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An amazing 13 children achieved 100% Attendance at school this year. Congratulations to them all.

We have had lots of Achievement Assemblies in the run up to the end of term. We have celebrated lots of incredible merits. It is always great to hear what the children have been up to. We celebrate with our adult visitors and juice and a biscuit.

Year R enjoyed a wonderfully sunny Sports Day.

What a great week we have had! We have been learning the four main colours that are used in the celebration – Holi. Green is for Spring, yellow is for tumeric, blue is for the God, Krishna and red for love. How many of these colours can you see in our work?

This week in Early Years we were very lucky to have a visit from the RNLI and learnt how to keep safe on the beach and at sea.  Ask your children if they can remember the 4 steps to keeping safe and the number to call to alert the coastguard.

Today we celebrated an Achievement Assembly for Year 1 and 2. It was great to hear of their achievements: using number lines to 100, reading phase 4 books, being a good friend and following all the Golden Rules. Well done everyone, we are very proud of your hard work. It was really fabulous to have so many children read their own merits this morning.

We sang a song and celebrated with juice and a biscuit.

Class 4 and 5

had a fantastic day at Longdown and loved spending time handling and feeding the animals, as well as finding out about life on the farm.

Some Year 1 and 2 girls walked to Goals to take part in a girls football tournament. They played lots of different games to develop their football skills. It was very impressive to see how the improved over the morning.

Year 1 and year 2 celebrated their achievement assembly today. The children shared achievements which included helping out friends when they are sad; being resilient in maths; behaving brilliantly on school trips and using fabulous adjectives when writing a story setting.

The children celebrated with their visitors. We are all very proud of their achievements.

We have been looking for signs of Spring. Look at the lovely photos we took. We also used our map skills to help us find the areas within the school to plot what we found.

What a great way to end the first week back with an Achievement Assembly. Children in Year R and Year 1 received certificates this morning. It was great to hear all of their achievement – there were lots today about being kind friends and being helpful. We are very proud of all of the children’s achievements.

We visited the farm this week. We got to feed the pigs, cow, ducks and goats. We had a great time!

We have continued to read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk in Year R and set ourselves a challenge in maths, to make the tallest beanstalk in 1 minute.  We had to think about what was the most suitable building materials to use and then we talked about height using mathematical vocabulary.  We also used some of the ‘magic beans’ to create pictures and tried to include a repeating pattern in our work.

The Year R classes have been reading he story of Jack and the Beanstalk.  They planted their own ‘magic beans’ and talked about what they would need to make them grow.  Look out for the pictures in the weeks to come to see how they are growing. Hopefully not too high as we really don’t want

to see any giants!

There have been a lot of Achievement Assemblies this term! Once again we enjoyed celebrating the achievements of Year R and Year 2. The children shared what they have been up to – beautiful singing, being a good friend, working hard on reading and being a resilient learner. We celebrated with juice and a biscuit before starting our learning day.

This week in maths we are exploring composition. In our provision and adult led time, we have been exploring patterns. We have been learning to copy, continue and create our own repeating patterns around a shape. Can you identify the unit of repeat?

In Year R we have continued to read and learn the story of the Gingerbread Man and had a great time retelling the story with actions. We have been creating are own Gingerbread Men from loose parts, and drawing story maps. Busy, busy, busy!

Today was our biggest Achievement Assembly of the year with 31 children receiving certificates. We heard ne merit for each child, there was a huge variety in achievements this week, from being a good friend, to writing at home, helping tidy up the classroom and working hard in maths. We sang one of our new songs and celebrated with juice and a biscuit.

This week we have been telling the story of The Gingerbread Man. We created a map using objects, drawings or words to re-tell the story.

Today we celebrated another Achievement Assembly. The children shared lots of different merits: for being resilient, for reading at home, for being kind to their friends and for being ready to learn. We sang one of new songs about a Star Fish and shared our merit cards with the adults who came to help us celebrate.

We celebrated another Achievement Assembly this week. It was great to celebrate with Year R and Year 2. We enjoyed finding out what the children had earned their merits for, including following golden rules, being kind to friends who are upset and fabulous reading. We celebrated the children’s achievements with juice and a biscuit.

We celebrated the achievements of Year R and Year 1 on Friday. We shared one of the merits and the sang one of our new songs. We finished with a juice and a biscuit.

