Autumn Home Link
This week, you’ll have found a brown paper bag in your child’s folder.
Please fill it with ‘Autumn treasure’ (coloured leaves, conkers, acorns etc..) and return it to Nursery. Talk to your child about what they find (colours, textures, different sizes) and about the changes they can see happening to the trees.
We’ll talk about the contents of their bags and share their treasures with friends. They’ve been really interested in our autumn discovery area this week; we’re sure that they’ll enjoy adding their own items to it.
Junk Modelling Request
The children love to make models out of recyclable materials. It’s a great opportunity for them to be creative and use their imagination.
Please can you collect and bring in any recyclable materials for our junk modelling area.
Library
The children have enjoyed their second visit to the school library this week. Please bring your child’s library book back to school on a Wednesday, as this is when we change them.
During the session the children use their quiet library voices and take their time to choose a book. While we are waiting for everyone to choose a story we encourage the children to sit and share their stories. Before we leave we like to sit as a class and listen to a story together. The children enjoy visiting the library and look forward to it each week.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
This story continues to be popular with children this week. They love listening to Michael Rosen telling the story and we have been going on lots of Bear Hunts outside too.
Today, we took advantage of the sunshine and created our own Bear Hunt through the grass, forest, mud, river and snow. To help us to feel the different textures, we took our shoes and socks off.
Some children weren’t sure at first but they soon got used to the squelching and loved it! We heard lots of descriptive vocabulary as they made their way along the path.
2KN
We would like to let you know that Mrs Wilkins has had her baby. It’s a healthy baby boy.
Mrs Lake will be joining 2KN in the week beginning 21 October 2019 to take over from Mrs Wilkins.
She will be in class before this, getting to know the children and their routines.
We hope you agree that this will be a great addition to our team.
Thank you for your continued support.
Local walk around Scholes
We enjoyed a wonderful walk around Scholes today; taking in the scenery, looking at the trees, collecting conkers and leaves, having conversations, jumping in muddy puddles and spotting an ‘angry pixie’. Thank you to the parents and carers who accompanied us. We couldn’t have done it without you.
A mysterious carrot…
The children found a funny shaped carrot growing in the garden. We talked about what the carrot might be and why it was growing in our garden. Some children decided it was an alien carrot. The children then began telling a story about the alien carrot being chased by farm animals trying to eat him! We decided to take photos of the events to make our own story. The children then used the pictures to re-tell their own story to their friends.
Can your child use the pictures to tell their own carrot story? Bring it in to school to share with friends!
Reading meeting 01.10.19
Thank you to those of you who attended the reading meeting yesterday evening. We hope you found the information useful in supporting your child’s exciting reading journey. Reading regularly at home plays an important role in your child’s reading development. Support at home will help foster your child’s love of reading and your child’s reading development.
Year 1 and 2 homework email address
Please email any digital homework (photo, video, audio files) to :
Y1scholeshomework@spherefederation.org
Y2scholeshomework@spherefederation.org
Thank you.
A very wet Tuesday
We had a great time outside in the rain today. We put our waterproof trousers and jackets on and ventured out into the very wet weather. Children enjoyed using powder paints to mix colours on the floor; it was interesting to see the colours running together on the playground and into the puddles. They painted lots of patterns on the floor using brushes. Giant mark making is great for developing muscles in the shoulders and arms; all of which are essential for writing as children get older. (It helps that it’s fun too!)
We also spotted that our wellington boots were leaving footprints in the paint and mud. Can you see the different shapes and patterns on the soles of the footprints we made?
