Classes
Quick links and resources for parents
Please find below a list of suggested sites you can use to continue with your child's education at home. Last updated 21/05/20.
Seesaw
We are delighted to have introduced the Seesaw home learning platform for Years 1 – 6 which will provide the main structure for Saltford pupils' home learning. Please see the Seesaw introduction here which includes a video for parents from Miss Davis. All parents will also have received login and a user guide. Reception families will continue to use Tapestry.
Teachers will provide three tasks each day on Seesaw which will be found on the class page.
Please support us by using these resources rather than phoning the school for individual information. Please also make sure your family stays safe online by checking the advice on our online safety page here.
Assemblies
We know that lots of children really enjoy listening to stories in assembly, so we are aiming to provide the next best thing by regularly updating our Assemblies page with videos, stories and other assembly material from Mr Baker and Rev'd Daile.
Class pages
Class pages contain the term's letter from your class teacher. For KS1 and KS2 each class page will also give a link to a home learning grid that will be updated weekly to help structure the week's learning, and a link to a topic activity grid for term 5. EYFS classes will be uploading details of home learning projects and other useful links and sharing work through Tapestry.
Curriculum pages
You will find recommended links for particular subjects on the relevant curriculum pages.
Home learning page
We will be updating this home assisted learning page with:
- links that are relevant to all our pupils
- Mrs Sage's special projects
- Well-being ideas from Mrs Godwin
- WMAT prize competitions
- links to resources that have been made temporarily available by many organisations to help parents with home schooling
- specific information for pupils with SEN
Daily practice
Where possible, we would advise that your child undertakes daily reading, spelling and maths practice using the websites and apps below or their home learning pack. In addition please record any daily reading in your child's reading record/planner.
DoodleMaths and English Your child’s Doodle Maths login will also work for all the other Doodle sites that we now subscribe to.
Phonics Bug (EYFS/ KS1)
Numbots, for EYFS into KS1 and beyond. Aimed at securing addition and subtraction recall including number bonds.It reinforces key calculation skills and complements your child's work on DoodleMaths.
Mrs Sage's special projects for Saltford children
Project one: making your own game (added 23/04/20)
Well-being
For links to ideas and activities to help children to stay positive and feel good during their time away from school, please see the Well-being section of our website. Mrs Godwin has updated this with particular emphasis on the well-being of families during the current school closure.
Have a look at Mrs Godwin's positivity pages for lots of ideas on staying positive and having fun. (Added 04/05/20.)
Competitions
WMAT competitions are open to all children attending a WMAT school and usually offer prizes!
IKB summer term design challenge: invent and design a product to improve the quality of people's lives during this Coronavirus lockdown period. See full details here: www.wellswaymat.com/assets/uploads/news/2020/WMAT/Design%20Competition12674.pdf Amazon voucher prizes for each Key Stage. Deadline for entries is 15th June. (Added 21/05/20.)
See What I See competition: for children aged 5 - 16, see details on our news page here. Deadline for submissions is Saturday 30th May
Resources temporarily available for home schooling during Coronavirus measures
Whole Curriculum
https://www.tes.com/news/coronavirus-free-resources-home-learning A great list of online learning resources across the curriculum. Here is another one you might find useful.
Twinkl Free access using the code cvdtwinklhelps
https://www.tts-group.co.uk/home+learning+activities.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=wallpost&utm_campaign=TTSparentpackpost&utm_content=nowlive Activity books for Early Years, KS1 and KS2
Integra have produced an extensive home learning site
Cross curricular learning through stories at https://www.explore-more.org/stories/troll-hunter/
https://education.minecraft.net/
www.thenational.academy/ Oak National Academy online lessons (added 20/04/20)
Ascension Day 2020
Every year, all the children in KS2 celebrate Jesus’ Ascension to heaven after his Resurrection with a walk up to the top of Kelston Round Hill. Lots of people, both children and adults, tell us it is one of their favourite days of the year.
Of course, this year most of us are not at school and we are not able to do our usual walk. However, because we are a Church school we thought it was really important to remember this special day in the Christian calendar. So Mrs Emma King, one of our Foundation Governors, did the walk up the hill last week and made two videos for us. In the first film, Emma reads us a version of the Bible story about the Ascension of Jesus and in the second film she helps us to think about the meaning of the story in our lives today, especially at this difficult time for us and our families and friends.
Ascension traditions and art: there are lots of traditions connected with Ascension Day. In Derbyshire, there is a tradition called ‘Well Dressing’. People decorate wells with pictures, often these are stories from the Bible. The pictures are made from thousands of flower petals pressed into frames filled with clay. There is also an Ascension Day well dressing ceremony at the village of Bisley in Gloucestershire, which is about 30 miles from Saltford. Children from the village decorate local wells with flowers and make floral stars which are carried in procession to the well.
