5 years ago
Posted on 09th May 2020 by Mrs Erasmus

Reading

Good afternoon children and parents,

Rising Stars

Firstly, those of you who have signed up to Rising Stars, thank you. I have been busy assigning lots of books to children. Can I remind you that alongside each book their is a quiz for your child to complete a ‘?’ symbol will pop up when there is a question to answer. Anyone who hasn’t made an account yet please let me know when you do so.

Book Recommendations

I have received lots of emails from parents asking to recommend books that are suitable for our class. This is great because it means lots of you are reading. Keep it up!

With this in mind, I thought it might be nice for the children to recommend a book they’ve read during quarantine and really enjoyed. I ask you to discuss this with your child so they have a good idea about why they think other children in their class would also enjoy the book and then complete a book review.

I am hoping you will have time to complete these and send them back to me, I can then put them together and share them with the whole class. Mrs Walton and I have completed a book review so you have an idea of how you could help.

I have added a little box at the end for the children to share a message with the rest of their class. This could be something they’ve achieved and are proud of during quarantine or just a message to make their class smile.

book recommendation

If possible please complete the sheet and send it back to me at class4@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk by 16.5.20 and then I can put them together and share it with you all. We hope you enjoy completing this activity and look forward to reading all of your recommendations and messages.

Mrs Erasmus and Mrs Walton

5 years ago
Posted on 08th May 2020 by Admin

* Weekly news 8th May 2020 *

Hello everyone

I hope you have had a good week and enjoyed the return of the sunshine. It seems strange celebrating VE Day at home and it’s sad not being able to get together with all my family. I know you will be celebrating this special day in different ways whether it be putting up bunting, baking or watching the Queen’s speech and the other commemorative broadcasts on TV. Whatever you are doing, I hope you are keeping well and staying safe. I hope you have a lovely day and please feel free to email in any pictures of your day!

Home access to Sing Up

Sing Up, a singing website which we subscribe to in school, have created a Home area on their website which is totally free and accessible to parents and families. They are uploading videos and resources for children and their families to make the most of singing whilst at home. Click on this link www.singup.org/singupathome to visit their website.

Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi Foundation have launched a new, free Digital Making at Home initiative to support parents and young people with coding at home. You don’t need any coding experience to join in, and all of their resources and activities are free forever.

Every Monday, they release new themed code-along videos about projects designed for all levels of ability. They also provide support tutorials for parents who are interested in learning more about coding tools like Scratch and Python, and over 200 projects with step-by-step instructions that are accessible online at any time — all for free.

Sign up now to start receiving free activities suitable to your child’s age and ability straight to your inbox.

First News

We hope your child has enjoyed reading First News over the past couple of weeks and, if they haven’t had chance to, why not have a read of the latest editions below.

First News 01.05.20

First News VE Day Edition

And finally…

I’ve had a lovely week in school with our key workers’ children and other staff. We have been gardening, having some very competitive staff v children table-tennis battles (Miss Carr and Mr Andrews not me!), painting VE Day pebbles with Miss Stone and just generally looking after each other.

All was going well until Thursday morning when I decided to cycle to school rather than walk and, let’s just say, my short journey didn’t go as planned. I fell off my bike on the way to school and ended up at RSH with a fractured humerus. The NHS staff were absolutely amazing and really looked after me, even though they could have done without it with so much else to do.

My husband has been a star and has been taught how to blow-dry and straighten my hair this morning, much to our amusement!

So the next time I tell the children to be careful during a school holiday, and not to come back with any broken bones, I need to follow my own advice!

Take care everyone and stay safe.

Love Mrs Johnson x

5 years ago
Posted on 07th May 2020 by Mrs Neal

Free School Transport – Secondary School (Yr 6’s only)

Please find information received from the Transport team at Shropshire Council regarding the deadline for completing transport applications for secondary school in September.

Any parents/carers of year 6 pupils, who wish to apply for free school transport for their child/children from September 2020, should do so before 31^st May 2020. Applications can be made online at www.shropshire.gov.uk or over the phone with the Council’s Customer Service Team by calling 0345 6789008. Alternatively, should you require a paper copy of the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the school or Passenger Transport directly via email, schooltransport@shropshire.gov.uk or over the phone on the above telephone number. It is important to explain that, if the application is not received by 31^st May 2020, the Authority may be unable to provide transport for the beginning of the autumn term 2020 and parents/carers will need to make their own transport arrangements. Access to school transport is not permitted until entitlement has been confirmed.

5 years ago
Posted on 05th May 2020 by Admin

Home Learning Environment (HLE) activities for younger children

Please see attached 2 documents which have suggestions for home learning activities, this is produced by Shropshire Local Authority.

There are some lovely practical ideas that can be used with children as young as 3 months.

HLE Suggestions for Early Years Parents 3a

HLE Early Years Musical Activities (based on The Wheels on the Bus)

Mrs Bowes : class1@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk

Ms Stone: Nursery@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk

5 years ago
Posted on 04th May 2020 by Admin

Class 1 Gallery 1

Children in Class 1 have been very busy over the last few weeks. They may not be able to come to school as usual, but they have kept smiling as they learn and play at home.

