Welcome to 5/6 B
Mr Freeman here! I hope you are looking forward to joining 5/6 B in September. I’m really looking forward to teaching you all and getting to know you. Here is a welcome video.
Welcome to 5/6 S
Good morning, Mrs Hogarth here! I hope you are looking forward to joining 5/6 S in September. I’m really looking forward to teaching you all and getting to know you. Here is a little welcome video. If you have any questions or worries, please send me an email.
sarahhogarth@spherefederation.org
Welcome to 1KN (2020-21)
Hi to our new class! Here is Miss Lowry : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYijQ75pBe
and Mrs Lake reading a story – Dogger by Shirley Hughes : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYiQ6l5GIc
We would love to see a photo of you with your favourite toy. If you can take one and would like to send it, you can email it to us on : kaylowry@spherefederation.org natalielake@spherefederation.org
Also, if you would like to vote for our class dog’s name, email us with your choice by 16 July and we will announce the name on 17 July on the Year 1 and 2 Class News page.
Felicia Von Housen
Seamous O’Doggel
Jose Lingua
Loretta Flowers
Here are the people you will see in our class at different times.
Welcome to 1,2V (2020-21)
Hi to my new class! Here is me (Mrs Latham) reading a story – Dogger by Shirley Hughes : Hello 1,2V video
I would love to see a photo of you with your favourite toy. If you can take one and would like to send it, you can email it to me on vickylatham@spherefederation.org
Also, if you would like to vote for our class dog’s name, email me with your choice by 16 July and I will announce the name on 17 July on the Year 1 and 2 Class News page.
Sheila McPaws
Douglas Duggee
Doris Wagalot
Trevor Woofington
Ethel Fetcher
Frank Sniffy
Here are the people you will see in our class at different times.
Welcome to 5/6M
Here is a short video to welcome you to your new class. Please contact me if you have any questions or you just want to say hello.
Where’s my Teddy?
We can’t believe that this is our final week of home learning activities. Look out for something special arriving in the post this week and remember to check back on Friday for a special video.
We’re going to finish our home learning activities with ‘Where’s My Teddy?’ written by Jez Alborough.
We often celebrate our learning and the end of our time in Nursery with a Teddy Bear’s picnic party. Sadly, this isn’t going to be possible this year but we didn’t want to miss out on all of the fun. So, this week, we’d love it if you could have a Teddy Bear’s picnic at home (inside or outside depending on the weather!) and send us your photos by Thursday.
Remember to email your photos to scholesf1@spherefederation.org
We’ll share all of your photographs on Friday. We thought that this would be a lovely way to end the year – to fill our Class News Page with all of your happy, smiling faces.
Where’s My Teddy
- Did you enjoy the story?
- How do you think Eddy felt when he lost his teddy?
- Do you have a favourite teddy bear or soft toy? Talk to your family members about their favourite toys as children. They may still have an old favourite teddy hidden away somewhere that they can show you.
Here are some activities that you can try that are linked to the story.
Mark Making – Draw or cut out an outline of a bear. Ask your child to add eyes, a nose and a mouth to the bears face. You could encourage them to draw some clothes on the bear or a bow tie and decorate it with patterns. There are also some free printable pencil control activity sheets to download on Twinkl.
Music – Sing along at home to this well-known family favourite all about a teddy bear’s picnic.
Cooking – Find a recipe to bake something to eat at your Teddy Bear’s Picnic this week. There are lots of recipe ideas on the I Can Cook website. Some bears like to eat honey; you might like to make a honey sandwich! Ask your child to help butter the bread and add their choice of sandwich filling. With help, they can cut their sandwiches carefully into squares or triangles.
Understanding the World – Do you like honey? If you’ve never tried it before, have a try. What does it taste like? Where does honey come from? Maddie Moate knows all about where honey comes from because her parents are bee keepers. Watch these short clips to find out about how bees make honey and how Maddie harvests honey from her bee hives.
Mathematics
1) Top Marks has a teddy bear counting game that children really enjoy playing at Nursery. We help children to recognise the number so that they know how many cupcakes to feed the bear.
2) Ask your child to choose some soft toys/teddies to invite to the picnic. How many have they chosen? How many plates and cups will they need?
Watch – Teddy bears are obviously very popular as there are lots of programmes available to watch all about bears! Here’s an episode from Postman Pat about a Special ‘teddy’ Delivery or you can find out what happens in the town of Biggleton when too many bears arrive for the picnic.
13 July 2020: Home learning
Phonics
Practise: Practice saying the phase 3 digraphs.
