This week at Letchmore Infants' & Nursery School-

• Odd Sock day for World Down Syndrome Day

  Mon 25 Mar 2024

  Last Friday we held an awareness day for World Down’s Syndrome day where the children wore odd socks.  It was lovely to see the children supporting such a worthy causing and learning more about how Down's syndrome affects people.

  

• Values Tea Party- Spring 2024

  Mon 18 Mar 2024

  Each term at Letchmore we celebrate a values champion from our Reception and Key Stage One classes. This term we congratulated the following children on embracing their 'Letchmore Values':

   

  Wren: Anastasia

  Starling: Nellie

  Kingfisher: Hope

  Goldfinch: Bobby

  Greenfinch: Aleena

  Chaffinch: Reuben

  Snowy Owls: Arthur

  Tawney Owls: Zara

  Barn Owls: Mariella

   

  We all enjoyed a wonderful, spring themed tea party and shared with one another our reasons for being selected a values champion. It was lovely to hear that our values champions always try their best, show kindness to their peers and make good choices throughout each and everyday. The children were all so proud of themselves.

   

  This term we have focussed on the values of: Independence, Not giving up and Showing respect. We explore these values through our assemblies but also link our weekly class values champion to the value of the month. When a child is observed living their 'Letchmore Values', either at school or at home, we love to celebrate it with one of our 'WOW' forms.

  

• Rocksteady Music School Workshop

  Fri 15 Mar 2024

  This week the children had a visit from the Rocksteady music school.  The children loved this immersive experience and everyone got really involved in making music and even got to use some of the instruments including electric guitars, keyboards and drums.  You will have received an email regarding the booking of music sessions (available to specific year groups). 

   

  To see videos of the event go to the  video resource centre under the 'Children' tab on the home page.

   

  

• World Book Day 2024- including drama and phonics workshops

  Thu 07 Mar 2024

  This week we have been celebrating  ‘Letchmore Book Week’. It has

  been lovely to see so many parents for the phonics workshops, we hope

  you have found them useful and have been amazed at how much the

  children learn in their phonics.  

   

  On Tuesday and Wednesday we were lucky enough to have ‘Perform for Schools’ join us for some drama workshops. The children loved taking part in the workshops and acting out the stories.

   

  On Thursday we had so many different characters join us at Letchmore for the day and lots of children in their snuggly pyjamas. Many children brought in their favourite story book to enjoy as well. It was so lovely to welcome back the Year Six’s from Almond Hill who came to share books and stories with our Year Two children. We are always very proud to see how grown up they have become and such great role-models for our children. Throughout the week there has been lots of class swaps and the children have enjoyed hearing stories from other teachers. The Teacher’s from the main school have also been sharing stories with the nursery children and on Tuesday Miss Honey (our school dog) also joined the nursery children for their special story time.  

   

  Our school PTA have also taken part in our ‘Letchmore Book Week’ I wonder if you were one of our lucky golden ticket winners! As always we are very grateful for the support they provide for the school.

   

  It has been a lovely week and both the staff and children have really enjoyed it.

  

• Treetops Class- Pancake shopping trip

  Fri 16 Feb 2024

  Treetops class went on a walk to Tesco in Old Town to buy ingredients to make pancakes. Each child was in charge of buying an  ingredient and used lovely manners whilst paying and collecting their recipes. The next day we took it in turns to add and mix the ingredients. The pancakes were a success and received a high rating from the children!

  We hope you all had a great pancake day!

  

• Reception Inspirational Day- Super Me, Super You- Thursday 8th February 2024

  Thu 08 Feb 2024

  On Thursday, Reception had an invasion of Super-Heroes.  The children had a fun filled day and enjoyed taking part in activities including, making super-hero puppets, shields and masks. Making super-hero characters using vegetable printing related to the ‘Supatato’ story and acting out their own super-hero stories using puppets. In the afternoon all the children took part in a Super-hero danceathon before enjoying a little snack to help them keep their super-powers.

  

• Star Gazing Evening- Year 2

  Wed 31 Jan 2024

  On Tuesday we held our Stargazing evening which was amazing and we would like to thank you for supporting and attending.  The children were so excited to take part and it was a lovely fun evening. 

   

  The children worked hard to make the rock cakes that we had and we would like to thank you all for your kind donations.  We raised an amazing £146.67 from the event to go towards space topic enhancements. This was also a lovely learning opportunity for the children to use their knowledge to recognise and match coins as we are working on money in maths at the moment. 

   

  We would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for your generous Amazon gifts this year which included the three telescopes we were using. They added to the wonderful experience for the children and it was great for them to be able to look up and see the sky so closely. 

   

  Thank you from all the Year 2 team.

  

• Year 1 Toys Inspirational Day- Friday 22 September 2023

  Tue 19 Sep 2023

  Today Year One had their first inspirational day of the year. They all looked fantastic as they arrived in school wearing their toy costumes.  During the day, the children visited each of the classrooms to complete different activities.  

   

  In Goldfinch class the children heard a story about a family toy box. The toy box was full of toys from the past 100 years. The children were then given the opportunity to empty the toy box and play with the different toys. 

   

  In Greenfinch class the children watched a short video which took them back in time with Magic Grandad.  They visited 1870 and learnt all about the toys that children used to play with in the late Victorian period.  They then made their own Victorian thaumatrope toy. 

   

  In Chaffinch class they listened to a story about some toys who come to life at night.  They then explored the ways different toys would move and created a toy dance.

  

• Travelwise week- Scavenger Hunt, bus visit and more

  Tue 19 Sep 2023

  Well done to all those who took part in the Travelwise scavenger hunt.  It was great to see how many of you enjoyed finding the clues and being active together!

   

  As part of Travelwise week we were lucky enough to have a visit from Arriva buses.  All the children got a chance to go on the bus and experience bus travel.  Perhaps you could look up some local routes and go for trip out in our local community.

   

  We had a very special trip to school on Friday.  Again, as part of Travelwise week, one of our Year 2 students, Amelia wanted to come to school on her horse, Mally.  What a great idea!

  

• Open Evening- Wednesday 22 November 2023

  Tue 19 Sep 2023