Scholes Show Winners!
We were lucky enough to enjoy an assembly this week in which some winners from Scholes show were announced. This is a yearly event in which children from the local area are encouraged to participate. We had three very surprised winners in our school.
Emma won a huge trophy for the most points overall in the children’s sections, but she also won two more trophies for the best handwriting and baking – well done!
William won a lovely shiny trophy for the best rock painting. He created a circular design using metallic paint.
Clara won a trophy for the best handwriting in the under 8 group – well done.
Let’s hope more children join in next year – it sounds like a lot of fun. Well done again to the winners – keep polishing those trophies!
Remembrance Day poppies
Today in our art lessons, KS1 made some lovely poppies using their finger prints. We discussed the meaning behind the poppies and their significance.
Awesome, ace and amazing adjective day
We had a fabulous day learning about word classes today and, in particular, adjectives.
We all dressed up as an adjective, learnt a song about adjectives and made some interesting expanded noun phrases.
Help at home by talking about your favourite adjectives. Mrs Latham’s is discombobulated, Miss Lowry’s is flabbergasted and Miss Young’s is plump!
Bonfire night
Last week in 2C we looked at Bonfire Night. In PE we created dance routines to ‘Firework’ by Katy Perry. We sequenced moves that reminded us of fireworks such as spinning, jumping and moving our arms.
We also looked at the safety aspects of Bonfire Night in English and were able to answer key questions about how to keep safe.
In art we created some fantastic and colourful chalk drawings of fireworks on a black background.
Living and Learning : Community week (being respectful)
We have talked through some scenarios this week in our classes, deciding whether they were showing being respectful or not. Some classes sorted them and others played a game where you moved to a certain side of the room to show what you thought. What do you think about these scenarios? Are they respectful or not?
New staff in KS1
We have sadly said goodbye to Miss McKechnie this week but welcomed two new members of staff, Miss Morrison and Miss Fletcher. Here are the adults who work in Year 1 and 2.
Living and Learning : Community Week
We have had a great start to community week.
Yesterday, we have had a special visitor- a guide dog!
The children were fantastic at asking questions about the guide dog and its duties. Here is an example of a few of them:
“What does he do when you are on holiday?”
“Does he have to eat special food?”
“How does he know where a road is?”
The children were also able to try on glasses that altered their eyesight. This meant they could experience what it would be like to be visually impaired and see how it would effect everyday tasks.
Wonderful writing
Everyone came back to school rested and full of news. We enjoyed sharing our holiday news with each other so much that we decided to write some sentences too. We use phonics to help spell words we are not sure of, a word bank (a list of useful words) and tricky word mats too.
Help at home by encouraging your child to write for a purpose (a diary entry, a sign or poster, a menu or recipe or letters and cards to friends and family).
Year 1
Year 2
New lunch menus
Here are the new lunch menus starting this week.
New Junior Leadership Team
During the last week of term, our classes cast their votes for who they would like to represent their class on the JLT. I was absolutely overwhelmed by the number of children that wrote speeches – these were well written, full of ideas and very persuasive!
The votes were counted and the new members were announced in assembly – each child received their shiny JLT badge.
Here are our new members:
5,6A – Sam
5,6B – Olive
5,6C – Layla
3,4A – Archie
3,4B – Olivia
3,4C – Archie
2C – Abby
1,2B – Faith
1A – Eti
Well done to each of you. I’m looking forward to working with you this year and can’t wait to get started.