They are writing persuasive speech as the Little Bird in the forest.
Monday 8 February 2021
***Book Pick Ups Cancelled **** Monday
Book pick up will be cancelled today and rescheduled for later in the week due to dangerous road and path conditions. Please keep an eye on the blog for further information later this week.
Home Learning WB 8th February
Click here to direct you to the school website home learning page.
Class teacher contact
Mr Nouri Nursery@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Shaxted and Miss Hawes YearRS@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Bhathal YearRB@wrotham-road.kent.sch.u
Miss McIntosh Year1M@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Chappell and Mrs Taffs Year1CT@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Butt Year2B@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Stone Year2S@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Foord Year3F@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Anwar Year3A@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Evans Year4E@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Tan Year4T@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mr Alderson Year5A@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Stenson Year5S@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mr Smith Year6S@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Karim Year6K@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Thursday 4 February 2021
Safety Internet Day Competition 2021
Safer Internet Day 2021 Competition
Next Tuesday is Safer Internet Day 2021. The theme for this year is: ‘An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world’.
To enter the competition, you will need to create either a leaflet or a poster on Purple Mash that explains why it is important to check that what we read online is reliable. This can be found in your 2Dos section. You leaflet/poster will need to answer the following questions: What do we mean by a reliable source? How can we tell if something online is reliable? What should we do if we believe that the information is unreliable? You could also add in extra information, explaining why it is important that we stay safe online.
Here are some links to websites that could help you (please go through these with an adult at home):
https://www.childnet.com/resources/the-adventures-of-kara-winston-and-the-smart-crew/chapter2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/safer-internet-day-live-lesson/zdh2wnb
(This lesson will go live on Tuesday morning).
Please save your work on Purple Mash as your name. Follow the guide on our Purple Mash blog for sharing your work to the whole-school display board.
The competition will end on Friday 12th February at 9am. Mr Alderson will be selecting a winner and the winning leaflet/poster will be shared on the school website.
I know this is a long email, but I think it is really important that, as a school, we celebrate Safer Internet Day 2021!
Many thanks!
Wednesday 3 February 2021
Captain Sir Tom Moore
Following the very sad news of the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore yesterday, we have produced an additional special pack looking at his life and achievements. Please find the resource attached, it can be used to support independent home learning, a virtual assembly or discussion.
Story: Lockdown hero Captain Sir Tom Moore sadly passed away yesterday.
Question: What can we learn from Captain Sir Tom Moore?
Tuesday 2 February 2021
Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week – a week-long campaign committed to raising awareness on the issues that affect children’s mental wellbeing. Place2Be is a mental health charity that works with pupils and staff all over the UK to improve mental health in children. This year’s theme is ‘Express Yourself’.
**** NEW BOOK PACK PICK UPS NEXT WEEK! ****
Monday 8th February- Resource Pack Pick Ups: Please collect at the allocated time only
9.30am: Reception - collect from the Reception playground via the Reception gate
9.30am:Year 6 - collect from the top playground via the back gate
11am: Year 1 - collect from the Reception playground via the Reception gate
11am: Year 5 - collect from the top playground via the back gate
1.30pm: Year 2 - collect from the Reception playground via the Reception gate
1.30pm: Year 4 - collect from the top playground via the back gate
2.30pm: Year 3 - collect from the top playground via the back gate
(Please contact your class teacher via their email if you wish to collect a sibling book pack)
Starting next week, new video recording from the class teachers. Make sure you check out the links on the Purple Mash learning platform!
Since the country first went into lockdown in March 2020 we have made great strides with technology and our ability to provide a greater depth of remote learning opportunities.
Serial Mash is also going live next week too!
Serial Mash is an online library of fiction books for children. Its purpose is to inspire children to read for pleasure. New books are added at the beginning of each half-term and released in a serial format to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Each book chapter is complemented by a host of printable resources. Comprehension quizzes, grammar worksheets, sequencing activities, and open ended questions - they're all in one place.
Monday 1 February 2021
Virtual Assembly WB 1st February
Story: A team of Nepalese climbers have been the first to summit the world’s second highest mountain, K2 in winter.
Question: Why do people choose to climb mountains?
Virtual Assembly Click Here
Sign of the Week : 1st - 7th February
Sign of the Week is an online Makaton resource.
Learn a new word every week and be inspired to get signing.
