Superheroes!
What a week it’s been at nursery! We’ve had lots of fun talking about all of the people who help us in our daily lives and we’ve also imagined what life would be like if we were superheroes. The children really enjoyed thinking about the people who work as doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers and lifeguards and we discussed what their jobs involve and why they are important. We looked at different types of books and their layouts and some children tried to make their own comic books. All of the children’s fine-motor skills are developing really well and some of them are able to cut along straight and curvy lines using scissors. As the weather has been very beautiful this week, we’ve been outside exercising our gross-motor skills by learning about ‘push’ and ‘pull’.
Our focus number at the moment is the number four and we will continue to learn more about it next week. In our weekly music session, the children watched a clip of an orchestra performing and we talked about the role of the conductor.
Next week, we will be thinking about Easter and will celebrate by doing some Easter-themed activities throughout the week.
Things to remember as the weather gets warmer:
Please make sure your child brings a NAMED water bottle to school each day and a sun hat, if possible.
25 March 2022
This week we would like to children to look back at some of the spellings they have already been tested on. The words below are being misspelt in class regularly.
library disagree
building unnatural
describe increase
bicycle straight
great complete
eight favourite
The children will be tested on Friday 01 April 2022
Brilliant Reception!
It’s been another sunny week! We’ve had lots of fun planting and exploring outside.
Literacy
This week, we continued to look at The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. After recapping the story, we planted our own tiny (sunflower) seeds. After planting the seeds, the children had a go at writing a set of instructions. The children have checked on the pots daily and are eager to water them. Next half-term, the children will watch them grow into beautiful sunflowers – fingers crossed!
On Tuesday, we talked about the life cycle of a plant.
What’s a life cycle?
FH – It goes around and around and starts again and again.
CW – People are a life cycle.
FJ – Frogs have a life cycle.
The children had a go at drawing the life cycle of a sunflower.
PE
The children loved practising their balls skills outside! Next half-term, the children will be practising their skipping skills.
Maths
We’ve been learning about doubles! The children are super quick at showing doubles on their fingers. We used this stem sentence:
_____ is made of _____ and _____ ; double _____ is _____
when explaining double patterns.
Ask your child what we need to do, to double a number!
RE
In RE, we’ve been learning about the Easter story. Yesterday, the children worked together in small groups to sequence the story.
Reminders!
Egg competition – Please bring your decorated eggs on Monday!
Don’t forget to come and watch us sing Hot Cross Buns at our Easter Service next Thursday!
Home-Link Challenge
This week’s message (Friday 25 March 2022)
This week’s message comes from Miss Beatson, our Head of School…
We’re now coming to the end of the Spring term and, with the warmer weather and lighter evenings, it certainly feels like Spring’s in the air. The sunny, dry days have meant the children have been able to play on the school field and use the playground equipment more often – it’s certainly brought a lot of fun to our playtimes.
It’s clear from absences that Covid is still very much present in the community; thanks for your vigilance and support in trying to keep our staff and children safe.
Thank you to everyone who attended the parent-teacher meetings last half term. This half term, teachers will send home your child’s second Learning Update of the year – look out for them on Wednesday.
This week, it was fantastic to be able to hold our first PTA event in two years! The cake sale was a great success and I’d like to say a big thank you to the parents who have re-launched the PTA and to everyone who donated baked goods. We will let you know how much we’ve raised as soon as we’ve had a count up.
Thank you to all those families who are giving a little bit more time in the morning to park further away from school. This really helps with the parking and congestion on Hallfield Lane and it helps keep the roads safe for all our children. Even better, if you can, please leave your cars at home and walk to school as much as possible.
Finally, a reminder about our Easter celebrations next week. We’re looking forward to seeing lots of decorated eggs for the Easter egg competition on Monday. On Thursday, we are going to St James’ Church for our Easter Service – parents/carers are welcome to attend.
I hope you have a happy and healthy weekend – it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday (and don’t forget to put your clocks forward this weekend!).
25 March 2022
Please practise your spellings for another week.
Y1: off, well, miss, buzz, back
Challenge: Can you think of any other words that end in ff, ll, ss, zz, ck? Bring them in to share.
