3,4O Certificate Celebration
We’ve had another superb week in 3,4O. I’ve been really impressed by everyone’s readiness to learn. This week, we’ve focussed on working as a team and it’s been great to see people helping each other with our learning – helping someone else also helps us to learn something better, too!
Everyone in 3,4O could’ve received a certificate this week but, unfortunately (ask your child if they know what this word means – we’ve learnt it this week), I had to choose three.
Our certificates go to…(insert drum roll here)
For great learning…
Rowan- your attitude to learning has been brilliant this week and you’ve always got your hand up – well done!
For sport and physical activity…
Layton – for showing great determination every time we go outside to complete the ‘Daily Mile’ – you never stop and never give up!
For living and learning…
Elliot- you are always ready to learn and this helps everyone around you to stay on task, too. You also impressed me with your ability to remember lots of interesting facts and birds and dinosaurs – you definitely taught me a few things (‘everyday’s a school day’).
Paper planes
As part of our topic learning, we have enjoyed flying paper planes to see which one would fly the furthest.
Wicked Writing!
Last week, Year 5 and 6 have been writing some very interesting pieces about events and memories from their pasts. We have been looking to remember our ‘must dos’ when writing, such as capital letters, full stops to end sentences and legible handwriting.
Here are a few of our fantastic pieces from 5/6B!
Well done Alexa and Ellis!
3,4 NV certificate celebration
Well done for a fabulous first week back at school. You have all done so well. My certificates this week go to …
For great learning…
Freddie – you have shown a fabulous learning attitude in all lessons and have produced some high-quality work. Keep it up!
For sport and physical activity…
Aurora – well done for working well as part of a team during PE.
For living and learning…
Bethenny – well done for being so enthusiastic, ready to learn and being a great role model to others in all lessons.
Science ‘Eggs’periment
Year 5 and 6 have been putting their Science skills to the test this week. They were given the task of becoming the protector of Humpty Dumpty – our Science learning is linked to our class text ‘After the fall’. They had to work out and test which materials would protect Humpty the best, if he had a fall again. They had great fun testing this out, with the most successful materials being bubble wrap and cardboard. Unfortunately not all the eggs survived- they came to a very messy end!
Wake Up Shake Up (WUSU)
We are enjoying getting back into WUSU, even if it is just with our class bubbles. Regular activity breaks outside are important for our physical and mental well being, and improve concentration when we return to the classroom afterwards.
Contacting teachers via email
Below is our temporary policy regarding contacting teachers via email and the relevant email addresses.
1,2V : vickylatham@spherefederation.org
1KN : kaylowry@spherefederation.org and natalielake@spherefederation.org
3,4 O Certificate Celebration
It has been brilliant to have all the children back in school this week and it’s been lovely to finally meet the new members of our class. Everyone has come into school with an amazing attitude to their learning and they’ve settled in so well – I’m super excited about the rest of the year!
As we can’t have the 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…
Noah – you have come back to school with a mature attitude to your learning. You’ve participated in all lessons and tried so hard with your work. Well done – keep it up!
For sport and physical activity…
Louis – despite not being able to actively participate in our PE lessons this week, you were able to help your classmates by coaching them through the lesson – well done, Louis.
For living and learning…
Ella – all week, you have greeted myself, and others, politely and with a smile on your face. Thanks for making our class a happy, healthy and polite place to be.
Reading books
At the end of the week, your child was given a reading book and their reading diary to take home.
Reading is one of the most beneficial things children can do at home. Whilst we appreciate the craziness of life, we’d love it if you could read with your child for 15 minutes every day.
This book and their reading diary should be returned to school every week.
If your child is in Mrs McCormick’s class, they should have their book and diary in school every Monday.
If your child is in Mrs Wadsworth’s class, they should have their book and diary in school every Friday.
If your child is in Mr Catherall’s class, they should have their book and diary in school every Friday.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please ask your child’s class teacher.
Welcome to Nursery
We’ve really enjoyed meeting all of our new families this week and seeing the older children during our Zoom meetings. It was lovely to find out about you all and we can’t wait for you to join us in Nursery for our settling in sessions next week.
Here are the key points for you to remember that we discussed during our Zoom conversations. If you couldn’t make the Zoom call, please read this carefully before your first visit to Nursery.
- You must have returned your paperwork to the school office before your child can stay at Nursery. Please do this on Monday 14 September if you haven’t already.
- Remember to take a passport/birth certificate to the office to show your child’s date of birth.
What should I bring to Nursery?
- A changing bag with 1-2 full sets of clothes (knickers/pants, socks, trousers, t-shirts). We can’t use our Nursery spare clothes at the moment so your child must have their own. Remember to name everything.
- A NAMED waterproof coat and pair of wellies.
- A NAMED water bottle. Please take this home each day to wash and refill.
- Remember to leave your own toys at home; we have lots of Nursery toys to play with.
Drop off and collection
- Only 1 adult should accompany your child when dropping off/collecting from Nursery. This is to help us adhere to social distancing guidelines, ensuring that there is plenty of room to wait with other parents/carers outside Nursery.
- Please wait outside Nursery at the start/end of the day. A member of staff will let you know when you can enter the playground.
- When you enter the playground, you’ll need to see a member of staff who will be standing under our gazebo. They will sign your child in and ask you who will be collecting them at the end of the session. We ask you to respect the current government guidelines for family bubbles and social distancing with adults that are not part of your bubble.
- You can let us know your child’s lunch option too. Remember, packed lunches must contain everything that your child will need (e.g. spoons) and must not contain nuts. The current lunch menu can be found here.
- As parents/carers are unable to enter Nursery under the current guidelines, children will play outside in our Nursery garden.
- Once you have settled your child, please leave Nursery promptly. We’re really hoping that there’ll be smiles all round… but if your child is having a wobble, please give them a big cuddle and say good bye and allow a member of staff to settle them. We will call you if they continue to be upset and struggle to settle afterwards. Thank you for being so understanding with this, we have adapted our usual settling in routines to make the transition a happy one, despite restrictions in place.
- Blue and green group children will be collected from the outside area.
- Red and yellow group children will be collected from the Nursery main door (this is the blue door in the photograph above).
- Please check your child’s individual transition plan for their start and finish times. We have staggered these to reduce congestion and allow for social distancing. Please arrive at your given time; children will be waiting inside with their coats on ready to leave.
As we mentioned during our Zoom conversations, all of these arrangements are new to staff as well. Please be patient as we try out our new systems and routines; we’ll make changes if necessary.
If you have any other questions, please email us. scholesf1@spherefederation.org
Finally, we promised that we’d take a few photos so that you could talk to your child and show them some of the lovely areas that are ready for them to play in. We know from our conversations that some of our children’s current interests are dinosaurs, Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, trains, fairies and role playing with babies and pretend cooking. We also have found copies of some of your favourite stories including the Gruffalo and Fox in Socks.
We’re confident that we have something for everyone to enjoy. Have a great weekend and we’ll see you next week.