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Nursery have been exploring ways to save the oceans. They have been clearing the beach and ocean (sand tray and water tray!) of all the litter that was dumped. But they couldn’t use their hands to collect the rubbish, “As we might get hurt. There might be glass.” Nancy. Maxwell wanted to pick up all the rubbish outside of school at the park with Mummy. So we decided to use the litter pickers and learnt how to use them instead of our hands and tidied our outside environment. Superheroes!
Year 1 discovered a trail of flour running from our kitchen to the door. We looked a little closer and found a tray of gingerbread men, with a space missing! A note had been left: ‘Run, run, as fast as you can’. We followed the trail around the school and found more notes along the way from the Gingerbread Man. Eventually, we saw him hiding in the office. Thankfully nobody had eaten him. We are looking forward to learning more about the story in our new unit of work in Literacy.
Here you will find a recorded version of the Phonics Parents Meeting. It’s a useful introduction to Phonics or refresher for parents that are already familiar. In the recording, I talk about: what Phonics is; the definition of Phonics vocabulary; Phonics at Stoke Park Primary; supporting Phonics learning at home and assessments in Phonics. I have also attached the ppt used in the presentation so you can click on links mentioned. If you have any further questions, please contact your class teacher and they would be happy to help.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WGJgYm2lZG84h69pu96aopHUYnksJzh6/view?usp=sharing
In case you missed the news, please click on the link below. We are so proud of our whole school community ❤️
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2021-02-12/bristol-teachers-raise-3k-for-homeschooled-pupils-by-running-in-fancy-dress?fbclid=IwAR0IFRcL98btSpjkTjMxRLzDuAncICD6k9F_w_YWyETBlsUiDanQflFF9_w
After school, our brilliant staff team added to their marathon miles by running through Lockleaze spreading joy to all our wonderful home learners, who have all been so fantastic this term.
Tune in to ITV news at 6pm tonight to find out more about what we’ve been up to.
If you would like to donate to our just giving page please follow the link – https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/SPPSmarathonmonth
Yesterday, our Year 5 and 6 key worker group visited Stoke Park to meet the goats that are currently residing there. Mrs Annear, who is a goat expert, joined them to answer all their questions. We would really recommend taking a wander over to see them if you haven’t done so already. They are by the BT Tower.
Yesterday saw the launch of our whole school community Marathon Month. The staff and children of Stoke Park have set themselves a challenge of running the equivalent of a marathon across the course of the month. We know how important fresh air and exercise is for our mental health, particularly during these uncertain times, and we want to achieve something collectively we can all be proud of. We are also raising money through sponsorship so we are better able to support children with remote learning who may not have access to devices.
We will be sending out our ‘Marathon Mascots’ twice weekly to run the streets of Lockleaze so please do look out for them and give them a wave.
If you would like to sponsor us, please see the link below:
In our Art learning, we have been looking at the work of Kandinsky. We took time to think about his approach to abstract art and focused on his piece ‘Colour study: squares with concentric circles’. We then explored collage techniques, before each producing our own piece at home. Here we have some of the collages from children in Year 1. Can you tell what materials we used?
