03.07.20 - Well we have had a very arty week in Sparrows this week, we have made some nature self portraits, mud sculptures of ourselves and other creatures, large scale painting using twigs, leaves and flowers as our paintbrushes, we have made symmetrical butterflies and we have been practising the Happy dance routine. We have also finished our versions of 'The very hungry caterpillar' stories, practised our number bonds to 10 and made bees and moths in phonics. I know those of you at home are having lots of fun with your learning too, making your nature portraits, decorating your stones for the rock snake outside school, growing plants, challenging yourself with minibeast maths games, motocrossing, making feather crowns, dancing and waiting patiently for those cocoons to open. A huge thank you to our lovely Darcey and her fantastic family for the very generous gift of Darcey's old playhouse, the children in school are loving it.
Sparrow Class Nature Portraits
26.06.20 - Yes, the sun has come back out and it's been a wonderful week. In school we have been enjoying the story of 'The very hungry caterpillar', making story maps, caterpillar headbands, representing the life cycle of a butterfly, watching our caterpillars get huge, watched and powered the water rocket, had fun with water balloons, worked our way through the Star Wars cast and lots, lots more. At home you seem to have been equally busy; building new playhouses (an amazing family effort Darcey), counting very high (Barney), dancing, planting seeds, reading the story, going on hungry caterpillar treasure hunts (Mason), watching your caterpillars grow, reading, splashing around and lots, lots more. Thank you for sharing your photographs, we love to see all the children happy and having fun.
19.06.20 - A week full of wriggly, wiggly worms! We have been worm charming and made a wormery, making minibeast worlds, using our senses to help us write poetry, painting with watercolours, trying out Barney's egg experiment, watching our caterpillars devour nettles, racing ducks down drain pipes and learning lots about money. I can see you have all busy learning at home and getting out in nature with your own minibeast hunts. You have been making 3D shapes with sweets and cocktail sticks, getting your own caterpillars, having some fun science days, making snakes and minibeasts and lots, lots more. Well done everyone!
12.06.20 - What a busy week it has been! It has been lovely to see a few more Sparrows in school and I know Mrs Dawes has enjoyed chatting to some of you over the telephone. You have been frogging around doing lots of subtraction, writing some amazing riddles, making origami piranhas, making fly catching frogs, finding out about the frog life cycle, minibeast hunting, decorating peg dolls, having birthdays, losing teeth and lots more. I hope you have all received your peg dolls and are enjoying decorating them?
Enjoy the photographs xxx
Enjoy the photographs xxx
05.06.20 - It seems that the change is weather hasn't stopped all your fantastic learning activities - well done everyone. There have been 'What the Ladybird Heard' story maps, puppet shows and directional activities. You have been jumping around following instructions, climbing trees, riding scooters, receiving rainbows, making smores, making birds, fun with glitter, camping and lots, lots more! Your photographs and seeing your wonderful faces and beaming smiles brightens my day so thank you xxx
29.05.20 - Thank you for the photos I have received, it looks like you are all making the most of the sunshine during the half term break. A special congratulations to Harrison and Rafferty for completing their 10 miles in 10 days challenge between them and Lily (Harrison's sister) they have raised nearly £500 for school - Thank you so much xxx
22.05.20 - It seems like you have all made the most of the lovely weather and have been working hard to trap those Evil Peas. You have made some amazing wanted posters, traps, superhero outfits and even Evil Carrots! I hope you all managed to capture the Evil Pea and pop him back in the freezer? I have seen that lots of you have been estimating and then counting using ten frames and many of you have continued with the sharing work. I know you have been practising those tricky words too, so well done everyone.
15.05.20 - Well you have blown me away with what you have been up to this week. Let's see how many I can remember, here goes.... some of you have had personalised phonic teaching from Grandma, you have painted owls, made owls, made and written cards for the owl babies, made bird feeders, continued with the measuring theme in so many different ways and places, shared your sweets and buttons between your toys, celebrated VE day, carried out science experiments, you have been walking, riding your motocross bike, completing a spider web maze, losing teeth and lots, lots more.
Well done to all of you. Can you spot our two new Sparrows, Frankie and Jack?
Stay safe and well and sending you lots of love and hugs,
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
Well done to all of you. Can you spot our two new Sparrows, Frankie and Jack?
Stay safe and well and sending you lots of love and hugs,
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
08.05.20 - You have all had another fantastic week, thank you for the updates and photographs.
