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Royal Russell
Junior School
Bulletin
Spring Term
A majestic red deer spotted on site this week,
affectionately named Russ
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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)
Easter PARENTEASTER15 (expires 06.03.15) May Half Term & Summer PARENTMAYSUMMER15 (01.05.15)
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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 [email protected] 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!