21.07.21— We have enjoyed a busy few days and enjoyed watching shows, eating ice-creams, picnics and freshly harvested potatoes and lots, lots more.
The Sparrows and all of you lovely parents have been amazing over the difficult and trying school year. You have supported your child and myself through all of the lockdowns and we made if out the other side.
Your children are so lucky to have you and I would like to thank you for letting me borrow them for the last year or two. I can say hand on heart that I love each and every one of them and they are a credit to you.
Over the summer holidays please have fun and stay safe. Can I also ask that you continue to listen to your child read regularly alongside reading to them regularly.
Many thanks once again and I wish each and every one of you a wonderful break.
Mrs Foulke
The Sparrows and all of you lovely parents have been amazing over the difficult and trying school year. You have supported your child and myself through all of the lockdowns and we made if out the other side.
Your children are so lucky to have you and I would like to thank you for letting me borrow them for the last year or two. I can say hand on heart that I love each and every one of them and they are a credit to you.
Over the summer holidays please have fun and stay safe. Can I also ask that you continue to listen to your child read regularly alongside reading to them regularly.
Many thanks once again and I wish each and every one of you a wonderful break.
Mrs Foulke
16.07.21—We have had a wonderful week. We have been writing postcards using the book ‘The Magic Beach’ to help us with similes and adjectives. We have been adding, subtracting, doubling, halving and sharing in maths. We have been testing out our predictions during some science experiments and then observing what happens; we have turned daisies blue and made a water melon float! We also enjoyed our messy art day making mud faces on trees, chalking designs around the playground and painting on a giant easel.
09.07.21 - "Oh we do like to be beside the seaside." - We have based our learning around the story of 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch' this week so we have made working lighthouses, played in our beach area, made Punch and Judy puppets, written postcards, had seaside photos and lots more.
In maths the children have been subtracting using lots of different methods. They have been writing instructions to make their sandwiches which we enjoyed on Friday. We have been comparing seasides from the past and those we visit now. We have also learnt the Pantosaurus song and talked about it's importance and all the children have spent some time in Doves class this week.
In maths the children have been subtracting using lots of different methods. They have been writing instructions to make their sandwiches which we enjoyed on Friday. We have been comparing seasides from the past and those we visit now. We have also learnt the Pantosaurus song and talked about it's importance and all the children have spent some time in Doves class this week.
Sports Day 2021
The children all seemed to have a wonderful time taking part in the races and cheering their teams on. Here are just a few of the photos and hopefully there should be a short film to follow soon.
Well done everyone and congratulations to the Green Team on their win.
The children all seemed to have a wonderful time taking part in the races and cheering their teams on. Here are just a few of the photos and hopefully there should be a short film to follow soon.
Well done everyone and congratulations to the Green Team on their win.
01.07.21—More undersea adventures this week alongside Sports Day. The children have been making mermaids, jellyfish and crabs. They have been exploring our rockpool with nets. They have also been practising those tricky words using the Pop up Pirate game.
We have been writing our own sea creature poems based on Commotion in the Ocean. All of the children have been adding and finding the best methods to do this. The Year 1's have been identifying and drawing plants and flowers.
We have been writing our own sea creature poems based on Commotion in the Ocean. All of the children have been adding and finding the best methods to do this. The Year 1's have been identifying and drawing plants and flowers.
25.06.21—We have been working underwater this week. The children have been making jellyfish from bottles, making under the sea worlds, creating sea creature books and lots more.
Reception have been showing us their knowledge of capacity and writing about what they could see in Billy’s bucket. The Year 1’s have been writing their wonderful adventure stories, ordering numbers to 100 and learning all about plants and flowers.
Next week we will continue with the under the sea theme. We have Sports Day on Wednesday (30th June) afternoon (please can the children come dressed in their PE kits with the correct coloured t-shirt) and then inset day on Friday (2nd July).
Reception have been showing us their knowledge of capacity and writing about what they could see in Billy’s bucket. The Year 1’s have been writing their wonderful adventure stories, ordering numbers to 100 and learning all about plants and flowers.
Next week we will continue with the under the sea theme. We have Sports Day on Wednesday (30th June) afternoon (please can the children come dressed in their PE kits with the correct coloured t-shirt) and then inset day on Friday (2nd July).
18.06.21 - More trains this week, making words with sounds on track and ordering numbers on the track and lots of balancing fun. The children have been using balance scales to weigh with cubes, to compare and order weights and even use a class made balance to compare the weights of animals.
Year 1’s have been planning and writing their magic train ride adventure stories and in numeracy they have been working with numbers up to 100. They have also been programming and debugging programs for the Beebots. In phonics some children have been looking after dinosaurs, some have been blending phase 4 words and others have been looks at adding ‘s’ and ‘es’ to the end of words.
Please remember all children need a sun hat and to have applied sun cream prior to coming to school.
Wishing all the Dads a Happy Father's Day.
Year 1’s have been planning and writing their magic train ride adventure stories and in numeracy they have been working with numbers up to 100. They have also been programming and debugging programs for the Beebots. In phonics some children have been looking after dinosaurs, some have been blending phase 4 words and others have been looks at adding ‘s’ and ‘es’ to the end of words.
Please remember all children need a sun hat and to have applied sun cream prior to coming to school.
Wishing all the Dads a Happy Father's Day.
