Dear Parents,
I hope you all have your tickets for our Bunny Drive - there are a few left so do hurry! We are really pleased with the class photos and many of you have said how lovely they are. To qualify for free delivery to school by the end of term please complete your order online by Tuesday 21st March. On the same day we had lots of marketing shots taken and these too are really good. We are hoping to make them available for you to purchase - watch this space!
The swimming gala for Forms 1 - 6 is on Monday 27th March 10 am at The Quays. Please drop your children off at school normal time. Due to the gala there is no swimming for Early Years that day.
As the weather is warming, please remember to pack your children's water bottle.
Kind regards
Jan Caddy
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Welcome to our first Winifriends PTA update.
The purpose of this update is to provide you with information of recent projects and what future events are in the pipeline.
Winifriends have been very busy this academic year. We have had a very successful Christmas Fete which would not have been possible without the wonderful help and generosity of all those involved with the organising, set up and attendance on the day. We had positive feedback with the fete being held after school on a Friday therefore the same format will be followed for Christmas Fete 2017.
The schools red roses for Valentine's Day and cake sale raising money for the local charity Rose Road has been another success and we hope to do further fundraising events for local charities.
Plans are in place to begin work on the approved nature trail garden this Spring/Summer. This project involves regeneration of playground which is currently out of use to develop it into a wildlife habitat and learning area for the children.
Not long away now is the 'Easter Bunny Drive' being held on the 24th March from 6pm to 8pm. This is a take on a traditional 'Beetle Drive' and was great fun last year. A hot dog supper with soft drinks is included; if you would like something a bit stronger please feel free to bring a bottle. Tickets are on sale in the school office, but be quick as numbers are limited!
We look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming and future events.
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Form 6 this week
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In Maths, we will be looking at pie charts and line graphs, learning to construct and interpret both, as well as continuing to work on our SATs practice paper skills in arithmetic and reasoning.
In English, we have moved on to a new unit where we will be writing formal newspaper articles in the role of a reporter about a very unusual event from the book 'Tuesday' by David Wiesner (pigs may well fly!). We are also continuing to work through grammar concepts we need to learn about on Mondays and our reading comprehension skills.
In Science, we will be learning more about the different functions and components of blood, including types of blood vessel and different blood groups.
In topic, we will be learning about the Fair Trade process in more detail and why it is important. And in R.S., we will be starting to think about our personal response to the concept of symbols in the Christian Eucharist or communion.
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Form 5 this week
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This week in English we are continuing to write non-chronological and journalistic reports, whilst also looking at how to punctuate direct speech.
In Maths after a really successful week on area, perimeter and volume, we are moving onto measurements including converting between different units of measure, time and ratio problems.
In Science we are investigating the changes humans go through as they reach old age and the challenges the old face in an increasingly technological age.
In Geography we are moving onto using grid references starting with four-figure before trying our luck with six-figure grid references when finding locations on a map.
A big thank you to all who brought in bottle top lids.
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Coming up in Form 1
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Maths: This week Form 1 will be learning about different 2D and 3D shapes. They will need to be able to name each of the shapes that they are shown and identify the different properties of each shape. They will be discussing the differences and similarities between each of the shapes using the correct mathematical vocabulary.
English: This week the children will be concluding their travelling around the world. They will be designing their own poster advertising their chosen destination to encourage people to visit. They will also be creating an information leaflet about a chosen attraction based in their location.
Science: This week the children will be continuing to study the four seasons and this week we will be looking at how different animals survive across the varying climates around the world.
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Coming up for Form 3
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In English this week, the children will continue looking at recounts. We will focus on the text called "The Magical Garden of Claude Monet". The children will have an opportunity to study artwork by Monet and discuss the journey he went through when creating his paintings. We will learn about the chronological order of certain events and the children will use prepositions, conjunctions and time connectives to form their sentences.
In Maths, we will be revisiting our unit on time. We will read the time on a 12-hour digital clock and to the nearest 5 minutes on an analogue clock, converting time between analogue and digital. We will begin to calculate time intervals in hours and minutes. We will also be looking at angles and understanding them as degrees of turn.
In Science this week, the children will find out about the functions of stems by investigating what happens when wilting celery/white carnation is put in a red dye solution. We will discuss how scientists use diagrams and labels and the children will have a go at the experiment.
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This Week:
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Wednesday 22nd March
Form 4 whole day trip to
Sea City Museum
Friday 24th March
Winifriends Event
Easter Bunny Drive 6-8pm
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Advance Dates:
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Swimming Gala Forms 1-6 10am
The Quays
Please note No Swimming for Early Years today
Tuesday 28th March
The Twits Theatre Trip
Forms 2, 3 and 4
Nuffield Theatre
Thursday 30th March
4pm Teatime concert
Thursday 6th April
Plantagenet Charity Day
End of Term 3.30pm
Monday 24th April
Start of Summer Term
15th - 17th May
Form 5 and 6 residential trip
Wednesday 21st June
Sports Day
1.30pm at The Gregg School
Friday 7th July
Speech Day
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In Form 2 this week
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English: Continuing our work about traditional stories from other cultures Form 2 will plan and write their own traditional tale. We will focus on creating an exciting story problem which is then resolved rather than the story coming to an abrupt ending. The children will practise writing a conversation between two characters using correct punctuation, including speech marks.
