Staying Safe: PCSOs visit and D:Side Workshop
PCSO visit
Yesterday, Foundation were visited by two local PCSOs who spoke to them about the dangers of strangers and how to respond should a stranger approach them. They also spoke to the children about what they should do if they became lost. Ask your child the important facts that they can remember from the visit.
After the talk, the children were excited to try on mini police uniforms!
D:Side
Today, the children had another important workshop led by D:Side. The workshop covered staying safe around medicines (and who is safe to give them) understanding our emotions ; how we respond to our feelings and hygiene practises. They also spoke about the importance or getting a good night’s sleep, to keep our bodies fit and healthy.
Staying Safe: Dog’s Trust
This afternoon, a visit from the Dog’s Trust meant that we learned loads about how to stay safe around dogs.
We talked about what we should do if there was a dog we wanted to stroke. It’s important to always ask the owner permission to stroke their dog and to stroke the dog gently – we practised this with Peg the dog. Thankfully, Peg was only a cuddly toy – Mrs Valentine is super scared of dogs!
In addition, we were told what to do if a dog came up to us who was over-excited. We had to stand with our arms across our chest, looking up to the sky – this makes us really boring and the over excited dog will soon get bored of us!
Be sure to ask your child about how we can stay safe around dogs!
Lilly, Tia and Ralph showed superb listening skills during our talk with The Dog’s Trust – nice one!
Staying Safe: Road Safety
This morning, the road safety team from Leeds City Council came to visit us to tell us all about crossing roads safely and how important it is to always wear a seat belt.
It was great to see that so many of the children already knew lots of ways to stay safe on the roads – nice one, Foundation and Y1 & 2!
EasyPeasy
If you’re unsure about how best to access Easy Peasy, please do come in and ask or be ready with your questions at your child’s upcoming parents’ evening appointment.
The Hundred Decker Bus
Check out our own ‘Hundred Decker Bus’ we made this week!
As part of our topic on Transport, we were inspired by Mike Smith’s The Hundred Decker Bus so we decided to create our own.
OK – it doesn’t quite have one hundred decks (18 to be precise) but there is one deck for each member of Foundation! Be sure to come into our classroom to have a closer look so that you can quiz your child about their deck of the bus. We had some fab ideas: a deck with a swimming pool, a deck with a burger bar and a deck with rainbow!
Next week is sure to be a very busy one as we join the rest of the school in Safety Week. We’ll be learning about road safety with the NSPCC, how to approach dogs with a visit from the Dog’s Trust and all about fire safety when Wetherby Fire Station come to visit on Friday afternoon.
Thank you…
To the parents and children who came to our Marvellous Maths Stay and Play this afternoon.
The children did a great job of showing their maths skills in lots of different ways and it was lovely to catch up with our parent partners about learning both at school and at home.
EasyPeasy
You should have received a letter and information booklet introducing you to the new and FREE educational app called ‘EasyPeasy’.
‘EasyPeasy’ is going live this Saturday 26th January. If you have not opted out you will receive a text message inviting you to access the many educational game ideas that you can do at home.
Each week, you will receive a text message with a new game that you can play in any location with everyday items that you’ll already have at home. EasyPeasy is designed to support learning through play!
This week the activity will be ‘stepping stones (F2) or lunch time (F1)’. Let us know how you get on by commenting on the game. Look out for our comment with suggestions of how to adapt the game!
Snack-time learning!
In Foundation, we like to make sure our day is full of fun learning at every opportunity. This includes tidy-up times and snack times.
At snack time we often have a maths link. We take part in counting activities to see how many pieces of fruit have been handed out, work out which snack was most popular and what the difference is between them.
After visiting another school last week and ‘magpieing’ this fab idea, we had a go at writing Rocket Words on our banana skins for our friends to guess. The children loved ‘having a go’ at writing on such an unusual material and showing their friends what they know! A quick 2 minute activity that used both our reading and our writing skills 🙂
Parent Reminder
Please join us in the classroom tomorrow, for our Marvellous Maths Stay and Play, 3.15-3.45pm.
Stay and Play Reminder- Marvellous Maths
Please join us on Thursday 24th January, 3.15-3.45 pm to take part in maths activities with your child, be given information about the development of important counting principles and to get ideas of how to support maths learning at home.
Please return the slips sent home this week, to confirm your attendance.
Thank you.
Ice Art!
The most important consideration in Early Years, is the Characteristics of Effective Learning. The children are experts at playing and exploring with purpose, as they are so naturally inquisitive.
When the world gave us sub-zero temperatures this week, we used our “senses” to “explore” what was all “around us”; ICE!
We were excited to discover that the water tray had frozen overnight and left us a lovely deep ice canvas! Take a look at our artwork…
