A few parents have asked about the dates for our Christmas play. The performances will take place on Thursday 14th December at 1.30pm and Friday 15th December at 9.30am.
We hope you will be able to make one of the performances.
We had a fantastic day on Friday celebrating and raising money for Children in Need. We shared our picnic food with the older children in the school, thank you for being so generous. There was a lot of food left over and this was donated to a food bank.
We spent the day completing lots of different activites. We made bear faces, movable bears, colouring sheets and counting sheets. A fun day was had by all and we raised lots of money for Children in Need.
This week we have started to practise for our Christmas Play. The children are doing well learning the lines and the songs. Please help them to say their lines in a big loud voice.
In Mathematics we are learning about one less and writing numbers, in our literacy lesson we are practising hearing the phonemes in words and writing sentences.
Please keep sending in the milk bottles for our igloo.
We have been doing lots of counting of objects, claps, jumps and time.
Ollie counted how long it took the cars to go down the slope.
Matching number to quantity.
We also looked at lots of different logos. We were surprised how many we could read.
Lots of the children could tell us that this was McDonalds.
We had a great end of the week on Friday when we found out about Alexander Graham Bell. Inspired by him, we made our own telephones and also worked together to make an invention of our own. 
On Friday we are having a teddy bears picnic and can wear spotty clothes and bring a teddy bear to school for Children in Need. We can’t wait, it will be fun.
We had a lovely day celebrating and finding out about the festival of Diwali. We made lamps, rangoli patterns, watched a video of how a young family prepare for the celebrations and tasted indian food.
We also worked in groups to make puppets and then perform infront of our friends the story of the 3 Little pigs. The children made some great puppets without support from an adult and we were really pleased with their efforts.
Here are some of the photographs from the week.
We are looking forward to the next half term where we will be looking at 3D shapes, practising for our Christmas play, role playing in the Post Office and outside in the Police Station.
Thank you to all the families who came along to join Father Michael welcome the children at this Sunday’s Mass. It was good to have so many children celebrate the Sacrament and be welcomed to the community of All Souls. The children all sang beautifully and their art work looked fantastic at the front of the church.
We are going to be busy this week baking cakes, writing recipes, ordering numbers and exploring the world God made for us.
Below are some of the photographs of last weeks learning in Reception.
Reminder
Please can you provide your child with weather appropriate clothing and footwear on Tuesday. The weather looks like it could be wet for our trip to the Memorial Park and so wellingtons would be the most suitable footwear.
Year 6 met their Prayer Friends for the first time today. Each child in Year 6 found out which Reception child they will be supporting throughout their first year at All Souls’. The class loved spending some of the afternoon getting to know them and playing with them.
We wish Reception all the best at their Welcome Mass this weekend.
The first week has been amazing. The children have settled very well. They all worked hard and enjoyed exploring the new environment. I think you may have had some very tired children! The group have starting mixing and are beginning to make new friends.
We have spent the week completing assessments to give us the level to start the learning from. This will continue over next week by which time we will have a full picture of all children. We have already started phonics, reading and handwriting. Please make sure that your child’s reading book and learning journey are back in school daily.
On Sunday 1st October we will be attending a Mass to welcome the children into the church and the schoool community. Please try to support us sharing this Mass.
Below are some photographs of the first week, we are looking forward to an exciting year.
Our annual Summer Festival and Parish Garden Party takes place this Sunday 2nd July. There will be the usual 9.30am Sunday mass, followed by a celebratory 11.15am mass which will include some children leading parts of it. This mass will be followed by a get together in the Presbytery Garden of All Souls’ Church where you are all invited to come along, play some games, bring food and drinks to share a picnic and enjoy the parish gala celebrations together.
As we have mentioned in the newsletters over the last couple of weeks, we would love to see as many children as possible at the 11.15am service to support us with various parts of the mass. We ask that children in the choir congregate together to join their voices as one and boost this joyous occasion. They will also perform a hymn unaccompanied.
On Friday 30th June, we are inviting children to come into school wearing non uniform and in return bring in a bottle that will go towards the free bar at the garden party.
Nursery/Reception – cans/bottles of Budweiser
Year 1 – cans of carling
Year 2 – cans of John Smiths (bitter)
Year 3 – cans of cider
Year 4 – bottles of white wine
Year 5 – bottles of rose wine
Year 6 – bottles of red wine
Please help us support our parish community in this celebration. We hope to see as many of our families there as possible. A letter has come home with children today; please complete and return the attached reply slip.
Thank you for your continued support.
The children in Reception and Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been invited to watch the dress rehearsal of the play ‘The Amazing Adventures of Superstan’ – performed by Year 5 & 6. The children will be walking to Bablake School on Tuesday 11th July. We will be leaving school at 9.15am and returning in time for lunch. Please could you ensure that your child is wearing appropriate clothing according to the type of day i.e. wet weather coats, or in the unlikely event of sunshine, sun hats and sun-cream!
If your child needs an inhaler or medication, please make sure they bring it with them.
Please complete the form attached and return back to school as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Mrs Hartwell
We had an amazing day yesterday at Twycross Zoo. It may have poured with rain but we didn’t let that stop us. We saw a variety of animals and attended a group sessions, where we got to stroke a tortoise and a cockroach. The zoo staff members commented on how well behaved and well mannered the children were. I couldn’t be more proud of them. One of our highlights was the elephants who decided to have a bath right in front of us (see video below). We are now going to continue our animal learning back in the classroom and will present our EYFS assembly on 28th June.