11.06.21—We have had a terrific train filled week. The children have been retelling The Train Ride story, drawing and writing about what they can see from the train, riding trains and collecting tickets, making wooden train tracks, making train track domino rally letters, using the miniature Thomas train set and lots more.
In numeracy we have all been learning about direction and positions and challenging ourselves with doing the ‘Cha Cha Slide’. Reception have also been measuring and comparing lengths and heights. In phonics the Year 1’s have been recapping sound families and tricky words and Reception have begun Phase 4 which is all about learning and using the blends in words such as stamp. Year 1’s have been consolidating their direction and position numeracy work with writing and testing algorithms to make Mr Potato Heads and moving the Beebots.
In numeracy we have all been learning about direction and positions and challenging ourselves with doing the ‘Cha Cha Slide’. Reception have also been measuring and comparing lengths and heights. In phonics the Year 1’s have been recapping sound families and tricky words and Reception have begun Phase 4 which is all about learning and using the blends in words such as stamp. Year 1’s have been consolidating their direction and position numeracy work with writing and testing algorithms to make Mr Potato Heads and moving the Beebots.
28.05.21—We have had a fun packed week full of more Australian animals. We have made split pin animals, made fact books about the animals, done some Aboriginal paintings, told some dreamtime stories using music with the help of Mrs Watson and written some amazing riddles.
The children have continued to practise telling the time and some can now set their clocks to half past the hour and some to quarter past and to the hour. The children have been drawing hands on clocks and making their own watches. Year 1’s have been learning more about fractions. In phonics we have been practising reading words with all the sounds that we know. We have all been celebrating Pentecost. We have made fire and wind sticks along with wind socks, we also learnt a wonderful song to perform in front of the school.
The children have continued to practise telling the time and some can now set their clocks to half past the hour and some to quarter past and to the hour. The children have been drawing hands on clocks and making their own watches. Year 1’s have been learning more about fractions. In phonics we have been practising reading words with all the sounds that we know. We have all been celebrating Pentecost. We have made fire and wind sticks along with wind socks, we also learnt a wonderful song to perform in front of the school.
21.05.21 - Well where did that week go? The children have really enjoyed finding out about Australia and in particular some of the Australian animals. Outside they have been racing like an emu, jumping like a kangaroo, climbing like a koala and slithering like a snake. We have made wool, spiral and repeating pattern snakes, and enjoyed our new jungle area inside. The children have enjoyed writing and mark making on the new magnetic doodle boards and they have loved building and testing out the marble run.
We have all be learning about time and this week we have been learning how to read and move the hands to make o'clock times and test our skills out by playing 'What's the time Mr Wolf?' The Year 1's have been find halves and quarters of shapes and numbers. We read the Diary of a Wombat and the children have been writing their own diaries. In phonics all of the children have been learning the 'er' sound and playing 'Farmer, farmer'. The Year 1's have been comparing Australia with the UK and we have all be learning about Moses and his parting of the Red Sea.
We have all be learning about time and this week we have been learning how to read and move the hands to make o'clock times and test our skills out by playing 'What's the time Mr Wolf?' The Year 1's have been find halves and quarters of shapes and numbers. We read the Diary of a Wombat and the children have been writing their own diaries. In phonics all of the children have been learning the 'er' sound and playing 'Farmer, farmer'. The Year 1's have been comparing Australia with the UK and we have all be learning about Moses and his parting of the Red Sea.
14.05.21 - We’ve had a twit-twonderful week learning about the story Owl Babies and the poem The Owl and The Pussycat. The children have made pompom, egg box and pine cone owls among lots of other fun activities.
All the children have been writing about owls with the Year 1’s writing some fantastic poems. Year 1’s have been learning about arrays and how they can help with multiplication with Reception finding 1 more or 1 less of numbers to 20 and beyond. In phonics we have all been learning the ‘air’ and ‘ure’ sounds. We have all been learning about Judaism and the Year 1's have made their own Star of David and Torah.
All the children have been writing about owls with the Year 1’s writing some fantastic poems. Year 1’s have been learning about arrays and how they can help with multiplication with Reception finding 1 more or 1 less of numbers to 20 and beyond. In phonics we have all been learning the ‘air’ and ‘ure’ sounds. We have all been learning about Judaism and the Year 1's have made their own Star of David and Torah.
07.05.21—A shorter week this week but with lots of Gruffalo fun. This children have played with log pile homes in the slime, made Gruffalo crumble in the mud kitchen, made paper bag Gruffalo’s and other shape creatures from the story.
Year 1’s have been counting in 5’s, doubling and halving and Reception have been becoming subtraction experts. The Year 1’s have been writing forest animal fact files on the laptops and inventing their own Gruffalo. All the children have been learning and recapping the ‘ear’ sound.
We were very lucky to meet a real baby owl this week. The strong winds blew a baby owl down from it's nest in the churchyard and the gardener came to show us. Baby Opal is now being looked after at a bird sanctuary.
Year 1’s have been counting in 5’s, doubling and halving and Reception have been becoming subtraction experts. The Year 1’s have been writing forest animal fact files on the laptops and inventing their own Gruffalo. All the children have been learning and recapping the ‘ear’ sound.
We were very lucky to meet a real baby owl this week. The strong winds blew a baby owl down from it's nest in the churchyard and the gardener came to show us. Baby Opal is now being looked after at a bird sanctuary.
