Royal Russell

Junior School

Bulletin

Spring Term

A majestic red deer spotted on site this week,

affectionately named Russ

Monday 9th February

Music Caf From 3.45pm in assembly hall

Junior Ski Trip Presentation (Parents and Children) Starts at 6.45pm in the PAC

Tuesday 10th February

Football: U11AB vs Selsdon (A) Collection from School at: 5.45pm

Netball: U11A vs Fairchilds (H) Collection from School at: 4.45pm

Netball: U10AB vs Croydon High (H) Collection from School at: 4.45pm

Wednesday 11th February

Year 2 Trip to the Florence Nightingale Museum & the London Eye

Football: U11A vs Cleves (H) Collection from School at: 5pm

Thursday 12th February

Junior School Ski Trip Dry Slope Skiing Collection from School at: 7.30pm

Hockey: U11AB Girls vs Seaton House Collection from School at: 5.30pm

Friday 13th February

Year 3&4 House Cross Country

Half Term Begins Clubs, Prep, Crche and Tea run as usual

Percy

The Park

Keeper

Stories

Whats happening in Nursery during week beginning 9th February 2015

Additional Focused Activities

General news updates & reminders.

To support our discussions about families we would welcome any

photographs of family members, either sent on paper or emailed in for

us to print.

Please name hats and gloves visibly so your child can spot their name.

A reminder of the morning routine: children are handed over at the

coloured fence to Nursery between 8.15-8.30, where they will be

registered by a member of staff. They will then have the time and

independence to hang up their own coats and put away their own book

bags.

If you are late arriving, (e.g after 8.30), please leave promptly after

ensuring a member of the Nursery team knows your child has arrived

so they can be accounted for. If the register has been closed, you will

be asked to register them with the office on the way out.

Personal, Social & Emotional

Development. Making relationships.

Drawing pictures of our families. Talking

about what people in our families do to

care for us and make us happy.

Mathematics

Continuing 2D and 3D shapes.

Naming flat 2D shapes: square, circle, triangle,

rectangle. Realising that solid shapes are actually 3D

shapes with different names: cube, cuboid, sphere.

Playing with 2D and 3D shapes to make patterns,

pictures and models.

Physical Development.

Developing ball skills. Rolling to a partner, throwing and

catching. Working cooperatively with a partner.

Realising that for most ball games we need at least two

people and that we will need to let go of the ball.

Using fine motor skills to create pictures with tap a shape

hammers and nails.

Expressive Arts and Design.

Making shape patterns with cutting and sticking and

printing activities.

Describing the shapes in our patterns and pictures.

Communication & Language: Speaking:

Listening and Attention: Listening out for positional and directional words

such as up and under and placing items in the correct places.

Phonics: Recognising the letter u saying the sound as in up and under.

Writing: Beginning to form u with a downward, upward, downward stroke.

Understanding The World

People and Communities

Talking about and drawing our families.

Showing photographs and naming the

people in our families and their

relationships to us.

Look , listen

and note. Ask your

children which shapes they

can see in every day

household objects. They

may spot a circle at the end

face of a tin of beans or

they may be able to name

the tin as a cylinder shape.

Communication and Language.

Talk about your weekend news and then write about it using sentence

structure and phonic knowledge.

Write a letter to thank the theatre company for coming in and help

compose a group email.

Literacy

Phonics to revise and revisit previous learnt sounds and apply the sounds

independently in our writing.

Working with whiteboards practising our letter formation and sentence

building. Phonics games on the Interactive whiteboard and other phonics

games.

Whats happening in Reception during week beginning 9th February 2015

Additional Focused Activities

General news updates & reminders

The children enjoyed the performance of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

where they took part in a drama workshop acting out different characters.

Please send in photos and observations about activities that your child

does after school and individual traditions that they take part in.

On our return after half term our topic will be dinosaurs. Please bring in any

fiction and non-fiction books you may have at home about dinosaurs.

We wish you a happy half term. Please remember to log on to read your

childs report from the 13th February . We would be happy to discuss the

report if you would like to book a meeting.

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

To continue to act out different scenarios and talk about keeping ourselves

safe.

Mathematics

Measuring ingredients to make muffins.

Revisiting adding numbers together and writing the relative number

sentence recording their work.

Revisiting 2D and 3D shapes and identifying them in our local

environment.

