Another week of fun in Rainbow Class!🌈
A week full of apple collecting, pretend “bonfire” building, Numberblocks creating, train-track building, painting, music and more!
Based on the children’s interests, we’re going conker crazy on the maths table in Rainbow room next week. We’ll be weighing, comparing and counting. The small world table has been changed to a space theme after seeing lots of great role-play with our rocket 🚀 .
I wonder if you will find any ‘ready’ conkers on a walk this weekend? Perhaps you will find something else interesting on your walk in nature instead?
Although you cannot bring special things into school at the moment, please don’t forget to email us with any new interests, achievements or news that your child would like to share with the class:
scholesf2@spherefederation.org
We are so proud of how well the children have settled so far and we look forward to welcoming more friends into Rainbow Class on Monday Morning! 🌈
Sunshine Class
Another fabulous week here in Sunshine Class. We have had more new starters joining us and becoming part of our lovely class.
This week, we have enjoyed being outside and exploring the fruit trees. Apple rolling has been a real highlight!
Our First Week in Sunshine Class
We have had a fabulous first week in our new class. Everyone has settled in very well. We are looking forward to welcoming more new starters next week.
Rainbow Class Starters
Wow! We have had a brilliant time in Rainbow Class. The children have settled in very well. We are looking forward to welcoming more new starters next week.
A sneak peek into our new Reception classrooms…
We are looking forward to inviting you into your new classroom very soon!
Here is a little sneak peek of some areas you will see across Rainbow and Sunshine classrooms…
We can’t wait to learn lots and make fun memories with you this year.
The Reception Team ☀️🌈
Wearing PE kit to school – which days?
Hopefully you have read the information in the Autumn for all – Key Info Scholes, which also has a link to our uniform policy.
On the days your child has PE, they should come to school in their PE kit. (Track-suit bottoms instead of shorts would be good on colder days. Footwear : black/brown/grey/white flat shoes which are safe to run around in.)
Footwear on PE days could be children’s ‘school shoes’ which are often a ‘trainer’ style anyway, if you want to avoid having to buy 2 pairs of shoes.
Please find below the days each class has allocated PE times, which will be taught outdoors, except in extreme weather.
- F2 Sunshine and F2 Rainbow (Miss Parling & Mrs Allen-Kelly/Mrs Wilkins) – Wednesday & Friday from week beginning 28 September
- 1KN (Miss Lowry/Mrs Lake) – Monday & Friday
- 1,2V (Mrs Latham) – Thursday & Friday
- 2C (Mr Gathercole) – Monday & Thursday
- 3,4N (Mrs Wadsworth) – Tuesday & Wednesday
- 3,4E (Mrs McCormick) – Tuesday & Thursday
- 3,4O (Mr Catherall) – Monday & Tuesday
- 5,6S (Mrs Hogarth) – Tuesday & Wednesday
- 5,6M (Mr Lindsay) – Wednesday & Friday
- 5,6B (Mr Freeman) – Monday & Friday
A final message from your teachers…
A video message from your teachers.
Summer activities
As we end a very unusual year in Foundation 2 we would like to say a huge thank you for all your support in this years home learning journey. We have seen some fantastic home learning and have really enjoyed keeping in touch with families via email and phone calls.
We will miss our fantastic Sunshine and Rainbow classes and wish everyone good luck for their new journey in Year 1. We are proud of each and every one of you and we have enjoyed every minute of being part of your learning journey!
We’re so pleased to hear that so many of you have enjoyed the home learning activities these past months. Here are some summer activities we thought you may enjoy doing. We hope you have a fantastic summer!
17 July 2020: Home learning
Phonics
Read: Play tricky word countdown
Write: Write the tricky words on scrap pieces of paper to help prepare for the game below!
Parents/Carers: you could read the words below and ask your child to write them without looking.
Activity: Play tricky word boo!
How to prepare:
Write some tricky words on scrap pieces of paper.
Fold them up and put them into a cup.
Write the word ‘boo’ on some scrap pieces of paper.
Fold them up and put them into a cup.
How to play:
1.Collect a word out of the cup and read it. Remember to keep the words you read.
2.Take it in turns to take a word out of the cup to read.
3.If you get ‘boo’ put all your words back.
4.The person with the most words wins!
Maths
Need more of a challenge?
Healthy living – mental health
Listen to ‘The boy with big, big feelings by Britney Winn Lee’
Discussion: How do you feel today? What makes you feel happy, sad, excited, nervous or angry?
Activity: We can do lots of things that are good for our mental health. Here are some ideas to try;
- Childline calm zone
- Listen to meditations
- Try cosmic kids yoga
- Look at these suggested mindfulness techniques
- Mindfulness colouring
16 July 2020: Home learning
Phonics
Your child will need a pen and paper OR whiteboard and pen.
→Need more of a challenge? Read the words. Can you say the words in a sentence?
Maths
Watch the numberblock 19 and 20 videos.
Can you draw a 1 more or 1 less than number story to show 19 or 20? Can you say your number story using first, then and now?
You can use the ten frame template or make your own.
For example:
First there 20 apples in the fruit bowl, then 1 apple was eaten, now there are 19 apples left.
→Need more of a challenge?
Can you draw a more or less than number story to show 19 or 20 using 2 or more numbers? Can you say your number story using first, then and now?
You can use the ten frame template or make your own.
For example:
First there were 5 red racing cars. Then 10 yellow racing cars joined the race. Then another 5 blue racing cars joined the race. Now there are 20 racing cars altogether.
Healthy living – teeth
Listen to Clarabella’s teeth by An Vrombaut
Discussion: Why is it important to brush our teeth? When and how should we brush our teeth?
Activity: Can you draw instructions on how to brush your teeth? Here is an example to help.
→Need more of a challenge? You could try this experiment.
Become an artist…
Learn to draw Frozen 2 Bruni with Walt Disney Animation Studios.
If you have a go, don’t forget to share your drawings with us 🙂