Cricket!
Earlier in the week we took part in a cricket festival. It was a lovely day. We practised lots of different skills and really enjoyed it. Here are a few action shots of the day!
Marvellous machines!
This morning, we learnt about machines and how they work. The children were asked what a machine was. One child said, “It’s like a robot and you tell it what to do.” We discussed the differences between humans and machines. Bee-Bots were programmed, photos were taken and printed and QR codes were read!
We identified machines around school. Can your child find some at home?
Green fingered gardeners
We’re giving our outside area a makeover. Today, we planted flowers and herbs.
Year 2 cricket festival
Just to confirm, we’ve been allocated extra places for the Year 2 cricket festival next Tuesday afternoon, 08.05.18, at Old Leos cricket club, so the whole class will be going.
We have still got some outstanding permissions for the visit so please complete this as soon as possible.
Thank you to those parents who have offered to help with transport. We have enough support now but if you can provide any booster seats to use on the day, we require four more.
The children will be having their lunch before we set off and they need outdoor PE kit as well as their water bottle in school.
We’ll return to school by the end of the day.
The forecast currently looks good for Tuesday so a hat and suncream (applied at home before school) might be needed!
Alien invasion!
This morning was out of this world! Reception arrived to discover an alien in our reading area. After some investigation, we found an abandoned slime-covered spaceship outside! Pog the alien wrote us a letter and asked for our help. Children wrote instructions to help Pog learn to live on Earth. Some children even got sent a letter from King Eldon of Planet Zee28!
Why not talk to your child about what else they could do to teach Pog how to live amongst humans! Or maybe your child could think of a question to ask Pog.
Stay and play session
Today, we had our creative stay and play session. Thank you to everyone who came – we hope you had fun!
The expressive arts and design early learning goals are:
Exploring and using media and materials
– Children sing songs, make music and dance and experiment with ways of changing them.
– They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
Being imaginative
– Children use what they have learnt about media and materials in original ways, thinking about uses and purposes.
– They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories.
Not just this morning, but everyday, the children in Reception continue to surprise us with their wonderful imagination and different ways of expressing their ideas!
Here are some photos from our fantastic session this morning…
Why not get creative at home? Make use of any recycling to build a junk model or use an old sponge to do a sponge painting. The possibilities are endless!
The Big Pedal is back!
Get set… we’re taking part in Sustrans Big Pedal 2018, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scooting challenge, that inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose two (or three) wheels for their journey to school.
The Big Pedal will run alongside our year round Living Streets WOW sustainable travel initiative where the children record how they travel to school on our daily travel tracker.
The Big Pedal challenge focuses on journeys made by bike and scooter and runs from 23 April to 04 May. We would love everyone to be involved.
The details
On each day of the challenge, schools compete to see who can record the greatest number of pupils, staff and parents cycling or scooting to school. Our best five days will determine our final position in the challenge. We’ll be competing against other schools right across the UK, and if we clock up the most bike and scooter journeys, we’ll win!
Why we’re taking part
It’s a great way to get more of our pupils travelling to school on their bikes and scooters. We will be competing to become one of the UK’s top schools for two-wheeled journeys and will be in with a chance to win prizes including bike and scooter stunt shows and fantastic cycle and scooter storage.
What’s next?
All you need to do is encourage your child(ren) to cycle or scoot to school every day during the event, and join them on their way.
If you do need the car to bring your child(ren) to school, you could park further away from school and bike or scoot the last part.
Using technology in the classroom
The children are hunting for tricky words using a QR reader on the iPads.
Space art!
We’ve had a busy morning painting, printing and making space-themed art!
Don’t forget our phonics mornings!
Come and learn how to support your child’s reading and writing at home.
See you there!
