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Khadija Iqbal, Aadam, Maryam, and Tanisha

Please see Parentmail for the link to the Stars of the Week Assembly which is held at 9am on Fridays.

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St John's C of E Primary School

"Use your God-given gifts to serve others." 1 Peter 4: 10

On a Friday morning, St John's joins together to celebrate our 'Stars of the Week'. We think it is important to share our children's 'God-given talents' and praise those who have succeeded in any area of school life. For some, it is the standard of their work we are celebrating, for others it is their attitude to school and for others it is in the way they have shown they are living out the school values.

While we have been in lockdown, we have continued to carry out our Collective worships on Teams Live. On the website, you can see who our stars are and why. Keep scrolling and you can also see examples of their incredible work. Every week the accomplishments are different, and every week we feel so proud of what has been achieved.

Friday 28th May

NUR AM Azeem, Hasan, and Zayn for brilliant, collaborative building.

NUR PM Naomi for wonderful drawing.

RH Saheim for working hard in phonics and persevering to write his sounds using correct letter formation. I can really see how hard he tries everyday!

Usman brilliant language acquisition since he started in December. Usman came to St John's from Spain and has picked up so much imaginative language from his play and speaking to his friends. I am very proud of how much he has learnt in a short time.

RA Alia for her fantastic writing. We wrote our own endings to the gingerbread man and her ending was so creative! She has worked hard on her writing and she is independently using her sounds and writing beautifully with finger spaces.

1S Hannah and Umaimah for their beautiful art work

1N Lavinia for settling in well this week

Ahmed for trying really hard with his reading at home

2F Maryam and Lutfiyah for amazing work on new vocabulary from our Katie Morag story.

2B Halima and Inayah for their work on fractions in maths

3S Hawwa and Rehaan for brilliant effort with their maths this week.

3HE Hrudy and Manmeet for brilliant mosaics

4F Blake and Kholsuma for their perseverance in Maths this week, we tackled both the expanded and compact methods and they are not easy to get your head around.

4A Mariam and Adaam for being superstars all week. They've both been up the zone board constantly and are always the first ones ready without being prompted. They are also super kind to everyone and look out for everyone.

5L Musa and Robert for amazing geography work finding the Amazon rainforest on maps of South America.

5K Aisha and Eesa for fantastic shading and sketching

6H - Laiba, Haaris, Hafsah for working hard on their Blitz skyine art work.

6W - Amar, Amaan and Hunor for working hard on their Blitz skyline art work.

Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.

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Zoya, Rumeha, Ibrahim, and  Zakariya

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St John's C of E Primary School

"Use your God-given gifts to serve others." 1 Peter 4: 10

On a Friday morning, St John's joins together to celebrate our 'Stars of the Week'. We think it is important to share our children's 'God-given talents' and praise those who have succeeded in any area of school life. For some, it is the standard of their work we are celebrating, for others it is their attitude to school and for others it is in the way they have shown they are living out the school values.

While we have been in lockdown, we have continued to carry out our Collective worships on Teams Live. On the website, you can see who our stars are and why. Keep scrolling and you can also see examples of their incredible work. Every week the accomplishments are different, and every week we feel so proud of what has been achieved.

Friday 28th May

NUR AM Azeem, Hasan, and Zayn for brilliant, collaborative building.

NUR PM Naomi for wonderful drawing.

RH Saheim for working hard in phonics and persevering to write his sounds using correct letter formation. I can really see how hard he tries everyday!

Usman brilliant language acquisition since he started in December. Usman came to St John's from Spain and has picked up so much imaginative language from his play and speaking to his friends. I am very proud of how much he has learnt in a short time.

RA Alia for her fantastic writing. We wrote our own endings to the gingerbread man and her ending was so creative! She has worked hard on her writing and she is independently using her sounds and writing beautifully with finger spaces.