30.04.21— We have had another fun packed week in Sparrow Class. We have made pet collars for the pets in the pet shop, paper plate pets, added a tunnel to our dog agility course and written care guides for the pets. The children have also been learning the number pairs that when added together make 10 and even 100.
The Year 1’s have been multiplying by 2,5 and 10. In phonics we have been learning the ‘ow’ and the ‘oi’ sounds. Reception have been loving Balanceability and we have all enjoyed learning some French and finding out how to speak cat and guinea pig.
The Year 1’s have been multiplying by 2,5 and 10. In phonics we have been learning the ‘ow’ and the ‘oi’ sounds. Reception have been loving Balanceability and we have all enjoyed learning some French and finding out how to speak cat and guinea pig.
23.04.21—It is wonderful to have the children back after the Easter break. We have started learning about pets this week using ‘The Great Pet Sale’ story as our inspiration. We have our own pet shop and vets role play area, we have a dog agility course outside, we have been threading cats whiskers, pampering pooches and lots more.
We have been learning all about money; the different coins, adding totals and deciding what we could buy with different amounts. The children have been making pet for sale posters and learning how to group animals into mammals, fish, reptiles, birds and amphibians. In phonics Reception have learnt the ‘or’ and ‘ur’ sounds and the Year 1’s have been recapping all the different ‘ay’ and ‘igh’ sounds.
We have also enjoyed our first cricket session and the Reception children their first Balanceability session.
We have been learning all about money; the different coins, adding totals and deciding what we could buy with different amounts. The children have been making pet for sale posters and learning how to group animals into mammals, fish, reptiles, birds and amphibians. In phonics Reception have learnt the ‘or’ and ‘ur’ sounds and the Year 1’s have been recapping all the different ‘ay’ and ‘igh’ sounds.
We have also enjoyed our first cricket session and the Reception children their first Balanceability session.
01.04.21—We are ready for Easter in Sparrow Class, we hope you all are too? This week the children have enjoyed lots of Easter activities including racing bunnies and chicks, guessing what’s inside the egg, competing in the egg and spoon races, making Easter cards and making and eating Easter chocolate nests and hot cross buns.
The children enjoyed the wonderful Easter arts trails on the field on Wednesday. The Year 1’s have been writing about the Easter story and learning about volume and capacity. In phonics, Reception have learnt the ‘ar’ sound and the Year 1’s have now learnt all the phonics sounds after completing the split diagraph ones.
When we return we will begin our new theme learning about native woodland animals, pets and Australian animals. Plans can be seen on the Sparrow home page.
We wish you all a wonderful break and look forward to seeing you again on Monday 19th April.
The children enjoyed the wonderful Easter arts trails on the field on Wednesday. The Year 1’s have been writing about the Easter story and learning about volume and capacity. In phonics, Reception have learnt the ‘ar’ sound and the Year 1’s have now learnt all the phonics sounds after completing the split diagraph ones.
When we return we will begin our new theme learning about native woodland animals, pets and Australian animals. Plans can be seen on the Sparrow home page.
We wish you all a wonderful break and look forward to seeing you again on Monday 19th April.
26.03.21 - Wow, what a jam packed week. When the children arrived on Monday the first of our chicks had hatched and we have spent the week watching, waiting and caring for all the new arrivals. We have really enjoyed having our six little chicks and they are now returning safely to their home, I will be sending details of where the chicks and others can be purchased from on Evidence Me.
We also enjoyed a fantastic spring walk through local fields. We spotted horses, ducks, sheep and Farmer Annie also surprised us with three baby calves and a tractor. The children asked some really interesting questions including "Do cows poo a lot?" We have also fitted in learning and acting out the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, making bridges for the goats to cross, learning about Palm Sunday, weighing things and learning all about the number 20. Reception have learnt the 'oa' and 'oo' sounds and Year 1's the 'a-e' and 'o-e' sounds. Finally we hope you have spotted our National Day of Reflection messages on the railings, the children were very respectful and sent some lovely messages.
We also enjoyed a fantastic spring walk through local fields. We spotted horses, ducks, sheep and Farmer Annie also surprised us with three baby calves and a tractor. The children asked some really interesting questions including "Do cows poo a lot?" We have also fitted in learning and acting out the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, making bridges for the goats to cross, learning about Palm Sunday, weighing things and learning all about the number 20. Reception have learnt the 'oa' and 'oo' sounds and Year 1's the 'a-e' and 'o-e' sounds. Finally we hope you have spotted our National Day of Reflection messages on the railings, the children were very respectful and sent some lovely messages.
19.03.21 - This week the children have been cleaning and sweeping like Farmer Duck, hooking ducks, sending ducks down the water chute, ordering ducks, interviewing Farmer Duck and then writing about him. We have been learning about the number 19 and doing lots of measuring with cubes and centimetres. Reception have been learning the ‘ee’ and ‘igh’ sounds and the Year 1’s the ‘ey’ and ‘i-e’ sounds. The children have been painting landscapes and using pastels to draw cityscapes.
We have also been writing and drawing with chalk outside in the sun, hugging trees, playing hide and seek, testing out our new whiteboard and keeping a close eye on our incubating eggs.
We have also been writing and drawing with chalk outside in the sun, hugging trees, playing hide and seek, testing out our new whiteboard and keeping a close eye on our incubating eggs.
