Good Morning!

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Scott Grason-Taylor

Hello Everyone,

I realise how hard it must be to balance jobs with home schooling support and I would like to offer some ‘Top Tips’ for getting home schooling off to a positive start.

I feel it is important to maintain a routine to provide structure to children’s days as we would in school.

I hope these tips may help:

Discuss the routine or timetable for the day – just as we would in school.
Have a dedicated work space/schoolroom.
work in short bursts of 30 to 40 minutes with regular breaks for exercise or fresh air in the garden.
mix up the lessons – with maths, reading, writing and spellings but also sport, music, art and crafts.

Please don’t panic or worry, this won’t be easy for anyone and there is no rulebook on this! We all learn as we go along.

I also thought it might be nice to complete a weather chart everyday with pictures and some writing.

Start saving some recycling waste for junk modelling at a later date.

I’m looking forward to catching up with you all by phone during the week.

Take care and I’m thinking about you all.

Mrs Roe

March 24th 2020 A Good Day To Dig For Worms

March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 Scott Grason-Taylor

Good Morning Pioneers and Explorers,

I think it would be a good day today to dig for worms. Worms are fascinating and digging for worms is always a popular Pioneer passtime. I have posted a link to help you identify the different parts of a worm and the different types of worm. If you find any good ones please send me some pictures on Tapestry.

https://www.opalexplorenature.org/sites/default/files/7/file/soil-survey-field-guide-2014.pdf

With new updates from the government it is essential that we all stay home to stay safe.

The chest at the front of school will continue to be filled and is a wonderful resource for us.

Happy Learning

Team Sleights

Happy Monday, Discoverers!

March 23, 2020March 25, 2020 Scott Grason-Taylor

Hello, Discoverers. I am missing you at school, but pleased that you are all keeping safe at home. I am working in school with a number of children. We are have been busy making things and will work on the computers this afternoon.

I have heard there is a really fun exercise class each day on YouTube by the Body Coach. Why don’t you have a go at that this week?

I will ring your families this week to check in on how you all are.

Take care,

Mrs Taylor

Good Morning Adventurers

March 23, 2020March 25, 2020 Scott Grason-Taylor

Hello Adventurers and Parents,

I hope you are all well and managing some of the home learning we sent out to you last week as well as having fun with other activities.

We have also created some SumDog challenges for you to try or you can visit some of the links for different learning websites.

We are hoping to contact you all shortly so we can keep in touch.

Take care

Mrs Roe

Good morning Learners!

March 23, 2020March 25, 2020 Scott Grason-Taylor

Good morning Learners…..Mrs Brown here. I hope you are all ok! Make sure you use your Home Learning Pack to keep busy and check the links on the Home page. I will be checking on you all regularly so you can keep in touch with me and let me know how you are. Keep smiling….. from Mrs Brown.

Daily Update-23rd March 2020

March 23, 2020March 25, 2020 Scott Grason-Taylor

Good Morning All,

We hope that you are all well. Thank you to everyone who has made contact with school today. In a strange turn of events,the school has no internet at the moment so if you have any needs please contact Mr Grason using the school telephone number or those of you who have Tapestry can send a message that way.

Class Teachers will continue to update the blog.

Team Sleights.

Monday 23rd March 2020

March 23, 2020March 25, 2020 Scott Grason-Taylor

Good Morning Leaders

This is our first week of learning from home. I am going to join Joe Wicks at 9am every weekday morning and I would love you to join me – we can all be active together! Please follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8.

Remember to try and complete some of your activities each day, little and often is the way to go. It is also important that you spend time with your families: play that board game that has been hiding under the bed; make your lunch or tea together to practise your cooking skills and try and get some time outside in your gardens whilst the weather is nice.

More importantly, stay safe and healthy.

Sorting Rubbish

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Scott Grason-Taylor

The Pioneers looked at the contents of my bin and got down to sorting it for recycling. We had lots of chat about how to name our categories of waste. We had to identify what each item was made of.Sometimes there were a number of materials to name. We sorted our rubbish into Glass,Plastic,Paper,Compost and Other Waste. We took photographs of each pile and then the Pioneers used their phonics to write labels.

Please try this rubbish sorting at home.

Send me your photographs on Tapestry. Id be delighted to see what is going in which bin.

Happy Learning