1S Hannah and Umaimah for their beautiful art work

1N Lavinia for settling in well this week

Ahmed for trying really hard with his reading at home

2F Maryam and Lutfiyah for amazing work on new vocabulary from our Katie Morag story.

2B Halima and Inayah for their work on fractions in maths

3S Hawwa and Rehaan for brilliant effort with their maths this week.

3HE Hrudy and Manmeet for brilliant mosaics

4F Blake and Kholsuma for their perseverance in Maths this week, we tackled both the expanded and compact methods and they are not easy to get your head around.

4A Mariam and Adaam for being superstars all week. They've both been up the zone board constantly and are always the first ones ready without being prompted. They are also super kind to everyone and look out for everyone.

5L Musa and Robert for amazing geography work finding the Amazon rainforest on maps of South America.

5K Aisha and Eesa for fantastic shading and sketching

6H - Laiba, Haaris, Hafsah for working hard on their Blitz skyine art work.

6W - Amar, Amaan and Hunor for working hard on their Blitz skyline art work.

Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.

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Mr Tumble - Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk

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Join Mr. Tumble for a retelling of the classic fairytale, Jack and the Beanstalk.

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Miss Holt loves Cbeebies and was excited to find out how much you can learn from it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zks4kmn

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Five key words that Speech and Language Therapists use to help children learn to talk using Makaton signs.

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5 First Words (plus Makaton) to teach your toddler

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Preparation: Collect leaves or other items that are different sizes. You might do this together in the garden or during a walk.

Encourage your child to sort the leaves in different ways.   They joy of this activity is that there are no wrong answers - this promotes problem solving skills.

Encourage your child to explain how they have ordered the leaves. You might talk to your child about the different sizes which is a great way to introduce/ practise mathematical language.

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Hello Nursery!

We hope you are safe and well and had a good week last week.

Our topic this half term is growth and the book this week is Jack and the Beanstalk.

We look forward to speaking to you by telephone. Please feel free to ask us about ways to support your child at home.  We are always happy to help.

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Nursery Team

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AM - Ankit
PM - Umamah

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St John's C of E Primary School

"Use your God-given gifts to serve others." 1 Peter 4: 10

On a Friday morning, St John's joins together to celebrate our 'Stars of the Week'. We think it is important to share our children's 'God-given talents' and praise those who have succeeded in any area of school life. For some, it is the standard of their work we are celebrating, for others it is their attitude to school and for others it is in the way they have shown they are living out the school values.

While we have been in lockdown, we have continued to carry out our Collective worships on Teams Live. On the website, you can see who our stars are and why. Keep scrolling and you can also see examples of their incredible work. Every week the accomplishments are different, and every week we feel so proud of what has been achieved.

Friday 28th May

NUR AM Azeem, Hasan, and Zayn for brilliant, collaborative building.

NUR PM Naomi for wonderful drawing.

RH Saheim for working hard in phonics and persevering to write his sounds using correct letter formation. I can really see how hard he tries everyday!

Usman brilliant language acquisition since he started in December. Usman came to St John's from Spain and has picked up so much imaginative language from his play and speaking to his friends. I am very proud of how much he has learnt in a short time.

RA Alia for her fantastic writing. We wrote our own endings to the gingerbread man and her ending was so creative! She has worked hard on her writing and she is independently using her sounds and writing beautifully with finger spaces.

1S Hannah and Umaimah for their beautiful art work

1N Lavinia for settling in well this week

Ahmed for trying really hard with his reading at home

2F Maryam and Lutfiyah for amazing work on new vocabulary from our Katie Morag story.

2B Halima and Inayah for their work on fractions in maths

3S Hawwa and Rehaan for brilliant effort with their maths this week.

3HE Hrudy and Manmeet for brilliant mosaics

4F Blake and Kholsuma for their perseverance in Maths this week, we tackled both the expanded and compact methods and they are not easy to get your head around.