In Maths this week we will revisit addition and subtraction. We will practise mental addition and subtraction including by partitioning. We will learn to add and subtract 3 digit numbers by jumping on and back using an unstructured number line in jumps of hundreds, tens and units.
Science: We will look in detail at a variety of seeds (including tree, vegetable and fruit seeds inside the fruit) comparing and contrasting their size, shape and colour. We will look at examples of the seeds that we eat and discuss why we eat them. The children will make observational drawings of some of the seeds using hand lenses and design their own seed packet for their favourite vegetable, fruit or flower including the conditions needed for successful growth. We will also look at the progress of our plant experiment, check which seeds and bulbs have germinated, discuss our observations and record the results so far.
Topic: Why would tourists go to the Isle of Coll and what do they spend their time doing? We will discuss personal likes and dislikes for different parts of the island.
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Reception and Preschool in the coming week
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In Reception the children will be reading the story
'How do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?' by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. The children will be discussing what they do when they get ill and who cares and looks after them. This will link in to talking about how special Mummy, Grandma or Nanny is to them for Mothering Sunday.
They will be writing a recipe to help make a dinosaur feel better and cards. In Maths we will be focusing on solving problems including doubling, halving and sharing.
In Preschool this week we will be reading the story 'Harry and the dinosaurs go to School'. We will be discussing how we felt when we were new in the school, what helped us feel more settled and happy to stay. This will help inform the children's decisions about how we can be kind to each other and set our own class rules. In Maths we will be counting in twos and matching dinosaurs.
Our letter and sounds focus is: Instrumental Sounds
Our phonic of the week is: 's'
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Form 4 this week
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English: This week we will read Edward Lear's The Pobble With No Toes, and Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. Using these poems as inspiration, we will be writing our own narrative poems filled with poetic devices
and of course lots of nonsense.
Maths: We will be using partitioning to multiply 3-digit numbers by single-digit numbers, using written multiplication grid or ladder method. We will learn the 11 and 12 times tables and use written division chunking method to divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers, including those divisions which give a remainder.
Science: We look at how to stop sound travelling this week looking at insulation and which materials act as the best sound proofing. We aim to make sound proof boxes that will hopefully 'keep the noise down!'
Topic: Our visit to the Sea City Museum will inspire our work on Friday where we will write and present reports on our findings about Southampton's maritime history.
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Clubs for the week beginning 20th March are
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MONDAY
Dance Club
with Miss Cutler. No formal dance wear required, children are expected to wear sports kit and appropriate footwear.
Miss Hamilton will be assisting the children before and after each group.
Group 1 Preschool + Reception 3.30pm to 4pm
Group 2 Form 1 and Form 2 4pm to 4.30pm
Homework Club
for Forms 3 to 6 3.30pm to 4.15pm
TUESDAY
Spanish Class with Ruth Kibble for Forms 1,2 and 3 from 8.15-8.45am
Colouring and Puzzle Club for Form 1 and Form 2 with Miss Tunmore 3.30pm to 4.15pm
First Aid Club for Form 2 and Form 3 with Mrs Caddy 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Science Club for Forms 4 to 6 with Mr Pascoe 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Textiles Club for Forms 3 to 6 with Mrs Jolley 3.30pm to
4.30pm
WEDNESDAY
Spanish Class with Ruth Kibble for Forms 4,5 and 6 from 8.15-8.45am
JUDO with Judo Jill - last session of the term.
Form 1 and Form 2 from 3.30pm to 4.15pm
Forms 3 to 6 from 4.30pm to 5.15pm
Junk Art Club for Reception and Form 1 with Mrs Presland 3.30pm to 4.15pm
Book Club for Form 1 and Form 2 with Mrs Carrett 3.30pm to 4.15pm
Recorder Club for Form 2 and Form 3 with Mrs Baldwin 3.30pm to 4.15pm
Lego Club for Forms 3 to 5 with Mr Papps 3.30pm to
4.15pm please note earlier finishing time
Homework/Music Practice Club
for Forms 2 to 6 with Mrs Caddy 3.30pm to 4.15pm
NO further Booster Club this term
THURSDAY
CHOIR with Mrs Caddy from 3.30pm to 4.15pm
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FRIDAY
Homework Club for Forms 3 to 6 3.30pm to 4.15pm
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Have a good weekend.