You can see some pictures of these lovely events in Mr Baker's Thinking about Ascension Day guide here.
The story of Jesus’ Ascension to heaven can be a difficult one to imagine or picture in our minds. Artists from different cultures have shown it in different ways. You can see some examples here. What would your picture look like?
Things you could do:
- How well do you know the route up to the top of Kelston Round Hill that KS2 takes for the Ascension walk? Here are two documents – one is a sketch map of the route and the other document shows eight places we pass on the way. Can you match up the photos with the numbers on the map?
- Could you draw, paint or find another way to make a picture of Jesus’ Ascension? Take a look at Mr Baker's sheet for some lovely examples.
- You could use flower petals and other natural things from your garden or nearby paths to make a picture of a Christian symbol, like a dove, a cross or a fish, just like the Derbyshire Well Dressing pictures.
- Print off and colour in this picture of Jesus’ ascension shown in a stained glass window
If you do any of these things, please take a photo and email it to homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk. We’d love to see what you do!
English
Phonics Play (EYFS and KS1) Free access at the moment using username March20 Password Home
https://thereadingrealm.co.uk/ for daily ideas
Super Sentence Stacking Lessons with Jane Considine
Writing for KS2 with Lit Film Fest
Wellsway MAT creative writing competition for all children. There are Amazon voucher prizes to be won The theme for the competition is Twisted Tales. See full details and deadline here (added 23/04/20).
Maths
Carol Vorderman Maths Factor- free during this period
I see maths have daily lessons
Humanities
Sheets and activities to help you make a Covid-19 time capsule to look back on in the future (added 20/04/20),
https://childhood101.com/online-geography-games/ 9 free online geography games for children to learn about the world.
Primary Geography Bee on You Tube
PE
10 outdoor play ideas for open air learning: famly.co/blog/inspiration/sue-cowley-10-outdoor-play-activities/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter (added 30/03/20)
twitter.com/cricketforgirls/status/1241997972143030272 Cricket for Girls Twitter thread to follow for weekly challenges. Former England Cricketer, Lydia Greenway, will be setting weekly cricket challenges to keep pupils, children and players occupied and active.
https://imoves.com/the-imovement these free resources include: quick blasts, active blasts with supporting activities for Maths and Literacy, mental well-being resources to support anxiety, mood and emotions and it will also feature an inspiration for the day.
https://www.youtube.com/user/justdancegame/ Just Dance on YouTube for moving and stretching
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers Fun curriculum linked resources to get your children moving while they learn
Joe Wicks is doing a daily PE session on YouTube
Oti Mabuse is doing some live video dance lessons on her Facebook page.
As is Darcey Bussell
Science, Technology and Computing
Science with Maddie Moate on YouTube
Dr Chips daily science, computing and engineering activities to try at home
Steve Backshall will be giving virtual wildlife lessons through his Facebook Page.
Keep an eye on Edinburgh Zoo's webcams for some light relief.
Jamie Oliver's Get Kid Cooking
Home economics with Theo Michaels on Instagram
https://education.theiet.org/first-lego-league-programmes/fll-jr-discovery/
Art and Music
Bristol artist Jenny Urquhart has made an easy-to-follow video guide to make a bright picture of Bristol, using things just found at home. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9icsvZTM-0 (added 02/04/20).
Why not join in with the Getty Museum challenge on Twitter - twitter.com/gettymuseum - which suggests you can choose your favourite artwork and try to recreate it using three everyday things you can find around the house (added 02/04/20).
Artist Will Sliney, best known for his Spiderman drawings for Marvel, is giving daily drawing challenges while schools are closed: #wewilldraw (added 30/02/20)
https://decca.com/greatbritishhomechorus/ Gareth Malone Great British Home Chorus
http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob Rob Biddulph daily drawing
http://edvere.com/ Draw with Ed Vere
Music with Myleene Klass on YouTube
Singing with Young Voices on Facebook
Beat Goes On Body Percussion on YouTube
https://www.willowsmusical.com/
Languages
Learn British Sign Language on YouTube
French with Lingotot
E-books and audio books
The following sites offer free ebooks you may like to share with your child to keep reading going.
Oxford Owls (requires you to set up an account but this is free)
Epic reading (American site. Currently gives parents a free 30 day trial but does charge after)
Love Reading 4 Kids (Provides extracts and recommendations. Again, requires an account but it is free)
https://www.librarieswest.org.uk/ if you have a library card you can use the online service which includes free e-books suitable for children and young adults.