Understanding The World

Child led activities in Forest School .

To bake muffins using a selection of ingredients.

Physical Development

Developing our skills in football, dribbling the ball in and out of cones, keeping your heads up and eyes on the ball.

Developing fine motor skills by learning how to sew.

Expressive Arts and Design

Write dance finishing off our super teds.

Continue to make our bear puppets, sewing using a running stitch.

Last

Week of

Bears

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On Friday 12th Feb Y3/4 are taking part in

House Cross Country during their games lesson.

Y4 will need to bring their swimming kit in as well as their games kit, in case of

adverse weather conditions. Many Thanks!

Sports Reminders

The young Polar Explorers of Year 1 were visited by

Mrs Ingrams who showed them how to prepare

themselves for the intense weather conditions.

They were shown how to use all the layers of clothing as

insulators, and the appropriate footwear.

They learnt how to avoid hypothermia.

They are ready to embark on their journey and our race to

the pole can start!

Polar Explorers

Digital Parenting Magazine

This week your child has been given a free magazine from Vodafone called

Digital Parenting. It has lots of advice, hints and tips about using technology

at home with your children. Some of the stories this month are:

No tech at the table

Who owns what you post on social media

How our kids are growing up online

How tech can enhance a childs learning

If you would like a digital download of the current magazine then please click

here:

http://www.vodafone.com/content/parents/digital-parenting/magazines.html

(You can also access previous editions via this link)

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Junior School Blog

http://year6royalrussell.wordpress.com/

In this weeks blog we have stories about

our Onesie walk, Year 5 History Day,

Snow and a football report against

Breaside Prep

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TOUGH BUSH CRAFT PRESENTATION EVENING

TEAM MEMBERS AND PARENTS

ARE ALL ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH 2015 AT

7PM

AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE TRIP, ITINERARY

AND KIT LIST

Next Friday 13th February,

the Mayor of Croydon,

Councillor Manju Shahul-Hameed,

is organising a Charity evening in the

PAC Auditorium at

Royal Russell School to raise funds for her

nominated Charities,

Age UK & Macmillan Cancer Support.

Royal Russell School and

Croydon Performing Arts Festival are

supporting the event.

Acts will include:

Royal Russell Guitar Group

Age Uk Choir

AllStarz Gymnastics Team

Royal Russell Chamber Choir

Katie Durrell drama

Archana Bollywood dancer

Solo instrumentalists on harp, piano,

vena, cello.

Royal Russell Jazz Band

Macmillan Cancer Support Choir

Songs will include:

Fields of Gold

You raise me up

I have a dream (Abba)

Magic Moments

Amazing Grace

It promises to be an excellent evening.

Please come and support this charity

concert if you can.

Concert will last from

7.30pm 9.30pm approximately with a break for

refreshments.

SuperCamps The Uks no.1 For childcare during the school holidays Fantastic holiday activity camps

Royal Russell School Monday Friday 8am 6pm

Activities for ages 4-14

February Half Term * Easter * May Half Term * Summer 10% off Super Camps in 2015 for

Royal Russell School parents

Use the following codes to claim your 10% discount: February Half Term PARENTFEB15 (EXPIRES 30.01.15)

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NEW YEAR SCHOOL PHOTO SALE

Pret-a-Portrait is running a New Year School Photo Sale which offers discounts of up to

30% off any individual school pictures they have taken in the last few years.

The following discounts will apply to any orders placed between now and 12th February.

10% OFF pictures and 15% OFF JPEGS from 2014

20% OFF pictures and 25% OFF JPEGS from 2013

30% OFF pictures and 35% OFF JPEGS from 2010 - 2012

Order online at www.pret-a-portrait.net

If you no longer have your Sitting ID and you have not registered on the website

*please email customerservice@pret-a-portrait.net or call 0800 021 7626

*Pret-a-Portrait will need the following information to identify your pictures:

School Name

Pupil Name

Class Name when the pictures were taken

Year/Term the pictures are from

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Croydon Performing Arts

Festival 2015

Can you Sing a song, play an instrument,

read a poem?

Then this is your chance to shine!

Croydon Performing Arts are giving

Amateurs of all ages the

chance to perform.

Official Closing date for entries is

Saturday 7th Feb.

Syllabuses are in the foyer, all you need to

do is complete the form.

Good Luck!