The children in Reception have been looking at poppies today. The made their own poppy pictures by printing with potatoes and carrots. We think they are beautiful!
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Class Hedgehogs News
Phonics Workshop
Thank you to everyone that came along to our phonics workshop for parents this evening. For anyone who was unable to make it, I will be sending some information home with the children tomorrow for you. In school, we use Rising Stars Rocket Phonics. They have a fantastic YouTube channel which has lots of helpful videos to support you with helping your child learn to read at home. You can find all of these videos by clicking the link below…
Forest School
This week, we linked our topic work on “Harvest and Autumn” with our visit to Forest School. We all picked some blackberries in a previous session. Yesterday, we harvested some apples from a couple of apple trees. When we got to Forest School, we very carefully used a knife to cut up the apples. Some of us helped Kris build a camp fire and then he cooked the blackberries and apples in a pan on the fire. We all got to try some with some custard… It was delicious!
Harvest
We love Wednesday afternoons because our little Bumblebees (Nursery) come through to Hedgehog Class for child initiated time. Yesterday, we were learning all about harvest. The children had a fantastic time singing and dancing to “Dingle Dangle Scarecrow”, playing with the small world farm, exploring paint with tyre mark rollers and making their own class scarecrow!
Hedgehog Class spellings 22.9.22
Children in Hedgehog Class will be bringing home their spelling books this afternoon. Inside you will find a guide on how to use the books and how spellings and spelling tests are organised each week.
This week your child has single sounds to learn and to recognise the letter for each sound. These are the sounds we have been learning in class for the last two weeks.
The sounds are s, a, t, i.
Please let me know if you aren’t sure about anything!
Thank you, Mrs Johnson
Forest School
We explored even more of the Drumbles forest school site today with Kris. We were all really interested in the badger sets and learnt how to treat them with respect. We also picked some blackberries that we are going to use in a cookery activity next week. Then we got to have some free play! The children enjoyed making witches potions, playing on the rope swing and climbing trees.
Maths
Today in maths, we were learning to find the odd one out in a set of objects. We did this through the context of fruit baskets. The children did a great job and they were all able to spot the odd one out in a group by the end of our session. Well done team!
Platinum Award for PE & School Sport
We are delighted to announce St John’s has received a prestigious Platinum Award from the School Games for 2021-22.
Platinum press release – click here for more info
Each year, we submit evidence to our School Games Organiser who verifies the level of award earned. This year, following five consecutive ‘Gold’ awards, we were one of very few primary schools in Shropshire to receive the Platinum Award.
Our School Games Organiser, Mollie Croxon, wrote: ” It’s lovely to read how much you prioritize physical activity and sport at St Johns for all students also. You have received platinum which is fantastic and well deserved for your continued efforts over the years!”
Miss Whit (PE Co-ordinator) presents the School Games Platinum Award to members of the new Sports Council 2022.
The Gingerbread Man
We came into class this morning and found footprints all over the carpet! We also found some ingredients left out on one of the tables. We looked at the ingredients and tried to work out where the footprints had come from. We soon realised that these were ingredients to make Gingerbread People. Some of the children thought that the Gingerbread Man must have left the floury footprints across the classroom floor. We all worked together to follow the recipe to make our own Gingerbread People. What a great way to kick off our English unit “The Gingerbread Man”!
Free Maths home workbooks 🤩
White Rose Maths Home Workbooks
At St John’s, we follow the White Rose Maths scheme for teaching and learning and they have released these fantastic workbooks that can be used at home; they may be printed or they could read on screen and answers recorded on paper. Your child may prefer to have a go at other year group workbooks to build up confidence and independence (or challenge themselves further!). Please ask teachers for support if needed.
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