12.03.21 - Hooray for the Sparrows return, it has been wonderful having all the children back in school and in class. Everyone has settled brilliantly back into the environment and the learning activities. We have enjoyed learning and retelling the story of Rosie's Walk, everyone has made a story map and Year 1's have been writing about her journey. We have made our own hens from paper plates and completed an obstacle course going under, over, through and around. We have been learning about the number 18 and learning about measuring length and height and comparing these; we have measured our feet and Year 1's have been measuring things around the classroom. Reception have been learning the 'ng' and 'ai' sounds and Year 1 the 'oe' and 'au' sounds. We have also been enjoying listening to Vivaldi's Four Seasons through story, art and by recreating our own pieces of music to represent the different seasons. Finally, we have been lucky enough to have some extra arrivals in Sparrow Class this week, we have 9 eggs incubating...
05.03.21 - We hope everyone has enjoyed Book Week; the books, all the different activities and the Teams story time? We have had fun with ordinal numbers with Room on the Broom, counted and added lots of animal legs in How Many Legs, come up with some amazing alliterations with Oi Frog, made maps with We're Going on a Bear Hunt, learnt about butterfly life cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and invented our our Mr Men and Little Misses.
I would like to thank everyone for all the support you have given your children and myself during this latest lockdown period. I do not underestimate the strain this has placed on your daily lives and I am so very appreciative. I am full of hope that on Monday we will have all the children back and the Sparrows can settle back into school life.
Wishing you all the most wonderful weekend and we can't wait to see everyone on Monday.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
I would like to thank everyone for all the support you have given your children and myself during this latest lockdown period. I do not underestimate the strain this has placed on your daily lives and I am so very appreciative. I am full of hope that on Monday we will have all the children back and the Sparrows can settle back into school life.
Wishing you all the most wonderful weekend and we can't wait to see everyone on Monday.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
26.02.21 - It has been lovely to get back after the break and wow have you all been working hard - thank you! I have been tested by your wonderful farm animal riddles, we have been playing our cards right, playing sock toss and counting in 2's, we have been adding using magical machines and then by counting on. Everyone seems to know so much about farms, farm animals, their babies and the food they provide us with and I can't wait to get us all back together to share our knowledge. Lots of you have enjoyed muddy farm walks and getting out while the sun shines.
It is Book Week next week, the planning will be available from the weekend and there will be more details and challenges to follow on Parent Hub and Evidence Me.
Thank you for everything you are doing and your support - One week to go!
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
It is Book Week next week, the planning will be available from the weekend and there will be more details and challenges to follow on Parent Hub and Evidence Me.
Thank you for everything you are doing and your support - One week to go!
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
12.02.21- We have been Earth Superheroes this week. The children have worked hard to bring deforestation and plastic pollution in the oceans to everyone's attention hopefully we would make David Attenborough proud. We have managed to save Rosy from being chopped down with our wonderful posters and we have made promises to hopefully reduce some of the plastic polluting the sea.
There has been some fantastic doubling (we have had kittens going through doubling machines!) and halving activities and the Year 1's have been comparing two digit numbers. There have been twirly helicopters and yummy food tasting in phonics and the most wonderful, artistic portraits of Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale.
When we return we will begin our topic of the local area and farming, the topic web is on the home learning page.
Thank you for everything you are doing to support your child and us. We hope you can enjoy some of the break.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
There has been some fantastic doubling (we have had kittens going through doubling machines!) and halving activities and the Year 1's have been comparing two digit numbers. There have been twirly helicopters and yummy food tasting in phonics and the most wonderful, artistic portraits of Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale.
When we return we will begin our topic of the local area and farming, the topic web is on the home learning page.
Thank you for everything you are doing to support your child and us. We hope you can enjoy some of the break.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
05.02.21 - Another week has passed by and the children have all been so busy - thank you x
They all seem to have enjoyed learning about Florence Nightingale with the Year 1's writing a letter from Florence and everyone making lamps. The Reception children have been busy in 'the dark, dark house' making skeletons, streets, labelling their bodies and lots more. Year 1's have been continuing with their place value work with numbers to 50 and Reception with more, less and estimating. In phonics Year 1's have been learning the 'ie' and 'ea' sounds and Reception the 'w' and 'x' sounds.
Everyone seems to have enjoyed the Mental Health week activities which have focused on the Creation story from the bible and celebrating the wonderful world we live it.
Next week we will learn about Mary Seacole alongside a little more learning on Florence Nightingale. A lot of the learning will be on another famous person, David Attenborough and spreading his message that we need to act to save our planet.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
They all seem to have enjoyed learning about Florence Nightingale with the Year 1's writing a letter from Florence and everyone making lamps. The Reception children have been busy in 'the dark, dark house' making skeletons, streets, labelling their bodies and lots more. Year 1's have been continuing with their place value work with numbers to 50 and Reception with more, less and estimating. In phonics Year 1's have been learning the 'ie' and 'ea' sounds and Reception the 'w' and 'x' sounds.
Everyone seems to have enjoyed the Mental Health week activities which have focused on the Creation story from the bible and celebrating the wonderful world we live it.
Next week we will learn about Mary Seacole alongside a little more learning on Florence Nightingale. A lot of the learning will be on another famous person, David Attenborough and spreading his message that we need to act to save our planet.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
29.01.21 - Land Ahoy me Landlubbers! Well it looks like everyone has had 'snow' much fun this week what with the white stuff on the ground over the weekend and our week of pirates.
