Welcome to Explorers Class
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Children start their learning journey at Sleights in Explorers Class. Our hardworking and dedicated team is made up of Mrs Bland, Mrs Wharrick and Miss Idle, our Pre-School leader. Explorers children enjoy activities that stimulate and engage children’s interests and lead to spontaneous play. Practitioners know the children and their strengths and areas for development. It is this excellent knowledge that enables children to establish excellent foundations for their time at Sleights. Explorers Class is open from 8.50am to 3.00pm Monday to Friday during term time. We are very flexible at accommodating sessions to suit all families. This can include mornings, afternoons, or all day. Lunch is also offered for children. In September 2022, we excitedly opened our brand new, purpose built, Early Years unit. |
We are proud to be able to offer 2 year old provision for children in Explorers class. We are able to offer both private and funded places for children when they turn 2.
The term after their 3rd birthday, all children become eligible for government funding, this allows them to access 15 hours free childcare a week, or 30 hours for qualifying working families. It is possible to share funding between two different childcare settings and if you would like to do so please inform a member of staff.
Wherever possible, we are happy to admit children after their 2nd or 3rd birthday prior to the funding commencing. However, this is dependent on the availability of spaces at the time.
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ClothesWe hope that children in Explorers Class will enjoy a variety of play – some of it messy! With this in mind, we ask families to consider the clothes that children in Explorers wear during sessions. Key WorkerEach child in Explorers is allocated a key worker. The aim of this role is to oversee your child’s learning and development journey throughout their time in Explorers. This key worker will share key learning activities with children and report strengths and target areas to parents and families.
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Wednesday 6th April
Good morning everyone,
How fabulous, the sun is shining again!
Whatever you do today, keep in touch and look out for tonight’s Bedtime Story.
Keep smiling 🙂
Team Sleights
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
We have been reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar and have done lots of lovely painting and threading and playing.
Here is a link to a video of the talented Eric Carle,the author and illustrator.
Take a look. Perhaps you could send us your story telling on Tapestry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACP0YlTq9yU
Happy Learning
Good Morning 26th March 2020
Good Morning to you all. I hope that you enjoyed our stories yesterday. A new story will be on later today.
The sun is shining so I am sure that you will all want to take the opportunity to be outside looking for signs of spring and taking care of the worms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pG9mcUiwXY&t=74s
Here is a link to one of our favourite songs if you would like a little reminder. It is Micheal Rosen singing,” Threw It Out The Window…” Sing while you are digging.
http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/activities/pdfs/pdf_spring_spotter_sheet.pdf
This link will take you to a guide to help you identify signs of spring.
If you are spending time inside today you could have a look around your house to find any clocks. I had fun yesterday taking pictures of all of mine. You can send me pictures on Tapestry.
Have a play around with some fun online timers and let me know what you can do in 1 minute.
https://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/
Have fun and stay safe.
Happy Learning
Mrs Hann
Daily Update 25th March 2020
Good Morning Happy People and thank you for all of your fantastic photographs. It is wonderful to see you all. The sun is shining again so its another wonderful day to get outside and play.
https://abcdoes.com/home-learning/
At this page,you will find a beautiful range of great things to try out from painting with flowers to making a band from your kitchen equipment. This is fun for all the family.
If you are on Facebook,search for Maria’s Mini Movers. Maria is an ex-pupil from Sleights C of E School and is now a Professional dancer. She is doing a free dance lesson three times a week and the video will remain on her page.
https://www.facebook.com/mariasminimovers/
I will have Tapestry open all day so semd me a message and let me know if I can help.
Mrs Brown’s story was an epic last night so look out for another today.
Happy Learning
Mrs Hann
March 24th 2020 A Good Day To Dig For Worms
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
OfSTED report – November 2019
We are so delighted to be able to share our OfSTED report from November 2019.
A huge thank you to everyone for their hard work, dedication and support. Go, Team Sleights!
Goodbye, Mrs Vicar!
On 23rd September, the whole school gathered in St. John’s Church to say goodbye to Mrs Vicar (Reverend Veronica Carolan). Reverend Veronica begins her retirement after many years of faithful service and the school was so pleased to be able to mark this special occasion. The school shared songs, poems, readings and their heartfelt thoughts on Mrs Vicar. See the gallery for a snapshot of the service.
Welcoming back Explorers Class! September 2019.
It is so nice to be back in School to start our new learning adventure together.
Chocolate Day! February 2019
This week began with a launch day to our new writing topic, investigating “How is chocolate made?” The whole school worked in mixed groups during the day to complete a range of activities based on making chocolate. We want our children to be able to write with real purpose and using experiences, so what better way to learn about making chocolate than by doing it!
Mrs Hann worked outside with the children on Monday, down in the forest. The groups worked hard to create their own mud chocolate creations, adding different textures and objects to give some added crunch to their recipes! The children hunted around the forest for interesting and unusual objects to add in. It was excellent to see all children of all ages supporting each other in this task.
To help our day be a success, we kindly received a donation of chocolate and materials for making our own lollies from Alex at Crofts Chocolates in Scarborough. With Mrs Roe, the children had the very exciting task of using this donation to make their own chocolate lollies. When I visited, each lolly was heaped with sweets and marshmallows, which made them look really delicious!
Mrs Walker and Mrs Exelby led the baking efforts on Monday. During the day, each child had the opportunity to create their own chocolate creations. Working together to carefully add the ingredients, mix them together and prepare them for baking was something that everyone enjoyed. If you were able to join us for the café in the hall during the afternoon, I am sure you will agree that they looked delicious!
Finally, with Miss Stubbs, the children created their own packaging for their chocolate lollies. After looking carefully at the designs of well-known chocolate brands, the children then came up with their own designs. It was fun to see how the children were using these brands to influence their own, with many adapting well-known chocolate names and designs.
At the end of the day, it was great to be able to invite so many families into school to see the children’s efforts from the day and read their stories in our chocolate café. The event was incredibly well attended, with it being said that the cake sale was “like a fair day!” This overwhelming support is amazing. Thank you to everyone!
Explorers’ Blog
Exploring with Paint
The Explorers love to get messy and painting is always popular. They explored colours and a variety of textures and just enjoyed the process of finding out what paint does.
Office Work
The Explorers have had a Post Office in the classroom. Lots of fantastic writing has taken place. The class took a walk to visit Mrs Stubbs in the School Office to see where all the real work happens.