We have been learning all about the emergency services this week in Reception, looking at the vehicles from the past and the transport they use today.  We have had great fun dressing up as ‘People who help us’, can you guess who we are?

Achievement Assemblies are coming thick and fast at the moment. This week saw Year R and Year 2 receive their certificates. There were even some family combos this week – we don’t see that very often! It is always lovely to hear what the children have received their merits for – there were a lot of PE based merits this week as well as those for being kind to friends and helping people who are upset. Well done!

We have been learning counting, cardinality and ordanality this week. The Numberblocks went off on an adventure and kept getting mixed up. We had to put them in order and make a staircase pattern. They also played hide and seek and we had to say why we could see them sometimes, considering which numbers were one more than the other and not hiding very well! For example, “We can see you 4 because 4 is one more than 3, so you can’t hide behind him!”

This morning we held another Achievement Assembly. It was lovely to welcome parents into school to see their children collect their certificates. It was especially wonderful to see Year R children collecting their Bronze awards.

Well done everyone – we are proud of you.

This week in Reception we have been reading more stories about Supertato by Sue Hendra.  We made our own veggie superheroes using a range of materials and joining techniques.  We had a great time!

This morning saw a group of Year 2 children receive their achievement certificates. It was lovely to hear all the different things that the children have been up to: reading at home, being kind to friends, taking part in different events and developing great learning behaviours. We are proud of all of their achievements. It would not be an achievement assembly with juice and a biscuit.

Daddy Bear and Baby Bear have been going on a picnic and the Reception children have been sorting their objects into size order for each bear.  They were able to use size words to describe their learning.  ‘Daddy has a big plate and cup because he is bigger.  Baby Bear is tiny so he has a small plate.’

It was chaos in Early Years! Who was going to feed the real life heroes? Luckily…Supertato came along to help and taught the children all about healthy eating and creating a balanced diet. The children helped Supertato and the Evil Pea create a balanced plate of food for their heroes.

What a great way to end our first week back! It was lovely to welcome Year R to Achievement Assembly too. The children shared some of their achievements. There were a huge variety of achievements shared today. It is really wonderful to share the children’s hard work.

Today we celebrated 75 children who were in school everyday last term.

This term, Year 1 went on an exciting trip to Milestones Living Museum. We have been learning all about toys and how they have changed over the years. During our trip we were able to handle and sort old toys by different criteria. We were able to look at the museum’s amazing teddy bear collection that consists of over 260 teddies! The children especially enjoyed walking down the Milestones Pier where they were able to go on a variety of vintage arcade games and penny  machines. We all had a great time and are looking forward to exploring more old toys back at school.

We are taking part in the Christmas Tree Festival at St Cuthbert’s Church. This year the tress are themed on Christmas Carols and songs – our tree is “It was on a Starry Night.”

The Christmas Tree Festival at St Cuthbert’s, is from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd December.

There’ll be music, refreshments, activities for kids, crafts and a preserves stall too – plus some fabulously decorated Christmas trees from the local community as well.

Come and join us on:

• Friday 1st, 1pm to 4pm
• Saturday 2nd, 11am to 5pm
• Sunday 3rd, 1pm to 5pm

Entry is just £2 and children go free!

We’ve also got a Santa’s Grotto for just £3 per child:

• Friday, 2pm to 3pm
• Saturday, 2pm to 4pm
• Sunday, 2pm to 3:30pm

Fun for all the family! Click here for more information.

This week we have kept with our Christmas tradition of Decoration Day. The children got creative with all things Christmas this week – there was a lot of glue and glitter, but most importantly fun

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It was brilliant to celebrate these children completing their Achievement cards. We resisted the temptation to sing a Christmas song!! in keeping with Achievement Assembly traditions we celebrated with a juice and biscuit.

It’s been a funny week, but one thing can be relied upon to cheer us all up and that’s an Achievement Assembly. This week year 1 and 2 celebrated receiving Silver, Opal, Topaz and Amethyst certificates. The children shared their achievements with their guests and a juice and biscuit!

This week we are learning to subitise. We now know this means we do not count the spots that we see. Our flashy fingers have quick muscle memory now when we see 1, 2 or 3. In our group work, we have been finding groups or collections of 3 for the Three Bears. Our challenge was to say how we knew there were 3 things. Our teachers asked us if we could count something we cannot see. Some of us worked out that we can count sounds and challenged our friends in a game using a chime bar! Can you find a collection of 3 at home?

