Mrs S JILKS | All Souls' Catholic Primary School

Welcome back

By Mrs S JILKS4th June 2017

We hope you all had a good half term break. We are looking forward to the exciting term ahead. We are going to be making our role play area into a vets and will be looking at how to look after our pets. We will also be looking at animals around the world and visiting the Zoo to see some of these animals up close.

We will be working with reception for a few weeks on our topic of animals and then we will invite you to our class assembly to share this work. To help us to adjust to the change of class in September we will be visiting the reception and meeting staff and exploring the enviroment.

With the weather improving please can you unsure that your child has a hat in school for outdoor play.

Mathematic challenges

By Mrs S JILKS19th May 2017

We have been challenging the children to be more independent in their learning. We are encouraging them to attempt to solve problems set out around the room. This will be continuing next week.

We have also been looking at height. We lined up from the shortest to the tallest person in the class.

We have also explored texture, encourage your child to tell you how different objects feel,. You will be surprised at the words they use to describe objects. Have a good weekend.

Getting active!

By Mrs S JILKS14th May 2017

The children have been using the equipment in the hall with Mrs Cooke. They have been very sensible and used the equipment safely. They have been climbing over and under and practising balancing. Please will you help us by showing your child how to put on and take off their sweatshirts and t shirts. They are trying very hard but some need a lot of help. Our PE sessions will be longer if we can be quicker getting changed!

We have also been planting seeds and plants and will still welcome any you my have going spare. Thank you for your support.

Below are some photographs of the week.

Mud glorious mud!

By Mrs S JILKS7th May 2017

This week we have been making good use of the nice weather to explore outside. The children have made lots of ‘cakes’ in the mud kitchen and have been looking after our pea’s by watering them. We have got a little muddy but thats half the fun! Thank you for signing up and paying for the Zoo trip, we are looking forward to it. This week we will counting things we can not see, for example claps. Also we will be looking at story structure, moving safely using equpment and looking at growth and change. Busy week!

Reminders

By Mrs S JILKS30th April 2017

This week we have been making the most of the nice weather. We have been using our gross motor skills to climb and ride and also explore the sand and water. We have also been watering the peas that we planted before Easter. The children were very excited to see that they have started to grow.

Can we rmind you to think about providing sun cream for when the weather becomes even warmer. The children like to spend time outdoors and the sun can get very hot.

We are going to visit the Zoo in June, if you would like your child to take part in this visit please pay online as soon as possible.

Spring term fun

By Mrs S JILKS23rd April 2017

We had great fun on our last day of term. We had a visit from the Easter bunny who hid lots of eggs for us to find. Mrs McCloskey made us work at counting them before we could eat them! We went down the field to watch the older children do the mud run. They got very wet and muddy. We also sang Happy Birthday to Mrs Jilks and Joshua and had cake and biscuits to celebrate.

We hope you all had a relaxing break and look forward to the term ahead.

Final week spring term

By Mrs S JILKS2nd April 2017

Last week we were focusing on repeating patterns. The chidren used the blocks, the interstar and shapes on an Easter egg to show their skill at completing a repeating pattern.

We also used the eggs to complete number bonds to 5 and the bottles to help us recognise numbers. Some of us used the computer to complete number bonds. Below are some photographs of the week.

Next week we will be baking Easter biscuits, planting peas, completing Easter crafts and having a Easter Egg Hunt. Please return your child’s library book on Friday. Thank you.

St Patrick’s Day

By Mrs S JILKS18th March 2017

Nursery had great fun on St Pratrick’s Day. We listened to the story of St Patrick, coloured shamrock pictures and danced to Irish Music. There are some photographs of our dancing below.

This week we have been looking at print in the enviroment. The children pointed out the words they could see in our classroom. We talked about what the words said and why they were there.

Next week we will be looking at groups of objects and saying if they are the same in quantity. In literacy we will be revisting rhyme and alliteration.

Changing Seasons

By Mrs S JILKS12th March 2017

This week we made the most of the good weather that the start of the spring season brought with it. The children have all enjoyed being in the outdoor area.

We explored in the sand and made patterns in the flour. The children also enjoyed riding on the bikes and scooters.

Inside we made flowers with card and the playdough. We used the flowers to help to change the winter wonderland to Spring.

We also found out about the season of Lent. We have had our feet painted to remind us how we need to walk with Jesus. We will be continuing to learn about Lent next week.

Next week we will also be completing patterns in Mathematics. We will be focusing on repeating patterns and symmetrical patterns. In Literacy we will be practising writing our names and looking at print in the environment. We will also be looking at what flowers need in order to grow.