The children have been learning about number 14 and the different coins of 1p,2p,5p and 10p. There have been coin sliding and stacking games, counting the gold in Salty Judy Bottom's treasure chest and hiding and rubbing coins. There have been treasure maps, pirate wanted posters and messages in bottles. We have also been learning about Christopher Columbus.
Reception have been learning the 'j' and 'v' sounds and the Year 1's the 'ay' and 'ou' sounds. The Year 1's have written some incredible dinosaur adventure stories.
Next week we will begin two weeks activities based on Florence Nightingale, hospitals and Funnybones.
Thank you as always for everything you are doing.
Take care,
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
The children have been learning about number 14 and the different coins of 1p,2p,5p and 10p. There have been coin sliding and stacking games, counting the gold in Salty Judy Bottom's treasure chest and hiding and rubbing coins. There have been treasure maps, pirate wanted posters and messages in bottles. We have also been learning about Christopher Columbus.
Reception have been learning the 'j' and 'v' sounds and the Year 1's the 'ay' and 'ou' sounds. The Year 1's have written some incredible dinosaur adventure stories.
Next week we will begin two weeks activities based on Florence Nightingale, hospitals and Funnybones.
Thank you as always for everything you are doing.
Take care,
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
22.01.21 - The children have had another dinosaur filled week. We have been experimenting with volcanic eruptions, reporting on why dinosaurs became extinct, finding out about their diets, rescuing dinosaurs from slime and lots more.
The children have been learning about the number 13 and cuboids. They have been making their own dinosaur and dinosaur worlds in boxes to support their dinosaur adventure stories. We have completed Phase 2 phonics in Reception and Phase 4 in Year 1.
Thank you so much for all the great work you are doing at home - it is always lovely to see film clips and photos of the children so happy and so engaged in their learning.
Next week we will be learning about pirates.
Wishing you all a peaceful weekend.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
The children have been learning about the number 13 and cuboids. They have been making their own dinosaur and dinosaur worlds in boxes to support their dinosaur adventure stories. We have completed Phase 2 phonics in Reception and Phase 4 in Year 1.
Thank you so much for all the great work you are doing at home - it is always lovely to see film clips and photos of the children so happy and so engaged in their learning.
Next week we will be learning about pirates.
Wishing you all a peaceful weekend.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
15.01.21 - We have all been roaringly busy this week continuing to learn about dinosaurs and Mary Anning. The amazing activities you have been doing at home look like such fun, I hope you are all well and enjoying yourselves?
Everyone has been learning about the number 12 and pyramids. You have been making 'Top Trump' cards and writing dinosaur fact files. Some of you have even been visited by dinosaurs at home?!?!?! Reception have been learning the 'f/ff' and 'l/ll' sounds and Year 1's have been continuing with the Phase 4 work (see Spelling Shed Year 1's).
We have all been doing lots of dinosaur activities including making dinosaur fossil biscuits, dinosaur skeleton pictures and hunting for fossils in the sand.
It is so lovely to see you all doing so well and having fun at home, we are missing you at school but we are so happy you are safe.
Enjoy the weekend, Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
Everyone has been learning about the number 12 and pyramids. You have been making 'Top Trump' cards and writing dinosaur fact files. Some of you have even been visited by dinosaurs at home?!?!?! Reception have been learning the 'f/ff' and 'l/ll' sounds and Year 1's have been continuing with the Phase 4 work (see Spelling Shed Year 1's).
We have all been doing lots of dinosaur activities including making dinosaur fossil biscuits, dinosaur skeleton pictures and hunting for fossils in the sand.
It is so lovely to see you all doing so well and having fun at home, we are missing you at school but we are so happy you are safe.
Enjoy the weekend, Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
08.01.21 - Well what a week it has been! I am so sorry for the current situation we all find ourselves in and what that means for our Sparrow children, missing friends and school and for you the parents working in difficult situations and now home schooling. Starting the new year in lockdown was not what any of us would have wanted but it is very important that we all follow the government advice at present in order to stay safe and well. I appreciate everything that everyone of you is doing. I hope you are finding the Evidence Me app a real bonus and that the children are enjoying the little tasks I set. Please let me know if this isn't the case or if you are having problems with the app.
This week we have all been learning about the number 11. Year 1's have been practising place value, number bonds for 10 and adding and subtracting. The children in school have loved learning in the new dinosaur world, they have been freeing dinosaurs from ice eggs, making split pin dinosaurs and exploring the appartus in PE. I know at home you have been working really hard and we all love looking at your photos and film clips (we really miss you). Reception have been learning the 'b' sound and Year 1's have been practising writing and reading ccvc words.
Next week we will continue to learn more about dinosaurs and in particular Mary Anning. The planning and resources for next week's home learning will be put on the webpage over the weekend. If you have any questions or problems with this or need any resources please just let me know. This is the same if you need any reading books.
Many thanks to every single one of you for everything you are doing.
Please take care.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes.
This week we have all been learning about the number 11. Year 1's have been practising place value, number bonds for 10 and adding and subtracting. The children in school have loved learning in the new dinosaur world, they have been freeing dinosaurs from ice eggs, making split pin dinosaurs and exploring the appartus in PE. I know at home you have been working really hard and we all love looking at your photos and film clips (we really miss you). Reception have been learning the 'b' sound and Year 1's have been practising writing and reading ccvc words.
