Dear Parents/Carers

The Keeping Up With The Children English course that we have booked in for Term 5 will be postponed for now and it will be replaced with a maths course instead, please see below for all the details.

The maths course is designed to familiarise adults with a range of new calculation methods and mental maths strategies currently used to teach maths in primary schools. It aims to help adults feel confident in supporting their children's learning in maths whilst providing an opportunity to brush up their own skills. It can be used as a route onto a longer maths course with accreditation at the end.

Content will include:

• Look at new methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division taught in schools and compare with traditional formal written methods.
• Identify the age/stage expectations and key objectives in the KS1 and KS2 numeracy curriculum.
• Discover hints and tips to help learn times tables.
• Use the grid method and chunking when multiplying and dividing.
• Understand what is meant by number bonds, partitioning, place-value and other mathematical terms and vocabulary which may be new and unfamiliar.
• Make number lines, hundred squares, arrow cards, number fans and additional resources to support maths learning at home.
• Carry out practical activities with shape, metric measures and data handling.
• Explore and evaluate useful maths resources including maths dictionaries and those available on line. 

The course is for parents/carers only and it will run for two hours every Thursday 9.30am - 11.30am, starting on Thursday 19th April and ending six weeks later on Thursday 24th May.

The course is completely free!

Please let the office know if you are interested in attending or if you have any further questions/queries.

Many thanks

Dear Parents/Carers

Easter is fast approaching and once again we will be hosting our popular 'Easter Egg Bingo' evening. It will be held on Monday 26th March at 6.00pm (doors open via the rear of the hall at 5.45pm for a prompt start).

For a fun filled evening of bingo, with a mass of chocolatey prizes, the cost is a mere £2.00 for six games. Extra strips can be purchased at £2.00 each, for those of you who possess enough skill to juggle 2 or 3 cards at once! The entry fee is payable at the door on the night.

Light refreshments will be available at the interval as well as the chance for the children to play some extra fun games too. Please remember that a responsible adult must accompany all children.

In preparation for the bingo evening there will be a non-uniform day on Monday 26th March. In return for wearing their own choice of clothes, we request that each child bring to school with them either Easter eggs, mini eggs, cream eggs (but preferably not foil wrapped chicks/bunnies) etc, which will be used at the bingo evening that night.

We hope that you will support us and look forward to seeing you there.

The Friends of Chartham Primary School