Updates

Tuesday 24th March, 2020

Working from home Y5&6 Wednesday 25th March

Hi everybody,

Why oh why does the weather start being beautiful whilst we are all confined to our homes for most of the day? It’s just typical of the British weather. Anyway, I hope everybody is okay and the children have found plenty of extra activities to do on their days at home as well as their timetable of learning.

Here’s tomorrow’s schedule:

Daily Timetable Wednesday 25.3.20

9:00 Joe Wicks Warm ups : https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html

9:30 Spelling Shed: We are currently in 2nd place overall! Come on, catch Baschurch Y5s up!

Well done to Jack Munn and Lily Thomas who are, so far, the leading boy and girl this week in their spellings.

1. Year 5 Baschurch 81,999,026
2. Year 5 & 6 Myddle 66,671,377

9:45 English: Famous Five and the case of……. (Solving the problem in the story)

English Lesson 3 Wednesday 25.3.20

BREAK:

11:00 Maths:

Y5s Subtracting Decimals  

Maths Y5 Wednesday 25.3.20

Y5 Subtracting Decimals Part 2      

Y6s Properties of Shapes (Angles)

Maths Y6 Wednesday 25.3.20 Lesson 3

Y6 Maths Angles Activity Sheet 1

Y6 Maths Angles Activity Sheet 2

LUNCH

1:00 Reading (Use your reading records) Also, don’t forget that you could listen to a David Walliams story online.

https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

1:30 Art

Art Wednesday 25.3.20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv4hKMb797E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpcZ8lVWuwM

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

Tuesday 24th March, 2020

Vocabulary Challenge

Can you think of 10 words to describe this picture?

Send me your 10 words  via Class Dojo and I will compile a list later in the day. Good luck!

Mr Glover

A great list so far….Can we add more?

Now we have this list…

Version 3… The bigger the word appears, the more times it has been used. Well done to those who have thought of synonyms and more abstract words.

Final version. Well done and thank you to all that contributed to today’s challenge. You have done a great job exploring vocabulary.

Monday 23rd March, 2020

Working from home Y5&6 – Tuesday 24th March

Hi everyone.

Hopefully everybody had no problems with accessing the work provided from today and have managed to complete any tasks with no issues. Also, as the weather seems to have finally improved, make sure that you take advantage of that and get into the garden too.

Did you enjoy the start of the day with Joe Wicks? Hopefully that got you motivated for the rest of the day.

Here’s a timetable for tomorrow:

Daily Timetable Tuesday 24.3.20

9:00 Physical activity with Joe Wicks

https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html

9:30 Spellings (Spelling Shed)

9:45 English – continuation of your Famous Five story

English Lesson 2 Tuesday 24.3.20

10:45 Break

11:00 Maths – Y5s – Subtracting decimals (including tenths, hundredths, thousandths)       Y6 – Properties of shape (angles – YOU NEED A PROTRACTOR, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECT FROM SCHOOL IF POSSIBLE)

Maths Y5 Tuesday 24.3.20

Y5 Subtracting Decimals 1

Maths Y6 Tuesday 24.3.20 Lesson 2

Y6 Naming and measuring angles with a protractor activity

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Reading (Don’t forget to fill in your reading record)

1:30 Topic – Crime and Punishment

Topic – Crime and Punishment Lesson 6

What I now know activity 1

What I now know activity 2

Well done! Keep working hard!

Sunday 22nd March, 2020

Distance Learning – Don’t Panic!

Distance Learning – Don’t Panic!

We are all about to embark on something very new and very daunting. You have not opted to home educate your child, as some parents do, so many of will not have the set-up and resources to replicate school at home – and we do not expect  you to replicate school! Children work well in school, being taught, being led, bouncing ideas off each other; it will be impossible for them to do this at home and you mustn’t feel bad if what you try to do doesn’t work. Within school, teachers and children develop a very special respect for each other and this is how we get the best out of them. I know from having my own children that it can be a very different story at home when it comes to school work!  You must remember though, when you try and get them to do their homework usually, they have already done 6 hours work in school and are bound to be more tired and reluctant.

As well as you being thrown in at the deep end with this, so have the teachers. They have never had to provide learning in this manner before. They are trying to add resources and activities to the website BUT you don’t have to do it all! Some families will be in a position to do more, some less. You will not be judged on this. The teachers and TAs are also working in school on rotation to care for the children whose parents are vital in the covid-19 response. Some are very anxious and worried about doing this and the risk to their own families so I want to thank you for all your efforts to keep your children at home at this time and for the lovely supportive messages we have had send in to school.

