We in Hawk Class @FP have been working very hard settling into our new routines and making sure we are comfortable with our timetable. We have been working super hard on making sure we have been good role models to the rest of the other children, making sure that everyday we have been sticking to our class charter. 

We have been working on our grammar in English, learning lots of new grammar terms which will help us to become successful Y6 writers! In Maths, we started looking at place value, and numbers to 10,000,000! We have been consolidating all of our knowledge from Year 5.

We started our Geography and History topics (Rivers & The Tudors). Last but not least, we have been trying to have lots of fun!!! 

This week in Science, the children in Eagle class @FP have started Year 6 with a griping topic ‘Circulatory System’. We have explored the main parts of the human circulation system and described the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood. We worked in pairs and felt confident to present our research to the rest of the class as TV reporters. Do you know how long the circulatory system is if you were to lay out end-to-end all the arteries, capillaries and veins in one adult? 

(100,000 Km)

Find out the lastest news from Forster Park in our first newsletter of the Autumn Term.  Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend:

https://wp.me/peWTXe-3g9

In Parakeet class @FP, we have had a busy and exciting week! We have taken part in lots of sessions about how we can be successful this year with our learning, as classmates and as friends. We all signed our class rules which we wrote together and sealed it with a handprint.

In English we have been writing our own stories. We thought about who our audience would be and wrote our stories accordingly.  Mrs Osborne thought these were extremely good. We edited our work to make it better and made front covers and blurbs for the back.

We have been learning about Pablo Picasso and looking at his art. We then made our own collage faces similar to his style. What do you think?

The children in Dove class @FP have settled in very well and we have had lots of fun. During the first week we wrote our holiday news and the children used their phonics knowledge to write words and sentences!

We have created drawings of ourselves and our family and created lots of structures.

In maths we are learning about place value using various equipment to show amounts.

We have spoken about our class rules and how to look after resources and the class room.

We have had a fantastic time so far and are looking forward to the coming weeks.

We would like to take this opportunity to warmly welcome our new children and their families to Duckling and Dove class at Forster Park Primary School. Reception is a year of growing socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually. Your child will interact with a new environment, make new friends and enjoy a range of different learning experiences. You may be surprised at how quickly your child progresses! Your involvement, interest and enthusiasm will help make this a wonderful year of growth for you and your child. Your contribution to your child’s education is always appreciated! 

Personal, social and emotional: We will begin our school year by establishing strong expectations and learning new routines. To help us build new relationships, we will learn about friendly behaviours such as turn-taking, respectful listening and kind words. 

As we learn about what makes us unique, we will start to learn to appreciate our friend’s similarities and differences. 

How to help your child at home – -Talk about what they have been doing during the day, who they are friends with. 

Communication, language and literacy: We will begin learning our phase 2 sounds in Phonics lessons this term. We will learn to say, read and write a new sound every day.  We will listen to a range of stories, rhymes and songs and develop our memory and language skills when retelling familiar stories. 

How to help your child at home – – Read every night and sign their reading record. – Engage in homework tasks and revise the sounds learnt so far— build upon your child’s ability to speedily recall sounds. -Log into Bug club and share one of the many books. 

Understanding of the world: We will talk about being part of a team this year, learning about our classroom and friends and wider school community. We will talk about our families, who lives with us and what we enjoy doing. We will learn about celebrations and the harvest festival and how the season changes. 

How to help your child at home– – Celebrate different families together. – Point out the changes in the environment as the season changes.

Physical Development: Both classes have access to the playground and climbing equipment. The children will be challenged to use their bodies safely and effectively around the apparatus.  We will also be using our fine motor movements in our weekly Playdough disco lessons.

How to help your child at home- – Encourage your child to dress themselves independently—can your child do up their own buttons and zips? 

Mathematics: Maths is all around us. This term, we will enjoy learning numbers through stories and rhymes, acting them out using props and equipment.

How to help your child at home- – Look for numbers when out and about (number plates, house numbers, prices etc.) – Play board games and card games with number cards, talk about the value of numbers (Who’s number is the biggest? Why?) 

Expressive art and design: We will be exploring a range of materials and equipment this term when creating artworks and collages. We will paint self portraits and will also use our imaginations when creating new worlds and role playing. 

How to help your child at home- – Sing along to familiar nursery rhymes and songs. – Enjoy arts and crafts with your child at home. 

In Kingfisher class @FP this week, the children have been representing and partitioning numbers to 10,000. They have been using place value counters, dienes and their own representations. I’m super impressed with their Math knowledge. 

Our artist this term is Pablo Picasso so the children created their own self portrait in his style. Check them out!

Remember our PE days are Monday (gymnastics) and Thursday (football). Make sure they bring in PE kits to change into. 

I will be sending the children home with their logins for Bugclub, Mathletics and TTRS today.

✨ This week in nursery, we’ve been inspired by the story ‘What We’ll Build’ by Oliver Jeffers! 🛠️ The children have started their journey of building – not just houses, but friendships, and most importantly, our very own nursery family! 🏠💛 We’re so excited to see where our adventures in creativity and teamwork will take us next! 🌟 #BuildingOurFuture #NurseryAdventures #WhatWellBuild #FriendshipsInTheMaking #NurseryFamily

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Wishing everyone a great summer

In Dove class @FP last week, we were very busy reading and writing instructions in English. We followed instructions on how to make jam sandwiches which were very tasty. In Design and technology we have been learning about different foods and catagorising them into the different food groups: protein, fats, carbohydrates, dairy etc. We then made a fruit salad by cutting up different fruit and mixed them together in orange juice. It was very nice!

In maths we were learning how to tell the time (o’clock and half past). Last week we were learning about place value using language such as hundreds, tens and ones, we have used the dienes and numicon to help us make numbers and then write the digits to the amount we have made.

We have also been lucky enough to fit in a Sports Day! The children had so much fun competing in all the different activities. Well Done everyone!

Over the past two weeks some of us also got to meet our new teachers in our new classrooms which was very exciting.

It has been a great year and the children have grown in confidence and are now ready to move on to the next stage of their learning.

We wish them all the best next year.

From Miss Banning and Mrs Johnson