You have been making VE Day crafts, finishing your stories, making your films, playing with numbers, walking, sleeping under the stars, baking, decorating, making shadow puppets, watching swans, measuring, making planes, talking to family online, making playdough aliens, gardening, having birthdays and lots, lots more.
We hope you continue to stay safe and well.
Sending you lots of love and hugs
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
You have been making VE Day crafts, finishing your stories, making your films, playing with numbers, walking, sleeping under the stars, baking, decorating, making shadow puppets, watching swans, measuring, making planes, talking to family online, making playdough aliens, gardening, having birthdays and lots, lots more.
We hope you continue to stay safe and well.
Sending you lots of love and hugs
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
01.05.20 - Hello everyone - what a busy lot you are! I have had photographs of future Adam Peaty's in the paddling pool, baking cakes, wonderful alien crafts, story plans, stories, planetariums, aquariums, rockets, footballs turned into planets, pirates, photographs of your daily exercise including a visit to a castle, jaguar caves, all the reading you have been doing, science experiments, birthday celebrations, Earth Day celebrations and lots, lots more. Many thanks for your updates and the photos it is so good to know what you are all doing.
We miss you all Sparrows but are we are so happy to know you are all staying safe and well.
All our love and hugs
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
We miss you all Sparrows but are we are so happy to know you are all staying safe and well.
All our love and hugs
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
24.04.20 - Wow!!! I am so happy to have heard from so many of you this week and found out all the fab things you are up to. You have been doing lots of work, eating chocolate, finding underpants in crazy places, maling aliens, rockets, painting rocks, playing Crystal Maze games on the trampoline, practising your gymnastics, making cakes, having stories with milk and biscuits, making reading dens, going for walks in the beautiful bluebells and bike rides, singing, dancing, making bird feeders, making letter shapes with your body, cuddling older and younger brothers and sisters (that is one very cute little brother Alfie - one Teddy that I can't wait to hug), using sound cards to make words, making giant hugs, reading to me and lots, lots more.
Well done Sparrows you make us sooooooo proud. We miss you terribly but we are so glad you are staying safe and well.
Sending you all our love and hugs
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
Well done Sparrows you make us sooooooo proud. We miss you terribly but we are so glad you are staying safe and well.
Sending you all our love and hugs
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
17.04.20 - We hope you have all had a lovely Easter? Only a few photos to share this week but I have been lucky enough to hear from Macy who had a lovely birthday, Lily and Etta who found basket fulls of Easter eggs and I have heard Amelia and Hannah read which was lovely. Enjoy the weekend.
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Wishing all of the children and families of Sparrow Class a very Happy Easter.
Stay safe. Lots of love Mrs Dawes and Mrs Foulke xxx |
09.04.20 - I hope everyone is well. A few photographs from this week. I have also been very lucky to hear a few of you read, if there is anyone else out there who would like to read to me please get your Mum or Dad to email me. Wishing you all a very Happy Easter.
03.04.20 - Hello everyone we hope you are all safe and well and thank you for all the updates and photos this week, what a lot of fun everyone seems to be having! There are rainbows, trampolines, bike rides, dinosaur teachers, Harry Potter, stone painting, cake making, washing line sums, tigers for tea, golf practise, motivation banners, dancing, challenges from uncles, splits, pe sessions, phonics and lots, lots more. Edith made a wonderful hug and sent it to her Aunt and Uncle and her Aunt then took it to the care home where she works and made a lot of people very happy - well done Edith. Please send me any pictures of any hugs you sent. Also if you are wondering how Etta and Lily had a tiger for tea, well since they told me I have had a panda, shark, lion, racoon and other animals round for tea. Get your parents to look up Google 3D animals to see who could join you. Also please, please, please check out https://abcdoes.com/home-learning/ for some wonderful home learning activities that will be fun and engaging for all the Sparrows.
We would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter and don't eat all that chocolate at once!
Please stay safe and well. All our love
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
We would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter and don't eat all that chocolate at once!
