.
The children and adults enjoyed the activities and discovered more about each other’s culture and language.
Stars of the week
Year R
Conkers:
Raees, for your participation during phonics lessons. You demonstrate good listening skills. You are very good with oral blending.
Siraat, for your improved confidence. This week, you have shown confidence when coming to school. You used toilets independently and you have tried to eat your food independently too.
Acorn:
Adam for being very helpful to the class teacher and for showing persistence with his learning. Well done Adam.
Stefania for setting into Reception in a much more positive mindset. She is now able regulate and mange her emotions with more independence.
Year 1
Maple:
Isabella for always being a curious learner especially in phonics and guided reading.
Alice for always being a good role model to her peers.
Mulberry:
Luiza for always trying her best and being a curious learner.
Elodie for showing all of our school values including kindness towards her peers and persistence in her learning.
Year 2
Pine:
Lucas for showing the school value of kindness towards his friends.
Bukola for showing the school values curiosity and persistence in her school work, especially in English and Maths.
Year 3
Apple:
Sofia for her persistence and curiosity in all lessons. Especially for always having a go at all her work by herself. Keep it up Sofia.
Alan for demonstrating our school values at all points of the day; thank you for being an excellent role model showing your pro-social choices.
Ash:
Ethan for making pro-social choices and for challenging himself in all of his learning.
Mardiyah for showing kindness to everyone and for being an excellent year 3 role model.
Year 4
Beam:
Gia for always maintaining her focus and avoiding distractions.
Yashashree for making an improvement in maths and being a good role model to others.
Beech:
Barney for always asking many questions and for his incredible writing in English when writing a narrative.
Sofia for her kindness and her incredible writing in English where she included all of the features for our English narrative unit.
Year 5
Walnut:
Eli for showing curiosity and persistence in our music lessons.
Alitza for showing kindness to her peers in PE.
Willow:
Frank for showing curiosity and persistence when presenting his speech in front of the class for school council.
Daviksha has made great effort and shown persistence in her English writing resulting in great improvement.
Year 6
Chestnut:
Mustafa for demonstrating perseverance and curiosity in the classroom and reacting in the correct way to situations.
Emilia for her excellent curiosity and effort in our English lessons. She has produced some outstanding pieces of writing.
Oak:
Esmee for demonstrating kindness towards her peers.
Teagan for showing resilience and determination in football club. Well done.
Healthy Selfie and Skip2BFit
Miss Martin
"My healthy goal is to give blood 5o times by the end of next year."
Skipping Best Efforts
Mulberry - Livia for fantastic skipping and persistence.
Maple - Yaw for super effort in his skipping this week.
Pine - Musab for his great effort and persistence this week.
Writers of the Week - LKS2
This week's writers of the week are Hazel (Apple) and Mangang (Ash), David (Beam) and Rejoice (Beech).
In Year 3, we have using 'The green ship' as our inspiration for writing our adventure stories. We have been focusing on expanded noun phrases and conjunctions.
In Year 4, we have been reading, 'Leon and the Place Between.' We have used this to inspire us to write descriptive paragraphs with a range of expanded noun phrases as well as dialogue.
Online Safety Update
Attendance at Central
ClassDojo in Key Stage Two
At Central Primary School, we take attendance and punctuality very seriously. We aim to have an attendance figure in excess of 96% . Our current attendance percentage is 94.94%.
Each week, we are getting closer to our target.
Please remember arriving on time for school is important because late arrivals will miss and also disrupt the learning already happening in class.
If you have concerns about or need support with your child's attendance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Mr Freeman
At Central Primary School, we recognise pro-social behaviours in Key Stage 2 by giving children ClassDojo points. Every half term, the classes decide on a collective target to earn a class reward. In addition, at the end of the half term, we hold a ClassDojo raffle, where the children can win some exciting prizes! How is your child(ren)'s class doing?
1st Place: Walnut - 1466
2nd Place: Pear - 1458
3rd Place: Beech - 1435
Dates for the diary
Friday 11th October - Oak Class Assembly
Monday 14th October - Year 3 - Computing Workshop (at school)
Friday 18th October - Willow Class Assembly
Monday 21st October - Parents' Evening
Tuesday 22nd October - Parents' Evening
Wednesday 23rd October - Nursery Welly Trip
Thursday 24th October - Nursery Welly Trip
Friday 25th October - Coffee Morning
