Another EGGcellent day!
Yesterday, we talked about how a hen sits on the eggs to incubate them. The children were questioning how the hen can sit on the eggs without breaking them! So we decided to call Professor Myers to see if she could explain.
Professor Myers came to school today to show us how if she distributed her weight she could walk on the eggs and…it worked!
We also got to hold the chicks today. The children were very careful when holding the chicks.
Can your child write about their eggciting week using the this writing frame? Your child will get 5 challenge cubes!
A skipping frenzy!
Today our Year 3/4 children, along with the rest of our school, enjoyed skipping their way to over 100,000 skips, in order to raise money for Sport Relief and our current school charity, The Donkey Sanctuary.
Children practised various skipping styles and jumps by themselves, with partners and in groups. Well done for trying your best and raising money.
114,530 skips at Scholes School today!
As part of our efforts to raise money for Sport Relief and our school charity, The Donkey Sanctuary, we aimed to complete 50,000 skips collectively today. We smashed our target and completed 114,530! We also enjoyed watching our Year 4 skipping team rehearse for the skipping competition in May.
Kylie Minogue at Scholes School…!
Well, not quite. We enjoyed measuring our height today and found out Miss Parling is the same size as Kylie. The children were pondering the question ‘Do taller people have bigger feet?’ in our Science lessons today. We measured our height and the length of our feet and decided that, generally, taller children had bigger feet. It was also an opportunity to continue our Living and Learning (body image) discussions about how we’re all unique, special and equal, no matter what our bodies look like.
Library visit – we need you!
We’re hoping to visit Scholes Library on Tuesday 27 March. However, we need your help to be able to visit.
Are you available on Tuesday 27 March at 1.00pm-2.30pm?
If so, please speak to your child’s class teacher about volunteering to help take Foundation to Scholes Library.
Special hatching visitors!
Wow! We have had a very exciting few days. Yesterday, we watched chicks hatching!
Foundation have been very patient waiting 21 days for the chicks to hatch in the incubator.
We have 4 chicks. The children have written their ideas for the names and we’ll decide as a class soon. Today, we talked about the life cycle of a hen and how to care for our chicks. Can your child tell you what we talked about for 2 challenge bricks? Please send us an email with your child’s response.
We also let the chicks run around on the carpet in front of us – it was very exciting! Tomorrow, we’re looking forward to holding the chicks.
Can anyone help us walking to the library?
We need helpers to walk with us to Scholes Library. Please let your child’s class teacher know if you can spare half an hour to help us.
- 1K Tuesday 27 March, 10am
- 2KL Wednesday 28 March, 9.30am
- 1,2V Wednesday 28 March, 10am
Thank you.
Golden Stars
Well done to the children who were recently awarded a golden star.
Meet our newest members of nursery…
We’re quite sure that you’ll have heard already, but just in case your child hasn’t mentioned it yet, the chicks have started to hatch! We currently have four chicks in nursery and the children were really excited today and couldn’t wait to see them.
Encouraging independence
- The children enjoy self-registering and choosing an area to go to.
- They like to choose their lunch – the pictures are really useful to support them in making their choice.
- They enjoy reading and answering the morning question.
We’re so proud to see your child coming into school confidently, happily and independently!
We’ve been talking to the children about the word ‘independence’. We have noticed that the children are now showing a lot more independence within the classroom environment.
To begin to get your child ready for Year 1, we’d like your support in encouraging your child to come into school and do their morning jobs by themselves. Our aim is to further develop your child’s confidence and encourage your child to come into school independently in the Summer term.