Welcome to the Blue Jays Class! 



Staff

Teacher: Sarah Cornick

TAs: Fateha Begum, Gemma Slicker and Andy Scholes

Mid Day Leader: Hannah Wynn


Newsletter

Hairy, Scary Beast

Another great half term in the Blue Jays! We had a wonderful time learning through our topic of ‘Hairy Scary Beasts!’ 

We read the story of ‘The Gruffalo’ and were super stars when it came to matching pictures to symbols and objects and sometimes words. We made shape Gruffalos and painted a picture of the Gruffalo. 

We really enjoyed our time in the library, choosing our favourite books and reading them independently and with an adult. 

We loved using the parachute when in the studio, being underneath it and all helping to lift the parachute up. There have been lots of giggles 😊

We created our own jigsaw faces and painted faces, identifying and naming the different parts of our faces. 

The Blue Jays were so gentle when visiting the chicks, looking carefully at them, using our gentle touch and listening to their chirps. They made us smile.

We enjoyed our ‘Chinese New Year’ themed day, with sensory exploration and art work. The Blue Jays created some lovely pictures to celebrate the year of the dragon. We explored noodles and different foods in lots of different ways.

I hope you all have a lovely half term break and I am looking forward to another amazing half term in the Blue Jays.


Follow along with this half term’s Signalong video!

Signalong

At Kingfisher we use Signalong as a part of a Total Communication Approach, we are constantly using core vocabulary with the children to support their language development and then through each of our topics we introduce new signs and language, which extends their vocabulary further. We also have two “Signs of the Week” which helps maintain and extend key knowledge and skills of everyday vocabulary.

Each half term we will be creating a short video showcasing and demonstrating signs relavent for the current term so that you can learn the signs and further this learning at home.

Click play to watch this half terms Signalong video!


Lunchtime

If your child has a school dinner, the school menus can be accessed by clicking here. For children who bring a packed lunch, please remember to provide healthy and balanced options. We are a Healthy School and will be focusing on healthy eating and how children can make healthy lifestyle choices.


How You Can Help at Home

Please access any of the activities suggested here or on the Medium Term plan. If you need any more support or ideas, please send me a message via Seesaw –

  • Encourage my independence at all times; allow me to undress myself and to dress myself. I need to be able to fasten my own clothes, zips, buttons and Velcro on my shoes
  • Ask me to give pictures of items and objects a name such as fruits and animals and other everyday object
  • We are reading the story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ this half term, perhaps you could listen to the story together (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY)
  • Collect objects at home – can they tell you the colour? Can they sort the items into colour piles? 
  • Play shop, let the children play with pennies. They could give you a penny in exchange for something
  • Go on a shopping trip – look for the items/pictures on the shopping list
  • Can they help you in the kitchen? Let them feel, smell and look at the different foods
  • Go outdoors! Enjoy the season of Spring- what signs can you spot? Why not collect spring treasures
  • Go out in the garden – you could dig soil or plant bulbs and seeds
  • We love to know about the learning that goes on at home! Let us know how you get on via Seesaw
  • Most importantly have fun and enjoy learning!

Blue Jays will be swimming on a Monday afternoon, please can you make sure that your child has got their swimming kit in on that day.


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