PE
The children have enjoyed PE in the hall. Over the past couple of weeks we have experimented with different ways of moving – hoping, skipping, jumping and slithering along the floor.
Next week, the children will get changed for PE. Please can you make sure your child has their PE kit (white t-shirt and blue shorts) in school on Monday 16 October.
After half-term, we’ll have a gymnastics coach on a Tuesday afternoon. This will be for Rainbow and Sunshine children.
We will send PE kits home to be washed at the end of each half-term.
Working together
Thank you to those who came to the parental partnership evening. We hope you found the evening informative and have lots of ideas on how to be involved in your child’s learning journey at school.
We value the importance of working together with you to gain a holistic view of your child’s learning. You can share your child’s learning moments with us by email (scholesf2@spherefederation.org), wow documents and time to talk sheets.
Phonics fun
Your child may be coming home and singing lots of jolly phonics songs. We have learnt the sounds ‘s’, ‘a’ and ‘t’ this week. We are teaching the children to say the pure sound, for example, ‘ssss’ not ‘suh’ (try to avoid saying the ‘uh’ bit at the end).
We’re focusing on hearing the initial sound in words. We’ve sorted objects that began with ‘s’, ‘a’ and ‘t’. For example, ‘s’ for sock and ‘a’ for apple. Can you play ‘I spy’ with your child?
Please let us know about any WOW moments so we can celebrate them in class.
Monday news
We love hearing about what your child has been up to at the weekend during Monday news. It’s a great chance for your child to build their self-confidence by speaking in front of their peers. It’s also a valuable time to develop their communication and language skills.
If your child brings a ‘time to talk’ sheet on a Monday, they’ll be able to share their Monday news with their key worker group. If your child makes you go WOW at home it would be fantastic if you could share these with us at school.
What are these bricks my child keeps talking about?
This week, we’ve introduced your child to challenges. Challenging activities are around the classroom for your child to complete to earn a brick. The aim is to get a tower of bricks taller than five. Challenges include the learning we’re focusing on throughout the week – for example, writing our name. Ask your child what challenges they have done this week.
We talked about who had more and who had fewer bricks. If your child’s tower was more than five, your child will be coming home with a certificate!
Your child’s reading journey begins…
Thank you to all those who came along to the Early Years and Key Stage 1 reading workshop last night. We hope you found the information useful in supporting your child at the beginning of their reading journey.
Today, we introduced the children to the main characters (Mum, Dad, Kipper, Chip, Biff and Floppy) in the Oxford Reading Tree stories. This morning, we enjoyed using the pictures to tell a story together. The books the children first bring home are wordless.
Let’s talk about numbers!
Today, we looked at number one – our number focus at the moment. We’ll focus on all numbers to ten throughout this term to get a depth of understanding of what the numbers represent.
We watched the number 1 block video. We then went on a hunt for the numeral 1 in the classroom.
After that, we found 1 object in the classroom.
Can you find something at home that represents the number 1? We can then put it on our number focus table.
Amazing Autumn
This week, the children have really enjoyed exploring the outdoor area and looking for signs of Autumn. They found a oak tree in our garden area and we’ve started to collect conkers.
See if you can find any signs of Autumn with your child at home and bring what you find in to share with us.
The children have also enjoyed re-enacting the story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and they worked together to build a big rollercoaster.
We’ll be holding a number of Stay and Play sessions throughout the year. Each session will have a focus (number, phonics) and you can observe us teach an activity. Please have a look at all upcoming events on the calendar.
Thanks for your continued support,
The F2 team
Please label your child’s clothes
We’ve already started to get a collection of unnamed clothes.
All of your child’s uniform needs to be named – this includes their shoes for when they swap into their wellies to play outside.
Top tip: if it comes off – label it 🙂
Coats and wellies
We love to go outside in all weathers. Your child needs a named waterproof coat and a named pair of wellies in school.