Living and Learning
This week the children have been thinking about how to show they’re ready to learn. Firstly they set some ground rules that would be used in each lesson- they felt this was very important. In groups the children came up with different ways they can show that they are ready to learn.
‘Eyes on the speaker.’
‘Not interrupting when others are speaking.’
They also discussed how to respond in a positive way to feedback in school, whether this was linked to learning or their behaviour. A good start to the year!
Year 1 information evening
Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to the information evening tonight. We hope you found it useful. The presentation can be found below.
A fantastic start to school!
We have had an exciting week welcoming everyone on their first few days of school!
We are very proud of how the Foundation 2 children have settled in and adapted to all the changes in their lives. They have been learning how to listen in larger groups, take turns and have formed new friendships and relationships with adults. Their independence and confidence is increasing on a daily basis!
They have been exploring all the new areas, activities, toys and resources in Foundation 2. We are following the children’s interests and adapting our provision accordingly. This has included knights and dragons, baking, cars and dinosaurs so far. Please let us know if your child has any particular interests that we can share at school too.
You can add to ‘our interests’ board any interests your child may have. We will use this information to plan for your child’s classroom environment. We love to read their favourite stories, so if they would like to bring in a book to share, they are more than welcome.
Home-link
When teaching the children to write their name, we sing a ditty to support with their letter formation. You can use the Letter Formation guide for support when practising writing their name at home.
Class Novel – The Enchanted Wood
We have started our class novel, The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton, and all the children are enthralled already. It is a classic, which you may have read yourselves or have a copy of at home. Read along at home, if you like, or you could ask your child which characters we have met so far and what they like about the story.
Year 1 Information Evening
We are looking forward to meeting lots of parents and carers at the Year 1 information evening this Thursday, 12 September, at 6pm.
Nursery is ready!
Welcome to our new families and welcome back to our returning ones! We hope that you’ve had a lovely summer break; we can’t wait to see you all and hear all of your exciting stories about your summer adventures.
This week, staff have been very busy preparing Nursery for children to stay and play on Monday. Following the building work during the holidays, we had lots of furniture to move and boxes to unpack. We’re pleased to say that Nursery is ready and looking very inviting – all we need now are some children to come and join Ferdie and Fern to play!
Staff and our Nursery foxes have also been out and about in Scholes and the surrounding villages, visiting our new children in their homes. It was lovely to meet everyone and begin to get to know you all. During these visits, we like to find out a little bit about what your child enjoys and we have incorporated some of the common interests into our Nursery provision. This year’s shared interests ranged from dinosaurs and construction vehicles to jungle/farm animals, baking and dancing. In our reading corners, we have a selection of books that we know are already favourites such as the Gruffalo, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Peppa Pig.
We’re confident that children will find some thing that they like on Monday…. Here’s a sneaky peak at what they have to enjoy!
We’re looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Returning children will join us on Monday morning from 8.30am until 12.30pm.
New children will join us for their Stay and play session with an adult (approx 1 hour) during the afternoon.
ALDI sticker collection
Aldi have launched a sticker collection scheme that we are hoping to benefit from. Please bring any stickers you collect into school. There is a collection bucket in the entrance. Thank you.
PE and swimming
Swimming days :
2KN (Miss Lowry) – Tuesday
1K (Miss Parling) – Thursday
1,2V (Mrs Latham) – Friday
Please send your child’s PE kit on a Monday as, although all year 1 and 2 classes have PE on a Friday, we sometimes have to change days.
Thank you
Golden star
Well done to our first golden star this school year.
First week fun!
Everyone has settled in to their new year 1 and 2 classes really well. We have done some writing, maths, reading, PE and art! 1K and 1,2V have also had their first swimming lessons.
