Yesterday we received the call from Ofsted to say they were coming in on Monday and Tuesday.
 
You will have had a letter home explaining this (it was also on the News + Views) plus you would have received a parents questionnaire. Please could you take the time to fill these in and send them back with your children, or drop them in the office. Your views are very important to us and Ofsted, so we thank you for spending the time to fill them in.

The children in Key Stage 2 have also had to fill in a similar form where they can express their views about their school.
 
The final report from Ofsted will be added to the school's website as soon as it becomes available.

So what's been happening at Darlinghurst Primary and Nursery School this week?
 
 Reception - We have been thinking about the story of Cinderella this week. We have used computers to draw our favourite characters and talked about how Cinderella felt when her step sisters were unkind to her. We have also been thinking about shapes and went on a shape hunt to see what shapes we could find. Charlotte said she liked playing with the playdough the most.
 
 1B - Mrs Barrington - It's that time of year.  Class 1B know all about the days of the week, months of the year and the seasons.  So we are fully aware that December is a winter month and it's the month we celebrate Christmas.  It's also the month when we perform our Christmas play.  This year  class 1B and 1C  are putting on an exciting performance all about Father Christmas.  Letters have gone home giving you the details and your help supporting the children learning their words is much appreciated.  Please continue to do this.  I have arranged for year 1 to visit Chalkwell Methodist church on Tue 1st Dec which links in with our work on Christianity and places of worship.  If you are able to attend the trip please let us know.  Next week shall be continuing our work on stories from other cultures and will be focusing on the Russian story of Babushka.
 
 2P - Miss Peacher - This week class 2P have been looking at the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. We made our own dream jars and wrote about our own Twitty tricks. In maths we have been looking at symmetry and shapes. We were very good at drawing characters from Roald Dahl books in the style of Quentin Blake.
 
 2G - Mrs Grant - This week we have been learning about Florence Nightingale. She was a nurse in the Crimean war and was known as the Lady with the Lamp because she used to go round the hospital holding a lamp and look at all the sick soldiers in the bed. In science we did some experiments with different surfaces to see on which one the car went the furthest. It was the white shiny one. Mrs Grant tried to trick us by doing the experiment wrong but we knew when she did it. We have also been practising our play. By Hannah
 
 3B - Miss Bernard - Hello everybody!
 
Here we are again. The children are beginning to get excited about Christmas and they are really enjoying singing our Christmas songs and practising for our play.They also been working very hard on trying to write interesting recounts on their trip to Colchester Castle and they have been very busy finishing their papier mache bowls which they are going to decorate to look like mosaics.
 
Here are the activities that children in 3B have particularly enjoyed this week:
 
"I have enjoyed rehearsing, because I like doing the show"-  Olivia S
"I like singing songs because I like it"- Yaa
"I liked "Let It Snow" when we practised because we all sang nicely"- Shelise
"Colchester Castle was great because I liked the dungeons"- Jesi
"Colchester Castle because I went with my mum"- Ollie
"Rehearsal was good because I like singing songs and dancing"- Aliyah
"Rehearsal because I liked the actions to the songs"- Lilly
"Colchester Castle because I like the ghostly prison"- Gram
" The Play, it's really fun and I like singing"- Liam
"I liked eating our Romanian apple pie, it was nice"- Paul
"I liked making my papier mache bowl because I like painting"- Grace
" Colchester Castle because it was fun"- Aaliyah
"Colchester Castle because I liked the shop"- James
 
Thank you children!
 
Have a great weekend, Miss Bernard 
 
 3/4B - Miss Bolton - We have had the busiest week ever!! We are well on the way with our Christmas play. Thank you all so much for helping your children with lines and songs and an even bigger thank you for all the parents that have sent costumes in already. Here are some comments from some of the class about this week:
Erin: I have really enjoyed the rehearsals this week and making circuits.
Sarah: I have enjoyed learning to tell the time.
Jade: I have enjoyed helping lots of people this week.
Mr Lloyd, Mr Bird and myself are off to visit our link school in Nice on Wednesday and looking forward to meeting our French teacher and class. Will have lots of stories and pictures to share with you all when we return.
 
 3/4L - Mr LLoyd - This week we have been continuing with our work for our teachers visit to Nice which is next week. We have also started looking at time in Maths and did some art that was the same as Picasso and Matisse, they look really good and are up on our Nice wall! We hope you have a lovely weekend!  
 
 5J - Mrs Johnston - This week in maths we have been doing dividing. Today we went into 5AD and watched a video on Cyberbullying. The video is to keep us safe and help us to stop cyberbullying and how to make friends. By Martine 
 
 5AD - Mrs Amran + Mr Duff -  This week we have been learning about area and perimeter. We have also learnt about an introductory paragraph and cyber bullying and internet safety. We have done Bodycare. We have been practising our school play and making props. We have enjoyed this week and can’t wait for next week!!! By Josh + Elliott
 
 6M - Mr Martin - Hi it's been another great week in 6M! We've been busy practising our reindeer play but also we have been doing lots Maths and English. We're cooking more pasta!! Yum yum! We are doing biographys in English and on Friday we had a police woman called P.C Watts who talked to us about cyber bullying and how to keep safe on the internet. Ofsted are coming in on Monday and Tuesday so we are on our best behaviuor AS ALWAYS. By Ed and Jacko. :):)