Homework
It’s Friday so your child will be coming home with a homework task: we’re setting weekly homework as we normally do. The key difference here is that Homework Books should stay at home for the time being.
Just as normal, the tasks are posted on the website. Instead of the task pasted into books, children take home a piece of paper with the task on, too. The tasks are a variety of Talk Time, Practice Makes Perfect and Creative, but especially the first two.
Parents can email a picture of the completed task (or task in process) or update about a completed task. (Lots of you were doing this with the home learning tasks we set in Spring and Summer terms). The homework will be reviewed in school, so some pictures would be good!
Supporting reading at home in Key Stage 1
Children will be bringing home at least 2 reading books this week. These will be changed once a week to minimise books moving between home and school.
Please return books to be changed on the days below. We will quarantine books before putting them back in the system.
1,2V (Mrs Latham) – WEDNESDAY
2C (Mr Gathercole) – THURSDAY
1KN (Miss Lowry/Mrs Lake) – FRIDAY
Children will be bringing home a variety of books. The ‘practise phonics’ book (sticker on the front cover) is for children to work on their ‘sounding out’ of words. A ‘children’s choice’ book will be chosen by the children and can be read together. Look at the pictures, talk about the characters or information and ask questions.
Please comment on how your child copes with the books as it may take us a little time to adjust and match books to each child. Year 2s will gradually move away from phonics books and have more children’s choice books and then freedom to be ‘free readers’.
Children will also choose a library book each Friday (all classes will visit the library on FRIDAY).
Here is a display in school explaining the new system, which you are not able to see yet. Help us help your child by reading anything and everything you can. THANK YOU!
Welcome back!
We were all feeling a bit nervous and excited this morning.
It was great to see everyone and the children took all the changes in their stride.
We hope they’re all looking forward to coming back tomorrow!
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
Welcome to Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and 2)
Below are all the links to the videos and information presentations that have been made for children starting in Year 1 or 2 in September 2020.
We hope you have a happy and healthy summer and we will see you in September.
Outdoor tour videos :
Teacher videos :
Miss Lowry https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYijQ75pBe
Mrs Lake https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYiQ6l5GIc
Mrs Latham Hello 1,2V video
Mr Gathercole Hello 2C
1,2V class mascot name revealed…
After a democratic vote…our dog is going to be called SHEILA McPAWS.
She can’t wait to meet you all! She is already settling in at my house and will have lots of adventures to share with you when we all meet in September.
1KN class mascot name
Thank you to everyone who voted. Our class dog is going to be called Seamus O’Doggel. He can’t wait to meet you all!
17 July 2020 : Home learning
Well, it’s here! The last day of term for 2019-20. We hope you are all safe, happy and healthy. Enjoy the summer holidays and we will see each other again soon.
Maths – position and direction
Today watch the BBC bitesize video and complete the activities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmdr92p
Reading
It can be sad saying goodbye. Sometimes it helps to write it down.
Write a farewell letter to someone. It could be your teacher, a friend or anyone you like.
You need to include:
Dear …
What you enjoyed doing with them.
Who it is from.
Topic – staying safe online
Make your own poster about staying safe online.
HAVE AN AMAZING SUMMER! WE CAN DO THIS!
Goodbye for now…
Here are our goodbye videos from each teacher and our end of year mementos with everyone’s name on. You can download and print your own or we will have a copy for you in September, if you want. Have an amazing summer!
Mrs Latham : Goodbye 1,2V video
Miss Parling : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYi6li5JMT
Miss Lowry : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYi1Qa54Zv
Welcome to 1KN (2020-21)
Hi to our new class! Here is Miss Lowry : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYijQ75pBe
and Mrs Lake reading a story – Dogger by Shirley Hughes : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYiQ6l5GIc
We would love to see a photo of you with your favourite toy. If you can take one and would like to send it, you can email it to us on : kaylowry@spherefederation.org natalielake@spherefederation.org
Also, if you would like to vote for our class dog’s name, email us with your choice by 16 July and we will announce the name on 17 July on the Year 1 and 2 Class News page.
Felicia Von Housen
Seamous O’Doggel
Jose Lingua
Loretta Flowers
Here are the people you will see in our class at different times.
