Delphinus - Reflect and Review

Dear Delphinus Families,

Welcome back to Term 5 – we hope you had a restful break!
We are very excited this week as it has been all change! Mr Waldock and Mrs Ward had the most amazing start to the week, and Molly and Mrs Claxton have been delighted how welcome the children have made them feel throughout their teaching time too!

Let’s share some of what we have been doing!
In maths we have counted in lots of different ways – 2s, 5s and 10s, and on Thursday we started our Geometry sessions by looking at different turns! We used some new vocabulary “full”, “half”, “quarter” and “three-quarter” to describe these turns and had fun pretending to be robots!

We are starting afresh with Maths Homework this term so please make sure your child has their book every Monday for marking. The dates on the stickers should now correspond to the correct weeks!

Curious Quest has taken a step up as we introduced some new Faithful Friends! We now have Midnight Fox who loves dreams and dreaming. Scruff is a blackbird who loves to sing and listen to music whilst Latimer is a little mouse who loves inventing things and finding out how things work. Finally Byron is a ginger cat who loves poetry and rhymes! Ask your child which is their favourite and why! We can’t wait to send these friends on weekly adventures!

Our afternoons now begin with practicing some extra reading while we get ready for the Phonics Screening Check in June. To help your child read quickly and accurately, please scan the QR codes to watch together at home.                                                                    

We are also creating our own flock of birds in Art and have worked carefully at creating 3D models. We closely observed photographs of real birds, created feathers and feathery patterns, and finally collaged our bird-bodies and gave them legs and feet! We now have a delightful flock of fantasy birds adorning the classroom!

In Big 5 we listened to the true story of Malala from Afghanistan and asked the question ‘can you control your anger?’ We linked it to our values of being Gentle and Brave, and also Humble and Wise.

What a week and what hard workers your children are! 

Information

Don't forget to join us at our Book Fair next week - in the Hall after school Tuesday 21st - Friday 24th April! Special Offer: Buy 3 for the price of 2!

We'll be getting back into the swing of things with our Maths Practise Journals on Monday, with new labels given to children with dates for this term. If you haven't had a label yet, please remind your child to bring in their book this week!

Dates for the diary:

Thursday Outdoor Learning:  23^rd April, 7^th May, 21^st May  Please send your child into school with their outdoor learning kit. As the weather gets warmer, they do still need long sleeves and trousers, but these can be light cotton instead of heavy duty materials. A waterproof coat is also a necessity thanks to our unpredictable weather!

Book Fair: 21^st – 24^th April  after school in the Hall.

Bank Holiday Monday 4^th May school closed

Delphinus and Pegasus at St Lawrence, 7th May, 10.15am Parents welcome.

Zoolab visit 14^th May more details to follow

HSA Quiz Night 16^th May more details to follow

MUFTI DAY and End of Term 22^nd May school ends at 3:10pm