Next week we will continue to learn more about dinosaurs and in particular Mary Anning. The planning and resources for next week's home learning will be put on the webpage over the weekend. If you have any questions or problems with this or need any resources please just let me know. This is the same if you need any reading books.
Many thanks to every single one of you for everything you are doing.
Please take care.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes.
18.12.20—We have had a VERY busy but festive week. May I begin by thanking you all for bearing with us during this hectic time. I am sorry there have been mixed and missed messages and that the nativity costumes didn’t run as smoothly as normal. Hopefully the nativity film will make up for all of the confusion. The children made us so proud on a very busy and cold day of filming, we really do hope you all enjoy watching it. The film is available from the 'Children' tab by selecting Nativity - Everyone Loves a Baby.
The children have made calendars, Christingles, cards and lots more this week. We have enjoyed Christmas dinner, films and parties.
When we return on Tuesday 5th January 2021 we will begin our theme of ‘Pirates, bones and dinosaurs’ and the topic webs can be found on the Sparrow home page.
Many thanks for all your support through this very strange term and we would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Lots of love
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
The children have made calendars, Christingles, cards and lots more this week. We have enjoyed Christmas dinner, films and parties.
When we return on Tuesday 5th January 2021 we will begin our theme of ‘Pirates, bones and dinosaurs’ and the topic webs can be found on the Sparrow home page.
Many thanks for all your support through this very strange term and we would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Lots of love
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
11.12.20—We’ve all enjoyed a very busy and Christmassy week. We have of course been practising the nativity ready for filming next Wednesday. Alongside, we have been knocking cylinders down with snowballs, making paper bag Santa, Elf and Rudolph puppets, enjoying the Christmas dress up, finding out what our cheeky elf has been up to, loving the wonderful light up snowman Darcey's Mum in Dove's made for us and lots, lots more.
We have had our second Advent Assembly with the children being very respectful throughout and using the wonderful wreath made by Darcy’s Mum and sister. We have been watching and listening to the Christmas story, with the Year 1’s sequencing the story and writing about the events on that first Christmas.
We have all been learning about cylinders. Reception have been learning about the ‘r’ sound with rockets and the ‘h’ sound with hats. Year 1’s have been recapping all the phase 3 sounds and using these alongside the phase 2 sounds to write cvcc words and make their own farmyard animals book.
For Nativity information please see the Sparrow home page.
Wednesday is Christmas dinner day. On Thursday we have a film in the morning and a party in the afternoon (food guidelines were on Mrs Bell’s letter—small amount in a named box). Friday we will have our premiere and also the Christingle service.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
We have had our second Advent Assembly with the children being very respectful throughout and using the wonderful wreath made by Darcy’s Mum and sister. We have been watching and listening to the Christmas story, with the Year 1’s sequencing the story and writing about the events on that first Christmas.
We have all been learning about cylinders. Reception have been learning about the ‘r’ sound with rockets and the ‘h’ sound with hats. Year 1’s have been recapping all the phase 3 sounds and using these alongside the phase 2 sounds to write cvcc words and make their own farmyard animals book.
For Nativity information please see the Sparrow home page.
Wednesday is Christmas dinner day. On Thursday we have a film in the morning and a party in the afternoon (food guidelines were on Mrs Bell’s letter—small amount in a named box). Friday we will have our premiere and also the Christingle service.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
04.12.20—Hello everyone—It is so good to have the Sparrows back in school, we have really missed them. A HUGE THANK YOU to you all for your support and understanding during the closure. You all seem to have had lots of wonderful fun alongside learning and I understand how stressful and difficult this must have been whilst juggling everything else.
We have been going over the sounds you have been learning at home alongside some teen number and adding practise. The children seem to be enjoying the Christmas themed classroom and activities; it didn't take them long to have decorated the tree and wrapped lots of presents. We have also begun practising for the Nativity.
May I take this opportunity to thank you all for the bird seed decorations you have added to our tree and say a big thank you to Mr Brown and the Brown Family for sourcing the wood and making the fantastic tree in the bus shelter.
Another huge thank you to Mrs Longdon and the Longdon Family for the wonderful Advent wreath they have made for the class for our Advent assemblies. The children seemed to really enjoy the first candlelight service we had in class on Thursday.
You should have all received a letter asking for your permission to use Evidence Me. We already use this in class to record observations of your child and their learning activities and this will give you a better idea and insight into what your child has been learning in class. It will also allow you to easily send photos and information about what they have been up to at home. This really is a great app that I hope you will see the benefits to very quickly. I look forward to receiving your permission slips soon so I can begin setting you up on the system.
Once again a huge thank you and we hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
We have been going over the sounds you have been learning at home alongside some teen number and adding practise. The children seem to be enjoying the Christmas themed classroom and activities; it didn't take them long to have decorated the tree and wrapped lots of presents. We have also begun practising for the Nativity.
May I take this opportunity to thank you all for the bird seed decorations you have added to our tree and say a big thank you to Mr Brown and the Brown Family for sourcing the wood and making the fantastic tree in the bus shelter.
Another huge thank you to Mrs Longdon and the Longdon Family for the wonderful Advent wreath they have made for the class for our Advent assemblies. The children seemed to really enjoy the first candlelight service we had in class on Thursday.
You should have all received a letter asking for your permission to use Evidence Me. We already use this in class to record observations of your child and their learning activities and this will give you a better idea and insight into what your child has been learning in class. It will also allow you to easily send photos and information about what they have been up to at home. This really is a great app that I hope you will see the benefits to very quickly. I look forward to receiving your permission slips soon so I can begin setting you up on the system.
