Nettlesworth Primary School

Nettlesworth Primary School

Nettlesworth Primary School

Adam Bushnell Literacy WOW Day

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Today, every child in the school had the opportunity to work with the amazing author; Adam Bushnell!

In class 1 we used beautiful descriptive language and had to trap the troll family outdoors in our enchanted woodland. Lots of imagination was used by the children and the creativity was FABULOUS!

In Class 2 we learnt all about the Great Fire of London. We were amazed by all of the facts we found out and are now super excited to learn more. We listened to stories, watched videos and were even able to smell things from that period of time. What a fantastic time we had!

 

In Class 3, we created our own superhero characters ready for our Heroes and Villains new topic. We found out that knights heraldic colours all had different meanings. We learnt all about lots of different weapons and got to hold them!

 

 

 

In Class 4, we created a spooky narrative based on our new Cornerstones Curriculum – Firedamp and Davy Lamps. The children thoroughly enjoyed their Memorable Experience with Adam Bushnell.

UNCRC 28 – Right to an education

Headteacher’s Award 28.5.21

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A massive well done to Bella in Class 2 – fantastic reading this week. You continue to impress us all.

Well done to George in class 3 for working so hard on Rising stars assessments. So proud of you George! 🙂

In Class 4, Poppy showed her Rights Respecting GOLD ethos across all her lessons this week. I just love how independent you are and you always strive to improve your work in every lesson. Well done Poppy.

Burps, Bottoms and Bile – wearable digestive systems!

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UNCRC Article  31 – All children have a right to relax and play and to join in a wide range of activities.

In class 3, we had so much fun making our wearable digestive systems in DT. We worked in groups to create a complete wearable digestive system!

 

Reading Rainbows!

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We are so proud of our little rainbows across the school – so many of you are reading at home and it is a GREAT achievement! Keep up this excellent work, it is really paying off.

Mrs Morton, in class 1 had 85% of her little rainbows read at home with a parents this week – we have also been enjoying quite ‘Love to Read time’ where we all choose one of our favourite books from the class library and look through the pictures, spot our phonics sounds and begin to read simple sentences.

 

Class 2 had 44% reading with a parent last week but this week they have blown our socks off with their new reading tree display to encourage at home reading – its increased to a massive 77%! Each time a child reads with a parents and logs it in their reading record they get a leaf for their reading tree…. it is in full bloom already 🙂

 

Class 3 had 60% reading at home with parents and Class 4 had 58% – Many more of our Key Stage children were reading at home independently too, but remember to keep signing planners and reading logs parents 🙂

 

Why is reading so important?

  • Reading for pleasure

There is overwhelming evidence that literacy has a significant relationship to people’s life chances. Reading for pleasure is more important than either wealth or social class as an indicator of success at school.

  • What does reading do for our children?

Reading improves concentration – Children have to sit still and quietly so they can focus on the story when they’re reading. Reading also relaxes the body and calms the mind whilst also exercising the connections in the brain.

It teaches children about the world around them – Through reading, they learn about people, places and events outside their own experience.

Reading improves a child’s vocabulary, leads to more highly-developed language skills and improves the child’s ability to write well. Children learn new words as they read as well as seeing how to structure sentences and how to use language effectively.

Reading develops a child’s imagination – When we read we translate the descriptions of people, places and things into pictures.

It also helps children develop empathy – When we’re engaged in a story, we imagine how the characters are feeling and use our own experiences to imagine how we would feel in the same situation.

Headteacher’s Awards 21.5.21

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Well done Finley – you have been amazing in all of your literacy and numeracy! Keep up this amazing progress 🙂

 

 

 

A massive well done to Joshua in class 2. He has impressed us with his super reading this week.

 

Well done to Charley in Class 3 for recalling lots of times tables, getting 10/10 in spellings and having a fantastic athletics session! So proud of you charley. 🙂

Well done to Kaylin in Class 4; your work ethic is fabulous and you have demonstrated a Rights Respecting GOLD attitude in all your subjects.

Butterflies

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Butterflies in class 2

Today we were met with a fantastic surprise in class … our butterflies had come out of their chrysalis! We had lots of fun looking at them and then we let them go into our foundation garden. What a lovely surprise!