This week's sign is...
The letter C
Click Here
Saturday 30 January 2021
Home Learning WB 1st February
Click here to direct you to the school website home learning page.
Class teacher contact
Please find a list of the class emails. These addresses are so that you can ask your child's class teacher for any help around home learning. The staff of Wrotham Road will also be in contact with you to talk to the children just to touch base when we can.
We would like to send our very best wishes to all of you at this very difficult time, we understand how challenging this period will be for all of us.
Keep reading, exercise, do the best you can with the work supplied and stay safe.
Mrs Jack
Mr Nouri Nursery@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Shaxted and Miss Hawes YearRS@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Bhathal YearRB@wrotham-road.kent.sch.u
Miss McIntosh Year1M@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Chappell and Mrs Taffs Year1CT@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Butt Year2B@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Stone Year2S@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Foord Year3F@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Anwar Year3A@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Evans Year4E@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Tan Year4T@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mr Alderson Year5A@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Stenson Year5S@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Mr Smith Year6S@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Miss Karim Year6K@wrotham-road.kent.sch.uk
Children's Mental Health Week 1st February-7th February
The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is Express Yourself.
Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas, through creativity. It is about finding a way to show who you are, and how you see the world, that can help you feel good about yourself.
As parents and carers, you play an important role in your child’s mental health. Check out our free resources below.
Celebration of Year 3 Home learning!
Amazing maths work this week Ameer. We have been learning about capacity and Ameer found different containers around the house, estimated the volume and then found out the actual volume! What a great picture of a kettle!
We have been learning some new vocabulary in English. Mantaj and Gurdeep have written some amazing sentences using the vocabulary and added some more sentences about the pictures.
Celebration of the Year 5 Home Learning!
Gurkeerat: We were writing our own version of 'The Listeners' by Walter De La Mare, focusing on using similar themes and styles as he does.
Seb: We had to create our own workout to keep us healthy during lockdown. Seb used diagrams to support his written explanations and included a time frame/amount of reps per exercise.
Tanisha: We've been looking at the Ancient Greeks and how they have influenced many civilisations since. One aspect we learnt about was the Olympic Games, we had to do our own research to find out more about when and where the games started and how they've changed over time.
Year 1 Amazing Home Learning!
Rafferty’s drawing of the Santa Maria
Here is Harroop’s story map. She then used connections to extended her sentences:
Friday 29 January 2021
Dear Parents,
I’m sure that many of you will have been following the news closely and have already picked up on the statement regarding school openings but, for those of you who may not have had the chance to see it yet, we wanted to make sure that everyone was as up to date as possible.
Since the start of this pandemic, schools have rarely been provided with much clarity or advance notice but we are pleased that we now have some information about what will be happening in the coming weeks. However, we are, of course, disappointed that we will not have everyone back in school for a little while yet.
The key announcements from parliament this week were as follows:
· The earliest schools might ‘begin to re-open’ will be Monday 8th March.
(This is the start of the third school week after the half-term holiday)
· There will be a plan/review set out on Monday 22nd February with further updates
(This is the first day after the half-term holiday)
· When a decision on the exact date of return has been made, schools will get two weeks’ notice
I know that the above will be disappointing for many families and children to hear, but I know that it provides some hope that there might be an end in sight – at least in terms of getting the children back into school.
We also received clarification from the Department for Education (DfE) yesterday that schools would not be asked to open over half-term for children of critical workers as was the case in the first lock-down.
At this point, I need to say a huge ‘thank you’ for the time you have taken to support your children at home with their learning. We have been both delighted and impressed by the photos of work and the accounts of activities you have been sharing with us. At times, this way of working may not have suited your child perfectly but we have been reassured by the way you have adapted tasks, materials and resources to support them and how you have used other learning opportunities to help your child learn. As a school community, we will be taking all these positives and techniques forward as we develop our practices further.
Please stay safe and try to remain optimistic – let’s keep our fingers crossed that your children will be able to return to school very soon.
Kind regards,
Mrs Sarah Jack
Coming Soon!
Serial Mash is an online library of fiction books for children. Its purpose is to inspire children to read for pleasure. New books are added at the beginning of each half-term and released in a serial format to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Each book chapter is complemented by a host of printable resources. Comprehension quizzes, grammar worksheets, sequencing activities, and open ended questions - they're all in one place.
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