Maths – place value and counting
For the next few weeks we will be focusing on place value and counting. Knowing your way around a 100 square is an important part of this area of maths. The Top Marks website has some great games and this interactive 100 square is perfect for counting in 1s, 2s, 5s, 10, odd, even and one more/less.
Science – all about plants
We are learning all about plants in our science lessons this half term. Below is the key vocabulary that we will be focusing on.
Let’s talk about feelings
There was lots of feelings flying around at school today! The overwhelming feeling communicated and seen today was ‘happy’. The children we happy to be back with their class, happy to play, happy to have some face-to-face learning, happy to talk and just feeling happy.
Other feelings mentioned…
glad…excited…confused…fine…weird…shocked
It’s ok to feel all these things! Encourage your child to talk about how they are feeling and reassure them it is ok.
Welcome back!
We would like to say a huge WELCOME BACK to all the children. We have missed being with our classes and are all glad to get back a little bit of normality in our lives!
Remember you can email your child’s class teacher if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
1KN Miss Lowry and Mrs Lake : kaylowry@spherefederation.org and natalielake@spherefederation.org
1,2V Mrs Latham : vickylatham@spherefederation.org
2C Mr Gathercole : carlgathercole@spherefederation.org
World Book Day
We hope you are all having a great World Book Day and doing lots of reading. Here is a great song to celebrate!
PE days reminder
On the days your child has PE, they should come to school in their PE kit as detailed in our uniform policy . (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
- 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 quick message from Mrs Lake and Miss Lowry
Click on the links below to see videos from Miss Lowry and Mrs Lake.
We are looking forward to seeing you all again. Not long to go now.
Science – planting shallots
Here is another video from our Year 1 gardener telling us all about how to plant shallots.
See you soon from Mrs Latham
Here’s a video message from me, Mrs Latham. See you all soon!
Science – planting potatoes
Watch this video to learn all about how to prepare potatoes (it’s called chitting) before you plant them.