Our final Achievement Assembly of the half term saw children in Year 1 and 2 receive their certificates. The children shared some of their achievements, including being kind to others, impressing teachers with their reading, being able to make numbers in lots of different ways and following the Golden Rules. Of course we celebrated with juice and a biscuit.

On Friday, Both Langstone schools celebrated ‘Proud to be Pompey’ Day. This was an initiative set up by the current Lord Mayor Cllr Tom Coles, to encourage children to celebrate the city they live in and learn more about its history. He also wanted to raise money for the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Appeal, which this year is supporting three incredible local organisations, Portsmouth Hospitals Charity, Home Start and the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC).

During RE day Year Two looked at ‘Belonging’, what this means to us and what it means in Judaism. We thought about things that we belong to, like our families, the school community and clubs outside school. We found out about the Jewish day of rest, which is called Shabbat and is celebrated on Saturday each week. We found out that Jewish people are not allowed to use lights or electronic devices during Shabbat! Also, they’re not allowed to go to the shops or do homework. Instead they spend time together, sing, read and play board games. We talked about celebrations we share with others and special meals. We ended the day by trying Challah bread, special bread that is always part of a Shabbat meal. The bread was made in the morning by grown ups in each class, with help from the children. Everyone seemed to enjoy eating the bread, but the star baker is yet to be announced!

This week in reception, we have been learning to subitise to 3. We have also been learning to count out a quantity. The teachers had a bag with hidden objects inside. We had to say how many we thought were inside and then, count it out.

As part of our science learning we have been talking about the senses as super powers.  We explored our senses by making popcorn.  We used our sense of sight and touch to see how the popcorn looked and felt before and after cooking.  We used our sense of smell during the cooking process and also used our sense of hearing to listen to the different sounds it made.  Finally we used our sense of taste when eating the popcorn. We had great fun!

The children in Year One have been exploring the concept of aerial views.  As part of this learning, they worked in small groups to create an aerial plan of the classroom.  They thought about key features, position and layout,  and used colour coding as a simple key.

What a beautiful day to celebrate the children’s wonderful achievements. It was lovely to hear all the things they have received their merits for including reading lots at home, being kind when people are sad and knowing lots of ways to make different numbers in maths. We sand one of our songs and of course had juice and a biscuit with our visiting grown ups. Well done.

This week in early years we have been learning to subitise. The children were shown a dot pattern and had to say what they saw without counting it. They met number block 3 and he challenged them to find groups of 3 in their environment. Look at the wonderful things they found!

This year many of our children took part in the Summer reading Challenge run by the library service.

This morning in assembly we celebrate their achievements. The children brought in their certificates and medals to show us.

Today we celebrated out Harvest Festival. It was the first time that Year R have joined us for a whole school assembly and it was wonderful for them to join us and join in with a song.

We have been blown away by your generosity with donations for the ‘Baffins Pantry’ which serves out local community.

In assembly we looked at the word HARVEST and other words that we could make from it, particularly ‘eat’ ‘starve’ and ‘share’. We snag the Harvest songs we have been learning – Mr Scarecrow, Paintbox (Cauliflowers Fluffy) and Harvest Samba.

Year 2 have been learning all about Leonardo Da Vinci. We have looked at his famous paintings including the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. We spoke about our likes and dislikes. This week we have practiced sketching our facial features so that we are ready to sketch our own portraits by the end of our unit.

It was a lovely way to start today with another Achievement assembly. The children shared the things they have done. We celebrated with our visitors and had juice and a biscuit.

Wow! An Achievement Assembly in the first week back – it must be a record!

Luckily the children remembered exactly what they were doing and shared their achievements with our visitors before celebrating with juice and a biscuit.

What a fabulous way to start the new school year!

Year R had a wonderful sports day on the field. the children rotate around different activities and were fantastically supported by family and friends. Well done everyone – what great sports you all are!

What a lovely way to end the school year with a fabulous Achievement Assembly. It was wonderful to hear all the things the children have been up to recently, from being kind to balancing, helping a friend and climbing a rope ladder. It was a testament to everyone’s hard work in Year R this year that some of the children read their merit cards! Just wow!

We had such a great day on Monday with our Year 2 Sports Day! Well done to Year 2 for such brilliant resilience and sportsmanship, including carrying on in the rain! They made all of us so proud and I think we may have some potential football and cricket players amongst us (especially if the Welly Whanging is anything to go by!)