Once again a huge thank you and we hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes x
26.11.20 - Thank you so much for all the learning you little Sparrows have been doing at home and a huge thank you to the Mum's and Dad's for their support with this.
I have seen wonderful Gingerbread Man story maps, fantastic number cards, things beginning with e, lots of number 10's, 2D and 3D shapes, yummy gingerbread men (and other animals) and lots, lots more.
You are all amazing. We miss you so much and are looking forward to seeing you all next Thursday.
Lots of love
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
I have seen wonderful Gingerbread Man story maps, fantastic number cards, things beginning with e, lots of number 10's, 2D and 3D shapes, yummy gingerbread men (and other animals) and lots, lots more.
You are all amazing. We miss you so much and are looking forward to seeing you all next Thursday.
Lots of love
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
20.11.20—We have all enjoyed being united against bullying this week and considering how what we say and do impacts on others. We have looked at how we are all different but part of one human race. We have also loved listening to, watching and acting out the story of Handa’s Surprise. We have found out about life in Kenya and made African animal masks, painted fruit, balanced things on our heads and threaded pasta necklaces. We have made cubes with magnetic sets and had fun with the number 9 and enjoyed jumping in muddy puddles.
Year 1’s have been writing letters to Handa to tell her what happened to the fruit and comparing life in the UK to life in rural Kenya. They have been comparing addition and subtraction number sentences and in phonics learning the ‘air’ and ‘ure’ sounds (spellings are on Spelling Shed). Reception have been learning the ‘c’,’k’ and ‘ck’ sounds and have drawn some wonderful cats and kicked some balls.
Next week we will be learning about ‘The Gingerbread Man’, about the number 10 and cylinders and beginning to learn more about the nativity as we begin practising for our performance (more details to follow).
Many thanks to everyone for your continued support.
Year 1’s have been writing letters to Handa to tell her what happened to the fruit and comparing life in the UK to life in rural Kenya. They have been comparing addition and subtraction number sentences and in phonics learning the ‘air’ and ‘ure’ sounds (spellings are on Spelling Shed). Reception have been learning the ‘c’,’k’ and ‘ck’ sounds and have drawn some wonderful cats and kicked some balls.
Next week we will be learning about ‘The Gingerbread Man’, about the number 10 and cylinders and beginning to learn more about the nativity as we begin practising for our performance (more details to follow).
Many thanks to everyone for your continued support.
13.11.20—A slightly shorter week due to Monday’s closure –thank you for your support with the online learning. The children have had great fun this week retelling and acting out the story of The Enormous Turnip with the Year 1’s sequencing this story. We have been threading around turnips, cats and dogs, using the farm animals to retell the story, we have made portraits using fruit and vegetable pictures based on the work of artist Arcimboldo, we’ve had water beads in the water tray and made poppies and learnt about Remembrance Day and it’s importance.
We have all be learning about the number 8 and cones. Year 1’s have been working on their subtraction skills and learning the ‘oi’ and ‘ear’ sounds. Reception have been learning the ‘g’ and ‘o’ sounds.
Next week we will be basing our learning on the story of Handa’s Surprise and it is also a special week where we will celebrate and learn about being United Against Bullying. On Monday (16th) your child needs to wear odd socks and on Friday (20th) a superhero costume to show we are all special and together we will stop bullying.
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
We have all be learning about the number 8 and cones. Year 1’s have been working on their subtraction skills and learning the ‘oi’ and ‘ear’ sounds. Reception have been learning the ‘g’ and ‘o’ sounds.
Next week we will be basing our learning on the story of Handa’s Surprise and it is also a special week where we will celebrate and learn about being United Against Bullying. On Monday (16th) your child needs to wear odd socks and on Friday (20th) a superhero costume to show we are all special and together we will stop bullying.
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
06.11.20—It has been great to be back with all the children this week. We have been basing our learning around fireworks and bonfire night. We have been putting out chalk fires in the water (then decorating everywhere with chalk—sorry for the chalk dust), rolling spheres at the skittles, using Fireman Sam to put out fires, practising our letter and number formation in the glitter and making fireworks with tubes and cones. We have also been lucky enough to get the instruments out in music, watch performances of Abba and other songs from the children and enjoy two amazing chatterboxes which included fossilised dinosaur poo and magic tricks.
The children have been listening to and writing a class firework poem with the Year 1’s writing their own. They have been thinking up some great adjectives to describe the sights and sounds of fireworks and also pretending to be fireworks. We have been learning all about spheres and the number 7. Year 1’s have been adding numbers together by counting on and using the laptops safely to write and perform their own firework shape poem. In phonics Reception have been making maps for the ‘m’ sound and dinosaurs for the ‘d’ sound. Year 1’s have been surfing with the ‘ur’ sound and learning the ‘ow’ sound, Spelling Shed concentrates on these sounds this week.
We have even done some Jedi Master letter and number formation this week.
Next week we will be learning ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story alongside learning about cones and the number 8. Please can I ask that you continue to listen to your child read each night and practise any keywords and sound cards they have to support their progress.
Wishing you a peaceful weekend.
