Next week Year 6 are taking their SATs tests. The children have been preparing themselves and working extremely hard. Over the weekend the children should relax, do something nice and above all not be stressed. Hopefully the weather will be nice.
We wish the children good luck and know they will try their very best. Don’t forget the breakfast club on Monday.
In Year 1, we have been learning about the different types of trees. We went on a tree hunt and explored the different leaves each tree has. We now know the scientific names that we can sort trees into. We know that the trees that the leaves fall off and grow again are called deciduous and that evergreen trees, the leaves stay green all year round!
Another fantastic week at Stay and Play. This week we welcomed Layla to the group and celebrated Cassie’s birthday. The children enjoyed exploring and using trikes and scooters, not forgetting the fun they had developing gross motor skills on our soft play climbing area.
Come along and join the fun Wednesdays 9am – 10am. St. Clement’s School Hall.
Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
In pairs children had to discuss and write down as many reasons as they can, think of why they may no longer see someone you know. e.g family member who lives abroad, friends who moved away, people who have died etc we then shared the examples the children have thought of.
Read the book ‘badgers parting gifts’ and asked questions about the story. Gently discussed the feelings that the children had about the story.
Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
Using the loss or change cards I asked the children to place their cards along a continuum from very difficult to cope with, to more easy to cope with.
Got the children to work together so they could learn to come to one decision as there is no right way of doing this.
Then invited the children to write a feeding on a post it to describe how the person might be feeling in that situation.
In class we shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
Showed a PowerPoint slides of boyfriends and girlfriends/couples
Created a space for a continuum across the classroom, with labels saying ‘Agree’ and ‘ disagree’ at either end. Told the children that I
Going to read out a number of statements and for each one they had to stand somewhere on an imaginary line between the two extremes, according to their personal opinion about the statement.
Once he children have placed themselves in response to each state I asked a few children to explain why they are standing where they are.
This week the role play area became a restaurant. Orders were taken on notepads, food was prepared and served, telephone calls were taken, reservations were made, food was paid for and change given.
