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Read on to find out what has been happening in Gems this week.

For more information on your child’s learning this week: 

  • Click here to find the latest half-termly learning bulletins on our website 

  • Check the ‘Latest News’ section for their year group - Reception or KS1


We all had a wonderful trip to Holly Lodge for our Butterfly, Bugs and Beetles teaching session. The children listened well and walked there and back very sensibly. We were lucky to have fantastic weather and we were able to enjoy a slow walk to Holly Lodge, stopping to look at the natural wildlife on the way: rabbits, birds, bugs and 2 herds of deer.  At the centre, we had a lovely surprise to find some of the horses being groomed. The children enjoyed the indoor activities, where they impressed the staff with their fantastic knowledge of minibeasts. Then we explored the nature trail, following the life cycle of a butterfly. We had an opportunity to use magnifying glasses and observation jars to investigate bugs under logs and the plants around them. The big wow factor was the pond dipping! Each child had the opportunity to circle the net and observe what they found. What a fun trip!  

    

           

  

   

  

Please look on Tapestry for many more photos of our trip.

The staff will like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful half term - we hope the weather improves!

 

 

In Gems’ English lessons, we are reading The Emperor’s Egg (for 3 weeks).

Here is a video link for you to share the book at home with your child 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP2e4uA1bMk

  

 

Here are some of this week’s Attention Bucket activities across the 4 stages: 

  • Making pictures with loose parts 

  • Making a cat hat

  • Butterfly symmetrical printing

 

For more Attention Bucket ideas for stage 1 to 3,  please click here. 

 

Useful resources we use in Gems: 

 

Messages: 

Please write in your child's reading record every time you hear your child read at home. We recommend reading daily with your child. 

When reading with your child, you can: 

  • enjoy reading other stories to them

  • stop half way through and predict the ending

  • talk about the story

  • make links to other books

  • retell the story

  • answer a few questions about the story

 

Gems PE Days:

  • Reception children - Thursday
  • Year 1 – Wednesday and Thursday 
  • Year 2 – Tuesday and Wednesday

 

Dates:   

  • 1st June - Class group photo 

  • 1st to 5th June - FUDGE week in Reception 

  • Thursday 4th  June - whole school Geography Field Work Day 

  • Friday 5th June - Yr 1 trip to Kew Gardens.

  • Reception Disco on 19th June

  • 19th June: Living things workshop in classroom

  • 25th June: Festival of sport Reception (9:15 - 10.30)

  • 25th June: Festival of sport Yr 1 and 2 (1.45 - 3)

  • 3rd July: Vineyard walk

  • 17th July: Last day - school closes at 1.30

 

 

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