Skipping into summer with Skipping School
We have launched a whole school skipping project with Skipping School. Each class has their own class set of ropes and we also have long ropes for every class too. The children are so enthusiastic about it already. There are some tutorial videos below so you can work on your skills at home too!
- Skipping Tips
- EYFS and KS1 ‘Click and Jump’ tutorial
- EYFS and KS1 ‘Big Rope Bouncing’ tutorial
- EYFS and KS1 ‘Double Bounce’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Double Bounce’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Speed Bounce’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Hop and Swap’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Side Straddle’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Forward and Backward Straddle’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Criss Cross’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Side swing’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Cross over’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Side swing cross’ tutorial
- KS2 ‘Pretzel’ tutorial
- ‘Run, jump, out’ tutorial
- ‘Keep the pot boiling’ tutorial
This week in Reception…
There have been some popular activities in the classrooms this week…
Rainbow class have become fascinated with creating their own books in the writing area. We know some children have been creating them at home too. We’ve had stories about family, princesses, a grumpy fork and “Dad and Jim getting wet in the rain”, to name just a few! How amazing it is, that the children are independently exploring their writing for fun. It is so exciting for the teachers to see the huge confidence they have in their writing skills and we very much enjoy seeing them stand proudly at the front of the class, as they read their stories to their friends.
There was much excitement surrounding Tuesday night’s storm. Children came in excited to talk about it. It was a perfect opportunity to take their interest and explore the natural world. Mrs Myers took the children outside to look for clues that there had been a storm:
Rudy- “I see a clue-ice”
Felicity- “The blossom fell off the tree”
TH-S- “There was lightning at night”
The children collected some of the natural objects they had found, including some hail stones which they left in the sunlight. They observed the ice melting throughout the day.
Sunshine class came to the rescue of a poorly-looking bee. They gave it some sugar and water, keeping their fingers crossed for a recovery. The event sparked lots of discussion about the importance of bees for our environment.
In Maths, we looked at the focus number 13 and explored sharing/ which numbers can be shared fairly. Here are some of the ways we made 13:
In Literacy, our focus story was The Bad Tempered Ladybird. We wrote about the ways we can show we are kind and polite, just like the kind ladybird in the story.
We have also been….
Enjoying the new superhero small world area:
Learning how to use a skipping rope in PE:
Enjoying our outdoor area:
Developing our ideas in the construction and creative areas, building and creating with purpose:
Home-Link Challenges
- This week we have sent your child home with a phase 3 sound mat, as we have now learnt all of the sounds within this phase. Please use this with your child, whenever suits you. There are some challenging diagraphs (two letters that make one sound) and trigraphs (three letters that make one sound) and we will be recapping these in school during our phonics sessions over the next few weeks. If your child is interested in writing at home, they can also use the mat to support the recall of the graphemes (the letters that make the sound)
- This week we have sharing in Maths. Explore sharing with your child at home. Here are a couple of ideas:
-Choose three teddies and share out fifteen blocks/pieces of lego between them. How many do they have each? Is it a fair share? (you can choose a smaller number if needed)
-Ask your child to share out one item of food onto the dinner plates, so that there is a fair share between the members of your family. How many pieces of food are there to begin with? How many people are eating? How many pieces of food do they have each, when it is shared out? Is it a fair share?
Reminder
Tomorrow (14 May 2021) is a staff training day. School will be closed to pupils. Have a lovely long weekend together and we will see you bright and early, Monday morning.
Wiggly Woo!
There’s a worm at the bottom of the garden and his name is Wiggly Woo! We’ve been singing this song a lot this week; have a listen at home and you’ll soon see what we mean!
Following on from last week’s interest in worms, we’ve learnt all about wiggly worms this week and have made our own wormery. Children loved looking for some worms and comparing their lengths. It also created a lot of discussion about where worms live, how they move and what they might eat. We found out lots of interesting facts, too. Ask your child if they can remember any of them. Do worms have teeth or ears? How do they eat?
The storms on Wednesday were the cause of excitement on the walk to Nursery. Did you see the hail stones? We collected some from outside and had a look at them. We talked about where they came from, what they were made of and what happened when we held them in our hands.
As the weather is very changeable at the moment, please make sure that your child has a waterproof coat in Nursery everyday, even when it’s sunny in the morning.
The beautiful blossom from our Nursery apple trees has been popular this week. We’ve painted it, danced in it as it fell from the tree and we’ve even ‘cooked’ with it in our mud kitchen. All of which covered lots of elements from the Expressive Arts and Design part of our Early Years Curriculum!
As well as hunting for worms and being creative with blossom, we’ve also been busy creating a ‘car’ wash and petrol station. As you can see from the photographs, children really enjoyed cleaning the trikes and driving through the car wash. Some children were saying “Red. Stop!” during their role play, so we made a traffic sign for them to help control the queue. Green for go!
Finally, after what seems like a very busy shorter week, we spotted some tiny eggs on a leaf. We think they might be ladybird eggs. Watch this space over the next few weeks…
Living and Learning : staying safe online and screen time
Our homework this week was about screen time.
Is is good? Is it bad? How much is ok?
We have had super discussions about how much time we spend online or looking at screens.
Being Biologists
This half term in Science, we have been thinking about how we change as we grow older. In the lesson this week, we thought about how old age can affect mobility, completing tasks and how this can impact on our lives. We discussed how diseases can affect us as we get older and discussed arthritis. The children were given the opportunity to research this and found out that this can affect adults and children and impacts on everyday life. There are different types of arthritis and there is no cure. The children were incredibly engaged in the lesson and were able to relate it to their own lives; they could identify family members that have arthritis.
Skipping Skills!
This week, each class have been allocated their own set of brand new skipping ropes. Year 5/6B have taken full advantage of our new equipment and have been practising our skills all week! So far, we have learnt:
- Double Bounce
- Speed Bounce
- Hop and Swap
- Criss Cross
- Pretzel
Here are some pictures of our progress – enjoy!
Y6 Swimming survey
As part of the government PE and Sport Premium for primary schools, there is a condition requiring schools to publish how many pupils in Year 6 are meeting the National Curriculum requirements. As school swimming lessons took place earlier in KS2, please could you complete this survey to provide up to date information for your child.
Thank you
Mrs Latham
PE/Health Leader
Living and learning : health and prevention (hand washing)
We have linked our Living and Learning lessons to our computing topic – particularly algorithms.
We talked about how washing your hands is an algorithm. You have to do each step in the right order for it to work. We all know how important washing our hands is!
Look Out, Ladybird!
We have been busy reading ‘Look Out, Ladybird.’ We thought about the skill of flying and how we are good at things when we show resilience. What are you good at doing because you did not give up when it was difficult?
There are so many skills that we have been learning in Reception-our Tricky Words and letter formation are a few of them. Our writing is becoming very impressive.
The weather has been glorious at times and terrible at others. One minute we’re coated up and the next we are sun bathing. Whatever the weather we enjoy being outdoors, building, creating, growing and sharing.
Our freshly painted ladybird rocks are a wonderful addition to our outdoor area. Our focus number has been 12. Some ladybirds have been painted with double 6 or double 3 on the wings. Can you spot yours?
Home-Link.
Can you find and show doubles? Double the tins in a cupboard, double cars, double apples…(so many possibilities). Please email photographs of your work.
3,4 NV class post
What a fabulous week!
In PE this week, we have had fun skipping with our brand-new skipping ropes. We have counted how many jumps we can do in one go and have challenged ourselves to develop our skipping skills.
We are computer experts, too! Using Scratch, we have continued to build algorithms and create our own sequences of events and interactions between sprites.
