Did you have a good Christmas?

Thank-you to everyone who engaged in our first ever Santa discussion on SWGfL Merlin, despite being very busy Father Christmas managed to reply to every child who wrote, sketched or filmed a message to him in the run up to Christmas. He would now like to know if you had a good Christmas? Father Christmas' new discussion on SWGfL Merlin reads: 'Ho Ho Ho! It has been a busy time but I am back safe in the North pole and the Elves have already started preparing for next Christmas. Did you have a good Christmas? Why not use this discussion board to tell others what I bought you in my sleigh and what you did over the Christmas holiday. Did you visit family? Did you play games? Did anyone see snow? I look forward to reading your replies!' Login to SWGfL Merlin now to join in.

Reminder - Christmas Dates

As we approach the end of this week may I remind you all that tomorrow we have our final production at 10.00am. Following this, Year 2 have their Christmas Party so please bring in party food. Children who usually have a hot meal are invited not to do so on this day so they can join the fun! Please inform the office if you wish to cancel your child’s hot dinner. Finally on Friday, we have decided to end the term with 'Carols in the School hall' as we tried out last year. This is a lovely opportunity for all children, staff and parents to squeeze in and sing together! If you wish to join us then 2.45pm is the beginning of the Carols, please bear in mind that there might not be chairs due to numbers but we will gladly hand over a carol sheet and place words onto the screen! New term - Children return in 2012 on Wednesday 4th January! Tuesday 3rd is a teacher training day. Merry Christmas all!

Merry Mathletics!

Year 2 have you forgotten about Mathletics?!? I only had four pupils on Friday earn a certificate. Don't forget to log on throughout this Christmas season to keep you Maths skills ticking over, there will be a special prize in January for the pupil with the most points!

Prince of Wales School Calendar for 2012

The Prince of Wales School Calendars for 2012 have now arrived! Come and collect the calendars that you have pre-ordered at the School performances (in the main hall) or after school by the Office.  If you haven't managed to order one and you would like one, please come and speak to us as soon as possible.

Christmas Puddings - last chance!

Do you need a tasty pudding for Christmas? Hold off on that supermarket shop..... POWSA will be selling super tasty Plum puddings and Chocolate puddings from the 'Ultimate Plum Pudding Company'. All proceeds will go directly to The Prince of Wales School. Buy them at the Christmas Performances on Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th December 2011 in the main school hall.

POWSA Christmas Fair 2011

A big thank you to everyone that attended (and especially those that helped at) the school fair. We had a great time and managed to raise a fantastic £721.55!

Fri 16th Dec - School Carols

This year we have decided to end the term with 'Carols in the School hall' as we tried out last year. This is a lovely opportunity for all children, staff and parents to squeeze in and sing together! If you wish to join us then 2.45pm is the beginning of the Carols, please bear in mind that there might not be chairs due to numbers but we will gladly hand over a carol sheet and place words onto the screen! Lastly, if you are a musician and would like to come and play along please let me know as we love the opportunity for children to see people playing instruments.
Many thanks, Mrs Mewett

Pictograms and line graphs

In our numeracy lessons this week, we have been interpreting data in pictograms and line graphs. I thought you might like a couple more to interpret. This pictogram shows how many stars some Year 2 pupils got in class: Who got the most stars? How many stars did Jim get? How many people got three stars? How many more stars did Jessie get than Skye? How many stars did the pupils get all together? How many pupils got more than 4 stars? How many stars did Vince and Paula get together?

This line graph shows how many cups of tea Mr Hopkins drank last week.

1.       How many cups of tea did Mr Hopkins drink on Monday?

2.       On which day did he drink the most cups of tea?

3.       On which day did he drink the least cups of tea?

4.       Were there any days when he didn’t drink any tea?

5.       How many more cups did he drink on Friday then he did on Tuesday?

6.       On which days did he drink two cups of tea?

Can you think of some more questions you could ask about the pictogram and the line graph? Can you make your own pictogram or line graph? Why not bring them in to show Mr Spracklen, Mrs Webb and Mr Hopkins?