PE (indoors due to rain!)
Due to the very wet weather recently, we have had to do some PE lessons inside. We really enjoy Cosmic Kids Yoga in Key Stage 1. It is yoga through stories and there are so many to choose from. Have a go at home!
Marvellous Minibeast
This week, we have continued our learning on minibeasts.
We read the story Superworm.
The children enjoyed sharing their favourite parts of the story.
I like when he lifted the rock. Dexter
I enjoyed when all the animals came back to save him. Faith
I like when he went into the trash site. Harry
I liked his black feather. I think he was bad because he took the worm away.’ Juveria
In Maths, we explored the number 14 using Numicon, 10 frames , part whole models, number sentences and created our own number stories.
After observing our caterpillars on their life-cycle, they finally emerged as butterflies. We were fascinated watching them drink sugar water through their proboscis. After a few days, we released them in our outdoor area.
In Rainbow class, we have enjoyed developing our gymnastic skills in PE. We have learnt to straddle, hedgehog roll and teddy bear roll.
Reminder
Please ensure your child has a full change of clothes in school. We enjoy being outside in all weather and jumping in big, muddy puddles!
Home-link
Learn some facts about minibeasts to share with the class.
Where do they live? What is their life-cycle? What do they eat? How do they move?
A very busy week!
We don’t know where to start with this week’s post about our learning in Nursery; we’ve done so much! We thought the best way to show you, is through some photos and a video.
Butterflies
Our butterflies began to emerge from their chrysalides on Wednesday; it was very exciting. We’ve been learning all about the life cycle of a butterfly and we have watched and waited patiently for the last 2 weeks. We enjoyed watching them for a couple of days and set them free on Friday.
Bye bye, butterflies!
More minibeasts
We’re still enjoying spotting minibeasts in the garden. This week, we managed to find more little eggs on the back of a leaf, some ladybird larvae that had just hatched and a very tiny caterpillar. If you look very carefully, you can just see the hole that it had munched in a leaf.
Creative
Inside, we explored a printing technique to make butterflies with symmetrical wings.
On the thundery afternoon, we danced to music and used claves to tap in time with the beat. We also made a long tunnel, made from children, to drive the remote control car through!
Lava
At the start of the week, some children showed an interest in lava erupting as they were playing in the water. They filled their containers to the top and continued to pour, enjoying watching the water flow over the top. To build on this interest, we had a go at making our own volcano eruption. Watch this video to see what happened.
Measuring
After our work in maths where we compared the length of different worms, children have shown interest in measuring. At the end of the week, Mrs Beesley and some children made their own measuring stick because the one that they were using, just wasn’t long enough!
Weather
The weather has also provided lots of excitement this week. We’ve had hail stones, thunder and lightening, rain, wind and some sunshine. Please remember to send your child with a waterproof coat (with a hood) EVERYDAY, even if it’s sunny in the morning. As you’ll see from the photos, we learn outside, whatever the weather. Children especially enjoyed splashing in the puddles and exploring the patterns that their footprints made in the mud!
We hope that you can see from the children’s faces, there were lots of happy and engaged learners in Nursery this week.
Living and Learning : Drug education
Our Living and Learning discussions have focused on drug and alcohol education. We have talked about what we put into and on our bodies and why. We discussed these scenarios in class. Ask you child what they would do in these situations.
Wonderful Writing
Over the past few weeks, we have thoroughly enjoyed reading this lovely story ‘Ollie’s Magic bunny‘.
Each class came up with actions to remember the story in order. Children drew their own story map, listed the key vocabulary and then finally wrote the story.
We were so proud of all the children for their fabulous efforts. We saw some wonderful writing in Year 1 and 2. Here is a little sample of what the children achieved.
Ask your child to re-tell the story with the actions they learnt in class.
Scholastic Book Party
We have an exciting new online book fair starting this week. You simply follow the link below to order books from Scholastic at great discounted prices. School will then get 10% of all sales to buy books for school.
https://book-parties.scholastic.co.uk/party/scholesprimary
The link can be shared with family and friends and is for anyone to use. The more we order through the link then the more books we will get for our school.
You can either choose home delivery, which is free when you spend over £25 or you can select free group delivery. Group delivery means the books will be delivered to our book party host Laura Fieldhouse. Laura will contact you for collection from school.
Laura is happy to help select books for gifts, choose age appropriate books or help with any queries. Please contact her on 07840455397. Alternatively, visit Laura’s facebook page ‘Laura’s little bookworms’, where you will find lots of recommendations.
Living and Learning: Health and Prevention Year 3,4
In our Living and Learning sessions over the last couple of weeks, we have been learning about the importance of dental health and getting enough sleep.
I recognise the importance of personal hygiene including handwashing.
We discussed regular brushing to keep our teeth clean and protected.
Good dental health habits include:
- brushing teeth at least twice a day
- eating low sugar foods (and drinks)
- visiting a dentist regularly
I know the importance of sleep.
We know that sleep is important because it helps us to stay happy, feel healthy and make good decisions.
Some of our top tips for making sure that we get a good night’s sleep include:
- keeping a routine
- spending time outside during the day to help us burn off energy
- doing something to relax before sleeping
Can you remember any more top tips?
Skipping School
We’d like to celebrate Super Skipping in Year 3/4 – despite the rain!
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 for children to watch too!
New skills learned:
- double bounce
- speed bounce
- side straddle
- scissor straddle
- criss cross
Here are some of our Year 3/4 children enjoying the skipping sessions.
Ask your child about their new skipping skills.
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.