Read: Can you read the sentences and draw a picture to match?
Write: Can you write a sentence/message to your friend? Email it to us and we can put it on the class news for your friend to read!
Remember to think it, say it, count it, write it and check it!
→Need more of a challenge? You could write a letter to your friend sequencing what you have been doing at home. You could use this diary template to help you.
Maths
This week we are going to learn about two teen numbers.
Can you make a crazy shape out of 19 blocks? Or can you draw a crazy shape using 19 squares?
Can you count to 20 by twos?
Can you count to 20 by fives?
→Need more of a challenge?
Healthy living – physical health
Following on from ‘sports week’ we will be exploring how to live a healthy lifestyle. Today, we are going to be learning about physical health and the importance of exercise.
Listen to the story ‘Get up and go! By Nancy Carlson’
Discussion: Start a conversation about why we need to exercise. The following questions could be useful for conversation starters
- What is exercise?
- What exercise do you enjoy?
- Why do we need to exercise?
- What does exercise do to our bodies?
Activity: Can you draw a picture of an activity that you enjoy doing that helps to keep you fit? Write a sentence about what your activity is and why exercise is important.
→Need more of a challenge? Can you make a poster telling people why they need to exercise to keep fit?
You may find Gonoodle and imovement useful resources to encourage your child to keep fit in a fun, exciting way.
Virtual Trip
As we were unable to go on a school trip this year we thought you might like to go on a virtual trip instead. Visit the virtual zoo at Chester Zoo to see some of the animals and their zookeepers.
Never Forget
We’re nearly at the end of this crazy year.
It’s been a long time but we’re not too sure where we’ve been.
We’ve had good times …
Do you know what? I’ll let Take That say the rest.
(If they refuse to sing or you can only see half of the screen, slide the image to the far right and click on the full screen icon.)
Home Learning Pictures
Thank you for emailing some of your amazing writing. We enjoyed reading your posters and adventurous words.
We also enjoyed reading your Let’s Talk questions too.
What if dogs could climb trees?
Can you climb higher than a car?
Can balloons fly in the sky?
Can candles spit fire?
Is rain green?
Can a car say hello?
Can you swim on a scooter?
Have a lovely weekend and we’ll see you next week for the last week of the summer term 🙂
Story Time
Well done! You’ve just completed another week of home learning. What was your highlight of this week? We have one more week of activities planned before we break up for the summer holidays. Next week, our usual Friday story time will be slightly different; visit our Class News Page on Friday 17 July for a special ‘end of year’ Nursery video.
This week, Miss Morris is going to read our final story of the year. We know that many of you have loved listening to them each week so we hope that you’ll enjoy today’s story, too. Can you guess which story it is from these clues?
- The main character has long ginger hair that she wears in a plait.
- She meets a fearsome creature that wants to have ‘witch and chips’ for his tea.
- There’s a cat, a dog, a bird and a frog in the story and they all help to make a spell using the magic words…Igggity, zigggity, zagggety, zoooooom!
That’s right! Miss Morris is going to read ‘Room on the Broom’ by Julia Donaldson.
Independence
It is really important that you help your child to be as independent as possible. Here are some essential skills that we’d like you to encourage your child to practise so that they can try to do them independently on their return to Nursery or Reception. Over the summer holiday is often a great time to work on these skills; you may have a bit of extra time and aren’t as rushed by time deadlines.
Whilst some of these activities may be more suited to our older children that are moving to Foundation 2 (Reception) in September, most of them are things that our younger children could be working towards too. It’s never too early to encourage children to be as independent as they can be.
- Encourage your child to put on their own coat and shoes. When you’re buying shoes, try to choose shoes that have Velcro fastenings or that children can do themselves.
- Can your child use the toilet independently? Try to help your child recognise when they need the toilet. Encourage them not to leave it until the last minute so that they have time to remove their own clothing. Can your child wipe themselves afterwards? These are all skills that children will need in Reception and that would also be very beneficial in Nursery.
- Encourage your child to be independent at lunchtime. When you’re at home or on a picnic over the summer, teach your child how to open food containers and to remove packaging themselves. If they have a carton drink, encourage them to put the straw in independently. All these things will be really helpful on their return to school so that we can minimise our close contact with their lunch items.
- If your child is already well on their way with these skills, you could look at other ways to build their independence. Can they get dressed themselves? Can they put on their own socks? Do they know how to put a t-shirt / jumper on and take it off ?
- Watch – There are lots of programmes about starting school or nursery on this CBeebies page all about being ‘Ready for School’.
Home Learning
Here are your friend’s photos from this week.