If it works for your family to have other learning experiences such as art, music, cooking, sewing, board games, craft, sport or gardening then definitely do these! This time could be a rare chance in our busy lives to spend a lot of time with our children doing things we never have time to do.  We would love to hear from you and see what you’re up to, so please email photos or write to us at the school email addresses. We will all miss the children so much and are heartbroken that this is the way the year has potentially ended.

Good luck – we’re only a dojo away, so keep in touch!

 

Sunday 22nd March, 2020

Panda Class Home Learning 23rd March

Good morning Panda Parents/Carers,

I hope you are all well and enjoying some sunshine. I have added a link to next week’s learning and an Early Years Foundation Stage Home Learning pack which is full of different activities to keep those minds active. I will be using ClassDojo as a means of communicating with you all – thank you for the messages so far, it’s lovely to stay in touch.

Any queries at all please just get in touch I am here to help.

Overview-of-learning-23rd-March-2020

EYFS-Home-Learning-Pack

Best wishes

Mandy Turner

Saturday 21st March, 2020

Rhino Class – Learning Project WEEK 1 (23rd to 27th March) – All About My Family

Hi Everyone,

Please click on the link below to access the Rhino Class Learning Project for this week:

Week 1 Learning Project – All About My Family

The project includes weekly tasks for Maths, Reading, Writing and Spellings and a cross-curricular / topic project. All web links and instructions are included in the document. Please choose at least one activity from each section per day. This should keep you all busy…

If anyone needs reminding of their X Tables Rockstars username and password then please request one via Class Dojo.

Weekly spellings – please access the spellings to learn this week below. Start with week 1. These can be learnt each day and then tested on Friday.

Year 3 summer 1       Year 4 Summer 1

Please click on link below to access Year 3 and 4 Common Exception words and activities

Year 3 and 4 Spelling and Activity Sheets

The are also 5 daily maths lessons which including video tutorials and follow up activities. Please click on the link below:

Year 3 week 1    Year 4 week 1

If fancy being active, then click on the link below for a daily workout from the body coach Joe Wicks. Each day, he will be doing a live 30 minute PE lesson for pupils at home at 9am. There are also a wealth of 5/10 min workouts specifically aimed at children which are great.

Joe Wicks – Workout Sessions

If you wish to share your child’s work with me (for rewards and feedback), this can be done via the Class Dojo portfolio. As usual, if you have any queries, please continue to contact me via the Class Dojo app.

Kind regards and keep well

Mr Glover

Saturday 21st March, 2020

Working from home Y5&6 Jaguar class Monday 23rd March 2020

Hi everybody,

Hopefully everybody is safe and well, and you’ve been able to spend quality time with each other during the weekend so far. Below is a timetable for Monday’s schooling from home.

If you can’t access the attachments at home for whatever reason, I shall be in school on Monday from 8:15am onwards to provide hard copies of any activities that are listed below, which I shall leave in the reception area of school. Hopefully, all of the children now have their Maths/English book at home to use for their daily work. I shall also leave others books in the reception area of the school that the children are likely to need during the week, ie, sketch book, science, topic, RE, etc……

Daily Timetable Monday 23.3.20

Timetable

9:00 Morning exercisehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_A_HjHZxfI

9:15 Spelling Shed

9:30 EnglishOpening to The Famous Five and the case of the ………………

(THIS CAN BE HAND WRITTEN IN THE CHILDREN’S ENGLISH BOOKS OR  IT CAN BE TYPED AND THEN STUCK INTO THE CHILDREN’S BOOKS)

English Lesson 1 Monday 23.3.20

Famous Five and the Case of the

10:30 Break

11:00 MathsY5 Fractions, decimals and %      Y6 – Ratio

Maths Y5 Monday 23.3.20

Maths Y5 independent activity 1

Maths Y5 independent activity 2

Maths Y6 Monday 23.3.20 Lesson 1.

Y6 ratio-questions – 1-10

Y6 ratio-solutions

(THE ANSWERS CAN BE WRITTEN IN THE CHILDREN’S MATHS BOOKS OR THEY CAN BE PRINTED AND THEN STUCK INTO THEIR BOOKS – I SHALL LEAVE HARD COPIES IN THE RECEPTION AREA OF THE SCHOOL FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO PRINT OUT)

(Y5s – the final slide indicates which activity each child should be doing)

12:00 Lunch

1:00 ReadingMake sure that you record in your reading record!

