1. Starfish Class Newsletter Starfish Class - ‘Stars in the making!’ 29 th February 2014 Our learning Year 1 In literacy we have been focusing on Traditional Tales. In maths we have been learning about odd and even numbers and place value of numbers to 30. Our new topic is “Farm to Fork” see attached topic web. Reception. We have introduced our new topic “The Gardening Gang”. We have listened to a story about Percy the Park keeper and how he makes a special machine to help him mow the lawn. We have been making our own machines using boxes and construction kits. We have been labelling machines and writing lists in literacy. In maths we have focused on our target work recognising our numbers. Wellies Please can all reception children make sure they have their wellies in school every Thursday, for as part of our theme small groups of children will be visiting the garden area Theatre Production We all thoroughly enjoyed our visit from the theatre group and their performance of “Little Red Riding hood” World Book Day Next week we will celebrating World Book Day. On Thursday there is a special dinner, please return the slip from the World Book Day letter if you would like your child to have a special meal. On Friday the children are invited to come dressed as a character from a traditional tale – prizes for the most amazing costumes! Parents evening If you were unable to attend parents evening please see Miss Harrison or Mrs Wiseman about making an appointment. Reception snack money Thank you to all those who have remembered snack money. It is now due Please place the £3:50 in a named envelope, thank you. Dates for your Diary Easter service at St Paul’s Church – 1 st April 9:15 a.m. Parents evening – week beginning 25 th February Early Writing workshop (how young children’s writing develops and ways to support your child with writing) – Tuesday 11 th March 3:30 p.m. Reception Shared Learning - Friday 28 th March 9:30 a.m. Snack Monday: cornflakes and milk Tuesday: oranges Wednesday: yoghurt Thursday: tomatoes Friday: cheesy crackers Please let a member of Starfish staff know if your child has any allergies. Have a lovely half term!!! The Starfish Staff Starfish of the week Year 1- Reception: Ella O’Brien Devon Siguenza

2. Starfish Class - ‘Stars in the making!’ Christingle Service On Thursday we will be going to St Paul’s Church for our Christingle service. Please could all children bring in an orange in order to make a Christingle on MONDAY. Thank you. Starfish Class - ‘Stars in the making!’ Christingle Service On Thursday we will be going to St Paul’s Church for our Christingle service. Please could all children bring in an orange in order to make a Christingle on MONDAY. Thank you.

3. Starfish Class ‘Stars in the making!’ Homework This week we have introduced 1 new sound ‘z’. The rest of the week has been spent matching the lower case letters to capital letters. We have continued to use the letter sounds learnt for these letter we will introduce the letter names later in the year when they are more secure. The only sound we have not covered is ‘q’ as it is slightly different and will be covered next week. Thank you for your help.