Welcome Yellow Group.
We enjoyed meeting all of our new children and families at their home visits and we’re looking forward to getting to know you more next week.
Here is a reminder of some of the important information that we discussed during the home visit.
- Your child will need a drawstring bag with a full change of clothes. Please make sure that you write their NAME in everything.
- We play outside in all weathers so a warm, waterproof coat is essential. Please also send gloves and a hat during winter. Children need a pair of wellies at Nursery. Remember to name their coat, shoes and wellies!
- Please put your child’s water bottle in the yellow basket in the entrance. You’ll need to collect it at the end of their session each day. Again, please remember to write their name clearly on the bottle.
Registration and end of day
- Nursery opens at 9am and we close registration at 9:10am.
- When you come into Nursery (main entrance via the path from Morwick Grove) you’ll be asked who is going to collect your child and for their lunch option.
- If you change who is collecting your child, please inform the office. If we haven’t met somebody before, we will ask for your password.
- Once you’ve put your child’s belongings on their peg, you’re welcome to settle them somewhere to play before you say goodbye.
- Nursery closes at 3pm but you can collect your child from 2:50pm onwards.
- At the end of the session, parents and carers are able to come into Nursery to collect your child’s belongings and check their folder for artwork.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask a member of Nursery staff. We look forward to seeing you again at the Stay and Play visit on Monday 13 January from 3.30-4.15pm. See you all there.
KS1 football dates reminder
Dear parents,
This is just a quick reminder of the dates for 5 aside football for KS1. This is for the children that play semi-regularly at Fives in Seacroft.
Our next match day will be Monday 10th February 2025.
Thanks,
Miss Young 🙂
Living and learning
‘I know what a drug is’.
At school, our definition of a drug is something that alters our mind and/or our body. This week KS1 discussed what safe drugs are such as medicine and how we can ingest these safely.
We discussed several scenarios.
The children know that if they are feeling poorly or are hurt, the sensible thing to do is tell a trusted adult. It is not safe to take medicine without an adult.
Science – light
We have started our new science learning this week. We are learning all about light. As physics will be our focus this term, we are being physicists. The children were given their new vocabulary to learn and as a class we rag rated how confident we felt about these words.
In the lesson the children identified different light sources and were able to tell which ones were luminous (emit light) and which were non-luminous (reflect light). They understood that light travels in straight lines and they understood how we see objects.
Help at home: Can you help your child learn their vocabulary? Play some games such as Pictionary.
The Nowhere Emporium
Our class novel is called The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie.
Here’s the blurb to peak your interest:
Happy New Year from KS1!!
Happy new year to everyone!!
It has been a cold and disrupted start to the year but the children have maturely navigated all the changes to drop offs and pick ups this week. It has been wonderful to see them again after two weeks away and to hear all about what they’ve been getting up to. We’re very excited for the term ahead and we look forward to the rest of the year.
Stay safe in the ice and snow everyone and we wish you all a very happy new year!
Swimming dates spring 1
Merry Christmas Everyone!
We have had a wonderful and very busy last week of term. From sing a longs to a visit from Santa we have had it all! We were all so proud of the children this week, they sang and performed so well on Monday and Tuesday. We hope you enjoyed it.
Here are some photographs of all of our Christmas celebrations – what a week it has been!
Please don’t forget to send us some photographs of your Christmas celebrations with family or of an exciting day out that you enjoy. We will share these photos during group time in the first week back in January; they’ll be a great way of starting our conversations. Here is a reminder of the email address for your photos
scholesnursery@spherefederation.org
We return to Nursery on Monday 06 January.
We hope that you all have a Happy and Healthy Christmas, see you all in the New Year!
Merry Christmas from Reception!
What a busy week of festive fun!
The Christmas story
We’ve been learning about the story of the first Christmas- The Nativity. We learnt that this is why Christians celebrate Christmas and we enjoyed using story props to re-tell the story.
Christmas around the world
Children were really interested in learning about how different countries celebrate Christmas around the world. We looked at the difference between Santa in the UK and Santa in Australia.
We heard about the good witch, La Befana, who brings presents to children in Italy and we went hunting for (a picture of) the lucky almond! In Denmark, it’s a Christmas tradition to hide an almond in pudding. The finder has good luck for the year!
In the Netherlands, Sinterklaas leaves gifts in children’s shoes. We added drawings of presents and sweets to a picture of shoes. At playtime, our shoes were magic and turned into real treats!
Phonics
This week, we’ve been revisiting and consolidating everything that we have learnt across phase 2. The children have been brilliant in their reading groups and independent writing activities. It is fantastic to see them confidently using all of the skills that they have developed this term.
Help at home: Over the holidays, please keep reading and practising all of the graphemes and tricky words that we have learnt so far. It’ll help children to consolidate them before the next phase of our phonics learning begins in January.
EYFS Christmas Sing-along
Thank you to everyone that came to watch our Christmas Sing-along. We hope you enjoyed all of the singing, dancing and poetry. We were really proud of the children – it’s quite daunting to stand on a stage in front of so many people! Well done, Reception.
Someone special visited our classrooms…
On Wednesday, the children received a special video. Santa had been to visit and play in our classrooms and he’d left us all a present! We were so impressed that he came to see our school.
Christmas Dinner and party time!
Reception had a yummy Christmas dinner on Thursday and enjoyed exploring the Christmas inflatables which were kindly organised by Mrs Pennock. This is always a Christmas highlight at Scholes (Elmet) Primary School! On Friday, we had lots of fun dancing, playing games and being with our friends.
A message from the Reception Team
The Reception team would like to thank everyone for your kind Christmas greetings, cards and presents. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Enjoy spending time with family and friends this festive season. We’ll see you all again on Monday 06 January.
Merry Christmas from 1,2B!
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from 1,2B.
We had a blast at our party today. See you all in 2025!
