Incy Wincy Spider
On Tuesday, it was very wet and miserable outside. We said lots of rainy day related rhymes, including ‘Doctor Foster’, ‘Rain, rain go away,’ and of course, ‘Incy Wincy Spider’.
Doctor Foster went to Gloucester
In a shower of rain.
He fell in a puddle, right up to his middle
And never went there again.
Whilst singing in the Nursery Rhyme corner, a big spider ran across the carpet. We caught it and looked at it closely before letting it go again. A few minutes later, somebody found another spider in the bottom of a box. Sadly, this spider was dead, but that also meant that we could use our magnifying glasses and Exploroscope to look at its eight legs very closely. (The Exploroscope is a digital microscope that connects to the iPad. It is easy to use and very child friendly.)
Children were fascinated!
“Look at all those spikes,” one child commented when they saw the tiny little hairs on its legs. Once we’d finished looking at the spider, children went on to explore other items including shells, pine cones and their own hands and hair!
“It’s on the iPad and its really, really big!”
“Can I see my finger nail? Closer, closer,”
“It’s awesome!” – multi-use activity wall
I love it. It’s so good having it on the playground.
Year 6 were pleased to be the first on the rota to use the new equipment. It certainly made playtime and lunchtime extremely active!
World Nursery Rhyme Week
We’re looking forward to joining in with World Nursery Rhyme Week. We have lots of fun activities planned around some of our favourite rhymes. Look out for more information in your child’s folder this week.
Here are a few of the popular rhymes that we’ll enjoy learning and singing along to:
Remember to take part in our Home Link activity. Please bring in an item that is linked to your child’s favourite Nursery rhyme. We’re going to create a collection of Nursery rhyme props in the Rainbow Room for children to share with their friends.
If you’d like to find out more about why singing Nursery rhymes are so important for your child’s early literacy skills and language development, there are lots of links on the World Nursery Rhyme Week website and an article here that summarises some of the many benefits.
Living and Learning-Anti-Bullying Week
We kicked off Anti-Bullying Week by wearing odd socks. Proudly we displayed our odd socks and thought about how we are ‘odd’. Through doing this, we celebrated how we are all unique and that there isn’t anyone the same. We have our own thoughts, looks, likes and dislikes etc.
We sang along to the ‘Andy and the Odd Socks’ song ‘Choose Respect’. Have a listen and join in: The Odd Socks.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance’s overall theme this year is about respect. We used their video as a stimulus for discussion, drama and poster making. Anti-Bullying Alliance Promo Video 2018.
Most children in KS1 will be able to tell you about STOP. It helps us to define what bullying is; when something happens Several Times On Purpose. It also reminds us to act if we find that we are subjected to bullying; Start Telling Other People. The importance of STOP is continually taught throughout the year, to all children, but we have enjoyed a special week of focusing on it.
Children in Need
The children (and staff) had a great time wearing their pyjamas to school to raise money for Children in Need. We spoke to the children about Children in Need and the different ways in which we can help others.
We then asked the children why they were in their pyjamas instead of their school uniform. A selection of their responses are below:
- “…because it’s Children in Need.”
- “…wear pyjamas…so people who don’t have much money as we do…so they can get clothes, food and water.”
- “…so everyone can be happy and play with their friends.”
Fiddly Fingers Stay and Play
Thank you to all those that came along to the fiddly fingers stay and play. We hope you enjoyed the session and came away with lots of ideas on how to support your child’s physical development in terms of their fine motor skills at home.
The next stay and play will be Funky Phonics on Tuesday 04 December.
Investigating Perimeter
Y4 children have been investigating the perimeter of different patio designs made with 10 square patio slabs. In each design, the slabs had to be placed edge to edge and ‘holes’ in the patio weren’t allowed.
Using tiles to represent the patio slabs, they made models of their designs and then drew them. They made predictions about what they thought the shortest and the longest perimeter would be.
Connor: “I notice that all the perimeters are even numbers. We can’t find one with a perimeter that’s odd. I’m not sure why yet.”
Seth: “We’ve found four different designs that give the longest perimeter. We think there are even more.”
Ask your child to tell you about the shortest and longest perimeters they were able to make and what types of designs generated these.
Lots of children were keen to continue the investigation at home. You could work together to find different ways to make the longest perimeter.
Children in Need
Children came to school on Friday in their pyjamas to raise money for Children in Need. The school raised £310.
Streetlife Museum in Hull
Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic day at the Streetlife Museum, in Hull, on Wednesday. The children loved the chance to see and climb on lots of modes of transport through time.
We also had time to visit the East Riding Museum, which is across the courtyard. More than 200 million years of history is brought to life. The displays were fantastic and very accessible for the children.
We’ll be using our new knowledge to write a recount about our experience. There’s been so many amazing sights today that it may be difficult to narrow it down!
Ball fun – physical activity
We love being physically active in key stage 1, ensuring we get at least 30 active minutes every day. The new ball chute on our playground will make this even easier! The children loved trying it out on Friday in PE and also at playtime and lunchtime.
