Surbiton, UK
Our Arts’ week was very busy and exciting. I do hope you will all buy the Maple CD that will be available soon. The children sound wonderful and we are all very pleased with it. Many thanks to Joan Kirkpatrick and Jenny McNeill for performing so beautifully for the children on Wednesday.
Liz Robinson
A happy birthday to:
Bud M (7), Charlotte P (7), Emily M (5), Sian F (5) and Lara H (5)
Merits were awarded to:
Continue reading ‘Birthdays and merits for the week ending Friday 27th June 2008′
A happy birthday to:
Alan R (5)
Ellie W (5)
Merits were awarded to:
Continue reading ‘Birthdays and merits for the week ending 20th June 2008′
An exciting week ahead at Maple Infants’! I hope you have all noted the activities that will be taking place during the week. Any musicians out there who would be able to perform for the children on Wednesday afternoon in the school hall, please let Mrs Brownsell know.
Mrs Robinson
Maple has taken the school pledge to organise 5 x 15 minutes of dance activity during Big Dance week.
For more information see the The Big Dance 2008 website.
You are all aware now of the temporary accomodation to be sited on the grassy area during the summer holidays. I will keep everyone up to speed with information and developments in the next newsletter.
Liz Robinson
The summer fair was a real success. Well done to all concerned for such a wonderful event!
Liz Robinson
A happy birthday to:
Jasmine BS (5), Daniel D (5) and Kate F (6).
Merits were awarded to:
Continue reading ‘Birthdays and merits for the week ending Friday 13th June 2008′
This week I was asked about classes for parents to help with their children’s maths as apparently some London boroughs offer these e.g. Parental Involvement Courses in Newham. I am not aware of any similar scheme in Kingston.
Kingston does offer an online website resource – the RBK Maths Website – but I have not been able to get the parents section of this to work (for more technical readers, in their wisdom someone decided to offer this as a Java app which just seems to crash any web browser that I threw at it) and for that simple reason I would not recommend it.
However, from looking into this query I did come across this interesting article in The Independent titled “Maths doesn’t have to make parents panic.” which may provide some useful insight.
Some guidance and online resources can be found from the Government from this DirectGov page – Developing maths skills for 5 to 11 year olds – interestingly most of the online resources link to the BBC Schools website.
The links to the QCA’s National Curriculum site are also useful for knowing what the statutory requirements are for maths learning – Key Stages 1 & 2 Maths
Please add a comment if you have any hints, tips or links that may help, or if you know of any local courses or groups that may be of help.
Gee-Kay Wong
A happy birthday to:
Vazira A (6), Ben C (6)
Merits were awarded to:
Continue reading ‘Birthdays and merits for the week ending 6th June 2008′