4A Mariam and Adaam for being superstars all week. They've both been up the zone board constantly and are always the first ones ready without being prompted. They are also super kind to everyone and look out for everyone.

5L Musa and Robert for amazing geography work finding the Amazon rainforest on maps of South America.

5K Aisha and Eesa for fantastic shading and sketching

6H - Laiba, Haaris, Hafsah for working hard on their Blitz skyine art work.

6W - Amar, Amaan and Hunor for working hard on their Blitz skyline art work.

Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.

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Lots of ideas to support children with their physical development and sensory needs.

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The SEN Code of Practice (2015) states;

' Some children and young people require special educational provision because they have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of the educational facilities generally provided. These difficulties can be age related and may fluctuate over time. Many children and young people with vision impairment (VI), hearing impairment (HI) or a multi-sensory impairment (MSI) will require specialist support and/or equipment to access their learning, or habilitation support. Children and young people with an MSI have a combination of vision and hearing difficulties. Information on how to provide services for deafblind children and young people is available through the Social Care for Deafblind Children and Adults guidance published by the Department of Health (see the References section under Chapter 6 for a link).

Some children and young people with a physical disability (PD) require additional ongoing support and equipment to access all the opportunities available to their peers.'

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Reading Eggs has been recommended by Saif's Mommy. It has a 30 day free trial - Please remember to delete your subscription before the 30 day trail ends so you are not charged for it.

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Adult led
Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Preparation: Collect pairs of objects (or pictures of objects) that rhyme e.g. a hat and a bat; sock and a box; a cake and a snake.

Work with your child to match the objects that rhyme. As they become more confident, encourage them to match the objects that rhyme.

Tips:
The children need to be familiar with the rhyming word families before they can use them in a game – spend time looking at the pictures and talking about the pairs.

Rhyming games such as the one below are a great way to introduce children to rhyming.

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Adult led
Times: Approximately 5

Sing Hickory Dickory Dock.

Encourage your child to act out the song.

Talk about the rhymes (tock, clock, dock)

The Phonics Play game adds an animation to the game.

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Set up time: Approximately 2 minutes

Independent play: How ever long your child wants to play for ;) Check in to see what they have been drawing.

Equipment
* Drawing tools (e.g. pens, pencils, crayons or chalks) - We recommend jumbo sizes to  support the children's grip.Here is an example of jumbo crayons - please don't feel you have to buy them.
* Writing materials (e.g. paper, card, old rolls of wall paper, paper plates, a white board)

Spend time drawing.

This week's tips

Giving the drawing to someone gives it extra purpose for our children so think of reason for them to do a drawing e.g. for someone's birthday.

Talk to your child about what they have drawn and write what it is on their work (this helps them to connect mark making to meaning).

Draw an example linked to the Jack and the Beanstalk story e.g. the castle to show that our stories and drawings can link. Warning: Your child may choose to draw something totally different ...and that's ok. ;)

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Thanks to Saif's mom for this phonics suggestion.

It's a great site. Phase 1 and 2 are the most suited to Nursery aged children.

Login is currently free!

username: jan21

password: home

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First 10 words that Speech and Language Therapists use to help children learn to talk using Makaton signs.

Please use these words and signs at home with your child.

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AM - Amira and Zoeya
PM - Ajwa and Rayyan Khan

Please see Parentmail for the link to the Stars of the Week Assembly which is held at 9am on Fridays.

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St John's C of E Primary School

"Use your God-given gifts to serve others." 1 Peter 4: 10

On a Friday morning, St John's joins together to celebrate our 'Stars of the Week'. We think it is important to share our children's 'God-given talents' and praise those who have succeeded in any area of school life. For some, it is the standard of their work we are celebrating, for others it is their attitude to school and for others it is in the way they have shown they are living out the school values.

While we have been in lockdown, we have continued to carry out our Collective worships on Teams Live. On the website, you can see who our stars are and why. Keep scrolling and you can also see examples of their incredible work. Every week the accomplishments are different, and every week we feel so proud of what has been achieved.

