The group ‘Turn on the Subtitles’ have researched the benefits of having subtitles on when a child is watching television. They found that turning on subtitles can greatly improve children’s reading skills.

This is such a quick, simple, free way to make TV time, reading time!!

To find out more, visit the Turn on the Subtitles website by clicking HERE.

Book week got off to a great start this week with a live meet with the author Elizabeth Laird!

Elizabeth has written many books.  They are mostly set in Africa and tackle issues such as war, the life of a refugee, courage and perseverance. Year 5 are currently reading two her books this term ‘Fastest Boy in the World’ and ‘Oranges in no Man’s Land’. 

The children were able to ask Elizabeth a number of questions and were inspired by her amazing experiences.

World Book Day – Thursday 4th March. We will be wearing our Pyjamas (not costumes) at school or at home to celebrate this year’s World Book Day theme ‘share a story’. Children will be asked to share a story with the people they live with and with each other in school.

We have planned a number of exciting activities including joining together wearing our Pyjamas (dressing gown too if you wish!) on Thursday 4th March. We will ask pupils to make a den on this day where they can get comfortable and snuggle up with a good book.

We will also be sharing a video of our question time with a famous author A.F Harrold with everyone too!            

We know how important reading is to help children succeed in education. A child who reads 20 minutes per day will cover 1.8million words per year and is likely to achieve higher than 90% of their peers in primary and secondary school. Read, read, read and some more! 

This week, Mrs McHale had a great Virtual Book Club with the children in KS2.

The first book they read was ‘The Coronavirus Kid’ by Olive Jamieson. They continued to read the next few chapters which were very exciting! The children are thoroughly enjoying this book and can relate to the thoughts and feelings of the character.

The second book they read was called ‘We Are All Greta’. Mrs McHale introduced the children to Greta Thunberg before inspiring them by her story.

We can’t wait to read more books in our club next week!

English in Spring Term 2

This term we have some exciting learning taking place in English. See the Spring Term 2 plan (below) to see what your children will be learning in English this term and what texts they will be reading.

Well done to Jayden, Kaycee, Kian and Georgia. You are our winners!

Click here to watch a video of the answers to our Family Fun Half Term quiz. Well done everyone who entered! It was so much fun looking at all your teacher’s baby photographs wasn’t it? Thank you to all the parents who took time to work as a family over February half term to try to guess the babies!

Well done to the families who have had a go at guessing who these babies are! 

You can still take some time with someone at home to try to guess which children grew into your teachers and staff at school. 

Take a look at the little cuties here. 👶 🍼

 Fill in your answers on Google Forms by clicking here . Boys and girls, you are experts using these Google Classroom quiz links now, so you can be the teachers with your parents! 🤩

Last day to enter is Tuesday 23rd February. Good luck, there is a prize for the winners! 

We joined thousands of schools in the UK to ensure we work together to make the internet a safer place for everyone.

Assembly, super hero competition, quizzes, games and extra lessons really helped us think about how reliable information is online, cyberbullying and how to report anything that doesn’t feel SMART or right. PARENTS! Click here to view the Online Safety guide again.