Hi Lion Class,

I am sorry that we will not be returning to school for a while. I was so excited to see you all and to hear all about your holidays. I will be speaking with you all soon so we can catch up.

We are going to be learning in a different way for now. We will be using Microsoft Teams to see and talk to each other every day. This is where we will be having our lessons online , and there will be lots of lovely activities for you to complete and share with me.

Everyday please make sure you log into Seesaw. You need to complete the Phonics/ English, Maths, and Wider Curriculum sessions that have been allocated to you. There will also be an optional well-being and mindfulness task; this one does not need to be completed, but we must remember to look after our mental health at this uncertain time. The timetable of tasks and the tasks themselves will be released by 3pm on the day before so you can be ready for the activities. You can do tasks in any order but it is important that you complete all tasks. Please ask questions if you are at all unsure.

I am so proud of how resilient and brave you are. I know that you will put 100% effort into your learning whilst at home, and that you will continue to make excellent progress.

Remember how amazing you are, and keep smiling!

Miss Blakemore

_________________________________________________________________________

 

Hello to the grown ups of the Lion Class,

I hope you are all okay and are feeling reassured by the provision we have in place for the children during this lockdown.

If you need any help or support during this time, please email me at lions@sandringham.school. I will reply to all emails as soon as I see them.

I appreciate that this is a very uncertain and challenging time for us all, and particularly when caring for young children. Please do remember that we are all here to support you as well as your children.

Please also remember to take care of your own mental health, and do reach out if I can help in any way.

Take care,
Miss Blakemore

 

This song resource is being sent out in advance of us sending out our free Whistle Stop Opera: Cinderella performance film to schools by the beginning of next week, so children have time to learn the short song in preparation for watching and joining in with the performance!

This is being sent out as a Christmas gift from Opera North, as we realise it hasn’t been possible for schools to undertake Christmas trips out to the theatre during this festive season. We hope this will bring the magic of opera to pupils and teachers and will be the next best thing to bringing a live Christmas production.

Please find links to the resources below:

 An invitation from Fairy Godmother: https://youtu.be/VNYBTsxOtkw

Cinderella’s Song Resource: https://youtu.be/t9vUjRlucnE

Please find a copy of the song lyrics attached.

Hello Year 1! 

Wow! 

What a great term we have had so far! It has been an amazing start to Year 1! Since coming back in September, the children have worked really hard on our 'Road to Recovery Curriculum.' We looked at lots of practical activities for maths and fine motor skills to help get us back in to our learning behaviours. The children really enjoyed looking at a range of art and jigsaw activities which eased us back in to school and helped us to discuss our experiences from lock down in a positive light. On week 5 we began looking at our current topic, 'Part of my World.' Looking at the local area and the history of our lives have been a priority during this time to really kick start our learning. The Year 1 team are disappointed we have not been able to take the children out of school and help them to explore their community, however if you get the opportunity to do this please do so! Our learning has quickly moved on to looking at healthy eating where we will be making fruit salads! I can speak on behalf of the teachers and the children when I say, we are all really enjoying learning about this and it has been a perfect way to start a strange year! Our class text will soon be 'Grandad's Secret Giant,' which is a beautiful story that we can't wait to share with the children. 

Hey Lions!

Hope you have all had a super duper weekend!

Thank you to everyone who has sent in pictures of their favourite memories so far!

Just a quick reminder that if you have a picture you want to share of your favourite memory, send it to lions@sandringham.school, then we can look at it together and stick it in your book!

Thanks,
Miss Blakemore x

On Monday we will be starting our new topic 'Part of my World.' This week we have been looking at timelines e.g. what could you do when you were a baby, toddler and now. To give children a deeper understanding of History and what makes us unique we will be looking further in to our History. To do this we will be sharing memories and stories from our life so far. Therefore, we are asking you this weekend to please discuss this with your child. This might be something they remember or a story you want to share with them, a family holiday, a memory from lockdown, the birth of a sibling, a party anything that is a memory for them! Please discuss this well with your child and send any information or pictures to your class email. The children will be sharing this with the class and doing some writing about this on Monday so the more knowledge they have the better! 

Hello Lions!

Hi everyone!