Y2: enjoyment, amazement, sadness, kindness, careful, playful, hopeless, plainness, badly, loudly
Challenge: Can you think of any other words that end in ment, ness, ful, less, ness or ly? Bring them in to share.
25 March 2022
This week we have been learning about prefixes such as tele, super and inter. Please learn them for a test on Thursday 31st March.
- interfere
- interrupt
- supernatural
- superimpose
- autobiography
- autograph
- television
- telescope
- teleport
25 March 2022
As we near the end of our Computing topic, this Talk Time will help you to reflect on your learning.
I know and can use the topic vocabulary from this half term.
Years 1 and 2:
- algorithm – a sequence of instructions or a set of rules to get something done.
- program – a collection of algorithms
- debug – to find and fix errors in algorithms
- computer – a type of machine that can follow instructions and do useful things
- password – a string of letters, numbers or symbols which give you access to something (eg a computer, a service like NumBots)
- personal information – something that can be used to identify you (eg age, school, address, password)
- appropriate – something that is suitable
Years 3 and 4:
- computer – a machine that can input, process and output data
- program – a collection of algorithms
- repetition – to repeat the execution of certain instructions
- sequence – to arrange instructions in a particular order
- logical reasoning – helps us explain why something happens
- sprite – a 2D character in a computer game
- decomposition – the process of breaking down a task into smaller, more manageable parts
- input – data sent to a computer system from a device (eg keyboard, mouse, microphone)
- output – data sent out of a computer system via a device (eg monitor, printer, speaker)
- digital footprint – information about a particular person that exists on the internet as a result of their online activity
Years 5 and 6:
- computer – a machine that can input, process, store and output data
- computer network – a collection of interconnected computer systems which ‘talk’ to each other by exchanging data
- internet – a huge global computer network
- decomposition – the process of breaking down a task into smaller, more manageable parts
- repetition – to repeat the execution of certain instructions
- selection – choosing to execute one set of instructions over another
- variable – something that is stored in a program and can be changed or used (eg a timer, a score, a number of lives left)
- logical reasoning – helps us to explain why something happens
- simulation – modelling a real-world or imaginary situation
For your discussions at home, think about the learning that has happened in your Computing lessons. What was your favourite lesson and why? Refer to the list of vocabulary for your year group.
Science: Microbes
We worked in groups to recap on some previous Science learning.
After, we continued our learning all about microbes.
Non-Uniform Day
Thank you to everyone who donated some money on Friday to wear non-uniform. We raised £121.70! Half of the money raised will be donated to Comic Relief and half will be donated to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
This week’s bible story
Peter’s story (Based on Mark 8.27-38, Mark 14.15-72 and John 13.36-38)
Have you ever told a lie to keep yourself from getting into trouble? You don’t have to answer the question out loud, just to think about it.
Have they ever let a friend down, rather than get into trouble? Again, don’t answer outloud, just remember how it felt if they have.
In the bible, Jesus had 12 disciples – these were special friends of his that helped him. One of his closest friends was a man called Peter. Peter, even though he was Jesus’ friend, was someone who did both of those things. Read Peter’s story (Based on Mark 8.27-38, Mark 14.15-72 and John 13.36-38)
Reflection:
Why do you think Peter behaved as he did. Peter was confused: how could anything so awful happen to God’s Special One?; his fear of arrest; his fear of the palace guards; his courage in following Jesus as far as he had; his loyalty to his friend despite his cowardice.
How do you think Peter felt when he heard the cock crow. Do you think he could ever be friends with Jesus again?
Jesus meet Peter again for the first time after he had risen from the dead. He asked Peter three times if he loved him, once for each time he had denied him (John 21.15-19). Jesus told Peter then that he would have an important part to play in telling the world about him; and he did – but that’s another story!
Prayer:
Dear God,
When we are frightened:
Please help us.
When we don’t know what to do:
Please help us.
When we are tempted to lie:
Please help us.
When we let our friends down:
Please help us.
When we are sorry and want to make amends:
Please help us.
Amen.