Street Tag

Well done to all our Street Taggers for a huge effort over the half term holiday.  We now have just over a week to go before the Street Tag window closes on Monday 18th November 2024.  We are currently sitting in 4^th place on the Malvern Hills Leaderboard, 200 points behind the 3^rd placed school.

Keep tagging over the next week and lets see if we can get Abberley to the top of the leaderboard by the 18th!

Children in Need

Next week the CREW group will be organising activities to raise money for BBC Children in Need.

• From Monday we will be selling Children in Need merchandise at breaktime.  Items that can be purchased range from Pudsey ears (£2.50) to pin badges and wrist bands (£1.00).

• On Friday 15 November 2024 we will be holding a non uniform day to raise money for Children in Need.  For the suggested donation of £1.00 we are asking children to come to school in Pudsey themed non-uniform.  This could be something bear related, something yellow or something spotty (or all 3!).  This could just be a yellow hair band or a pair of spotty socks - you don't need to be a head to toe Pudsey bear!

• Due to the success of the event last year we will also be doing a Run Pudsey Fun Run on Friday afternoon which all the children will be taking part in.  The children will be running round the playground and the school field so it will be muddy so please make sure they have suitable clothing and footwear for this.

To sign up for Run Pudsey you will need click on this link to find the Abberley School Fundraising page: runPudsey - School.  Use the code CD7E to sign up.  Your child will then be able to collect sponsors for the Run Pudsey event.   

Please be aware, to receive a Run Pudsey medal following the event the children must be registered.  The school are only sent enough medals to distribute to the children who have been registered on the website.

Panto - Aladdin on Tuesday 17th December

Thank you to all those who have returned their form and payment.  If you have not yet done so, please complete and return to the school office asap.  A copy of the letter is below.  Thank you.

It has been lovely to see all the children back refreshed after their half term holiday and hear all about their adventures. 

This week we have started our new topic of "Festivals and Celebrations" by learning all about the celebration of Bonfire Night.  We learnt all about Guy Fawkes and how he tried to blow up King James and the Houses of Parliament.  As part of our Drawing Club activities,  the children drew London as the setting of the story and we talked about some of the famous buildings we might see if we visited London. We also explored building some of them in the construction corner.  

We have been particularly busy in the creative area this week creating lots of firework and bonfire-themed artwork using lots of different techniques including junk modelling, paints, chalks and transition art.  It was lovely to see the children using their imagination and revisiting their creations over the course of the week to improve them further.  In the investigation area, we have been exploring light and dark and investigating which materials light will pass through.  Maybe the children can try this activity with you at home.

In PSHE we have started our new topic called "Celebrating Difference".  As part of this topic the children will be taking it in turns to bring home "The Marvellous Me" box.  Please can you put up to 5 items in the box that are special to your child, for example a favourite toy or book, a photograph or a memento from a special trip.  The children will then be able to share them with their classmates in a "Show and Tell" session.

Next week we are looking forward to finding out more about Remembrance and Celebrating BBC Children in Need

This week in English, we have revisited the features of instructions. The children had great fun creating their own potion recipes, using adverbials to sequence the ingredients in a clear and logical order. We also explored different types of sentences and used these to plan detailed and varied instructions, ensuring that they were clear and precise.

In maths, we’ve continued to work on addition and building our confidence with adding more. The children have also been practising doubles and we’ve used these to identify near doubles. Any practising of doubles at home would help hugely.

In computing, we focused on online safety, reviewing the key rules for staying safe online. The children created informative posters featuring 'Sid’s Top Tips', which help to reinforce the important rules for staying safe.

In science, we’ve been exploring seasonal changes and this week our focus was on summer. We discussed the various ways to stay safe in the sun with children highlighting the importance of wearing a hat, using sunscreen and drinking plenty of water to keep cool and protected during the warmer months.

In history, we’re learning about changes in toys through the years. The children are really excited by this topic. This week, we had a selection of both old and new toys for the children to explore. They were able to identify the differences between them and had fun figuring out which toys were old and which were new and how to play with them.

Next week, your child will need to bring a current toy from home for our lesson on Wednesday. Please ensure the toy is clearly labelled with their name and placed in a bag. Please ensure that the toy is not something that could easily break or is of significant value.

Outdoor learning clothes will need to be in on a Tuesday this half term. PE is still on Thursday and Friday.

Timetable

Tuesday: Wellies and a coat suitable for the weather

Thursday & Friday: PE kits

In music this week, we have listened to 'The Little Train of the Caipira' by Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. We sketched what we saw in our minds as we listened to the music. The composition re-creates the journey of a shuddering, juddering steam train, carrying the ‘caipira’ or ‘people of the countryside’ off to pick berries in the fields.

In English, the children have started studying our new class book 'Charlotte's Web' by E.B White. We have already fallen in love with the main character Wilbur and how loved and cared for he is by Fern. The children have looked deeply into Fern's character and made links to themselves as people and how they would approach a situation which they found 'unfair' or 'unjust'. On Tuesday, the children learnt all about verb inflections - which means using the correct verb form in sentences so that they make sense - for example, 'Fern and her dad was walking to the barn.' should be 'Fern and her dad WERE walking to the barn'. They practised these skills which will come in handy for future writing. At the end of the week the children began to investigate the difference between formal and informal writing and language and who and what we would be likely to use formal/informal writing for. This will help the children write letters later in the term.

We start DT this half term and need some box type materials such as cereal boxes, shoe boxes and egg cartons. Please bring in as many as you can by the end of November. Thanks so much :-) !

In RE, the children looked at some paintings and stained-glass windows depicting the baptism of Jesus. We looked for symbols of the holy trinity: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

Please read about our Cardiff Residential in the News section.

In music this week, we listened to different movements from The Carnival of the Animals by French composer, Camille Saint-Saens. As we listened to each movement, we thought about which animal it may represent before sketching it. We discussed how Saint-Saens used different musical elements to represent each animal musically.

Please see below information within the community but independent of the school

Here is the LINK to the November/December issue of Families magazine.

FAMILY THEATRE | Indigo Moon Theatre presents:
SeedHeart

Sunday 17 November, 2pm

All tickets only £7

Join us for a special intimate family theatre experience in the Regal Studio with theatre company Indigo Moon Theatre. Unfolding from a single suitcase, SeedHeart is suitable for all ages.

Meet Grey. Our journey begins as Grey finds themself trapped inside a jar. They try to remember how they got there and how they could be free…

SeedHeart tells the important tale of human impact on the environment and questions what we can do to restore our once green planet, with interactive chaos in the laboratory on the way!

Watch as our story unfolds (literally) from a single suitcase and follow Grey’s journey to a better future with magical pop-ups, puppetry and interactive scenes.

www.regaltenbury.co.uk