A mysterious carrot…
The children found a funny shaped carrot growing in the garden. We talked about what the carrot might be and why it was growing in our garden. Some children decided it was an alien carrot. The children then began telling a story about the alien carrot being chased by farm animals trying to eat him! We decided to take photos of the events to make our own story. The children then used the pictures to re-tell their own story to their friends.
Can your child use the pictures to tell their own carrot story? Bring it in to school to share with friends!
Reading meeting 01.10.19
Thank you to those of you who attended the reading meeting yesterday evening. We hope you found the information useful in supporting your child’s exciting reading journey. Reading regularly at home plays an important role in your child’s reading development. Support at home will help foster your child’s love of reading and your child’s reading development.
Parent Partnership Emails
The children have had another lovely week in F2. They are getting to know the routines and form friendships with each other.
We have had some lovely emails and pictures following on from the parent partnership evening. The children have enjoyed sharing these during snack time and other carpet time sessions. These emails are a lovely way to encourage your child to speak about their life outside of school and also form a crucial part of our assessments. Below are a few of the examples that we have shared this week.
Whilst walking to school this morning they took it upon themselves to take a hand each of their baby brothers to help them walk. Both boys were careful they didn’t go to fast for their brother’s and gave them words of encouragement as they went along.
In the paddling pool:
“What if I throw this ball to you?” She threw the ball to him and he followed, “Shall we do it again? Thank you”
“Your go”
This week at Cricket he won an award. He queues up to allow others to take a turn and the coach said his throws were very accurate and he follow instructions well listening to 3 different command.
He has been camping with his dad for a night for the first time this weekend. He helped put the tent up, helped cook the food, and they went in the kayak on the river. He was scared of the flame stove used to cook and said to his dad “Daddy I don’t like fire but thanks for saving me”. He had his head torch for when it got dark .
We also love to hear about any wow moments your child may have had. Below is a lovely example:
“… surprised me with his thinking the other day. He was on his scooter on the way home from school and said “Mummy, why hasn’t my scooter got a bell”… I suggested if he wanted one he could use the money in his money box, he responded “until Oliver is big enough to use my balance bike, could we use the bell off there?” I was very impressed with this idea of reusing and saving money, and also him accepting that his balance bike and bell will be Oliver’s one day!
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Please fill out a time to talk this weekend ready to share on Monday. Also please tell us about any WOW moments your child has.
Parent Partnership Information
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 support your child at home.
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!
Parent partnership meeting – Wednesday 18 September
A reminder that we have a parent partnership meeting this Wednesday 18 September at 6pm. We value the role you play in your child’s learning journey. The parent partnership meeting will be an opportunity to understand how you can help us build a bigger picture of your child’s learning and development.
We have already had some emails with pictures from parents about their child’s learning at home. For example, one child has been learning to play the keyboard. Another, has been learning to rock climb. Thank you to those parents who have shared their child’s learning – it has been fantastic to hear about! It helps us gain a bigger picture of your child’s interests and development. We allow time for the child to share these pictures with friends and talk about their news. This is a great opportunity for your child to build confidence in front of a class and develop their speaking and listening skills. If you would like to email any news about your child’s learning please do so to scholesf2@spherefederation.org .
Book bags
A reminder that each child needs a book bag in school to carry letters and soon their home reading book. This will avoid any important letters going missing.
A fantastic start to school!
We have had an exciting week welcoming everyone on their first few days of school!
We are very proud of how the Foundation 2 children have settled in and adapted to all the changes in their lives. They have been learning how to listen in larger groups, take turns and have formed new friendships and relationships with adults. Their independence and confidence is increasing on a daily basis!
They have been exploring all the new areas, activities, toys and resources in Foundation 2. We are following the children’s interests and adapting our provision accordingly. This has included knights and dragons, baking, cars and dinosaurs so far. Please let us know if your child has any particular interests that we can share at school too.
You can add to ‘our interests’ board any interests your child may have. We will use this information to plan for your child’s classroom environment. We love to read their favourite stories, so if they would like to bring in a book to share, they are more than welcome.
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When teaching the children to write their name, we sing a ditty to support with their letter formation. You can use the Letter Formation guide for support when practising writing their name at home.
ALDI sticker collection
Aldi have launched a sticker collection scheme that we are hoping to benefit from. Please bring any stickers you collect into school. There is a collection bucket in the entrance. Thank you.
Welcome to Foundation!
This week, we’ve been very busy getting the classroom ready. We’re excited for your child to see their new classroom environment in the next few weeks.
Mrs Myers has been practising her letters and sounds.
Mrs Flynn has been stomping around with the dinosaurs.
Mrs Kirby has been busy building with the bricks.
Mrs Palmer has been reading and re-telling stories.
Our class teddies are also new to Foundation 2 this year. They haven’t even got a name yet! We thought it would be fun for the children to decide what to call the class teddies this year. The class teddies are very special as at some point in the year your child will be able to take them home – so they end up on lots of adventures with the Foundation children! Some children may meet our class teddies this week when they are out on their home visits meeting children who are new to school.
We’re looking forward to welcoming children into Foundation 2 next week.
Beach party
We had a fantastic day at our end of year ‘Beach Party’. There were water fights, beach balls, frisbees, cricket, tennis, football, rugby, snacking and dancing. The sun shone and there were smiles everywhere! Here’s to a happy and healthy summer!