The Reception children had a visit this week from the RNLI.  They taught the children how to stay safe when on the beach or in the sea.  We learnt about all the different flags that the lifeguards use to tell us when it is safe and not safe to go into the water.

The Reception children had a wonderful day yesterday visiting Staunton Farm.  We got to feed and touch many of the animals, the ferret was very friendly and let us tickle his tummy. We also visited the glasshouse, which was like a tropical rainforest, very hot but beautiful and look at the many flowers in the gardens.  We also enjoyed using our physical skills on the adventure playground and having lunch outside with our friends.  What a beautiful day!

Some of the children in Year 2 are getting incredibly close to the elusive Diamond Merit Card! It was wonderful to celebrate their fabulous achievements with these children today.

We have been practising recalling our number bonds to 10 this week. Our teachers were very sneaky and hid some treasure behind a screen. We had to say how many coins they had taken! Can you work out from our flashy fingers how many were taken and the total?

In Reception we have enjoyed reading the story of ‘Hooray for Fish’ by Lucy Cousins.  We made our own fabulous fish last week to put on our classroom display and this week we have made jellyfish using our fine motor skills by cutting out templates and tying on legs. Doesn’t it look amazing!

Today we celebrated with year 1 and 2 who received their next certificates. They shared their achievements with their visitors and enjoyed the juice and biscuit.

I’m 10, 10, 10 again! This week, we have been exploring the composition of 10 and how many ways we can make 10 using cubes. We have had a lot of fun flying our Numberblock 10 around! We have been using the stem sentence 10 is made from _ and_ and _ and _ make 10 – to check our understanding.

This week the Reception classes took part in a mini athletics lesson with a coach.  We went off on a pirate adventure to collect treasure and had a wonderful time.

Last week in maths, we were recalling our number knowledge to 5. We had to put 5 passengers on the bus and then work out how many got off the bus or were at a bus stop. Many of us could say how many were waiting at a bus stop by using the stem sentence ‘It must be _ because 5 is made of _ and _.

Class 6 had a fantastic day at Longdown Activity Farm on the final friday before half term.  They loved feeding both the calves and kids with bottles of milk and enjoyed getting to hold both chicks and guinea pigs.  The children got to ride on the bumpy tractor ride which was enjoyed by most of the children but not by Mr Wells! Farmer Anna even showed them that one of the pigs enjoyed a belly rub just like a dog!

We have been practising saying if a number is more, fewer or equal this week. We have used our subitising skills and then counted out an amount. Once we had counted out the quantity, we put them into the balance bucket and had to explain which was heavier because it was more, or, which was lighter because it was fewer.

Class 5 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Longdown Farm on Tuesday. They were lucky to experience feeding calves and kids with bottles, as well as the goats who they fed using dinner plates! They were able to handle both chicks who were only 5 days old and several older guinea pigs who Farmer Anna told us were their ‘retired ladies’. The children even got to ride on the bumpy tractor ride and use some free time to see the farm’s other animals, such as ducks, rabbits and pigs!

The children used their knowledge of different animals and their diets to identify which animal had created each poo sample. Using clues in each poo the children were also able to classify the animals as carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

Year 2 have been working hard this week,

creating animal poems based on Rumble in the Jungle! There were so many spectacular ones, it was a very difficult job to choose ones to share!

Last week, class 4 enjoyed a lovely trip to Longdown Activity Farm.  The sun was shining and the children had a great time being little farmers for the day.  They Fed and handled lots of different animals, collected eggs for farmer Brian and even had a very bumpy tractor ride.  A great time was had by all and the children described it as “the best day ever!” although there were a few sleepy children on the way back.

As part of our PSHE work, the children have been exploring different emotions.  They have looked at feelings and actions associated with different emotions and have thought about the importance of managing our feelings correctly.  During the final session, the children discussed the concept of love.  They then made a love hug for someone special.

What a lovely sunny day for an Achievement Assembly. We celebrated today with year 1 and 2. We sang a new song we are learning and had juice and biscuits. Today we shared the school helper of the week  award this week.

Although it was a bit too damp to share a picnic with the Junior school we celebrated King Charles III Coronation we gathered in the hall and sang together the Coronation Song, we watched the video of Year 2 singing the song. We then had an amazing school parade around the playground wearing our crowns and waving the flags we made. We had 3 cheers for King Charles and then split into classes to have our picnic snacks.