Dance for Daniel!
We danced for a whole hour on Thursday in support of one of our pupils, Daniel, who has recently undergone an organ transplant. He will spend several months in hospital recovering and we thought it would be nice to show our support. The sun shone and it was a great way to end Spring term – with everyone smiling and feeling happy! If anyone has any sponsor money or donations, please send them into school after the Easter holidays.
A request for photos
Writing that is interest-led and purposeful can engage your child in meaningful writing experiences. After the Easter holidays, we’ll be asking your child to write about their Easter experiences. This is similar to a Monday where your child writes about their weekend. To help your child remember and motivate them to write please email a photo of your child during the Easter holidays.
We’ll print these and put them in the writing area for your child to write about. We often put photos of the children in the writing area – the children really enjoy writing about themselves!
Swimming
Your child will return to swimming next week. Swimming will be on a Wednesday and your child will swim once a fortnight. The timetable below indicates what week your child will swim – depending on their class.
|
date |
class |
| Wednesday 28 March | Rainbow class (Miss Eckersley) |
| Wednesday 18 April | Sunshine class (Mrs Flynn) |
| Wednesday 25 April | Rainbow class (Miss Eckersley) |
| Wednesday 02 May | Sunshine class (Mrs Flynn) |
| Wednesday 09 May | Rainbow class (Miss Eckersley) |
| Wednesday 16 May | Sunshine class (Mrs Flynn) |
| Wednesday 23 May | Rainbow class (Miss Eckersley) |
Another EGGcellent day!
Yesterday, we talked about how a hen sits on the eggs to incubate them. The children were questioning how the hen can sit on the eggs without breaking them! So we decided to call Professor Myers to see if she could explain.
Professor Myers came to school today to show us how if she distributed her weight she could walk on the eggs and…it worked!
We also got to hold the chicks today. The children were very careful when holding the chicks.
Can your child write about their eggciting week using the this writing frame? Your child will get 5 challenge cubes!
114,530 skips at Scholes School today!
As part of our efforts to raise money for Sport Relief and our school charity, The Donkey Sanctuary, we aimed to complete 50,000 skips collectively today. We smashed our target and completed 114,530! We also enjoyed watching our Year 4 skipping team rehearse for the skipping competition in May.
Library visit – we need you!
We’re hoping to visit Scholes Library on Tuesday 27 March. However, we need your help to be able to visit.
Are you available on Tuesday 27 March at 1.00pm-2.30pm?
If so, please speak to your child’s class teacher about volunteering to help take Foundation to Scholes Library.
Special hatching visitors!
Wow! We have had a very exciting few days. Yesterday, we watched chicks hatching!
Foundation have been very patient waiting 21 days for the chicks to hatch in the incubator.
We have 4 chicks. The children have written their ideas for the names and we’ll decide as a class soon. Today, we talked about the life cycle of a hen and how to care for our chicks. Can your child tell you what we talked about for 2 challenge bricks? Please send us an email with your child’s response.
We also let the chicks run around on the carpet in front of us – it was very exciting! Tomorrow, we’re looking forward to holding the chicks.
Encouraging independence
- The children enjoy self-registering and choosing an area to go to.
- They like to choose their lunch – the pictures are really useful to support them in making their choice.
- They enjoy reading and answering the morning question.
We’re so proud to see your child coming into school confidently, happily and independently!
We’ve been talking to the children about the word ‘independence’. We have noticed that the children are now showing a lot more independence within the classroom environment.
To begin to get your child ready for Year 1, we’d like your support in encouraging your child to come into school and do their morning jobs by themselves. Our aim is to further develop your child’s confidence and encourage your child to come into school independently in the Summer term.
Science Week
Last week was Science week and we had lots of visits from a special scientist – Professor Myers (Mrs Myers’ twin sister!).
The children enjoyed making predictions (a sensible guess) and then observing the experiments to see if they were right. We were able to observe the effects of some experiments immediately and for others we had to be patient and wait a few days.
We made a raw egg bounce.
We observed daffodils change colour.
We blew up a balloon by mixing bicarbonate soda with vinegar.
We made lava come out of a bottle and looked at the density of different liquids (honey, oil and water).
Challenge time…
- Can your child tell you which was their favourite experiment from Science week?
- Can they draw a picture and label it or write a sentence about the experiment?
Here are some excellent examples of children’s writing about Science week.
Please bring in or email your child’s comments/drawing/writing to share with the class. This challenge is worth 3 challenge cubes.
Spare clothes needed!
We’re in desperate need of spare school clothes in F2. If you have any spare school clothes – trousers, skirts, tights, leggings, t-shirts, jumpers or cardigans – that your child has now out-grown, we’d greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.