Settling
All of the children are now in full-time and are continuing to settle in, get to know each other and learn our daily routines. We’ve had lots of fun exploring our learning this week. Take a look at what we’ve been up to:
PE; Foot-Tech
The children really enjoyed their first Foot-Tech and teacher-led PE sessions.
Each Wednesday and Friday, Reception will take part in a range of fun activities and games. In Early Years, our PE lessons have a key focus on developing the fundamentals of movement and ensuring that children are continuously engaged and active throughout.
Help at home; Family photos
Next week, we will be continue to think about our families. To help support our discussions, please send in one picture of your family together. We will keep the photograph on display, so please send photos you are happy for us to keep. You can also email photos to the email address below.
Thank you to parents and carers who have already provided these.
PE Days
Please send your child to school in their PE kit on Wednesday and Friday.
Swimming kits are not yet needed, we will send a message out when you need to start sending the kit and a list of dates that your child will be swimming.
Here is a link to our uniform policy.
Wellies and spare clothes
Don’t forget to bring your school wellies and a bag of spare uniform/PE kit, including underwear and socks to keep in school. Thank you to parents and carers who have already provided these.
Dates for your diary
This year we will be offering various opportunities for you to find out more about Early Years at school.
There will be after school meetings with your child’s teacher.
There’ll be stay and learn sessions where you can come into school and be part of a lesson and then find out how you can help at home.
Then, opportunities to pop into school to share your child’s learning journey book with them.
We hope that you can join us for as many of these sessions as possible.
–Welcome to Reception
An invitation to this event was emailed to you back in July but here is a reminder.
Come into school to find out some basic “need to knows” about life in Reception.
19.09.24 – 6pm – 6.30pm
– Stay and learn sessions
This is an opportunity for you to come into school to find out about the Early Years Curriculum and watch your child learning in school.
Phonics Phase 2 and coffee morning – 10.10.24 9am-10am
Number 1- 13.11.24 9am-10am
Phonics Phase 3- 14.01.25 9am-10am
Fine Motor and coffee morning- 03.02.25 9am-10am
World Book Day- 06.03.24 9am-10am
Number 2 – 18.03.25 9am-10am
– Learning Journey Drop In’s
An opportunity to “drop into” school and share your child’s learning journal with them.
Learning Journey Drop in 1 – 03.12.24 and 05.12.24 Times – 8.45 am-9.15am and 3.15pm-3.45pm
Learning Journey drop in 2 – 28.03.25 and 01.04.25 Times – 8.45 am-9.15am and 3.15pm-3.45pm
Learning Journey drop in 3– 08.07.25 and 10.07.25 Times – 8.45 am-9.15am and 3.15pm-3.45pm
Class News – PE
‘I can work as part of a team to solve problems.’
Before we move onto hockey, we have started this half-term by practising our teamwork skills across the phase. We talked about what makes for a good team and worked together to complete various challenges. For example, could we move two hoops around a circle without breaking the chain? (pictured)
Help at home by asking your child what they know about good teamwork.
Class News
Well done, 3,4C – another productive week of learning.
We have worked in teams in PE to create our own game of ‘tig’ and had the opportunity to teach our games to another group. We discussed the skills we used to work in a team.
In topic, we have explored the location of Greece and have identified where Ancient Greece is on a timeline. We have read the story of Pandora’s Box in our reading lessons. We are enjoying listening to the Greek myths.
Well done to everyone who came to school with their reading record today. We enjoyed sharing them in class. There are some great examples below of the work completed at home. Help at home by listening to your child read regularly.
Have a great weekend!
Topic- History
We are historians!
This half term we are historians and are learning about what life was like in Ancient Greece.
This week in class, we learned about the physical geography of Greece! Using atlases and iPads, we discovered that Greece has lots of mountains, hills, and is surrounded by the beautiful Mediterranean Sea. We talked about how some parts of Greece have rocky landscapes and how people live near the coast.
One geographical feature that fascinated us was the Acropolis in Athens. Although it is located on Acropolis Hill (a physical feature), the Acropolis itself is considered human geography because it involves humans.
Did you know that Greece has over 6,000 islands?
Help at home:
Ask your child some facts about Greece.
Topic : history
In Topic, we have continued our work as historians. This week we focused on the innovations seen within the Stone Age and Bronze Age. As a class, we explored the innovations of the Stone Age and discovered the steps the society took to r
evolutionise farming.
Later in the week, the children took responsibility for their own learning. They created posters to show facts, which they had found themselves about the Bronze Age.