Please stay safe and well. All our love
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes xxx
26.03.20 - Hello everyone, I hope you are all well and staying safe? Well I feel redundant with all the learning you have done at home with your Mum and Dad's, it looks like you are having lots of fun and learning lots at the same time. Rafferty has been carrying out science experiments, Hannah has been writing lots along with Darcey, Lily and Etta, Edith has been writing too, she has been outside labelling everything with chalk, Macy and Poppy have been making sure they get their physical activity, Amelia has been making passer bys smile with her wonderful rainbow, Emily has been making Easter crafts, Harrison has been learning about money and enjoying his garden, Alfie has been building with Lego, Darcey has had her nails done and lots of you have been practising the 'oo' sounds. Also Etta has been reading to her Grandma over Facetime, I think it's a lovely idea that you might want to try at home.
I will update the main Sparrow page with ideas for next week but I can already tell you we would focus on Easter, making cards, crafts, cooking etc.
Sending you all lots of love and missing you terribly.
I will update the main Sparrow page with ideas for next week but I can already tell you we would focus on Easter, making cards, crafts, cooking etc.
Sending you all lots of love and missing you terribly.
20.03.20 - It has been a strange week for everyone but hopefully we have protected the children from the worry. We have been writing about our train and bus trip, having fun on the bikes, washing and fixing cars, constructing with cogs and catching buses. Year 1's have been continuing to learn about time and the 'ey and split digraph' sounds. Reception have been measuring things and learning the 'igh' and 'oa' sounds.
I’m sad that we have reached the point where we have to close to the majority of children and we will miss them greatly. However, this will hopefully keep you all safe and well and fingers crossed it won’t be too long before we are all back in Sparrow Class.
I have tried to support everyone with some ideas of activities and websites for your child to access over this period. Details can be found on the main Sparrow page (Denby Free website, select Information—Parents—Sparrows) alongside resources that should be helpful.
I have ensured all of the children have logins and access to Spelling Shed and Numbots listed in their home/school communication books. I will continue to post ideas for other activities and update the Spelling Shed words and keep in touch via the website. If you have any questions or want to send me any details of what you have been doing etc my email is v.foulke@denbyfree.org.uk.
We will miss you all so much but hope you all stay safe and well, that you enjoy Mother's Day and Easter and that we see you all very soon.
Sending our love
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes
I’m sad that we have reached the point where we have to close to the majority of children and we will miss them greatly. However, this will hopefully keep you all safe and well and fingers crossed it won’t be too long before we are all back in Sparrow Class.
I have tried to support everyone with some ideas of activities and websites for your child to access over this period. Details can be found on the main Sparrow page (Denby Free website, select Information—Parents—Sparrows) alongside resources that should be helpful.
I have ensured all of the children have logins and access to Spelling Shed and Numbots listed in their home/school communication books. I will continue to post ideas for other activities and update the Spelling Shed words and keep in touch via the website. If you have any questions or want to send me any details of what you have been doing etc my email is v.foulke@denbyfree.org.uk.
We will miss you all so much but hope you all stay safe and well, that you enjoy Mother's Day and Easter and that we see you all very soon.
Sending our love
Mrs Foulke and Mrs Dawes
13.03.20—We have had a terrific week learning about trains and the highlight was our wonderful trip to Matlock Bath (photos below). We have been making trains and tracks out of boxes, in the sand, on the table, on the floor and in the playdough. We have all enjoyed singing the story of the train ride and recounting the journey.
We have been having fun playing ‘What’s the time Mr. Wolf?’ and learning to tell the time to the hour and half past the hour. The Year 1’s have been programming the beebots and debugging them. In phonics the Year 1’s have been learning the ‘oe’ and the ‘au’ sounds and Reception the ‘ai’ and ‘ee’ sounds.
Next week we will base our learning around, cars, buses and bikes.
Many thanks for your continued support.
We have been having fun playing ‘What’s the time Mr. Wolf?’ and learning to tell the time to the hour and half past the hour. The Year 1’s have been programming the beebots and debugging them. In phonics the Year 1’s have been learning the ‘oe’ and the ‘au’ sounds and Reception the ‘ai’ and ‘ee’ sounds.
Next week we will base our learning around, cars, buses and bikes.
Many thanks for your continued support.
We had an amazing time on our trip to Matlock Bath today. We caught the bus right outside school to Belper and from there we caught the train to Matlock Bath. We all enjoyed ourselves at the park playing pirates, balancing, swinging and climbing. Lunch was enjoyed by the River Derwent and then we climbed some trees. We had to run to catch the train back and just made it in time and then in Belper we listened to Mr Simms read us some stories in the gardens. We finally caught the bus back to school. Thank you to all the adults who came along to help, only Mr Simms broke the rule of asking if we were nearly there yet!
