CPS Newsletter | Spring | Issue Six
Walnut Class Blog
Dear Parents/Carers,
It's been a busy and productive term in Walnut class. The children have been fully engaged in their learning, and it's a joy to see their curiosity and enthusiasm in action.
English
Walnut class has been delving into an exciting and adventurous topic: survival in the jungle! The children have amazed me with their creativity as they've crafted amazing guides on how to survive if anyone ever finds themselves stranded in the jungle. From building shelters to identifying edible plants, their writing has truly been impressive.
Maths
We have been hard at work mastering long multiplication and division, as well as the concept of comparing and ordering fractions. We have learnt how to multiply and divide up to 4 digit numbers, as well as how to divide with remainders, and our current focus is on converting mixed numbers to improper fractions, and ordering fractions greater than 1.
Computing
Our focus has been on connecting and programming crumble boards. Walnut class have been learning the fundamentals of coding and electronics through hands-on projects with these boards. It's been wonderful to see them problem-solve and experiment with different commands to make their projects come to life.
Miss Gow
Coding Crumble boards in computing
Check an algorithm works on a crumble board
Examples of survival guides
Stars of the week
Year R
Conkers:
Thamires for her lovely ideas and contributions during drawing club.
Emil for trying hard with his blending and segmenting sounds.
Acorn:
Jazmin for the care, time and detail she has demonstrated in her learning this week.
Mateo for his wonderful interactions and for sharing his enjoyment of learning with adults.
Year 1
Maple:
Aarya - her persistence and progress with her writing. You produced long and beautiful pieces of writing in English. Well done!
Musab - for always trying to be the best partner, classmate and student that he can be. You are always spreading kindness around you!
Mulberry:
Luna for being persistent in spite of challenges and always trying her very best.
Alexandru for joining in during guided reading sessions - keep up the good work.
Year 2
Pine:
Zayan for orking really hard in all subjects. Zayan has shown persistence this week and does not give up when he finds something difficult. Zayan always outs in 100% effort.
Mouktar for working hard with his phonics learning. He has been using her phonics knowledge to decode when really and this has allowed him to becom,e a more fluent reader.
Pear:
Angel- for always persisting with her writing and for being such a kind member of Pear class. We will miss you when you start your new school. Good Luck!
Leshtiha- for always persisting with his learning and for trying hard to talk longer phrases and sentences in English. Well done!
Year 3
Apple:
Esther for always being a kind, helpful and friendly member of the class. Esther always uses her manners and is a brilliant role model to have in the classroom. Well done.
Sofia for always being a friendly and polite member of the class. Sofia is very helpful and always says please and thank you to various adults and children around school. Keep it up.
Ash:
Chelsea for always being polite and using kind words to both adults and children around school. Well done.
Grayson for always being polite and for being an excellent learner partner to all the children in Ash. Well done.
Year 4
Beam:
Jennifer for being a great team player and remaining focused
Rick for showing great improvement in his work
Beech:
Murtaza for his hard work in maths and resilience with converting improper fractions to mixed numbers
Reece for his amazing knowledge in geography
Year 5
Walnut:
Haris - for making sensible choices and always participating in lessons.
Maia - for working really hard and making excellent progress in reading.
Willow:
Sienna- for always being helpful in class
Zoe- for improving her work ethic, focus and general participation in class across all of her learning.
Year 6
Chestnut:
Marina for working so hard in her interventions and for making great progress.
Diamond for always making the right choices and being a kind friend.
Oak:
Furqan for developing a natural curiosity in his learning and keeping Mrs Byrne on her toes!
Alan for working hard on developing his editing in writing and up levelling and improving his work.
Online Safety Parent Coffee Morning Information
Dear parents and carers,
Thank you to those parents who attened this morning's coffee morning about online safety. It was brilliant to be able to talk to you about what we are doing as a school adn hwo you can support your children.
For those who were unable to attend I have attached the slides so you can view the information.:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1P2rpiSQbVFN_Jx4CIg8G2xm31_rIN_XA3JLUikO3PWc/edit?usp=sharing
Below are a list of useful websites that you can find more information about online safety or ideas for how to support your children at home.
Online Safety Useful Websites
A useful website with step by step guides to set up parental controls on most devices:
https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/
Childnet advice on how to report problems on popular services:
https://www.childnet.com/help-and-advice/how-to-make-a-report/
A website with a whole range of family friendly games that you can play with your children:
https://www.familygamingdatabase.com/
A website with reviews of films, tv shows, books, games, podcasts and apps; this website suggests appropriate options for your children and lets you know what content is involved:
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
A website with information for parents about gaming.
https://www.askaboutgames.com/
Ways to develop converstaions with your children about online safety:
https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers/have-a-conversation/
Parenting Course Calendar
SWHP Newsletter 198 Parenting Course Calendar.pdfYouth Violent Crime awareness evening
Attendance at Central
ClassDojos
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 91.5%.
I look forward to this percentage being higher the first week back and to see all children in school regularly and on time. I am looking forward to our attendance percentage growing over the next weeks.
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.
Mrs Guthrie
Please use this link as guidance from the NHS regarding sickness and attendance. https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery (please click the top link when redirected)
At Central Primary School, we recognise pro-social behaviours 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!
1st place - Acorn Class
2nd place - Beech Class
3rd place - Oak Class
Dates for the diary
Spring 2
28th February - Year 6 RAF museum trip
29th February - 7th March - Book fair
1st March - Apple Class Assembly
4th March - Author Book Signing Event
7th March - World Book Day
7th March - PSA donate a book event
15th March - Ash Class assembly
22nd March - Parent Coffee Morning
28th March - Last day of school
