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STEPHEN FREEMAN PRIMARY SCHOOL “Everybody; Every Moment; Every Idea Counts”
September 11th 2020
Welcome back to you all
As you read this newsletter you will see what amazing work the children have been engaged in
since their return to school. They have all settled in so well and have managed the new routines
with skill and maturity, so well done to all of you.
We have welcomed a new teacher, Mrs Manthorpe into Year 5 and hope she will really enjoy
being a member of staff at our school.
As you are aware we have had to adapt our procedures to reflect the situation that we are in
and some clarification is needed to ensure that everything runs smoothly.
Each class has set start and finish times. If you are late dropping off your child and the big
vehicle gate is closed, please do not use the pedestrian gate as this is for exit only. You
will have to wait for the big gate to open again before you can drop your child off.
Staff will be coming into school at different times due to varying contracted hours.
Please observe social distancing. If you are coming on site the ruling is still set at 2 metres
or one metre if you are wearing a mask, which you are very welcome to do.
Please be mindful that as a school we are all doing our best to maintain the new routines
to ensure safety but also to keep our school vibrant and enjoyable for everyone.
Because we have children arriving and leaving at different times, it is even more important
to be sensible and thoughtful when you park your car. We also have children leaving
school by themselves so please think about this before you park your car. A reminder from
the highway code rule 243:
You should not park near a school entrance - as well as anywhere that would prevent ac-
cess for emergency services, at or near a bus stop, opposite or within 10 metres of a
junction, over a dropped kerb and in front of an entrance to a property.
Nursery
We are so proud of all our new Rainbow Explorers chil-
dren. They all arrived at Nursery ready to explore, play
and learn. We are so impressed with how polite and
kind the children are to their new friends and teachers.
Year 1- Brazil and Chile
The children in Brazil class have had a fantas-
tic start to the new school year and have set-
tled really well. The children have shown how
they are ready to be independent and respon-
sible learners. We have been listening to a
story about ‘bubbles’ and talking about where
we would like to go if we were floating in a
bubble. This week we have been reading ‘The
Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas which has
led us to think about our emotions and how
we talk about how we are feeling. We are ex-
cited to begin sharing our learning all together
as a class.
Reception have had a super start to their year. The Reception staff have been impressed
with how well the children have come into school and how they have settled into their new
classes. We are looking forward to getting to know each other and our new environments.
The children have decorated the walls with self-portraits to help them feel at home in their
classroom.
Reception -UK and Poland Classes
This term we are having a PSHE
focus on ‘bucket filling’, you may
have heard this mentioned at home.
Bucket filling is all about being kind
to others and helping to build other
people’s self-esteem, as well as
your own. Each Friday we will be
awarding the ‘bucket filler’ of the
week with a certificate. The children
are already really focused on this
and have shown so much kindness
to each other throughout the week.
In art the children have created
some lovely self-portraits.
Peru and Argentina have had a wonderful start to the term. We are so proud of how well
the children have settled and adjusted to the new routines. Our topic this term is ‘The
Magic Paintbrush’ and we have really enjoyed the story and beginning our study of China.
The children have been making predictions and have also had the chance to role-play as
the main character Ho. The children have shown great enthusiasm towards the chapter
book we are reading in class ‘Charlie Changes into a Chicken’. We are enjoying reading a
chapter a day and we have had lots of giggles.
Year Two—Argentina and Peru Classes
The journey begins in Chile Class
What an amazing start we have had to Year 1. The children
have come in and settled brilliantly to their new routines and
structure. The children have explored their new learning space
and have proved that they are incredible at tidying up! This
week we have been reading a book called ‘The Colour Monster’
by Anna Llenas, it is about a colour monster who is all confused
and needs help to sort out his feelings. We have discussed feel-
ing and emotions with the children and completed some work
Year 4 - China and Japan
The term has started really well
in the Year 4 bubble of China
and Japan, the children have
been amazing. We have started
the unit Road Trip Asia and will
be learning more and more
about our wonderful countries.
During the first few days of term
we have created spaghetti and
marshmallow towers to show
how well we work in teams. We
learnt that in China and Japan,
technology and architecture are
important when building tall tow-
ers and buildings.
We put a bubble display togeth-
er. We wrote a target for the
coming term on our bubbles,
hopefully when we look at them
again in 6 weeks time we will
have met our targets. We also
produced some amazing art
work. We worked in the style of
Charlie Mackesy who wrote and
illustrated the book ‘The Boy,
the Mole, the Fox and the
Horse. We wrote about what we
feel is important to us
We have had a busy few days and the children have been
working really hard, well done everyone. We have been
making our own maths resources to help with our times
tables and we have been reading ‘The Stone Age’ by Mar-
cia Williams and ‘Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura. We
have already starting to develop our understanding of
nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Please Note: PE lessons will be on a Wednesday so the
children will need to come to school in their PE kit and they
will remain in their kit all day. PE will be outside, even in
the rain so make sure your child is dressed appropriately.
Year 3- Nepal
Year 3-India
India class have had a fantastic start to the term.
We began by creating our ‘leaf targets and think-
ing about what we would like to achieve this
year, such as ‘being kind and helpful’ and
‘getting my pen licence’. We have started our
science topic on plants and have designed our
own plants and learnt about their structure. The
children have done some amazing creative writ-
ing describing caves and woodlands which links
to our topic exploring The Stone Age.
Kenya class have had an amazing and busy start to the year! We have designed dream
jars full of our goals for this year and written reports on Kenya. Our guided reading book is
entitled ‘Holes’ and our class book is called ‘Wonder’. We have even figured out where all
the symbols should be in a coded hundred square and although this was tricky at first we
persevered and got to the end. As a class we are really looking forward to the great term
ahead!
The children in Madagascar are working re-
ally hard and settled into school life really
well. This week we have been learning all
about our class country and have written
non-chronological reports to display our in-
formation.
Year 6-Kenya
Year 6- Madagascar
The first week back for Year 5 has
been fantastic. The children are regain-
ing their resilience and showing kind-
ness towards each other. We have
been using a short animated film called
‘Tadeo Jones’ to inspire our diary en-
tries and have had great fun creating
our ‘Dream Jars’ which hold our aspira-
tions for this year. In maths we have
been learning about place value, and
we have started to look at our topic
studying Ancient Egypt by making our
own cartouche using hieroglyphics.
Year 5 Egypt- South Africa and The Gambia
Class Dojo and Tapestry
Please make sure that you are signed up to Class Dojo and Tapestry. If your child
is isolating the staff will use either one of these programmes to send work home.
Please remember not to send any important messages via Dojo or Tapestry, if
you need to contact your child’s teacher you will need to call or email the school
office.
Thank you to all of you for recognising the
collective responsibility that we share to
ensure our school is a safe and engaging
learning and working environment