1:30 Science – (Materials – Separating mixtures)

Science Lesson 4 Materials – Separating Mixtures

Separating Mixtures Explanations Activity Sheet

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcvv4wx/articles/zw7tv9q

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zb9c87h

(WITH REGARDS TO THE INVESTIGATING PART OF THE LESSON, DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH THE ACTIVITIES – IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANY OF THE RESOURCES, NOT TO WORRY. THE FOCUS OF THE LESSON IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT MIXTURES CAN BE SEPARATED!)

 

 

Friday 20th March, 2020

Giraffe’s journey continues

This week, we had to say goodbye to our recycling giraffe friend from the British Ironworks, as he journeyed onwards to Sundorne Infants school. Thank you to everybody who has saved up and handed in their bottle tops over the last 4-5 months, which meant that we could’ve filled 2 giraffes if needed! ‘Creativity’ is the word now as we need to decide what to create from those bottle tops. Any suggestions then please let us know! This would make a really good project for the children who will be at the school during the next couple of months.

Friday 20th March, 2020

Keyworker Information Letter #2

 

20th March 2020

Dear Parents/carers

 

Following the update this morning in relation to key workers, we would like to update you as to how this will look for our schools in the first instance.  As I am sure you will all understand, these arrangements are constantly subject to change along with government advice.

 

We do need to be very clear to all parents; this is a very different type of provision than schools usually provide; for these pupils, it will be about care, not education. This is about keeping children safe and allowing key workers (such as NHS staff) to go to work and care for the sick, or to keep food supply chains moving. All expectations regarding educational provision (including personalised learning plans) have been lifted. Schools that provide this care will be free to determine what the provision looks like and what they deem to be best for the pupils they are supporting.

 

The government has made it clear in its guidance regarding key workers: “Many parents working in these critical sectors may be able to ensure their child is kept at home. Every child who can be safely cared for at home should be”.

 

This is an offer to parents and carers and there is no requirement for parents and carers to send their children to school if they do not need or wish to do so.

For vulnerable children, your child’s social worker will work with you to assess the best option for your child.

In order to have a clear system for parents / carers, governors and senior leaders will be prioritising those who are offered a place as per union advice;

“This list is exceptionally broad and poses significant challenges for schools. Schools may need to prioritise. Our understanding is that the highest priority will be for families where both parents are keyworkers or where a sole parent is a key worker, but the government Q and As does say that schools should try to make the offer where only one parent is a key worker. In reality, schools may need to prioritise based on their capacity. Our advice remains, a school can only open in so far as it is safe to do so.”

It’s important to reiterate that as a federation, leaders will still need to make individual decisions about whether it is safe to open each school. And that applies from now onwards.  We will need to keep this decision under daily review.

Our current priority list is;

  1. Pupils where both parents (or ‘sole parent’ households) are a member of NHS frontline staff e.g. doctors and nurses
  2. Pupils who school leaders have identified as extremely vulnerable (potentially at risk under our safeguarding policies)
  3. Pupils where both parents are on the keyworker list
  4. Pupils who have an EHCP or social worker (those who have already been placed in secure homes will be subject to discussion with the social worker and the family – the social worker will need to speak with school leaders to justify the reasons for pupils requiring a place in school)
  5. Pupils where one parent is on the key worker list

School will also try to stay in touch with individual parents who may normally seek face-to-face support from staff, through the time we are off.

Within the keyworker list we would also prioritise further (should there be a need) within a category.  Senior leaders will make the decisions on this, on a case by case basis within the boundaries agreed with governors.

Please email the school by 5:00pm today (or have made contact with us by telephone) to confirm that you will be applying for one of the hub places that will be available and your reasons for this. A copy of your work ID badge, contract of employment or other formal proof of your role will also be required.

Places will be allocated from this system.  If you are unable to access this system then please contact the office where the administrator will complete the forms with you over the phone. We may need to revisit this during the week next week ready for the following week.

All those who do have a place will have an email from school by Saturday 21st 6pm at the latest to confirm that they still require this.   The hub sessions will take place at Weston Lullingfields, Myddle or Baschurch Primary Schools and will be staffed by members of all three schools, so your child will not always have staff from their own school to supervise them. You will be sent a list of dates and locations if you are allocated a place.  The first day will be at Weston Lullingfields Primary School on Monday 23rd March.

Please do not place staff in a position where they would have to be turning families away from Monday.  You have to have a confirmed offer of a place before you turn up to the school site.

Please remember that this is part of a government strategy to safeguard not only our children but the whole community and the country.  We do need to be remembering that the key advice is school is no longer open;

Every child who can be safely cared for at home should be.

With kind regards,

Mrs Clare Williams

Executive Headteacher