Parking
Please be considerate when you are parking to drop off or pick up children from Nursery. We have received complaints from local residents that cars are being parked on the yellow zig zags and across driveways.
The road markings are there for the safety of our children and adults. Please obey them.
We know that it can be busy at times; if you are able to walk to Nursery or set off slightly earlier to enable you to park further away, please consider doing this to ease the congestion.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Parent Partnership Information
Thank you to those who came to the parental partnership evening. We hope you found the evening informative and have lots of ideas on how to support your child at home.
We value the importance of working together with you to gain a holistic view of your child’s learning. You can share your child’s learning moments with us by email (scholesf2@spherefederation.org), wow documents and time to talk sheets. These sheets can also be found on the parental partnership board in your child’s classroom for you to take. In rainbow class, the parental partnership board is on the right as you enter the classroom. In sunshine class, the board is next to your child’s learning journey profiles as you enter the classroom. Please feel free to look at your child’s profiles – you will find observations and pictures of your child learning at school. This might prompt discussions about things your child is doing at home and allow us to gain a bigger picture of your child’s learning and development. We often find play is linked to things that have happened at home – it would be great to hear about these moments!
Living and Learning : I take safe risks. I take responsibility.
In our Living and Learning sessions this week we have been talking about taking risks and taking responsibility. Knowing when to take a safe risk is an important lesson for children. For example, encouraging children to assess the risk of whether they wear their coat at playtime. We also encourage them to take responsibility to take letters or reading books out of their bags and look after their jumper if they take it off. Help at home by naming everything please!
Join-in Monday
Thank you to all the parents and careers who came to 1,2V’s Join-in afternoon. It was wonderful to show and share what we do in class.
Year 3/4 Trip to Go Ape
What an exciting start it has been for the Year 3/4 children !
Last week, all of our lower key stage children went to Go Ape, Temple Newsam. The purpose of the trip was not only to build self esteem, take safe risks and challenge ourselves, but also to experience being surrounded by trees, which is our DT topic this term (treehouses).
Parent partnership meeting – Wednesday 18 September
A reminder that we have a parent partnership meeting this Wednesday 18 September at 6pm. We value the role you play in your child’s learning journey. The parent partnership meeting will be an opportunity to understand how you can help us build a bigger picture of your child’s learning and development.
We have already had some emails with pictures from parents about their child’s learning at home. For example, one child has been learning to play the keyboard. Another, has been learning to rock climb. Thank you to those parents who have shared their child’s learning – it has been fantastic to hear about! It helps us gain a bigger picture of your child’s interests and development. We allow time for the child to share these pictures with friends and talk about their news. This is a great opportunity for your child to build confidence in front of a class and develop their speaking and listening skills. If you would like to email any news about your child’s learning please do so to scholesf2@spherefederation.org .
Book bags
A reminder that each child needs a book bag in school to carry letters and soon their home reading book. This will avoid any important letters going missing.
PE days
Great to see all the year 5/6 children in their PE kit this week.
This half term, 5/6S and 5/6OB have their PE lessons on Monday and Wednesday. 5/6M have their PE lessons on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Welcome back
It was lovely to welcome all of our returning children back to Nursery on Monday. They had definitely grown over the summer and couldn’t wait to see their friends again and tell us about their holiday adventures. Children were also pleased to meet our new starters; many new friendships are already beginning to form.
Our Stay and Play on Monday afternoon was very busy. Children enjoyed exploring Nursery with their parents and carers and there were lots of sad faces when it was time to go home! Luckily, children didn’t have to wait too long until they returned for their first session.
Well done to everyone (parents and carers included!) for surviving their first session at nursery! It’s a big step for everyone. Many children waved good bye with big smiles on their faces and couldn’t wait to play. For a few children, saying bye was a little tricker; we’re pleased to say that with some support, they all found something that they enjoyed during the session and we’re sure that they’ll soon settle quickly. Keep talking about Nursery in a positive way and they’ll be smiling at the waving window in no time!
We’ll post some photos soon – we just need to check all of our photograph consent forms before we do.
Living and Learning : being ready and responding
All classes spent some time this week talking about the ground rules of our Living and Learning sessions. These include listening to each other, respecting difference and joining in.
We have also talked about being ready and responding, which are two of the 8Rs for learning. Find out more on our Health pages.