Well done to all the children who started Reception today. They had a great morning meeting new friends and exploring the indoor and outdoor space. We had time outside keeping fit, running after Mrs Jilks and balancing on the lines to keep us safe from the sharks! The children also enjoyed having their first school lunch. We are looking forward to see the rest of the children tomorrow.
A few parents have been asking about reading and additional books. Unfortunately sending more books home isn’t something we are able to do at the moment however there is a comprehensive site called Reading Eggs that you can access from home.
The site is normally charged however they have a 30 day free trial for parents that will hopefully be able to assist with reading at home. All that is required is an email address for access and it will then ask you to set up a profile for your child/children.
Once you have activated your account your child will need to do the placement test (on their profile) this will show the level they need to begin at. For each level there are different activities, lessons and books that the children can read online. There are word recognition activities, reading comprehension and lessons they can complete.
The children work through the level with a map and when they get to the end of the activities and books there is then the chance to move onto the next level.
With the books you can choose between a ‘read to me’ function where the book is read aloud to them or the child reads the book out loud themselves. For those that are just beginning to read or struggle with some vocabulary it may give them a bit of confidence to have the book read to them first and then for them to try it themselves.
It is a good resource to use and as it is free to access for a short while it may be worth setting up an account if you feel your child is not reading enough or could benefit from more reading activities and practise. It is for all ages from 3 up to 13 years.
Thank Year 6 for coming down and making our last day for while very special. We love sharing time with you and had great fun playing the different games. Thank you for looking after us so well this year. We hope to see you soon.
Below is a guide to how help structure your day and help maintain routine, learning and stimulating experiences. We hope that you find it useful.
Nursery
8.45 Prayer time
9.00 Talk to children about what is going to be happening today. Including looking at the weather today and talking about what day of the week it is.
9.10 Mathematics – to include shape, jigsaws, numbers, rhymes and pattern.
9.45 Exercise break (see examples online)
10.00 Snack time
10.15 Fine motor skills,including handwriting and mark making and phonics.
10.45 Outside exploring/Art and creative activities
11.15 Story time
Lunch
Reception
8.45 Prayer time
9.00 Talk about what you are going to be doing this morning. Discussing what the weather is like and what day/month it is.
9.05 Literacy activities
10.00 Exercise break
10.15 Snack time
10.30 Mathematics – covering a range of activities found on the weekly instruction page
11.30 Phonics
Lunch 12.00-1.00
1.00 Discussing the afternoon activities
1.05 Understanding the World/PSED/RE activities
1.45 Arts and creative activities
2.45 Story time/Prayer time
We hope that this helps provide some guidance to how your day can be organised. We will issue a Weekly Instruction Page that will give more details in each area of learning. Please do not stress about this, we do appreciate everyone is working under different circumstances and may not have the time to complete the full timetable. It is more important that you spend quality time with your children and that it is a happy and stress free time for you all. Thank you for your support.
Year 6 followed our Lenten footprints to show their prayer friends in Reception each station of the cross.
Thank you to all who came to the Reception Mothers’ Day lunch. The children really enjoyed sharing lunch with you.
A MESSAGE FROM MRS QUINN, HEADTEACHER:
Please can I assure you that there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at All Souls’. We have a number of children currently absent due to sore throats, raised temperatures and coughs.
We are grateful to those families who have informed us of these symptoms and taken the decision to isolate their child. As per the current Government guidance, whole families are now being told to self isolate should any one member display symptoms.
Up to date advice can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response
We will not be providing work packs for those children absent at this time (unless in exceptional circumstances). Please encourage your child to:
I take the health of our staff, children and their families very seriously and thank you for your cooperation and support during these difficult times.
On Friday we were very lucky and had the opportunity to meet a snake. Some of us were very brave and held her. She felt very smooth but you could feel her scales.
On Friday afternoon we held an egg challenge. We worked in groups to design a case to protect an egg if it was dropped from a window upstairs. One of the groups egg didn’t get out of the classroom! Of the 5 other groups 2 managed to build a case that protected their egg and they survived the drop. Well done to them. We all had fun and it was a great way to end Science Week.
Our fifth and final day of British Science Week 2020 was just as brilliant as the rest of the week!
To end our Science-filled week, children were invited to come into school dressed as Mad Scientists – everyone looked fantastic!
We also had a slithering visitor as Synthia the snake came to say hello!
Thank you to Mrs Rolison and Suntrap Centre for sharing their amazing animals with us this week – a highlight for most children (and staff!) for sure!
We ended the day with a beautiful prayer service led by Miss Corkerry, reminding us of how much Science has made our lives better. We learned more about the life of Marie Curie, her contribution to Science and the the works of her charity before being encouraged to put our own God-given talents to good use.
A huge thank you to all children, parents and staff who helped to make British Science Week 2020 our best one yet! As always, your support is greatly appreciated.
This afternoon was our last Science Carousel afternoon of British Science Week 2020 and after seeing the faces of all the children in our school across the week, I think it’s fair to say…
Year 1 and 2 were busy dunking biscuits and meeting some new less-than-furry friends:
Year 5 and 6 created snow fluff using a mixture of shaving cream and corn starch before seeing her could fly their rocket ‘mice’ the furthest:
Reception have been making volcanoes using coca cola:
To end our week of all things Science, children are invited to come into school dressed as Scientists! In return, we would really appreciate £1 donations towards our Science fund!
Thank you so much to all the teachers who have worked so hard to prepare these investigations for all involved and really bring British Science Week 2020 to life!
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