Friday 27 April 2018

Planting, growing and hatching

Hello everybody!
Were there really five days in school this week? They have flown by! I'll take that as a good sign and that we've all had a great time being super busy!
It started with activities for St Georges day, there was a lot of flag making and drawings of flags, we even had some DRAGONS in the water area.
The weather wasn't quite like last week (boooo) BUT as always that didn't stop us. Despite the rain being quite torrential at times a few hardy young ladies ventured out in full waterproofs and had a jolly good splash (pics later)
In class we have planted cress seeds (thank you Mrs Smith) which have already started to sprout (hurray!), the carrots are still doing well but the radishes and spring onions are shy and are yet to show themselves...
We had a small dilemma with our frogspawn, batch no1 were not very happy (boo) and were removed to a better environment (hurray). Much to the amusement of the children they were replaced for a day by....... a...... SHARK!! (Boo). I am pleased to announce it was only a toy shark and we now have a new batch of frogspawn that has turned into tiny tadpoles (hurray!)
HOT OFF THE PRESS NEWS.....
Just after the children left today there were some new arrivals in class (how exciting). We now have our own incubator and in it are..... SOME EGGS!!!! Hopefully they will soon hatch and we will have our own baby chicks to look after!

As always congratulations go to our class superstar, well done!

Just a quick reminder for everyone to try their best to read at least 3 times a week to get a tick on the chart towards a GOLDEN TICKET. We have a few children getting close but it's taking a while and the other classes are beating us, come on class RL you can do it!

until next time
Miss Latham and Mrs Lewis







Friday 20 April 2018

Sunny days and CLEARLY NAMED health & safety

Hello everybody!
What a lovely week it has been, we have been continuing in our search for Spring which has had some easy to spot signs. Some of the flowers around the play area have started blooming and some trees now have blossom. The grass had its first cut which smelt lovely drifting in through the open windows. We have our very own frogspawn brought in a tank to watch it grow into tadpoles, vegetable seeds were planted and have already thrown up some shoots and of course there has been SUNSHINE!! Lovely, lovely sunshine!
As with everything now a days there is a health and safety issue regarding the sun.. *dons health and safety helmet & flouresent coat to make long and boring but needed health and safety announcement*
Ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls as we know the sun is hot. Very hot (yes, even in Blackpool). Unfortunately prolonged bursts of fun and frolics in said sun can lead to burning of uncovered skin. Should you wish to avoid such burning could you please ensure that all children who wish to play outside on sunny days have either suitable clothing to cover skin or have sun cream. Either of these options have the potential to cause distress to children, parents and staff alike should the following requests be ignored...

...As with uniform all clothing/accessories worn (sun hats etc) should be CLEARLY NAMED to avoid confusion and upset. (Not just the children but me too. I have walked those corridors many times in search of rogue jumpers/hats & I may be found crying in the corner if anyone else loses any clothes and PLEASE don't make me go in the lost property tub again, if I fall in I may never return)

...sun cream if applied before school is absolutely fine BUT if a child would like to apply further sun cream whilst in school then the sun cream they apply should be their own, not shared and should also be CLEARLY NAMED. It would also be super helpful if it can be applied properly by the small person putting it on, it is not uncommon to spot tiny, pure white, shiny beings wandering the playground leaving a trail of sun cream devastation wherever they go.

...hot days often require us cooling down by drinking more. We do have lots of water fountains around school but if you would like your child to bring in a bottle of water that is fine but can you please make sure it is....... Yes you guessed it... CLEARLY NAMED.

...regardless of the sun blinding you through the window or the cheeky smiley weather man promising it won't rain can you PLEASE send your children with a CLEARLY NAMED coat, the weather is as changeable as... well... British weather and though it may look like a peachy day chances are by home time it'll be cloudy/ raining/ snowing.

I think that's it, other than to say if you are having a jolly fun time writing names on anything and everything that may come within a 2 mile radius of school could you PLEASE check that all uniform is also CLEARLY NAMED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I'm off to sit in the sunshine before I blink and it's gone.
until next time

Miss Latham and Mrs Lewis




Friday 13 April 2018

Working off the chocolate

Hello everybody
Hope you have all had a lovely Easter holiday!
The children have settled back into the school routine and have started to learn more about Spring this week. We have had discussions about lambs, flowers and growing. They have painted daffodils, planted flower and vegetable seeds and leaned about baby animals and eggs.

Just in case the children had had a little bit too much chocolate we gave them a work out by taking them on a journey through dance in P.E. They did... ballet, ballroom, tap, rock n roll, Irish, body popping and break dancing. They had a LOT of fun in the girls v boys dance off to Run DMC, I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Congratulations go to this weeks superstar, well done, you have worked hard to get it!
Congratulations also go to Mrs Sheehan who is off on maternity leave, all of Class RL wish you lots of love and luck and we can't wait to find out if the baby is a boy or a girl....

until next time
Miss Latham and Mrs Lewis











What a wonderful class

For the last time... hello everybody! It is usually at the start of a blog I say something like 'oo hasn't this week gone by quickly...