Friday 28th May

NUR AM Azeem, Hasan, and Zayn for brilliant, collaborative building.

NUR PM Naomi for wonderful drawing.

RH Saheim for working hard in phonics and persevering to write his sounds using correct letter formation. I can really see how hard he tries everyday!

Usman brilliant language acquisition since he started in December. Usman came to St John's from Spain and has picked up so much imaginative language from his play and speaking to his friends. I am very proud of how much he has learnt in a short time.

RA Alia for her fantastic writing. We wrote our own endings to the gingerbread man and her ending was so creative! She has worked hard on her writing and she is independently using her sounds and writing beautifully with finger spaces.

1S Hannah and Umaimah for their beautiful art work

1N Lavinia for settling in well this week

Ahmed for trying really hard with his reading at home

2F Maryam and Lutfiyah for amazing work on new vocabulary from our Katie Morag story.

2B Halima and Inayah for their work on fractions in maths

3S Hawwa and Rehaan for brilliant effort with their maths this week.

3HE Hrudy and Manmeet for brilliant mosaics

4F Blake and Kholsuma for their perseverance in Maths this week, we tackled both the expanded and compact methods and they are not easy to get your head around.

4A Mariam and Adaam for being superstars all week. They've both been up the zone board constantly and are always the first ones ready without being prompted. They are also super kind to everyone and look out for everyone.

5L Musa and Robert for amazing geography work finding the Amazon rainforest on maps of South America.

5K Aisha and Eesa for fantastic shading and sketching

6H - Laiba, Haaris, Hafsah for working hard on their Blitz skyine art work.

6W - Amar, Amaan and Hunor for working hard on their Blitz skyline art work.

Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.

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Nursery aged children love sensory play.

It stimulates a young child's senses of touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing, as well as promoting movement and balance.

Please find various sensory play ideas attached. It includes ways to manage the mess. :)

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Jack and the beanstalk
It starts as a seed
Jaspers beanstalk
Baby goes to market
Eggs and chicks
Spot’s First Easter
The enormous turnip
Handa’s Surprise

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How to like and comment on posts in Padlet

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How to like and comment on posts in Padlet

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How to like and comment on posts in Padlet

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Communication and language + social skills

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Guess Who

Thanks for the recommendation Mrs Zeeshan.

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Independent video: 1 minutes 46 seconds

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Adult led  Approximately 5 minutes

Encourage your child to act out the way the bean grew.

At first, they might make their body as small as possible like the bean then grower taller and taller.

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Child led/ adult encouraged ;)
Time: 30 seconds to 5 minutes

Sing rhymes together.

Simple nursery rhymes, such as ‘Hickory, Dickory, Dock’ provide an opportunity for children to join in with wheeee as the mouse falls down.

Use this to find related words that rhyme: dock, clock, tick-tock.

Substitute alternative rhyming sounds to maintain children’s interest and enjoyment.

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10 more words to support children to learn how to speak using Makaton signs.

Please use these words and signs at home with your child.

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AM - Saif and Warisha
PM - Naila and Laiba

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St John's C of E Primary School

"Use your God-given gifts to serve others." 1 Peter 4: 10

On a Friday morning, St John's joins together to celebrate our 'Stars of the Week'. We think it is important to share our children's 'God-given talents' and praise those who have succeeded in any area of school life. For some, it is the standard of their work we are celebrating, for others it is their attitude to school and for others it is in the way they have shown they are living out the school values.

While we have been in lockdown, we have continued to carry out our Collective worships on Teams Live. On the website, you can see who our stars are and why. Keep scrolling and you can also see examples of their incredible work. Every week the accomplishments are different, and every week we feel so proud of what has been achieved.

Friday 28th May

NUR AM Azeem, Hasan, and Zayn for brilliant, collaborative building.

NUR PM Naomi for wonderful drawing.

