'Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud'
Maya Angelou
The children have continued to blow us away with their focus and super learning this week! This week in RE, the children have been learning about how Jesus welcomed everyone, inspired by the message in Mark 10:16. We explored how Jesus showed love and kindness to all children, reminding us that everyone is special and important. This teaching has helped us think about how we can be more welcoming in our own classroom—by including others in our games, using kind words, and helping our friends feel happy and safe. The children enjoyed sharing ideas about how they can show this same love in their everyday actions. To link with this, some of our friends also led a prayer and liturgy session about Jesus asking His disciples to “catch people instead of fish,” helping us understand how we can share kindness and God’s love with others. We’ve also learnt a new hymn ‘Follow me, Follow me’ which the children have enjoyed singing as part of our liturgies.
Each week we will give you a question that we would like you to think about and discuss together at home. This could be over dinner time as a family, at bedtime, on a walk or even in the car. However you choose to discuss this question is up to you, but the idea is that it will help to give an insight in to what we talk about in school, help children to understand more about themselves or others.
Conversation starter:
Can you think of a time when you made someone feel welcome, just like Jesus did?
What adventures have we been on this week?
We sequenced and retold Here comes Jack Frost, ask if your child can remember and retell you the story at home:
Jack Frost comes when the weather gets cold.
Actions: Jack Frost (Hands on head like a crown,) comes (Palm up, move hand towards you) when the weather (Hands move downwards in front of body, like rain falling) gets cold. (Hug arms around body and shiver)
Jack Frost paints the leaves, grass, and windows with ice. Everything looks white and sparkly.
Actions: Jack Frost (Hands on head like a crown,) paints (pretend to paint with fingers) the leaves, grass, (one arm upright (tree trunk), other hand wiggles like leaves) and windows (Draw a square shape in the air) with ice. (push fingers together, sharp movement) Everything looks white and sparkly (wiggle fingers jazz hands).
Spring is here. Jack Frost has finished his work. Spring (shoot growing, hands together move up) is here (both hands out, palms up) Jack Frost (Hands on head like a crown,) has finished his work (hands out front move outwards, then thumbs up).
We created our own transient art with our Autumn treasures and have started to learn about what life is like in Kenya and compare it to our own country.
Let’s Celebrate:
Well done to our certificate awardee: A focused ‘Cooper Crab’ your writing in English was fantastic well done you thought about the sounds you could hear in each word and found them on your mat :).
Whole School Virtues - Eloquent & Truthful: Your confidence is growing every day, we are so proud of how you have settled into Reception. It is lovely to hear about your thoughts during our learning.
Henry the Dog: Wow you have worked so hard on your blending and have moved up a group in Phonics well done :)
Important Information and Upcoming Events:
Parents Day:
On Friday 13th February it is Parents Day once again, you can book face to face or online through teams. Please fill in the form below with your preferred option and time. I will make a parents day blog with the form and available times. This will be done on a first come first served basis. As always any questions please email thank you.
Vision Screening: On Thursday 12th February it is our vision screening a letter to explain went home on Monday, you only need to return the letter if you DO NOT want your child to have their vision screening.
Please send your child in with labelled warm coats, gloves and hats as we try to be outside as much as possible.
Reception Plea:
Please can you bring in any old socks, shoes and return any you have borrowed from school we don’t have any left so we are struggling if anyone has an accident or gets wet feet from being outside in the rain.
If you have any old baking trays, toasters, kettles, kitchen utensils we would love them for our mud kitchen. Thank you we are grateful for anything you can donate.
Important Reminders:
Please can you ensure that long hair is tied back and please keep hair accessories simple, this is part of our school uniform policy.
Polite reminder that we are a Nut free school. Please can you bring in healthy snacks please refer to the poster for suitable snacks, we always have fruit avalible too.
PE
Our PE days are Wednesday (outside) and Friday (inside). On these days, children can come to school in their PE uniform and will remain in this for the day. We kindly ask that velcro trainers (white, black or navy) are worn as this allows the children to be indepoendent when taking their shoes off and putting them back on. Polite reminder that for health and safety reasons, no jewellery is to be worn on PE days. We kindly ask that this is removed at home before coming into school.if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at:
d.drummond@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
Thank you for all of your support
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond, Miss Woodend, Mrs Summersall, Mrs Krol and Mrs Ely