Hannah More Primary School Newsletter 5 June 2015

Hello everyone Welcome back for the final term of this school year. It has been a busy and

successful year so far, and this term looks set to continue this pattern.

We enjoyed KS2 sports days on Monday and Tuesday, especially our visit to the

City Academy. This gave children the opportunity to use top class facilities and

compete in an excellent sporting arena. Our thanks to them for lending us their

venue, and to Mr Cook for organising the whole event. He has rescheduled the

Year 1 and 2 event for July.

Next Tuesday we are once again inviting parents to experience teaching and

learning at Hannah More. This is the third Open Morning of the year and this

time we hope parents will take the opportunity to visit different classes and

observe teaching at different stages. We know you will see a range of excellent

teaching - this term we are offering lessons from the wider curriculum beyond

just English and Maths.

Next Friday is our Summer Fair. If you have not already offered to get involved

in one way or another, please do so! This is a community event and relies on

the support of parents to make it happen.

Have a lovely weekend. I hope to see some of you on the family bike ride

tomorrow, leaving school at 10 am and heading to the SS Great Britain!

Sue Ramsay, Headteacher.

This term’s Learning Champions with their medals presented by Julien de Lagausie, General

Manager of the Ibis Hotel. These are children who have shown excellent learning skills !

Reception: Ibrahim & Daisy

Year 1: Safiya & Abdimalik

Year 2: Frankie & Ines

Year 3: Mohamed & Sana

Year 4: Amani & Aneeka

Year 5: Ilaf & Rayan

Year 6: Kynaat

Term 6 ends Friday 17 July

Tuesday 9 June OPEN MORNING

Friday 12 June SUMMER FAIR

Monday 15 June Year 6 Leavers’ photos

22-26 June Year 6 Camp

23-26 June Year 4 Camp

6-10 July ARTS WEEK

Term 1 starts for children Thursday 3 September

The lunch menu is on our school website, under ‘Key

Information’. Please pay for school dinners by 9.00am so

we have time to order them!

We still need a few volunteers to

make this a great event! Please tell

the office if you can help.

We accept ONLINE PAYMENTS for school

dinners, trips, camp and uniform. There is a

link on the school website here. If you need

help, please ask the office.

Stay and PLAY Outdoor play on the field Tuesdays 3.15. All welcome

- parents must supervise their own children.

Swings, bikes, art and craft, and much more!

NEXT FAMILY SWIM Saturday

4th JULY Easton Leisure Centre.

Have fun and gain confidence.

Tickets on sale from

29 June.

FAMILY CYCLING DAY OUT TOMORROW! SATURDAY 6 JUNE

There will be cycle instructors to help us

ride safely. Leaving from school. Free entry

to the SS Great Britain and…

FREE ICE CREAM!

Meet at school at 10am.

Mr Webster is pleased to report that our whole

school attendance for the year is 95.4%. This is

good news because we know that good attendance

means good attainment. THANK YOU to everyone

who comes to school on time, every day!

News from the classes …

Reception classes … This week we learnt a poem called ‘The Worm that Wouldn’t

Wiggle’. The children enjoyed going on a worm hunt and thinking about different words

to describe worms. We also learnt about the rhyming words in our poem. At home,

please help by asking your child to teach you their new poem. Can you think of

any other rhyming words?

Year 1 … This week we learnt a story called ‘Lost and Found’. We focused on adding

speech and describing words to our writing. In Maths we practised lots of addition and

subtraction and learnt how to add and take away in our heads. You can help at home

by reading lots of stories with your child, to help them learn new and exciting

words to use in their stories!

Year 2 … In Literacy, we learnt a new story called ‘How to Catch a Star’. We wrote diary

entries and focussed on descriptive writing. In Maths, we practised solving word

problems. In Topic, we learnt about special times in people’s lives. Please make sure

your child eats breakfast every day next week and gets a good night’s sleep - in

preparation for Year 2 SATs tests.

Year 3 … We started to learn the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus this week. We

acted out the story and tried out different roles as well as discovering the wax and

feathers in the year 3 area! In maths we compared and ordered numbers on a number

line. We also started our topic on Ancient Egypt by looking at the landscape around the

River Nile. Please research what your child might like to wear on our Ancient Egypt

day, which will be towards the end of this term.

Year 4 … This week, we learned a ‘tragedy’ story. The children thought about advice

they would give to the bullies and focussed on the feelings throughout the story. In

numeracy, we rounded numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. In topic, we shared

stories about our families’ lives. We really enjoyed telling stories and drumming around

the fire this week! At home, please help your child to round numbers.

Year 5 ...This week we practised our Literacy text ‘The Iron Man’. In Numeracy we

revised place value and used our knowledge of place value to order numbers. We also

solved problems involving negative numbers. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed sports day

both at school and City Academy. You can help at home by supporting your child to

practise ‘The Iron Man’ story.

Year 6 … This week Eagle class have been busy with sports day, taking part in carousel

activities on the field and also participating in races at the City Academy running track.

We also practised our new Literacy text ‘The Iron Man’. We have been writing creatively

and have produced some interesting pieces of writing as a result of this. Well done!

Please help at home by supporting your child to practise ‘The Iron Man’ story.