RH Saheim for working hard in phonics and persevering to write his sounds using correct letter formation. I can really see how hard he tries everyday!

Usman brilliant language acquisition since he started in December. Usman came to St John's from Spain and has picked up so much imaginative language from his play and speaking to his friends. I am very proud of how much he has learnt in a short time.

RA Alia for her fantastic writing. We wrote our own endings to the gingerbread man and her ending was so creative! She has worked hard on her writing and she is independently using her sounds and writing beautifully with finger spaces.

1S Hannah and Umaimah for their beautiful art work

1N Lavinia for settling in well this week

Ahmed for trying really hard with his reading at home

2F Maryam and Lutfiyah for amazing work on new vocabulary from our Katie Morag story.

2B Halima and Inayah for their work on fractions in maths

3S Hawwa and Rehaan for brilliant effort with their maths this week.

3HE Hrudy and Manmeet for brilliant mosaics

4F Blake and Kholsuma for their perseverance in Maths this week, we tackled both the expanded and compact methods and they are not easy to get your head around.

4A Mariam and Adaam for being superstars all week. They've both been up the zone board constantly and are always the first ones ready without being prompted. They are also super kind to everyone and look out for everyone.

5L Musa and Robert for amazing geography work finding the Amazon rainforest on maps of South America.

5K Aisha and Eesa for fantastic shading and sketching

6H - Laiba, Haaris, Hafsah for working hard on their Blitz skyine art work.

6W - Amar, Amaan and Hunor for working hard on their Blitz skyline art work.

Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.

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Set up (Provide is easily accessible boxes or baskets ...that your child can tidy into)

Time: Approximately 20 minutes or as long as your child wants to play for ;)

While playing with blocks, encourage your child to make tall and short towers (or beanstalks 😉).

Count the blocks in the short tower.

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Adult led

Preparation (5 minutes): Gather together a set of familiar objects that have various amounts of syllables (e.g. pencil, umbrella, camera, xylophone).

Show the objects to your child, name them and talk about what they are used for. Wait for the your child to share some of their experiences of the objects; for instance when they have used a camera.

Then encourage them to think about how the name of the object sounds and feels as they say it.

Think about the syllables and clap them out as you say each word.

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Click on the video below to see how to log in to Reading Planet.

Username: Please ask a member of the Nursery Team. The username starts with nursery and has 2 numbers.

Password: stjohns

Centre number: 199591

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Read write inc - Set 1 Phonics Flashcards

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Read Write Inc. Home: Phonics Flashcards

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Read Write Inc. Phonics Flashcards are a great way to introduce the letters and sounds that make up words - the 'Speed Sounds'. The cards feature all 31 Set 1 Speed Sounds and corresponding letters to enable children to learn phonics and decode words easily. Full colour illustrations and picture ...

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Sing together or use the video.
Video time: 21 seconds

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Practise these Makaton signs while saying the words. It will encourage your child to communicate using words.

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Introduction to the first 50 words in Makaton

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"Use your God-given gifts to serve others." 1 Peter 4: 10 In Speech Therapy we often pick some core words to focus on. Here's 5 words (plus the Makaton signs) that are useful and motivating for your child to learn. ...

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While you are reading to your child, encourage them to point out 'i' in the book. At first, show them how by pointing it out.

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Mrs Harborne has added advice on supporting your child's learning on the website: https://www.st-johns-pri.bham.sch.uk/helpful-information/

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Subhaan, Fatima and Amaad

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St John's C of E Primary School

"Use your God-given gifts to serve others." 1 Peter 4: 10

On a Friday morning, St John's joins together to celebrate our 'Stars of the Week'. We think it is important to share our children's 'God-given talents' and praise those who have succeeded in any area of school life. For some, it is the standard of their work we are celebrating, for others it is their attitude to school and for others it is in the way they have shown they are living out the school values.

