Chick update!
Overnight, 2 more chicks have hatched! Yesterday, we had 1 chick. Today, we have 2 more chicks. Ask your child how many chicks we have altogether now?
24 March 2020: Home learning
Day 2 of your home learning pack
Phonics
How did your child find the writing activity?
Remember, it is okay for things to be spelt phonetically. It is important your child grows into an independent learner. Encouraging your child to write the words as they sound rather than always spelling correctly is important. It encourages your child to use their own skills – rather than copy from an adult.
It is important you do not let your child simply copy your writing. They need to use their phonics skills to write. Here is an example of a child’s writing in Foundation 2.
Maths
How did your child find todays activity? Remember, you can use objects around the house to count to help your child.
Literacy
What did your child predict would happen in the story? Were they right? Or did they come up with a better ending? Let us know via email.
If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails during school hours: scholesf2@spherefederation.org
Egg-citing news!
Mrs Latham has been looking after Foundation 2’s chicks. This morning one egg began to crack and…
How exciting! We will keep you updated with more chick news.
Can your child talk to you about the life cycle of a chicken? We have been talking lots about the life cycle of a chicken in the classroom.
23 March 2020: Home learning
Day 1 of your home learning pack
Phonics
Was your child able to blend the four daily words today? Your child could use their ‘phoneme fingers’ (see video) to help them when reading words. A phoneme is a unit of sound. So when sounding out words with digraphs/trigraphs those 2/3 letters is one unit of sound. For example; chip is sounded out as ch/i/p – using 3 fingers.
Maths
What objects did you use when finding one less? Was your child able to predict without counting?
Literacy
We loved this photo on pobble365. We think the mischievous splodges might be something to do with this crash! Perhaps Wiz and the Writing Warriors can save the day?
Did your child have a favourite picture? Did your child make up their own story? Let us know via email. With each photo there are story starters and questions to help encourage your child’s imagination.
If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails during school hours: scholesf2@spherefederation.org
Home learning explained
Email for home learning support
Please email if you’re unsure about some aspects of the home learning. We are here to support you and your child’s home learning journey.
The Early Years email address is scholesf2@spherefederation.org
We’ll aim to reply on the same day and no later than the following morning. To keep this manageable, please restrict emails to one per day, per child.
PE with Joe Wicks
Some classes have used Joe Wicks workouts in their PE lessons recently and he has sent a message for you all.
Starting Monday 23rd March I’m going to be hosting a free workout aimed at kids LIVE on my YouTube channel.
With the schools closed and with us all spending more time at home, it’s more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive.
Exercise is an amazing tool to help us feel happier, more energised, and more optimistic.
The workouts will be fun and suitable for all ages and even adults can get involved.
You don’t need any equipment, just tune in to my YouTube channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
One more thing! I really need your help to spread this message. So please please share this with everyone that might like to get involved, and together we can help keep the nation moving
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Thank you – ALDI sticker collection
This week, we received our free sports kit from the ALDI sticker collecting we did last year. We collected two posters worth, so got two bags! We look forward getting sporty with them in the not too distant future.
Stay and play cancelled
We are following government guidelines regarding social distancing. We have therefore cancelled the Phonics Stay and Play on Wednesday 25 March. We aim to rearrange this stay and play and will inform you when we have an alternative date.
Sport Relief – take two
We joined in with Sport Relief again today. Each class completed their own sport challenges – trying to improve personal best scores in skipping, basketball, running and football. Thank you for all the donations to this charity.
