Sparrows 2021 - 2022

Welcome to our Class Page

Home Learning

We hope you have a lovely day today. We have added a suggested timetable. On the timetable you will find links to videos that will help with your learning today.

See you on Friday,

Miss Cunniffe

Timetable Reception

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Curriculum Newsletter Summer 1

Welcome back. We hope you had a lovely Easter break.

We can't wait to get started. Please see the attached Summer 1 Curriculum Newsletter that will let you know what fun activities and learning is coming up.

Reception Summer 1 2022

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Chicks in Class!

We were learning all about the lifecycle of a chick and were so lucky to have chicks hatch in class! We got to hold the baby chicks and look after them for the last two weeks. The chicks are now leaving school and going home with Mrs Mourino to her allotment.

Easter Bonnet Parade

The Easter Bonnet Parade takes place in the playground on Wednesday 30^th of March at 2:45. Your child can make and decorate their easter bonnet for the parade which is a lovely reminder of spring, new life and the joy of Easter. Here is an example of an Easter Bonnet.

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STEAM WEEK

St Mary of the Angels have been celebrating STEAM week which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. This year's British Science Week theme is 'growth'. We have found examples of growth within all subjects around us, making it an excellent starting point for a celebration of SCIENCE. Continue sending in your posters based on this theme for our school competition. Your poster could explore a tadpole's journey into a fully grown adult frog or a seed's growth journey into a beautiful flower. We are looking forward to seeing your ideas!

More photos to follow.

World Book Day

The Sparrows had a fantastic day on Thursday celebrating World Book Day. We had lots of fun activities throughout the day and everyones costumes were amazing! We ended the day with a whole school Parade showing off all our lovely costumes.

Growing

As we are coming into spring we have turned our mud kitchen into a gardening centre for the children to learn about planting and growing. The children have planted some bulbs and herbs such as Daffodils, Oregano and more. We will keep you updated on how our garden grows over the next few weeks!

Gathering together makes everything more fun

It has been lovely to see the Sparrows problem solving and working together. Here they built a boat for all the animals in the Chinese New Years story to cross the river. What great team work!

Friday, 28th January

Hello Parents and Carers,

We hope you liked our Starry Night display. We've had lots of visitors from around the school coming to look at it who are very impressed with our Foundation Stages work. This week we have learnt about Simeon and Anna from the Bible. Simeon and Anna met the baby Jesus in the Temple and thanked God for sending his son to Earth. We acted out the story and said how we could be 'the light of the world' just like Jesus. We looked at old fashioned toys, just like the ball and cup. In the 'olden days' people used materials such as wood and string to make their toys. We followed step by step instructions to make our own ball and cup game. You could have a go at making your own one at home. Why not tell your family how you made it. Next week we will be assessing children's phonics knowledge. This will give us a good indication of what sounds and HRS (Harder to Read and Sound words) we need to practice. This week we will be sending the Blending Book 11 home again as it covers the new sounds that we have learnt this week. Please log into Bug Club for a new book as well. We are doing really well with our Maths lessons but practice makes perfect. This week we have sent home some activities that we have been doing in school. Please look at the videos for some ideas of how you could help your child at home.

Phonics:?

https://www.loom.com/share/86f05f90cc7b4d2bbdce706d158ff7c6

Maths:

Matching 6,7 and 8

https://vimeo.com/500528141

Making Pairs

https://vimeo.com/500528665

Combining groups

https://vimeo.com/500529031

Combining groups 2

https://vimeo.com/500529031?

Homework:

Phonics worksheets
Maths worksheets
Blending Book 11
1 Library book
1 Digital Bug Club book?

Have a great weekend,

Miss Cunniffe

Friday, 21st January 2022

Sparrow's update

Sparrows had a fantastic visit to Paddington Children’s Library today, Friday, 21st January. The librarian read us two stories then we got to choose two books each to borrow for our classroom for the term.

Our next visit to the library is on Friday, 4th March. We can't wait but in the meantime we will have lots of fun reading the books we have borrowed.

If you are interested in joining the library please click here.

We have also been studying the artist Vincent Van Gogh.

Did you know:

He only started painting at the age of 27
He only sold one painting while he was alive
He painted almost 900 paintings in 10 years

We hope you like some of the Sunflower masterpieces we have been creating.

Curriculum Newsletter Spring 2022

Hello Parents and carers,

As a new term is starting we would like to share with you what we will be learning this this term.

Please find attached our:

Religion Newsletter
Curriculum Newsletter
Relationship and Health Education (RHE) Newsletter
Let's Play topic overview

Many Thanks,

Miss Cunniffe

	Religion Spring 2022	[pdf 618KB]
	Reception Spring 1 curriculum newsletter	[pdf 379KB]
	Life to the Full Spring Term 2022 Reception Year A and B	[pdf 426KB]
	Let's Play	[pdf 1MB]

Sparrows

Welcome to the Sparrow's class page!

Check this page regularly for updates for the Sparrow's class.

PE Days - Tuesday and Wednesdays.

Homework - Given Friday to be completed for the following Friday.

Reading - Children will receive their first reading books on Friday, 1st October.

You will receive your Bug Club login inside your child's reading record on Friday, 1st October where you will find an online book.

They will also take home a library book and a phonics blending book.

Friday, 1st October

Space Week and Poetry Day

Next week is Space Week and on Thursday it is Poetry Day.

We will be combining both of these events by learning the nursery rhyme, 'Hey Diddele, Diddle'.

Please show this video to your children so that we can learn the rhyme by Thursday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsbr7a5MVOk

Phonics

Please watch the video to help with this weeks phonics.

https://www.loom.com/share/2601a274843f4148b25234a91b503286

Friday, 24th September 2021

Another wonderful week in Sparrows has gone by. This week we have started to learn the story 'Dear Zoo', we hope they have shared the story with you at home. We have also started our Phase 2 phonics, s,a,t,p. Please have a go at the phonics worksheets we have sent home today and return them to us next Friday.

I have attached the Curriculum Newletter for the Autumn term. Take a look to see all the wonderful things we will be learning together.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Cunniffe

Reception Autumn 1 curriculum newsletter

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We have been looking at the nature all around us.

Friday, 17th September 2021

What a wonderful week we have had in the Sparrows. We have been doing some wonderful things! Our story this week was 'Owl Babies' where we talked about mummy owl and her owlets. We've also been thinking about how God has made us all in his special image. Please find attached the presentation that we shared in our Welcome to Reception meeting this week.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Cunniffe

SMA Welcome to EYFS

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