For more information on your child’s learning this week, please check the Latest News section for their year group - Reception or KS1. 

This week in Gems, we have been exploring different ways we can show kindness to others. The children shared lots of lovely ideas, such as being a kind friend, helping a friend, sharing a toy with a friend and using kind words. We also talked about how nice it is to share a smile with a friend or help them when they are hurt.

As part of our work on the Zones of Regulation, we described how each colour makes us feel. Some children showed their understanding by explaining the emotion that was linked to each colour..

In art, we learned about the artist Kandinsky and created our own beautiful Kandinsky-inspired artwork. The children enjoyed exploring shapes, colour, and creativity in their pieces.

   

   

                    

   

    

 

Messages: 

Thank you for returning your child’s reading folder on Mondays. Please ensure you are reading with your children at least 5 times a week and recording their progress in their reading records.

 

Gems PE Days:

Reception children - Thursday

Year 1 – Thursday and Friday

Year 2 – Tuesday and Wednesday

 

Dates: 

• 24th November - Year 1 visit to the Richmond Museum

• 26th November - All Gems will be joining the Year 1 children on their visit to St Mathias church

• 3rd December (8.45 - 9.15 am) - open classroom (all)

• 9th December - KS1 Christmas performance for year 1 parents @ 9:30

• 10th December - KS1 Christmas performance for year 1 parents @ 9:30

• 12th December - Opal class Christmas performance for Reception parents @ 9:30

• Changed date - 12th December 2:30 to 3:15pm Parents/carers are invited to join Gems children for a Christmas sing along.

• 18th December - Christmas jumper day

• 19th December - Last day of term, school closes at 1:30