Longmoor Primary School
Lifelong Learners
Welcome
BOLT (Mrs Welbourn FS2)
Welcome to the Bolt Class!
Welcome to Bolt Class. It's going to be a very exciting year, with lots of fun learning activities.
I'm Mrs Welbourn and I'm new to Longmoor Primary. I've been a teacher for 11 years now, but worked with children since I was 18 in various roles, so I do love this job! In my spare time, I enjoy family time, going to watch Nottingham Forest, see live music, exercising and keeping fit and I love walking my dog Sooty.
Mrs Tuck is an experienced TA, who has been in reception for 6 years now. She loves spending time with her family too, watching Nottingham Forest and making wonderful things through her crocheting hobby.
We look forward to sharing lots of good times together and making good school memories.
Our class is named after Usain Bolt, who is a famous sprinter from Jamaica. He is famous for holding the record in the 100, 200 and 100 metre relay race. Well done Usain!
Meet the team...
Mrs Welbourn Mrs Tuck
Class Teacher Teaching Assistant
15th April- return to school
24th April St Georges Day- Children wear red, white and blue
1st May- come and plant with us. Parents planting afternoon 2-3.30pm (weather permitting)
6th May- Inset Day
24th May- Race for life in school-raising money for Cancer Research
Our new topic is...
Our new topic is How does your garden grow?
We will focus on these stories, poems and non-fiction books ask the following topic questions....
What types of animals live in our garden?
What can we grow in our garden?
Can we eat the plants which we grown in our garden?
We will also look at the following questions.
Do caterpillars stay the same?
What is a lifecycle?
What grows?
What is living in our environment?
What do plants and animals need to survive?
How can we care for our environment?
Which foods grow in our location?
Which foods are healthy and which foods are treats?
What is a poem and what is special about it?
Termly Newsletter
Medium Term Planning
Phonics
Maths
Extra Activities
Remember to use our fantastic Reading and Mathematics resource. Log in using your child's log in and get going. The log in is the same for both Mathseeds and Reading eggs.
Why do I wash my hands?
Learning From Home
How do we teach Early Years Reading?
Please take a look at the video, to help you understand how we teach phonics.
https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/#lg=1&slide=2
Extra Literacy and Numeracy activities
Rhymes to help write your letters
Learning to hold a Pencil
Additional Resources
Below you will find all the resources that will support your child's learning.
You may also find some these links useful too:
Singing Walrus - There are lots of wondeful maths, action and literacy songs for your child to use.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1VpF4wS_kdcjyTRSXBcnQ
Cbeebies (Alphablocks) - There are lots of useful literacy based activities for your child to enjoy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
Sky Writer - To help your child with their letter formation.
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html
Things to do at home
Foundation Stage 2
Dress and undress independently including doing up their own coat and shoes
Help to tidy up
Use the toilet and wash their hands independently
Use a knife and fork
Spend time sharing books
Talk about everyday things
Ask questions and be observant
Recognise letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make
Practise writing letters
Practise writing their own name
Identify different numbers in the environment
A really useful leaflet to help develop your child's speaking and listening skills
Things to do and games to play
Use this link to sing along to I hear thunder. Can you make up some sounds using your body to accompany the song? Try tapping two fingers on your other hand - does it sound like pitter patter?
Play this adding and subtracting game.
Things to do at home
Foundation Stage 2
Dress and undress independently including doing up their own coat and shoes
Help to tidy up
Use the toilet and wash their hands independently
Use a knife and fork
Spend time sharing books
Talk about everyday things
Ask questions and be observant
Recognise letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make
Practise writing letters
Practise writing their own name
Identify different numbers in the environment
Phonics Screening Test
Follow the links below for games that allow children to sound out and read some real and alien (made up) words. Remember to click the back button to return to the Longmoor website.
Reading real and alien words
- click 'free phonics play'
- click phase 5
- Choose game: Buried Treasure, Picnic on Pluto or Dragons Den
- Click phase 5 again.
Games for finding different spellings of sounds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/postcard/index.shtml
Other fun phonics games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/fpoem.shtml
WHISPER - Anonymous Reporting Tool
Sometimes it is really hard to tell an adult if you feel like you are being bullied. That is why we have subscribed to WHISPER. It is an anonymous reporting tool which allows you or your child to report any incidents of bullying and cyber bullying in confidence.
Click on the web link below to fill in a report. It will then be emailed to Miss Hughes (Online Safety Coordinator). Messages are checked as often as possible. In order to resolve issues effectively and promptly, please include your name. This will be kept in the strictest of confidence.
If you have any concerns or worries about your child regarding online safety and would like further advice, please contact Miss Hughes or Mr Lyons, the school's online safety co-ordinators or speak to Mrs Dainty, Headteacher.