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TWERTON INFANT SCHOOL & NURSERY
Monday 1st February 2021
Great learning taking place in Year 2 during Lockdown.
Dear Parents and Carers
Learning at Home
A big well done to children and parents for all the learning that has
taken place at home last week. Well done to parents for supporting and
working alongside, and to children who are sitting and focussing and
taking part in the different learning activities at home.
This week our spotlight is on: Year 2
Thank you to these children from Year 2 who have sent in their stories
Anneliese, Pablo, Ava F, Amelia-Lily, Freddie, Tamar, Michael, Finn, Elsa,
Luna and Ella-Mae .
Amelia-Lily Amelia-Lily
Ava F
Elsa
Ella Mae
Luna
Luna
Freddie
Michael
Pablo
Tamar
Teams lessons
Our Year 2 teachers want to say a big well done for the excellent focus
and learning from children in their online lessons this week. Here are
some shout outs from Year 2 staff to Year 2 children from this week on
Teams:
'Angel was so polite and read beautifully to me'.
'Finn, Elsa and Michael have worked really hard at some challenging
maths- it is fun working with these great mathematicians'.
'Ella-Mae makes me smile with her enthusiasm, and the things she
brings to share on screen'.
'Tamar is always ready and organised and focusses throughout the
session'.
Finn
'I am always impressed with Anneliese’s excellent focus during our
Teams sessions'.
'It is always brilliant to see what work Amelia-Lilly has been doing at
home and she always shows great focus during our phonics
practice'.
'Ava P’s always ready for me with a big grin and is always keen to
read on our calls'.
'Pablo has been working so hard at home and is just as brilliant on
our Teams calls'.
'April-Mae did some brilliant counting in 2s, 5s and 10s during our
Teams call this week'.
'Max P tries so hard when practising spellings and phonics on our
Teams calls'.
Teams Sessions are very important
The Teams meetings that are planned each week are
individual meetings for your child and their teacher, or
a teaching assistant. It is a one-to-one session and not
with the rest of the class. The sessions are around 15
minutes in length and are a vital time for the teacher to work with your
child to assess how they are getting on. The teacher can give feedback
and encouragement to your child and will leave you with some simple
ideas to work on with your child.
If you cannot make a planned meeting please do notify your child’s
teacher so they can reassign the session with a different child.
If you do not notify the school that you cannot attend the meeting a
member of the leadership team will telephone you to find out the
reason why you didn’t attend.
Please do prioritise these meetings and let us know as soon as you
can if there is going to be a problem attending.
LEAVES The following children were recently awarded leaves:
Ash Class (YR) Gracie – has been working hard all week and is setting a positive
example to others.
George – for persevering with online learning, even
when there have been technical issues.
Elm Class (YR) Mia – for engaging really well with home learning.
Chestnut Class (Y1) Gracie May – for doing really well in Phonics; she also
made stick puppets of characters from our new story
The Magic Porridge Pot. Well done Gracie- May!
Rowan Class (Y1) Chloe – for doing some fantastic remote learning on our
Space Explore Topic- drawing the planets in order and
making rockets and aliens.
Y2 Bubble Natasha – for super focus this week – and lots of writing!
Term 3 – Going for Goals
This term our theme is “Going for
Goals”. We will also be looking at the
two virtues Bravery and Service. Our
last assembly was about Bravery, celebrating and courage and quick
thinking of Mouse from The Gruffalo.
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Children’s Mental Health Week
Some good resources from CAMHS on how to support children during
the Lockdown here:
https://www.facebook.com/twertoninfantschool/posts/402611463
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N.B. Do not send your child
to school if they or any
member of the household
has a high temperature,
new continuous cough or a
loss/change of taste or
smell.
Please contact the school if your child is unwell and cannot attend school.
You can send us an SMS message to: 07786 201170
School telephone numbers: (01225) 423526 & 314745