The children have been listening to and writing a class firework poem with the Year 1’s writing their own. They have been thinking up some great adjectives to describe the sights and sounds of fireworks and also pretending to be fireworks. We have been learning all about spheres and the number 7. Year 1’s have been adding numbers together by counting on and using the laptops safely to write and perform their own firework shape poem. In phonics Reception have been making maps for the ‘m’ sound and dinosaurs for the ‘d’ sound. Year 1’s have been surfing with the ‘ur’ sound and learning the ‘ow’ sound, Spelling Shed concentrates on these sounds this week.
We have even done some Jedi Master letter and number formation this week.
Next week we will be learning ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story alongside learning about cones and the number 8. Please can I ask that you continue to listen to your child read each night and practise any keywords and sound cards they have to support their progress.
Wishing you a peaceful weekend.
21.10.20—We have reached the end of the half term and the children have had another wonderful week. We are so proud of how the children have settled into Sparrow Class or Year 1 life, they are all superstars! We have been learning about knights and in particular St. George. We have made castles, counted the Queen’s treasure, mark made with feathers, designed shields and spotted signs of autumn at the park. At the park the children found 6 leaves each. They found large leaves, small leaves, red, yellow and brown leaves. They used long, short, thick and thin branches to make triangles and they found lots of conkers. The favourite part seemed to be the play park at the end though!
Reception have been learning about the number 6 and the ‘i’ and ’n’ sounds. Year 1’s have been finishing their dragon stories, learning all about the number pairs that make 10 and learning the 'ar' and 'or' sounds.
Due to the shorter week the children have only read to an adult once this week.
When we return we will begin our new theme which is food stories such as The Gingerbread Man, The Enormous Turnip, Handa’s Surprise etc. The topic webs will be put onto the Sparrows homepage.
Thank you for your continued support and we wish you a lovely break.
Reception have been learning about the number 6 and the ‘i’ and ’n’ sounds. Year 1’s have been finishing their dragon stories, learning all about the number pairs that make 10 and learning the 'ar' and 'or' sounds.
Due to the shorter week the children have only read to an adult once this week.
When we return we will begin our new theme which is food stories such as The Gingerbread Man, The Enormous Turnip, Handa’s Surprise etc. The topic webs will be put onto the Sparrows homepage.
Thank you for your continued support and we wish you a lovely break.
The children had a great time on the field this afternoon finding signs of autumn, planting bulbs and enjoying their surroundings.
16.10.20—What a worrying but exciting week in Sparrows! Hopefully you have heard and seen the posters but Crackle’s dragon egg hatched on Saturday and I brought baby Crackle into school on Monday but let him out of my sight (and you trust me with your children hee hee!). Anyway the Year 1’s and some of the Reception children made some wonderful posters to help us locate the missing dragon. The good news is both Crackle and her baby are safely back home.
The children have made fire breathing dragons this week alongside lots of activities for the number 5 such as making and selling 5 currant buns, 1,2,3,4,5 fish in the water along with 5 speckled frogs, Numicon and shape challenges and lots more. Reception have been learning the ‘t’ (making tigers) and ‘p’ sounds (they loved having the p p p parachute out) and the Year 1’s the ‘oa’ and ‘oo’ sounds (spellings on Spelling Shed).
All the children have been thinking about why Christians believe God is so special and learning about the stories of ‘The Lost Son’ and ‘Jonah and the big fish’.
Next week we will complete our castle topic by learning about knights and life in medieval times. If you would like any extra reading books for the break please pop a note in the communication book.
I have asked the children to get you to email me any photographs of shapes or numbers they have spotted at home or when out and about please.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
The children have made fire breathing dragons this week alongside lots of activities for the number 5 such as making and selling 5 currant buns, 1,2,3,4,5 fish in the water along with 5 speckled frogs, Numicon and shape challenges and lots more. Reception have been learning the ‘t’ (making tigers) and ‘p’ sounds (they loved having the p p p parachute out) and the Year 1’s the ‘oa’ and ‘oo’ sounds (spellings on Spelling Shed).
All the children have been thinking about why Christians believe God is so special and learning about the stories of ‘The Lost Son’ and ‘Jonah and the big fish’.
Next week we will complete our castle topic by learning about knights and life in medieval times. If you would like any extra reading books for the break please pop a note in the communication book.
I have asked the children to get you to email me any photographs of shapes or numbers they have spotted at home or when out and about please.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
09.10.20 –We have had a wonderful week full of dragons which will continue into next week (maybe with our own dragon if our egg hatches!). We have been looking after a real dragon egg, designing our own dragons, matching dragon eggs with numerals and amounts, making ‘Toothless’ dragons, threading fire breathing dragons and lots more.
The Year 1’s have been writing a handbook to care for our dragon egg and dragon when it hatches. They have been learning about whole and part models and learning the ‘ee’ and ‘igh’ sounds (spellings on Spelling Shed). Reception have been learning all about the number 4, rectangles and they have been learning the ‘s’ and ‘a’ sounds (sound cards for recognition and letter formation have been enclosed in a small plastic wallet).
Many thanks for your continued support.
The Year 1’s have been writing a handbook to care for our dragon egg and dragon when it hatches. They have been learning about whole and part models and learning the ‘ee’ and ‘igh’ sounds (spellings on Spelling Shed). Reception have been learning all about the number 4, rectangles and they have been learning the ‘s’ and ‘a’ sounds (sound cards for recognition and letter formation have been enclosed in a small plastic wallet).
Many thanks for your continued support.