Help at home: continue to practice the vocabulary with your child.
Living and learning: I use the 8Rs to help me learn
Our living and learning statement has allowed the children to reflect on the skills they use in school. They quickly recalled all the 8Rs for learning and were able to match them with the images that are displayed in class. They talked about which ones they had used in class this week.
“I am always ready when my lessons are starting.”
“I was resilient when I found comparing numbers difficult this week.”
The children were able to also identify which of the 8Rs they would like to improve on.
PE – Castles and Cannonballs in 1,2B
We really enjoyed our first PE lesson on Friday. We are learning a new game – Castles and Cannonballs. We enjoyed building castles using all sorts of equipment and then throwing balls at them to knock them down. We are going to change and adapt the game over this half term; adding different rules, using different equipment and using different parts of our body.
Welcome to Nursery
We’ve been busy this week meeting some of our new children at their home visits. It has been lovely finding out about you all and what you like to do. We’re looking forward to getting to know you more when we welcome you to Nursery next week.
We’ve also been getting Nursery ready for the new school year, we can’t wait to show you around. We’ve tried to make sure that there’s something for everyone to enjoy- including some of your favourite things that you told us about on home visits. We’ve got Paw Patrol, fairies, dinosaurs, diggers, The Gruffalo and our bikes ready for you to come and play. Where will you play? See you soon!
A few reminders from Home Visits.
What your child will need every day.
- A waterproof coat ( named)
- A pair of wellies ( named)
- A change of clothes ( top, trousers/ leggings, underwear, socks)
- A filled water bottle ( named)
Our First Week In 1A
1A have shown amazing resilience by settling into the routines of a Year 1 classroom. Everyone is ready to listen, take part, follow instructions and take care of each other. We are incredibly proud of them!
In Maths, we have focused on number formation and place value.
Our PE lesson was in glorious sunshine. We have begun our new KS1 game -Castles and Cannon Balls.
Please look in your child’s book bag. We have sent a lot of new passwords and information home that are very important home tools to support your child’s learning.
We are really excited about the year ahead!
Welcome to Reception!
Welcome to Reception!
We’ve welcomed our first two groups of children into class this week. We are so proud of how everyone is settling in, getting to know their new classrooms and their new friends.
Here is a little sneek peek of the classrooms, for the children starting on Monday- we can’t wait for you to join us!
The teachers have been busy playing in different areas of the classroom- Who can you see? Where are they playing?
PE Days
PE will start next week. Please send your child to school in their PE kit on Wednesday and Friday.
Swimming kits are not yet needed, we will send a message out when you need to start sending the kit and a list of dates that your child will be swimming.
Wellies and spare clothes
Don’t forget to bring your school wellies and a bag of spare clothes/underwear to keep in school. Thank you to parents and carers who have already provided these.
Family photo
We will soon be talking and learning about different families. To support our learning, please send in a photo of your child with their family. You can send in a copy of your photo or email it to:
scholesreception@spherefederation.org
Dates for your diary
This year we will be offering various opportunities for you to find out more about Early Years at school.
There will be after school meetings with your child’s teacher.
There’ll be stay and learn sessions where you can come into school and be part of a lesson and then find out how you can help at home.
Then, opportunities to pop into school to share your child’s learning journey book with them.
We hope that you can join us for as many of these sessions as possible.
–Welcome to Reception
An invitation to this event was emailed to you back in July but here is a reminder.
Come into school to find out some basic “need to knows” about life in Reception.
19.09.24 – 6pm – 6.30pm
– Stay and learn sessions
This is an opportunity for you to come into school to find out about the Early Years Curriculum and watch your child learning in school.
Phonics Phase 2 and coffee morning – 10.10.24 9am-10am
Number 1- 13.11.24 9am-10am
Phonics Phase 3- 14.01.25 9am-10am
Fine Motor and coffee morning- 03.02.25 9am-10am
World Book Day- 06.03.24 9am-10am
Number 2 – 18.03.25 9am-10am
– Learning Journey Drop In’s
An opportunity to “drop into” school and share your child’s learning journal with them.
Learning Journey Drop in 1 – 03.12.24 and 05.12.24 Times – 8.45 am-9.15am and 3.15pm-3.45pm
Learning Journey drop in 2 – 28.03.25 and 01.04.25 Times – 8.45 am-9.15am and 3.15pm-3.45pm
Learning Journey drop in 3– 08.07.25 and 10.07.25 Times – 8.45 am-9.15am and 3.15pm-3.45pm
Please note that a paper copy of these dates will also be sent home next week.