While we have been in lockdown, we have continued to carry out our Collective worships on Teams Live. On the website, you can see who our stars are and why. Keep scrolling and you can also see examples of their incredible work. Every week the accomplishments are different, and every week we feel so proud of what has been achieved.

Friday 28th May

NUR AM Azeem, Hasan, and Zayn for brilliant, collaborative building.

NUR PM Naomi for wonderful drawing.

RH Saheim for working hard in phonics and persevering to write his sounds using correct letter formation. I can really see how hard he tries everyday!

Usman brilliant language acquisition since he started in December. Usman came to St John's from Spain and has picked up so much imaginative language from his play and speaking to his friends. I am very proud of how much he has learnt in a short time.

RA Alia for her fantastic writing. We wrote our own endings to the gingerbread man and her ending was so creative! She has worked hard on her writing and she is independently using her sounds and writing beautifully with finger spaces.

1S Hannah and Umaimah for their beautiful art work

1N Lavinia for settling in well this week

Ahmed for trying really hard with his reading at home

2F Maryam and Lutfiyah for amazing work on new vocabulary from our Katie Morag story.

2B Halima and Inayah for their work on fractions in maths

3S Hawwa and Rehaan for brilliant effort with their maths this week.

3HE Hrudy and Manmeet for brilliant mosaics

4F Blake and Kholsuma for their perseverance in Maths this week, we tackled both the expanded and compact methods and they are not easy to get your head around.

4A Mariam and Adaam for being superstars all week. They've both been up the zone board constantly and are always the first ones ready without being prompted. They are also super kind to everyone and look out for everyone.

5L Musa and Robert for amazing geography work finding the Amazon rainforest on maps of South America.

5K Aisha and Eesa for fantastic shading and sketching

6H - Laiba, Haaris, Hafsah for working hard on their Blitz skyine art work.

6W - Amar, Amaan and Hunor for working hard on their Blitz skyline art work.

Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.

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"Use your God-given gifts to serve others." 1 Peter 4: 10 On a Friday morning, St John's joins together to celebrate our 'Stars of the Week'. We think it is important to share our children's 'God-given talents' and praise those who have succeeded in any area of school life.

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Adult led
Time: Approximately 3-5 minutes

Parent guide video (watch from 1.35 - 4 .00)

Preparation:
* Large bowl
* Spoon
* Rhyming objects (e.g. rat, hat, cat, bat)

Use a bowl and spoon as props to act out the song. Invite your child to mix the empty bowl with the spoon.

Sing the first part of the song to the tune of ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’:

I’m making lots of silly soup
I’m making soup that’s silly
I’m going to cook it in the fridge
To make it nice and chilly

Ask your child to choose an object to put into the soup and place it in the bowl.

After each turn, stir the soup and sing the following song to recite the growing list of things that end up in the soup.
I’m making lots of silly soup
I’m making soup that’s silly
I’m going to cook it in the fridge
To make it nice and chilly
In goes… a fox… a box… some socks…

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Here is the resources list from our activity menu (please don't feel you have to do everything!)

Monday: Rhyming Soup
* Large bowl
* Spoon
* Rhyming objects (e.g. rat, hat, cat, bat)

Tuesday:

Wednesday: Playing with words

Gather together a set of familiar objects that have various amounts of syllables (e.g. pencil, umbrella, camera, xylophone).

Wednesday: Sorting leaves
Collect leaves or other items that are different sizes. You might do this together in the garden or during a walk.

Thursday: Playing with words
Collect pairs of objects (or pictures of objects) that rhyme e.g. a hat and a bat; sock and a box; a cake and a snake.

Thursday:  Blocks

* Blocks

Thursday: Make a beanstalk
* Unwanted household items (e.g toilet rolls, paper, and fabric)
* Tape
* Paint (optional)

Friday: Sensory - Cotton wool clouds

* Cotton wool
* Water
*Plastic jug/ bowl
* Syringes (e.g. from Calpol) or dropper pippetes (available on Amazon) can be fun (optional)
*Watered down food colouring (optional)

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There are many commercially produced sound lotto games that involve children matching pictures to a recorded sound. This can be an adult-led activity or independent activity.

