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NEWSLETTER 29th November 2019 LATEST NEWS Dear Parents and Carers FRED Assessments Mrs MacIver has had a beautiful baby girl! Both I have just completed the first FRED assessments mum and daughter are doing very well and I know for Years 1 and 2. On Monday the children will be you will join with us to celebrate such wonderful in different FRED groups. I know that sometimes if news! a child remains on the same FRED level it can seem that they haven’t made progress. This is not Christmas Production ‘The Story of the the case. Every single child I have assessed has Nativity’ made progress. However, some children will The children have begun rehearsing their songs benefit from repeating a level to consolidate their ready for our school production of the Story of learning. If you are concerned about the FRED Christmas. One afternoon this week was incredible level your child is on, please come to speak to me as I listened to the songs as the music drifted up and I can arrange a meeting to go over the from the classrooms! Friday 6th December is our assessment and what your child needs to do next dress rehearsal and we have invited parents and to continue on their phonic learning journey. carers with younger siblings to come to this. The Decoration Afternoon following week will be for grown-ups. Younger Next Friday 6th December will be our decoration siblings, even babes in arms, will not be welcomed afternoon. This is an opportunity for parents and into the hall. Thank you in advance for helping us carers to come into school and help the children to ensure this is followed. We operate a strict decorate the whole school in preparation for system of entry to the production and it is very Christmas. The afternoon is very busy indeed and helpful for everyone to follow this for safety is full of ‘big people’ in school. Please remember reasons. Please help us to ensure we have the day that while in school no mobile phones or cameras you are coming to watch so that we can are allowed. Once the decorations have been accommodate everyone safely. made the adults put up the decorations around our school. In the past I have seen grown-ups climbing Christmas Tree of Kindness on chairs and tables to hang decorations (and in In assembly this morning we talked some cases chairs on top of tables!). Please be about our ‘Christmas Tree of mindful of your own safety and hang the Kindness.’ This tree is for the whole decorations safely. As outside people will be school to demonstrate how kind we coming into school for polling day the following can be. Any time a child is seen by an adult week we are going to ask the Reception parents demonstrating fantastic kindness (without being only to decorate the hall with reception made asked!) they will be given the opportunity to put a decorations from 2.30-2.45pm. We will be being bauble on the tree. If we can fill the tree up with judged on how Christmassy it looks! baubles by Christmas, the whole school will have Please read information about the afternoon on the a special Christmas treat – decided by the children! next page Ditton Hill Road, Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 5JB T: +44 (0)20 8398 4398 http://longditton.surrey.sch.uk [email protected] Please inform the school office by email or draw one name from the box and the winning write on the class message boards if you person will receive a special prize of muffins or will be coming on Friday. We ask that you do biscuits from the servery! We have said that the this by the end of Tuesday 3rd December. children can put in up to 3 name suggestions and The teachers need to know numbers so that that they must remember to write their own name they can plan groups and materials for the and class on the back of each name suggestion. activities. Please note that you will not just be The Elf will be hidden each day for the children to able to turn up on the day. find in the hall – good luck! Start time: 1.30pm (please arrive at the school office a few minutes before this to sign in). Birthday Books Finish time: 2.45pm – we ask that all Thank you to Sophia A for choosing a birthday parents/carers leave the school by the main book to give to her class to celebrate her birthday. door and wait at the front of the school until home time. Please note that school will finish Attendance at the normal time of 3.00pm. The teachers The class with the most attendance this week is need to make sure that the children have all with Husky with 100%! Perfect!! their belongings and are ready to go at the end of the day and this takes at least 15 minutes! Thought for the Week Thank you for your cooperation with this. ‘Inner compassion and outer tolerance can easily No siblings – the decoration afternoon is for make a new world, a better world.’ Sri Chimnoy the children in our school and because it will be very busy, we are not able to accommodate Thought for the week siblings or other children on this occasion. This time of year is incredibly busy for everybody. Thank you for your understanding. The inspirational leadership conference I attended this week talked about mental health and how Golden Manners Table important it is to be able to talk about personal On Monday Alice, Luca, Eva W, Dexter, Daisy and mental health and look after ourselves – especially Bea will be joining me on the Golden Manners at this time of year. The busier we become the less table because they have remembered their time we take to look after ourselves but it should manners this week! be the opposite! So for the final Tolerance thought of the week: Mrs Pearson is Leaving! ‘Your mental health is a priority, Mrs Pearson is leaving us at Christmas. She has Your happiness is an essential, been a valued member of our Nursery team for Your self-care is a necessity, over 5 years and we are going to miss her very Your tolerance is crucial, much indeed! Mrs Pearson’s last day will be the Your positivity is powerful.’ last day of term and I know you will all be wishing her well in her exciting future adventures. We Have a jolly weekend! currently have an advert out looking for a new Mrs Paines member of nursery – I will keep nursery parents informed of the arrangements when appropriate. Good luck Mrs Pearson! Nursery Naming the Elf on the Shelf The servery ladies are running a ‘name the Elf on We have had a truly amazing week at nursery! the Shelf’ competition! From Monday the children We have shared the nativity story and talked about can put their idea for a good name for the Elf into the characters in the story in relation to the the special box. On the last day of term Nikki will Ditton Hill Road, Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 5JB T: +44 (0)20 8398 4398 http://longditton.surrey.sch.uk [email protected] costumes that the children are choosing to wear alternate endings to the stories. We have begun to for the Christmas production. practise our class Christmas songs and have been We have been over to the hall to practise our role doing a fantastic job at remembering and singing on the stage, the children have worked hard to all the words! Thank you to everyone who has understand what it means to be a performer on the helped the children to learn their songs at home. stage and that there will be an audience watching them! Next week we will move on in our maths learning We have been practising Away in a Manager our to look at different 3D shapes and where we may own song to perform at the Christmas find them in the environment, both in the classroom production. Please practise at home with your and outside. We will continue to practise for the child if you can, ask them to show you the actions Christmas production, with our dress rehearsal we are doing to accompany the song. on Friday morning. Please make sure that all We have been learning about repeating patterns, costumes are in school in a named bag by recognising, continuing and make our own Wednesday 4th December. We will be getting in repeating patterns particularly using colours. the festive spirit creating headbands for our Christmas performance costumes and finishing We were lucky enough to have some volunteer our own Christmas decorations. parents to help run our baking session which we linked to our story this week The Gingerbread Key vocabulary: pattern, repeating unit, Man. Thank you to our baking helpers, I think we sequence, time connectives (first, next, then, were all very impressed with how responsible the finally). children were during these sessions. Home learning ideas: Our baking sessions will continue in the spring term, they are really helpful in developing lots of Practise segmenting and blending simple key skills, turn taking, language, hygiene, words to support your child’s reading. Asking measuring to name just a few areas of learning. your child to s-i-t (sit) to the table or hang their Please look out for the sign-up sheet to help with coat on the p-e-g (peg) will help them to hear our baking sessions in the new year.