National Science and Media Museum Trip
As part of our Time Travel Big Topic, we visited the National Science and Media Museum to see how entertainment has changed.
Golden Star
Well done to our most recent golden star!
Impressive homework: our 8Rs re-interpreted
We love this great homework in 3,4EK.
Here’s a poem which is great to read – especially the part highlighted in purple!
This Scrabble game is a great challenge. (It’s a good way to learn spellings, too – whether you have real Scrabble pieces or not, can your child arrange this week’s spelling words in a grid?)
Outdoor Maths – QR codes
The year 2 children enjoyed some outdoor maths this afternoon using QR codes. They had to use their knowledge of tens and ones to follow a treasure hunt type activity, using iPads to read the QR codes. You can only move on to the next question if you get them correct in the right order. It was great fun but also involved lots of learning!
Parental partnership meeting
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 be involved in your child’s learning journey at school.
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!
Harvest Festival – a big thank you!
Thank you for all the kind donations to our Harvest Festival today. Henry, from the Salvation Army, was overwhelmed by the generosity of the families at Scholes. Thank you for each and every donation.
Basketball skills
Children in 5/6M have been practising their basketball skills. Last week, we focused on passing. This week, we looked at dribbling.
Ask your child about three different ways to pass the ball. Children coached each other on how to keep the ball when dribbling.
Instructions
Today, we’re seeing if we can follow instructions. Some instructions were written. Some were drawings or symbols and some were a mixture.
We’ve followed instructions to make origami penguins, draw camels, played charades, played a card game called Go Fish and drawn penguins.
Some people found it easy to follow the instructions. Some people lost patience and gave up. It’s been a lot of fun trying!
Later in the week we’ll be writing our own instructions.
Living and Learning – strengthening community links
Following the success of our visits last year to the Elmet Elderberries (a local community group for older people in Scholes), some year 2 children went to visit today. It is really beneficial to listen to stories and ask questions – talking to real people and linking perfectly with our Time Travel topic.
Owlet visit
On Friday, two owlets visited the F2 children. Before the owlets arrived we read a non-fiction book about barn owls. The children learnt about their sight, hearing, food, owl pellets and owlets. We also spoke about the word nocturnal.
After the owlets had visited we asked the children what they had learnt:
- “They don’t hoot, they hiss.”
- “They eat mice and bats.”
- “Claws…picking up everything.”
- “Claws get bigger so they can hold on to things.”
- “Don’t come out in the light.”
- “They are nocturnal.”