Living and Learning: saying please and thank you
This week, we have been making an extra effort to use our manners.
We know that using simple words and phrases like please and thank you can make a big difference.
Being polite to everyone is very important and can really brighten someone’s day. This links very well to one of our school rules:
We respect everyone and everything.
Captain Tom 100 Challenge 5/6M
On the 30th April 2021, children in 5/6M will be joining the Captain Tom 100 Challenge.
In the morning, our class will write 100 joyful messages and pictures which will be hidden around the school grounds. Other children from our school community will be invited to find and read as many as they can throughout the day.
Please support us in this challenge by donating 100 pennies (or £1) for the new school charity.
Captain Tom 100 Challenge
Year 5/6B will be completing a challenge on Friday 30th April to raise money for our school charity. Throughout the day, we will be running around our school field – 100 times! We are hoping that parents will donate £1.00 in order to support us in this challenge. Can you please make sure your child has a water bottle to bring to school with them.
5/6B will do you proud!
Captain Tom 100 Challenge
Year 5/6 S are very excited to announce what challenge we will be completing on Friday 30th April to raise money for our school charity. Over the course of the day, we will be running for a total time of 100 minutes! We are going to be exhausted, but it will be worth it! We are hoping that parents will donate £1.00 in order to support us in this challenge. Thank you in advance of your generosity.
Creative Computing!
Year 5 and 6 have been computing hero’s this week in topic. They have been using Scratch on the laptops to create their own programs. They used algorithms to program the sprite to draw different shapes. They started off by drawing a circle and an equilateral triangle. They then moved onto creating a spirograph design. All of these processes involved the children using logical reasoning to debug their algorithms when it didn’t create the shape they wanted. They also used the skill of repetition to allow them to be more efficient. Ask your child at home about their computing learning. Can they remember any of the vocabulary we’ve been learning? There were some great designs – well done!
Captain Tom 100 Challenge
Welcome back after the Easter break.
The brand new Junior Leadership Team are going to be very busy this half term and they’re ready for action! In the next few weeks, classes will be coming up with ideas for who our next school charity will be. The JLT will then make the final decision. Before we even do this though, we’re going to get cracking on some fundraising. Friday 30th April sees a campaign organised by the Captain Tom Foundation. This date marks a year from when Sir Captain Tom began the 100 laps around his garden. To mark this occasion, people are being encouraged to complete a challenge based on the number 100. We are definitely up for this challenge! Each class will be discussing and choosing their challenge. This could be based on a maths challenge, running 100 metres or even writing a 100-word poem. We will be asking for voluntary donations to support the children in their challenges. This money will be ready to be donated to our new charity as soon as it’s selected. Each class will be posting on the website their chosen challenge.
Thank you in advance of your support and good luck with all the challenges.
1KN Egg Rolling
Thank you for sending decorated, boiled eggs in to school. 1KN enjoyed sending their eggs down the ramp to see whose egg could roll the furthest. Well done to our three winners: Stanley, Indie and Jack.
Science -flowers
Today, our Science learning involved exploring the part that flowers play in pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
We watched a wonderful video by artist Katy Scott of how flowers make new flowers. There were no words which made it all the more special.
The main points were:
- The bees visit the flowers to gather nectar and pollen which they need for food. Some of the pollen gets moved from flower to flower.
- Once the pollen has moved down the stigma into the ovary, the flower has been pollinated. Seed formation begins in the ovary.
We made the different parts from paper and put the structure together in groups.
Here are some pictures from the session.
Easter eggcitement!
We had an eggcelent week learning about Easter time and taking part in lots of traditional Easter themed activities including tasting Hot Cross Buns, making Easter cards, decorating and rolling eggs and joining in with an Easter Egg hunt.
We’ve put together a video to show you some of the highlights from this week. Foundation 1 Easter Fun
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Parent Teacher Consultations this week; it was great to speak to you and discuss your child’s progress. If you didn’t get chance to make an appointment, or if we need to rearrange it, please speak to us when we return to Nursery.
Have a fantastic Easter break! Don’t forget to e-mail us some photographs of your holiday adventures or of your Easter celebrations. We’ll be talking about our holidays in group time during the first week and it’s always lovely to have some photos to share. scholesf1@spherefederation.org
Easter Eggtravaganza
This week has been filled with Easter themed fun and activities.
We have enjoyed: creating our own Easter egg patterns in the playdough; decorating Easter trees; buttering and tasting hot cross buns and an egg rolling competition.
We have also loved our new playground equipment!
A special letter arrived from Professor Myers. She needed our help to find ways to stop Humpty Dumpty cracking as he fell off the wall.
We could use plasters and bandages. Adam
Put a blanket down. Isla
When he falls he can slide down a slide. Dexter
We can get lots of jumpers for Humpty to land on. Zak
We ended our week by giving out four golden stars.
