Remembrance Sunday Y5/6 S
Recently Year 5/6 S visited the war memorial in Scholes to record a video for Remembrance Sunday. The links to watch the videos are below. Well done to all the children for being so respectful and mature.
Scholes Remembrance Sunday services
School Council
The School Council met today to make a few plans for this term. Our first bit of exciting news is that the School Council have been re-branded as ‘The Junior Leadership Team.’
We discussed some ideas for Children in Need, which is taking place on Friday 13 November. The team decided that we would do a non-uniform day and collect donations. More information will be sent out on Monday.
The team are currently discussing what our new charity is going to be this year, so we’ll keep you posted when we’ve decided.
34O Certificate Celebration
Well done to everyone in 3,4O this week.
In particular, our super certificate winners…
For great learning…
Mikey – You’ve really impressed me with your improved attitude this week – keep it up!
For Living & Learning…
Harry – You are a great friend to many people and work well with everyone – well done!
For Sport and Physical Activity…
Layton, Travis and Archie – Miss Hague noticed how well you were playing with each other at lunchtime. You used to new equipment sensibly and maturely, making sure everyone had a fair turn.
5/6 S Certificate Celebration
This weeks certificate winners are…
For great learning…
Lleyton- for becoming a more active learner this week. I’m amazed- keep it up!
For sport and physical activity…
Maisie W- for demonstrating control and skill during hockey this week. Well done.
For living and learning…
Freddie W- you are a great role model in my class and a brilliant active learner – well done!
Well done everyone!
1,2V Celebration certificates
It was great to see (nearly) everyone back this week. Lockdown will not get us down!
As we can’t have our usual celebration assembly on a Friday at the moment, we will be posting the certificate winners on here each week for each class.
For great learning…
Yusuf : for great learning in maths this week – working hard on your number formation.
For sport and physical activity…
Kai : for determination in PE – trying to beat your own personal best with the bat and ball.
For living and learning…
Mollie – for always being so kind and caring.
GOLD STAR
Dylan – for a great start to Year 1. You are a brilliant role model.
Year 5 Maths
This week, Year 5 have been learning about different types of graph. They have been using tables of information and converting them into bar charts and line graphs. They had to think carefully about their axis and the labels for their graphs. Later this week, they will be collecting their own data about how their heart rate changes during exercise and then they will represent this in graph form.
History topic – The Great Fire of London
We have started a new history topic. Lots of our learning will be linked to The Great Fire of London. We are reading this book to support our learning:
You could search for a video of it on You Tube or there is a slideshow of the story here that you can read with your child at home.
We will be learning about where and how the fire started, why it ended up being so ‘great’ and what happened afterwards. We will also be learning about fire safety.
Help at home by asking your child about what they have learnt about The Great Fire of London so far.
Reading archaeologists
Year 6 raced against the clock to uncover facts about pyramids this morning. At home, you could continue researching about pyramids. What’s your favourite fact?
Descriptions and drawings of Dink!
What a great start to our creative writing today!
We loved drawing characters from descriptions. Here is the text that we used:
Deep inside the dark cave lived a fanged, hideous creature known as Dink.
Covered from head to toe in grotesque, white spots and crusty, mud-soaked skin,
you could smell Dink before you could EVEN see him. On the very top of his
head, lived a family of lice that played all day in his bright green, unwashed hair.
His muscular body escaped from his tiny clothes which were soaked in sweat.
Look at our drawings of Dink.
This was a really fun way to read accurately, check for understanding and look at ways to create good descriptions. Why not try this at home with another text? A good one is The BFG, by Roald Dahl.
Self-isolating at home?
Self-isolating at Home?
Here are some home learning activities for when you can’t be with us at Nursery.
This week at Nursery we will be thinking about fireworks, space and fire engines.
Communication
We realise that Bonfire night will be a little bit different this year but here is a programme to watch where Woolly and Tig celebrate Bonfire night. Talk to your child about what they see on Bonfire night and how we keep safe around fireworks and sparklers.
Creative
You could create a firework picture at home. Think about the patterns they make in the sky. Try some spiral and zig- zag patterns.
Fiddly fingers – Fine motor development
You could draw your own patterns and your child could follow them with small objects. You could use stones, pasta, beads, anything that you have around the house.
Understanding the World
We are going to be finding out about firefighters this week in Nursery. Watch this programme with your child to find out how they put out fires.
Mathematics
Here is a counting rhyme to sing about 5 brave fire fighters.
Phonics
This week we will be learning to be good listeners. If your child can hear and distinguish sounds in the environment it helps them to hear the sounds in words. This skill will support them once they begin to read and write.
Put some objects that make sounds in a box or under a blanket. For example keys, bells, a noisy toy. Show your child the objects then cover them. Make the objects sound and ask your child to identify the object.
You can play this outside too, by going on a listening walk around your garden. What can you hear? A car? The wind? A bird?
As always lets us know how you get on with these activities by either ringing school or contacting us via our email address. Scholesf1@spherefederation.org