5 years ago
Posted on 04th May 2020 by Admin

Class 3 home learning WC 4.5.20

Good morning Class 3,

We hope you are all well and have had a good weekend. It has been lovely to hear what you have been up to at home and seeing the work which you have been doing. Thank you to those of you that have registered for the Reading Planet books, what a great response we have had so far! If you haven’t registered so far please look at our last post with all the details. There were some technical problems with the website last week but all has been sorted now so you should be able to access these books now. Please let us know if you need any more help with this.

Here are the learning projects for this week:

WC-4.05.20_-YEAR 2-Learning-Project-SPORT

WC 4.5.20 – YEAR 3 – Learning-Project-SPORT

We hope to hear from you all soon – your messages really do make our day.

Mrs Thomas & Miss Moran

5 years ago
Posted on 04th May 2020 by Mrs Erasmus

Home Learning- week commencing 4/5/20

Good morning Class 4,

I hope you are all keeping safe and well. I received lots of amazing letters and pictures of your work last week which was great to see. You have been working really hard which is great to see. Keep up the super work!

For those of you who haven’t already signed up to Rising Stars please do so this week. Follow the link to make an account for your child to access texts and comprehension activities. Please remember to let me know once you have done this so I can assign your child a book. Thank you to those who have already done this.

Home learning for this week is attached bellow. From this week the layout of the home learning has changed. The new format provides a suggested activity for maths, writing, reading and spelling for each day. Please adapt it to suit you at home. As ever, please email me at class4@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk if there is anything I can help you with or if your child would like to share some work.

Week 5- Home Learning

Have a great week,

Mrs Erasmus

5 years ago
Posted on 04th May 2020 by Mrs Mavin

Home Learning wb 04.05.2020

Good morning everyone!

I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend. The weather hasn’t been brilliant but the forecast for this week looks much better so hopefully you will be able to spend lots of time outside.

Here is your learning project for this week:

Class 5 Week 4 Learning Project

You will notice that the format is slightly different. This is just a suggestion as to how you could structure your home learning week, but as always, just do what you can, when you can.

We have had lots of lovely emails and some work sent through this week which has been wonderful. Please send us an email if you haven’t yet at class5@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk

Have a super week,

Miss Carr

5 years ago
Posted on 04th May 2020 by Admin

Home Learning for week commencing 04.05.2020 – Night Pirate/Troll

Good Morning Class 1 children and Adults,

This week’s Learning plan is now in your Tapestry area. This week we have a bit of a Pirate theme (ahoy, me Class 1 mateys!).

The Night Pirates: Amazon.co.uk: Harris, Peter, Allwright, Deborah ... The Troll: Amazon.co.uk: Donaldson, Julia, Roberts, David: Books

I have also added some VE Day activities that you may like to do with your child.

Once again I have been amazed with all the posts of what you have been doing over the weeks, not just things from the Learning Plan, but other activities. So a big thank you to Mummies and Daddies for adding those.

Some of you have started to ride your bikes without stabilizers! Amazing, well done. There has been so many yummy foods cooked, including some very delicous looking donuts! I have been entertained with some awesome singing and dancing. There has been some fabulous art work, some created uising natural materials. Please do keep uploading those photos and videos. I will be making a Gallery to share some of your photos on here, so we can all catch up with our friends.

Have a good week,

Mrs Bowes 🙂

5 years ago
Posted on 04th May 2020 by Admin

Nursery Home learning Activities for week beginning 4th May 2020 – Stomp, Chomp, Big Roars! Here come the dinosuars!

Stomp, Chomp, Big Roars! Here come the dinosuars!

Hi Nursery Children and adults,

I hope you enjoyed some of ast weeks activities. Thank you to the Mummies and Daddies who have emailed me photos and updates on how their children are getting on. Do keep emailing and stay in touch – Nursery@bicton.shropshire.sch.uk

This week’s activities are all based around the story ‘Stomp, Chomp, Big Roars! Here come the dinosuars!’

Stomp, Chomp, Big Roars! Here Come the Dinosaurs!: Amazon.co.uk ...

Have fun!

Ms Stone x

Literacy

Watch and listen to me reading the story – don’t forget to join in!

Listen out for words that rhyme as I read the story.

Dinosaurs begin with the ‘d’ sound, can you look around your house and see if you can spot more things that also begin with the sound ‘d’

Turn your ‘d’ sound hunt into a game of eye spy!

If you have other Dinosaur books at home, share them with your adult, for example the Harry and the Dinosaur stories.

Maths

Put your dinosaurs in size order, which is the tallest? The smallest? The longest?

Sort your dinosaurs out into groups – spikey ones / tall ones /long ones / brown ones etc.

How many ways can you sort them? How many are in each group? Which group has the most / least dinsouars?

How many dinonsaurs can fit into a….. try different size containers, encorage your child to count as they place one more in (if you haven’t got dinosaurs use other small play animals). You can also count the dinosaurs back out. WHich container can hold the most? Least?

EAD:

Play the story

Stomp like a dinosaur – as you walk around the house or garden stomp like dinosaurs saying the rhymes as you go. Wearing big boots for this would be fun!

Sand play – if you have access to a sand pit / soil at home your child could re create pages from the book with their toy dinosaurs (or other small toys pretending to be dinosaurs).

Water play – the toy dinosaurs can join your child in the bath and dive in as if diving into a swamp while you repeat some of the rhymes again.

or give your Dinisaurs a bath!

DINOSAUR BATH - A quick and easy sensory activity; toddler activity; preschool activity; indoor activity; car wash activity; rainy day activity; sensory bin activity from Busy Toddler