Welcome to Foundation!
We’ve had a wonderful morning getting to know our new F2 children and welcoming back the children moving up from F1. We’ve been busy painting, exploring outside, making food in the role play area, drawing and using our fiddly fingers to make dough cakes. We’ve seen lots of great numbers and letter sounds being used already too!
We’re really looking forward to seeing our nursery children this afternoon.
Home-Link Challenges
Today we have sent home our ‘All About Me’ bags for you to fill with your favourite things from home or photos if you wish.
We would also like you to bring in a copy of a family photo in your home for the role play area or you can email a photo to us at:
stjameseyfs@spherefederation.org
Reminders
Please leave a pair of wellies at school for our muddy outdoor play.
Please bring a named water bottle to school every day. The bottle must contain water only- no juice please.
Please ensure all uniform, bags, shoes and personal items are named.
Please remember we will now be opening the gate at 3.15 and asking you to collect your child/ren from the classroom door.
If you are collecting from F1 at 11.30, we will continue to bring the children to you at the gate.
Thank you.
Sounds of Summer Concert
We took part in an Artforms performance. Year 1 and 2 were superb singers while year 3 and 4 were part of an orchestra. Other schools joined us for this great opportunity.
Craft Club 11.07.19- Slime!
We had a super- gooey, squishy time at our final craft club of the year on Thursday.
We made slime 🙂 Sorry grown-ups!
We had to be really careful when adding our activator to make sure we had the perfect consistency. We selected our colours and added sequins for a sparkly textured finish 🙂
Transition, pirates and picnics!
For F2 children, this week saw the first opportunity to spend time in their new classroom and with some old (now new) classmates. F1 have had their final stay and play with children joining us in September too. We have spent time talking about what we think might be different in September and discussing all the new experiences that we are excited for.
We used drama in Literacy to act out the thoughts of our main character in our story. In The Night Pirates, we met a group of “Rough, tough, little girl pirates” who manage to steal away treasure from the “grown-up” pirates! We made a ‘subconscious alley’ (or “thinking alley” for Foundation) where we said out-loud the thoughts of our character when he met the pirates. F2 then used these skills to write down some thoughts and speech of different characters from the story.
Junk modelling has been a returning favourite this week- we are always amazed at the imaginative, thoughtful models made in our creative areas!
We enjoyed our picnic outside Wednesday lunchtime:
Next week, our ‘Learn with me’ table top challenge is going to be to write your favourite memories from this year in Foundation Class. Please do visit the activity with your child to help them focus on the ‘reflection’ element of next week’s Living and Learning statement.
I know how to reflect and look ahead.
Notices for the final days next week:
-We will be sending PE kits home on Thursday after our final gymnastics session.
-Please return all reading books to school by next Thursday. We will be taking all of the books back in over the summer.
-Please bring in a large plastic carrier bag by next Friday to keep in your child’s drawer so that we can send home their things on the final day.
-On Friday afternoon, we will be having a ‘Writing Warriors’ linked end of year class party! No need to bring anything as we will be wearing school uniform 🙂
Living and Learning: I know how to cope with change.
Today we had a think about the different kinds of changes that happen in our lives. We sorted different kinds of changes into types that we can influence and times that we can’t. As a class, we came up with some strategies that could help us cope with changes that we can’t influence.
Step into The Secret Garden…
This afternoon we watched a super fun exciting production of The Secret Garden. The children all engaged well with this story. Ava said that she thought that the servants were funny. Dexter thought that it would be cool if there was a secret garden that we found. Take a look at the show.
Junior Warrior
Last week, Year 6 took part in Junior Warrior. Even though they were covered in mud and had been pushed to their limits, they smiled the whole way through!
Sports Day
Well done to all the children for showing resilience and determination in their races!
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Today the year 2s visited the theatre. We watched a performance of The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Jacob said that his favourite part was when the tiger arrived. Mia’s favourite part was the tigerobics.
Wonderful Windchimes
Today in craft club we started making Windchimes. We used lollipop sticks and we threaded string with beads. The wooden beads will make a calming sound as they bump into each other in the wind. Take a look at our creations.
