Tour de Yorkshire in Scholes
We enjoyed the excitement of the Tour de Yorkshire coming through Scholes on Friday. Each class decorated a bike to display and the whole school went outside to watch the women’s race speed past. We did some WuSu (Wake up, Shake up) dances while we were waiting and the Year 4 skipping team showed us their skipping dance from the skipping competition, too. It was a day to remember for sure!
Golden Stars!
Well done to the golden star children from F2.
Writing warriors!
We’re very proud of our writing warriors this week! Writing warriors are children who have been chosen by Wiz the writing warrior to complete important writing missions.
Since becoming writing warriors, we’ve seen an excellent change in attitude to writing. The children are excited to write to complete missions and will persevere when writing challenging words. We have seen a huge difference in the writing warriors writing and Wiz is very impressed. If your child is a writing warrior have a look at the writing warrior folder in the classroom. You can see the fantastic writing missions they’ve been completing!
Well done, writing warriors!
Living and learning: Polling day
Today, we talked about how our school was being used for a polling station. We talked about what it means to vote and decided to have our own vote in class. The children voted for the teacher they wanted to read them a story. We told the children that only those wearing a jumper could vote.
“That’s not fair!” the children said.
We talked about how to make it a fair vote.
“So you can make it fair by everyone voting… can take it in turns (to vote).”
The children then shared who they wanted to vote for. This led to discussions about different opinions. We talked about how our friends may have different ideas and views to our own.
“It doesn’t matter what they like and don’t like – they can still be friends.”
The Rainbow Factory
We had a great day out at the Rainbow Factory. When we arrived, we were greeted by three superheroes who told us their friend Willemina had been kidnapped by the Evil Eye. The superheroes needed our help to get their friend back home safely. We were sent to superhero training – we had to complete special tasks to become a superhero.
Throughout the day, we had to decipher cryptic messages to find a missing gem that had been stolen – along the way we tasted mice tea, tried on the Mad Hatter’s hat and showed how brave we were by putting our fingers in the wolf’s mouth!
We used our creative abilities to design a shield and draw a picture of a superhero. We had to decide what our special superhero power would be. We talked about how our special power could be something about us rather than something we do. We came up with ideas such as sharing, being a kind friend and helping others.
We also learnt how to use our shields. Defend, attack and protect!
The staff and volunteers who came on the trip were very proud of all the children. They all behaved brilliantly throughout the whole day.
The Foundation 2 team would like to say a huge thank you to the volunteers who helped support us. We really appreciate all of your help to make the trip possible.
Gymnastics
Your child will be doing PE on a Thursday afternoon this term. This is because your child will be starting gymnastics with a gymnastics coach. Please make sure your child has their PE kit (white t-shirt and blue shorts) in school on a Thursday.
Dance for Daniel!
We danced for a whole hour on Thursday in support of one of our pupils, Daniel, who has recently undergone an organ transplant. He will spend several months in hospital recovering and we thought it would be nice to show our support. The sun shone and it was a great way to end Spring term – with everyone smiling and feeling happy! If anyone has any sponsor money or donations, please send them into school after the Easter holidays.
A request for photos
Writing that is interest-led and purposeful can engage your child in meaningful writing experiences. After the Easter holidays, we’ll be asking your child to write about their Easter experiences. This is similar to a Monday where your child writes about their weekend. To help your child remember and motivate them to write please email a photo of your child during the Easter holidays.
We’ll print these and put them in the writing area for your child to write about. We often put photos of the children in the writing area – the children really enjoy writing about themselves!
Swimming
Your child will return to swimming next week. Swimming will be on a Wednesday and your child will swim once a fortnight. The timetable below indicates what week your child will swim – depending on their class.
|
date |
class |
| Wednesday 28 March | Rainbow class (Miss Eckersley) |
| Wednesday 18 April | Sunshine class (Mrs Flynn) |
| Wednesday 25 April | Rainbow class (Miss Eckersley) |
| Wednesday 02 May | Sunshine class (Mrs Flynn) |
| Wednesday 09 May | Rainbow class (Miss Eckersley) |
| Wednesday 16 May | Sunshine class (Mrs Flynn) |
| Wednesday 23 May | Rainbow class (Miss Eckersley) |
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!