Here is an example:

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Adult supported
Time: 30 seconds -5 minutes (be led by your child's level of interest)
Count fruit (or other food) that you have in the house.

How many pieces of fruit can you see?

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Adult supported (listen to and repeat the sounds together)
Time: Less than 1 minutes

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Adult supported
Time: 30 seconds to 5 minutes

Find objects that begin with the 'i' sound (e.g. ink, igloo, infant, insect).

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Video time: Less than 1 minute

Adult led: 5 minutes to act out / explain words then use the words throughout the week

climbed, up, down, beans, beanstalk, gold, giant, he, she

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Phonics - Communication and Language activities
These activities are designed to support your child's speaking, listening, and focus which help them learn to read. We are currently focusing on listening and sound discrimination skills. These are important activities for all of our children. These posts are coloured pink.

Phonics - Sounds
We post some phonics sounds activities each week to begin to introduce the children to phonics sounds.

At St Johns we use the Read Write Inc programme to teach sounds. Please see the video below for more details.

Sound of the Week
We have a Sound of the Week so that the children get used to the different sounds.

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There are many commercially available resources with prerecorded sounds to illustrate a simple sequence of events (e.g. a thunderstorm). Each child selects two or three picture cards that match the sounds, places the cards in the same order in which the sounds are heard and explains the sequence of events.

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An exciting combined sound game and app. Listen carefully to the sound clues on the app when you hear a sound that matches any of your cards, move the detective on your board a step closer to catching the cheeky thief! The first player to reach the end of their board turns over the end card to reveal their captured thief and win the game! Use with the new, free Orchard Toys app, available on the App Store and Google Play. Gameplay can be adapted to use without the App.

UK edition.

2 or more players.

For ages 3 years and over.

Boxed dimensions: H22.5, W26, D5cm.

1 year manufacturer's guarantee.

EAN 5011863103086.

WARNING(S):

Not suitable for children under 3 years old.

Only for domestic use.

To be used under the direct supervision of an adult.

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An exciting combined sound game and app. Listen carefully to the sound clues on the app when you hear a sound that matches any of your cards, move the detective on your board a step closer to catching the cheeky thief!

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Adult led
Time: 1 - 3 minutes (on different days)

Talk about patterns that you see together and encourage your child to notice them too.

You might talk about what is the same or repeated.

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Adult led
Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Pretend to climb the beanstalk.
Call instructions such as ..

Climb up.

Climb down.

Make yourself small like a bean.

Make yourself tall like the beanstalk.

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There are many commercially available resources where children can match images or objects that rhyme.

An alternative to this is to collect objects that rhyme for the children to play with (e.g. a cat and a hat / dog and a frog/ house and a mouse).

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Recipes and ideas for sensory play.

Here are 5 reasons why sensory play is beneficial:

1. Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain’s pathways, which lead to the child’s ability to complete more complex learning tasks.

2. Sensory play supports language development, cognitive growth, fine and gross motor skills, problem solving skills, and social interaction.

3. This type of play aids in developing and enhancing memory

4. Sensory play is great for calming an anxious or frustrated child

5. This helps children learn sensory attributes (hot, cold, sticky, dry)

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We love these wipe clean wallets and use them in Nursery. You can put any paper in for your child to trace over with a white board pen.

Cheaper version - use baking paper.

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Dinosaur books that we love include:

Dinosaur Roar! by Henriettea Strickland and Paul Stirckland

Ten little dinosaurs by Mike Brownlow and Simon Rickerty

Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Strickland

Dinosaur Stomp! The Triceratops by Jeanne Willis. There is a whole series of these books that are both fiction and non-fiction that we just love!

