17 July 2020: Home learning
It’s Friday! It’s the last day of term!
This has been a tough year and you should be proud of yourselves and the way you have all coped with the changes and challenges.
Maths
For a lot of the lockdown learning, we have been doing challenges on a Friday so it’s only right that for our final maths lesson we do a final challenge Friday! Head to BBC bitesize for your last home learning maths lesson.
Living and learning
We’d love to hear your views about this year. Finish these sentences and send them, by email, to your Mrs Welsby and Mrs Rowley:
- I feel I improved the most in…
- Something important that I learned this year was…
- My favourite subject this year has been…
- What I enjoyed learning the most this year was…
- Something I’m proud of accomplishing is…
- Something I’ve learned about myself is…
- Something I will miss is…
- I will never forget this year because…
Goodbye Year 2s
Goodbye to my Year 2 children. I have recorded a message for you here : https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYiXl257at
Love from Miss Harker
Have a great summer!
16 July 2020: Home learning
Good morning – it’s your penultimate day of year 3 and year 4. How are you feeling about having finished (nearly!) the school year? It’s been a funny old year and Mrs Welsby and I are definitely missing teaching you all.
School trip
Today, we’re jetting off on a plane all the way to Seattle. Seattle is a seaport on the west coast of the United States. We’re heading to Seattle Aquarium.
Once you get to the aquarium, you have a choice: you can either watch the live feeds or join in on their virtual field trips. Once you’ve completed the trip, have a go at one of the following activities.
- Carry out a research project on Seattle aquarium.
- Create an information brochure for the Seattle aquarium.
- Create a poster advertising the place.
- Create a fact file using what you have learned in the video or about one of the animals you saw.
Maths
Gnome Valley is a beautiful, well-cared for garden. It is home to the happiest community of gnomes ever to grace a garden. Or at least, it was.
All is not well in Gnome Valley. Over the past few nights, there have been strange things happening. First, a group of fisher-gnomes had their rods stolen. Then, the ‘Welcome to Gnome Valley’ sign was hidden in a tree. Last night, while all the gnomes were sleeping, the gnome guards had their red uniform hats decorated with yellow spots! This morning, Gnome News has reported that a naughty gnome is the only explanation for these strange situations. Gnome Valley Police are worried and have called in Detective Gnome to get to the bottom of what’s going on.
Can you help Detective Gnome solve the problems to discover which
naughty gnome is behind the devious deeds?
Week commencing 13 July 2020: F1 Home Learning ‘Where’s my teddy?’
We can’t believe that this is our final week of home learning activities. We’re going to finish with ‘Where’s My Teddy?’ written by Jez Alborough.
We often celebrate our learning and the end of Foundation with a Teddy Bear’s picnic party. Sadly, this isn’t going to be possible this year but we didn’t want to miss out on all of the fun. So, this week, we’d love it if you could have a Teddy Bear’s picnic at home and send us your photos.
Remember to email your photos to stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org
We’ll share all of your photographs on the class news page. We thought that this would be a lovely way to end the year – to fill our Class News Page with all of your happy, smiling faces.
Where’s My Teddy
- Did you enjoy the story?
- How do you think Eddy felt when he lost his teddy?
- Do you have a favourite teddy bear or soft toy? Talk to your family members about their favourite toys as children. They may still have an old favourite teddy hidden away somewhere that they can show you.
Here are some activities that you can try that are linked to the story.
Mark Making
Draw or cut out an outline of a bear. Ask your child to add eyes, a nose and a mouth to the bears face. You could encourage them to draw some clothes on the bear or a bow tie and decorate it with patterns. There are also some free printable pencil control activity sheets to download on Twinkl.
Music
Sing along at home to this well-known family favourite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EsIzsl5nLw
Cooking
Find a recipe to bake something to eat at your Teddy Bear’s Picnic this week. There are lots of recipe ideas on the I Can Cook website. Some bears like to eat honey; you might like to make a honey sandwich! Ask your child to help butter the bread and add their choice of sandwich filling. With help, they can cut their sandwiches carefully into squares or triangles.
Understanding the World
Do you like honey? If you’ve never tried it before, have a try. What does it taste like?
Where does honey come from? Maddie Moate knows all about where honey comes from because her parents are bee keepers. Watch these short clips to find out about how bees make honey and how Maddie harvests honey from her bee hives.
Mathematics
1) Top Marks has a teddy bear counting game that children really enjoy playing at Nursery. We help children to recognise the number so that they know how many cupcakes to feed the bear.
2) Ask your child to choose some soft toys/teddies to invite to the picnic. How many have they chosen? How many plates and cups will they need?
Watch
Teddy bears are obviously very popular as there are lots of programmes available to watch all about bears! Here’s an episode from Postman Pat about a Special ‘teddy’ Delivery or you can find out what happens in the town of Biggleton when too many bears arrive for the picnic.
Welcome to Year 1 and 2 (2020-21)
Hi to my new class for 2020-21!
Here is me and our new class mascot.
I would love to see a photo of you with your favourite toy. If you can take one and would like to send it, you can email it to me on katieharker@spherefederation.org
Also, if you would like to vote for our class dog’s name, email me with your choice by 16 July and I will announce the name on 17 July on the Year 1 and 2 Class News page. Here are the choices :
- Pickle
- Nora
- Heinz
- Felix
- Slinky
Have a great summer and I’ll see you in September!
Story time! “Have you filled a bucket today?” by Carol McCloud
A bit of a different story time today. Today’s story will be read by the author herself; Carol McCloud.
“Have you filled a bucket today?” is a lovely way of explaining to children our feelings and how we can help improve the feelings of others.
You can watch the video below:
Today’s activity linked to the story is simple but important. A conversation. This has links to PSED; understanding / talking about our feelings and how we ‘manage’ them. You might ask:
What might you be feeling if you have an ’empty bucket’?
What makes your bucket feel empty?
What can people do to help you fill your bucket?
What might you be feeling when your ‘bucket’ is full?
What makes your bucket feel full?
What can you do to help fill the buckets of other people?
Your child may want to draw some pictures inside a bucket outline of all the things that fill their bucket.
Have a lovely weekend and remember to always try to be a ‘bucket filler’
Busy week!
On Tuesday, we used masking tape to create a pattern. First, the children stuck the masking tape all over their paper. Then, they coloured the shapes in between the tape. Finally they peeled the masking tape off and they were amazed! 
On Tuesday, it was Virtual Sports Day. They all showed great teamwork and determination when having a go at each of the challenges. Take a look at some of their action shots!
On Thursday, we created some stained glass windows. We talked about where you might find real stained glass windows and how they were made. 
Look how amazing they are!
Today, we will be having a ‘circle time’ about our Living and Learning statement… I know how to cope with change. This will allow the children to share how they are feeling about going into Year One.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Virtual School Sports Day – results
Thank you to everyone at home and in school who took part and submitted results. Over 200 schools across West Yorkshire took part. You can see the results below.
Virtual sports day 2020
Yesterday, we completed our first ever Virtual sports day. We did a range of physical activities indoors and outdoors. Check out some of our skills:
Did you get sporty today?
Well, the rain came – just like when we usually have sports day! We hope you managed to complete at least some of the challenges set by the West Yorkshire School Games for the Virtual Sports Day. Don’t forget to submit your results here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdEX8xOo-PtkFwasg0B7deXM1uzvMQMFAPwpKCU9yEKG6qqg/viewform
