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Dear Parents and Carers,

Sharing a story with someone is more than just words. It helps to develop strong relationships and inspires a love of learning. How we read aloud is also important, as the use of expression and intonation can bring alive the words on a page. This week we have explored this further during assemblies.

Attendance Attendance this week is 96.6% Well done Year Three and Year Six you are this week’s attendance winners with 98.7%. Year Two, Four and Five are our ON TIME winners this week with no lates! WELL DONE!!

Reception Year One Year Two Year Three Year Four Year Five Year Six Total

95.8% 97.9% 93.1% 98.7% 96.4% 95.0% 98.7% 96.6%

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Weekly Newsletter Friday 13th March 2020

Parent Conferences appointments will be sent home today - please check your child’s bag. If you have not yet requested an appointment, please contact the school office.

World Down Syndrome Day On Friday 20th March, we will be observing World Down Syndrome day which takes place the following day. This is to raise children's awareness of Down Syndrome. On this day, we would like children to wear odd socks

to show our support.

Coronavirus Update

At Egerton CP School, we take the health and safety of our pupils and wider community seriously. There is currently no cause for concern at school, and we are following the government guidelines. Yesterday these guidelines changed to anyone with a high temperature or cough should self-isolate for 7 days. The advice from the government, due to the nature of the situation, is continuously updated. If there is any change to the current situation, we will inform parents via parent mail.

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Learning Update - Follow us on twitter @egertoncpschool for learning updates and highlights from the classrooms. Reception Class have been busy learners this week! They have continued to show a love of stories by reading lots more Julia Donaldson stories including The Highway Rat! As the weather has improved, the children have been busy on some outdoor play adventures that included building boats and being creative with the den building resources. Our biggest success this week has been our first class assembly. The children were all superstars and we were very proud of their achievements so far in Reception Class. Year One has had a busy, busy week of new topics starting. In Maths, we have started to look at 3-D shapes, learning to recognise and name them and say what properties they have. In English, we have started to look at non-fiction texts and how they are different to fiction stories. We had our first lesson looking at The Beatles, and have loved listening to some of their songs. The children have loved going into our new music studio in class, playing instruments and writing their own songs.

Year Two have had a brilliant week of learning! Following on from World Book Day, the children have produced some creative collages of ‘The Land of Goodies’. They have used these to create some imaginative stories that showcased their much improved writing skills. In Maths, the children have consolidated their understanding of division and confidently used inverse. During ICT lessons, they have produced some posters showing how we can Stay Safe Online. In Science, the children have started to investigate what pants need to grow. A great week, Year Two! In English this week, Year Three have enjoyed sharing different examples of Greek myth stories. They have noted that many of the different Gods appear in more than one of the stories. In Maths, the children have been working on the Geometry skills, where they have been learning about different types of lines, including Parallel, Perpendicular, Horizontal and Vertical lines. The children have been thinking about the plants that they eat as part of their Science learning this week. They have grouped different fruits and vegetables according to what part of the plant that they would normally eat. In English this week, Year Four have been identifying the features of letters and looking at the use of possessive apostrophes. The children have enjoyed working with decimal numbers in maths, and they have worked diligently when calculating numbers to 2 decimal places. In our science topic electricity, we have been learning all about simple circuits and completed practical activities to consolidate our learning. The class showed excellent knowledge about castles in history, and they were able to articulate why castles were so important once the Normans had invaded England. Well done Year Four on another fantastic week of learning! This week in English, Year Five have been distinguishing between fact and opinion in different pieces of text including autobiographies. The children have then looked at using a variety subordinating conjunctions including ‘since’. They have explored how certain conjunctions can be used in a variety of ways. In Maths, the children have been using pictorial aids to help them begin to use short division. We have been extremely busy in Year Six this week. During English, we have been working on summarising pieces of texts

and we have begun our new novel, ‘When a Monster Calls’. In Mathematics, we have simplified fractions, and we have

compared and ordered fractions with different denominators. For our Ancient Egyptian topic, we have investigated the

importance of the three seasons in Ancient Egypt, the role each season played in the production and harvest of food, and

the effect the actions of the River Nile had on Egypt at that time.

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This week’s celebrations and awards……..

House Points – this week’s house winners are Entwistle - Well Done!

Going for Gold! Well Done to Jack Sharples and Luca Vose who have received their bronze badges this week. Well done to Grace Kirman, Millie Brooks, Daniel Turner, Evelyn Corbett, Norik Gashi, and Phoebe Ashworth who have received their Silver award…Well Done!!

Head Teacher Award - Well done to Florrie Manock who has received the Head Teacher’s award this week for showing a great commitment to learning.

Stars of the Week Reception – Louis Davies and Harley Humphries Year One – Lottie France and Olivia Kilcoyne Year Two – James Brae and Mitch Gorman Year Three – Amelia Slater and Finley Griffiths Year Four – Rupert Hallows and Izzy Plano Year Five – Rory Mills and Muskan Zuhra Year Six – Licci Aspbury and Isaac Simpson

Well done to you all!

Kind regards,

Mr P Johnson Acting Head Teacher