Hello families,
Welcome to issue 4 of the 2024/25 P2B Bouncing Bunnies Blog!
An Apology
This past Monday there was a loose parts session I had not communicated to you. This was simply because I had misread the timetable. I apologise for this and hope that clothes did not come home too sandy and wet. I have now amended my calendar and will include the next 2 sessions here going forwards. The next session is now Thursday 19th September and will be followed on Monday 30th September. Again my apologies for that miscommunication.
Timetables, Dates and Reminders
- PE is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
- Our next loose parts session is on Thursday 19th September
- Our following Loose Parts session is on Monday 30th of September.
- Miss Kelly takes the class on Wednesdays.
- We have a short class show and tell session each Tuesday focused on achievements and souvenirs of special experiences.
- Your child needs a spare change of clothes in school in case of spills or getting caught in the rain etc. If your child is wearing these home one day can we have a replacement the next day.
- We have a rotating list of class responsibilities each week. One of these is our librarian. As well as looking after our class reading books the librarian will bring in from home, or choose from the class library, a favourite book for Mr Bennett to read at story time on Fridays.
- Our shared area is always in need of clean and dry cardboard boxes etc for junk modelling. Skip the recycling and bring yours in (no packaging from dairy products or nut products for the safety of those area users with allergies please.) A big thanks to all who have contributed. Please keep it coming. And a special thank you again to Robyn and family who collected another large haul of junk modelling supplies and all our other contributors.
- If you have not returned your KIC form can we ask that it is returned ASAP as we cannot take trips and walks off of school grounds without them.
- Reading books will be going out from next week. Reading books coming home on a Friday is to showcase their reading work to you.
Trip out- Volunteers Sought
As a finale to our houses and homes and information handling we are considering a local area walk to survey the types of homes in the local area. We will need to have all our KIC forms (the personal details forms) returned so if yours is outstanding please rush that back in.
We are hoping that this will take place on one of the next two Wednesdays, probably around 9.30am. If you have some Wednesday availability and would like to come to support the class then please send a message to school detailing that availability and we will contact interested parents to confirm.
Literacy
Our class sound focus this week was on igh and -y digraphs. We saw some fabulous rainbow writing on Wednesday of words including night, sight and light. Some groups also were working on CVC words van leg and jam and on revising digraphs th and wh.
Maths and Numeracy
In addition to our SEAL sessions we have been looking at Information Handling. We did more work on Venn diagrams this week and worked on adding intersections. There was some fabulous sorting and understanding shown.
Play
Some of the class were building high and made a very tall tower using marble run supports. We also carried on with building buildings and had a good time at loose parts.
Health and Wellbeing
In PE this week we have tried some throwing and catching ball skills.
The Mr Bennett Bit
I was again really impressed with the amazing way the class tackled the Venn diagrams and sorted the objects into a range of amazing groups. There has been some really good progress and effort going into writing this week with everybody working hard to follow our non negotiables and star steps (Capital letter, full stop, finger spacing).
Have a fabulous LONG weekend Bouncing Bunnies
Mr Bennett.
Buckstone Primary School 