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Wrapping up our half term of learning at Dulwich Wood:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have had a brilliant half term at Dulwich Wood! Some of the highlights include the Scotland Residential Trip and the Christmas performances – Reception Nativity, KS1 Nativity, KS2 Performance at St Stephen’s Church and our showcase of talent at the Dulwich Wood Talent Show. Thank you to all the children for your never ending energy and enthusiasm, collaborative spirit and giving your best in everything that you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smart Phone Free Dulwich Wood <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smartphone Policy at Dulwich Wood 2025<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You will have received this letter yesterday outlining some changes to our Smartphone Policy. From January, Dulwich Wood will be a Smart Phone Free School.<\/strong> We appreciate your support in creating an environment where focus, creativity, friendships and real connection come first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our half term at Dulwich Wood<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reception<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are so proud of our amazing Reception children and all they have achieved this half term. They showed brilliant perseverance<\/strong> in phonics, completing Phase 2 with lots of enthusiasm and growing confidence. In maths, the children enjoyed exploring numbers 0\u20135 and discovering the properties of different 2D shapes. In literacy, they used lots of imagining <\/strong>and put on their empathy goggles<\/strong> during class discussions about the stories we explored. They were also fantastic at exploring the world around them, using our making links<\/strong> tool to spot and talk about seasonal changes. Well done to all of our Reception children. We can\u2019t wait to see what they continue to achieve next half term!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a fantastic half term we\u2019ve had in Year 1! We have loved our learning journey \u2018Voices from the Past\u2019, focusing on Claudia Jones and her positive impact on the world. In our R.E. and Literacy lessons the children were fantastic at using their empathy<\/strong> and making links<\/strong> tools to think about the special gift Sophia was given and a special gift that Christians might receive at Christmas. We loved finishing off the term with our spectacular performance of \u2018Whoopsie Daisy Angel\u2019 where we collaborated<\/strong> and persevered<\/strong> to make the show a success! We are so proud of you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This half term, our children have shown great curiosity and imagination <\/strong>as they explored materials and investigated elements during our visit to Dulwich Picture Gallery. Through role play and drama, they developed empathy<\/strong> by stepping into the lives of people from the past. We were especially proud of how the children used their empathy goggles<\/strong> to welcome new friends, showing kindness, respect and a strong sense of inclusion within our Dulwich Wood community. They showed amazing perseverance<\/strong> by working hard to remember their lines, songs and actions and their imagination<\/strong> truly shone as they brought the nativity story to life with confidence, expression and joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 3 have had a brilliant half term, making great use of their whole Dulwich Wood Learning Toolkits<\/strong>. A few highlights include: using our collaboration<\/strong> tools on our mapping workshop in Dulwich Woods;  persevering<\/strong> with our calculation and times tables knowledge in Maths (and making great progress!); using our planning<\/strong> tools to draft and publish fact-filled leaflets all about protecting our local woodland in Literacy and asking questions<\/strong> to learn all about life during the Roman Empire in History. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 4 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 4 have had an exciting and creative half term. They have been using their empathy goggles<\/strong>\u00a0while learning about the Windrush generation, helping them to develop a deeper understanding of people\u2019s experiences and perspectives. The children also used their planning<\/strong> tool to create some incredibly inspiring speeches, before putting their imagination<\/strong> to work by writing wonderful festive poetry. We have been so impressed with their thoughtfulness, creativity and enthusiasm for learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 5 have had a great half term using all of our learning tools. We have used our making links<\/strong> tool when reading Freedom Bird, Long Walk to Freedom and Black and British. Using our perseverance<\/strong> tool, we have grown in confidence using computers to create PowerPoints and learn touch typing. We have developed our ability to reason<\/strong> and ask questions<\/strong> through discussing and debating interesting and complex ideas in Humanities and RE. In Literacy, we have been really creative using our imagining<\/strong> tool to write lots of different texts including some fantastic poems which we even performed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 6 have had a fantastic half term! They have conquered fractions in maths, written a variety of different texts, read four books and learnt about the Mayans in History. They have all been mastering their use of their managing distractions<\/strong>, making links<\/strong> and perseverance<\/strong> tools throughout the term in all aspects of their learning. And to top it off, they had a spectacular week in Scotland on their residential where they all used their collaboration<\/strong> tool. We’re all looking forward to the New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Running Club:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to all of the staff, parents and of course children who have enthusiastically attended running club every Wednesday morning this term. Mr Sean and Ms Sinead put on a Christmas hunt as a challenge for our last week. The children needed to use their collaboration and reasoning tools to solve the clues and navigate our run around the local area.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diary Dates<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Mon 5th Jan<\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong>Children return to school<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fri 9th Jan<\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong>Scotland Assembly <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fri 16th Jan<\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong>KS1 Celebration Assembly <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fri 23rd Jan<\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong>KS2 Celebration Assembly <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fri 30th Jan<\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong>KS1 Celebration Assembly <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fri <\/strong><\/strong>6th Feb
<\/strong>KS2 Celebration Assembly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fri 1<\/strong><\/strong>3th Feb
<\/strong>KS1 Celebration Assembly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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