If I had a dinosaur by Alex Barrow and Gabby Dawnay

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Username:
The team will give you your child's username. It is nursery and then the 2 digit number you use for Numbots (e.g. nursery77)

Password: stjohns

Centre number: 199591

How to guide:

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Five little apples. An animated version of the popular children's nursery rhyme 'Five little apples' with lyrics.

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Set up - 5 minutes

Equipment
* Cotton wool
* Water
*Plastic jug/ bowl
* Syringes (e.g. from Calpol) or dropper pippetes (available on Amazon) can be fun (optional)
*Watered down food colouring (optional)

Requires adult supervision

Time: Approximately 20 minutes or as long as your child wants to play for ;)

Explore cotton wool using water droplets. Using syringes or pippetes can be really fun.

If you're feeling brave, you might explore colour mixing using water stained with food colouring.

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Adult supported
Time: 30 seconds -5 minutes (be led by your child's level of interest)

Count things that you see outside (on a walk or through the window).

E.g.
How many cars can you see?
How many buses can you see?
How many stars can you see?

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Adult supported
Time: 30 seconds -5 minutes (be led by your child's level of interest)

Can you spot numbers in your local area? What door numbers have you seen?

This is a great way to introduce children to recognising numbers in the environment.

If you can't go out, you could spot numbers in the house e.g. on the TV remote.

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Time: 5 minutes (or however long your child enjoys playing)
Act out Jack and the Beanstalk .

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Time: Approximately 1 minute.
Adult led
Talk about how Jack feels at different points in the story.

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Use unwanted items in the house (e.g. toilet rolls, paper, fabric) and tape to make a beanstalk. You might want to paint or colour it in too.

(This is Miss Ibbetson’s version made with a kitchen roll and tissue paper. She had fun drawing Jack and the giant too ☺️).

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What is the weather like today?

Talk about the weather each day.

Singing songs linked to the weather helps develop children's understanding of the world too.

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It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed
And he bumped his head
And he couldn't get up in the morning.

Rain, rain, go away
Come again some other day
Rain, rain, go away
Come again some other day.

It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed
And he bumped his head
And he couldn't get up in the morning.

Rain, rain, go away
Come again some other day
Rain, rain, go away
Come again some other day.

It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed
And he bumped his head
And he couldn't get up in the morning.

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It's raining, it's pouring / Rain rain go away. An animated version of the popular children's nursery rhyme 'It's raining, it's pouring' with lyrics.

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Adult led
Time: Approximately 2 minutes

i i i insect

Play eye spy using the 'i' sound.

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Equipment
*Paper
*Pen

Adult led (Video for parents/ cares to explore possibilities).
Time: Approximately 1-2 minutes

Write the letters on different pieces of paper. Can you child identify the first letter of heir name? Can they put the letters of their name in order,?

I have made a video explaining ways you might explore this activity at the level to suit our child.

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Independent video (adult support will be needed): Miss Benton teaching the 'm' sound.

Time: Approximately 5 minutes

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Urdu welcome back

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Writing i words

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Amira enjoyed listening to jack and the beanstalk

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Amira maths counting

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Saif Tried drawing jack and beanstalk :)

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Saif Tried drawing jack and beanstalk :)

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Subhaan has been writing and recognising his name

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Subhaan has been writing and recognising his name

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Subhaan Maths challenge counting and sorting cars in order of colour 

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Subhaan Maths challenge counting and sorting cars in order of colour 

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Thank you Miss Benton that was awesome m practice - saif

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Subhaan supermarket role play counting fruit

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Subhaan supermarket role play counting fruit

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Rayyan made a card for mommy

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Rayyan practices to be small and tall

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Rayyan's making a silly soup with torch and watch

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Rayyan acting as Jack climbing the beanstalk

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Subhaans version of Jack and the beanstalk

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Subhaans version of Jack and the beanstalk

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Rayyan practicing letter i

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Rayyan's beanstalk

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Amaad is counting his objects