Cherry Oak School
Working Together for Success
Cherry Oak School
Working Together for Success
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World Poetry Day
Tue 23 Mar 2021It was World Poetry Day on the 21st March and we spent the week celebrating poetry in our Literacy lessons here at Cherry Oak.We have enjoyed listening to a variety of poems and some of us have even tried writing our own Acrostic Poems with our names. An acrostic poem is a poem that uses all the letters in a word or name as the first letter of each line of a poem. We have had so much fun doing this!
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Red Nose Day
Tue 23 Mar 2021Many thanks for your generous donations for Red Nose Day. We raised £45.50 for the charity. It was wonderful to see the pupils enjoying the day in their bright clothes and costumes.
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Red Nose Day 19th March
Wed 17 Mar 2021To celebrate Red Nose Day this year we are having a "Wear your own clothes day!" Pupils can come to school in their own outfits, the brighter and funnier the better! If you would like to make a donation then please send in 50 pence with your child on Friday
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Cherry Oak's World Book Day Celebrations Superhero Sid! March 4th
Thu 11 Mar 2021World Book Day 2021
Celebrating World Book Day
For World Book Day, Cherry Oak was set a very special task of: writing our own super hero book.
Every class worked incredibly hard to design, create and write their very own page for our book. Some of the children who were working from home that week also helped us.
On Friday, we had a special zoom assembly where our Head Teacher Ross came and read our story to us for the first time- and we loved it!
The book will be kept in our library and please see the pictures of the book below.
Well done Cherry Oak- together we have a created a wild and whacky masterpiece... The Adventures of Superhero Sid!Click Here To See Some Great Pictures!
Ellee Vance
English Curriculum Coordinator
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World Book Day 4th March 2021
Tue 02 Mar 2021Dear Parents/Carers
On Thursday 4th March 2021 it is World Book Day. This year, the day is unusual for us at Cherry Oak as we will not have all of our children in school celebrating with us, as some of the children will still be learning from home. With this in mind, we have come up with an idea that will bring us all back together again.
Our Cherry Oak school world book day challenge is: to create a whole school book based on superheroes.
How it will work:
- Each class in school will spend Thursday morning drawing, designing, creating and writing one page of the book
- Each child at home (if you wish) will also do the same. Then, no later than Friday morning if pictures of your child’s page could be emailed to me at: e.vance@cherryoak.bham.sch.uk, I will assemble all of the pages together to create our fabulous book
- Ross (our head teacher) will then read our book to us all via zoom (a link will be sent out via the school app) at 2.30 on Friday 5th, in celebration of both world book day and our great efforts that we have made together
The children have the freedom to write about anything and everything to do with superheroes. They can create their own, use known superheroes or simply choose someone they know who inspires them. They could write or draw about a disaster that has happened, how the hero saves the day or describe the naughty villain. The idea is that none of us will know what anyone else’s page will be about… we might just end up with the greatest book of all time!
(Please note we do not expect any of our children to complete this task independently. This is a task to work alongside and support your child… and most importantly have fun!)
We also encourage your child to dress as their favourite book character if they wish to do so.
We are all really looking forward to hearing and seeing our children’s amazing creations.
Many thanks
Yours sincerely
Ellee Vance
English Curriculum Coordinator
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Parents - Turn On The Subtitles
Tue 02 Mar 2021A Simple Idea That can Get Your Kids Reading
Hello, how are you holding up?
We take our hats off to you and all the hard work it takes to raise children in today’s bonkers world. Which is why we wanted to share this brilliantly simple idea with you – turning on the subtitles can double the chances of a child becoming good at reading. Incredible isn’t it?
So the next time your child is watching TV or the tablet, there could actually be an opportunity to improve their reading skills at the same time! In fact research has shown that it can double the chance of your child leaving school as a proficient reader. You can turn them on for the whole family or most streaming services will now allow you to do it just for individual children if you like.
Stephen Fry talks about turning on the subtitles
Turning on the subtitles while children are watching television can double the chances of them becoming good at reading. Yes really. Wonderfully simple isn't...
Why we should turn on the subtitles
Turning on the subtitles while children are watching television can double the chances of a child becoming good at reading. It's so brilliantly simple!
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