David Walliams is releasing a new audio book every day on his website
Oliver Jeffers will be reading one of his books daily on Instagram
Audible has released hundreds of titles for free at stories.audible.com/start-listen. No log-ins, credit card or passwords are needed.
Booktrust has several signed stories on their site
General
The Bath & Wiltshire Parent magazine is running a 'Help at Home' feature on its website to selection of links to provide links to 'great resources to help families stay fit, happy and educated while schools are closed': thebathandwiltshireparent.co.uk/2020/03/help-at-home-resources-fun-learning-and-fitness-for-families-out-of-school/
Keep an eye on BBC Family & Education for developments after their pledge to be 'using our airwaves for exercise classes for older people, religious services, recipes and advice on food for older people and low-income families, and should schools close, education programming for different age groups. We will also be launching a whole new iPlayer experience for children'.
For ideas on how to look after children's well-being during school closure, visit our well-being section.
Pupils with SEN
For ideas on how to support your child with Special Educational Needs during the school closure, please see this letter from our Inclusion Leader.
Click here to read an open letter from Vicky Ford, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families to the SEND sector.
Further information
Please see the Curriculum pages on our school website for lots of other interesting links to activities for your children.
Please see the Class pages for age-relevant ideas.
Follow us on Twitter @SaltfordPrimary to share ideas and keep in touch with school
Email us at homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk to share your ideas, thoughts and pictures of your work. We'll share some of these on Twitter.
In the WHO advice on mental health considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak, caretakers of children are advised to:
'Maintain familiar routines in daily life as much as possible, especially if children are confined to home. Provide engaging age appropriate activities for children. As much as possible, encourage children to continue to play and socialize with others, even if only within the family when advised to restrict social contract.'
Easy to follow assemblies for home learning
Lots of children tell us that they enjoy listening to stories in assembly, for example, when the Open the Book team share them on a Monday afternoon.
Throughout this period of home assisted learning, we will be posting videos from Rev'd Daile (and her special helper, Rev'd Charlie) and the Open the Book team, who have kindly made some recordings especially for us. These assemblies are linked to our school values, and come with a link to the relevant values worksheet containing interesting activity ideas and information.
Compassion
At this time when so many people need help, especially those who are elderly or disabled, it has been wonderful to hear many stories of people offering help in many ways. Sometimes we call people who make a special effort to help others 'Good Samaritans'. This week, Ian Freemantle from the 'Open the Book' Team has recorded an assembly for us in which he shares and thinks about the parable that Jesus told of the Good Samaritan. You can see the video below and think about it using the values sheet on compassion here.
You can view the video in full screen directly on YouTube with this link: https://youtu.be/MxblWatzoAA
Community
In the introductory video, Rev'd Daile explains about 'virtual assemblies' and teaches us some new opening sentences. She also has help from a special friend you will love to meet called Rev'd Charlie! Please see the values sheet on community here.
You can view the video in full screen directly on YouTube with this link: https://youtu.be/YXikUSRS1ws
In the other video, Rev'd Daile introduces the 'Jesus Storybook Bible', which every class has now been given, and she shares a story which links with our current values theme of 'Community'.
You can view the video in full screen directly on YouTube with this link: https://youtu.be/WExyz0I53ss
Miss Honeybell, Early Years Foundation stage
Welcome to our class page
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Please see our Class Letter for Term 5 here.
Story Time! - We will be uploading a new story read by one of the EYFS Team every Monday, Wednesday and Friday - Keep an eye on Tapestry Memos for them!
We have sent home home learning packs which have the Twinkl Home Learning ideas in including some English and Maths activities. We have also included an exercise book for children to write in independently to record any of these activities or keep a journal. In addition, please do as much reading as you can!
Our home learning projects are slightly different this week - hopefully you will find them more detailed and therefore more helpful!
You can find a new home learning project for EYFS here - these wonderful projects have been developed by The Robin Hood MAT and adapted by us. We will try and upload a new one every week and store them all on Tapestry. Please don't feel pressure to complete them but it may give some ideas for things to do at home.
We are pleased to let you know that your child can receive a daily phonics lesson whilst schools are closed. Phonics is the way we teach children to recognise the sounds in words. It helps your child to learn to read and is an essential part of your child’s education. During the summer term, you will be able to access for your child a daily phonics lesson by clicking on Letters and Sounds for home and school. All lessons are introduced by celebrities, including children’s TV presenters, which adds an exciting addition to the lessons.
Please see here for a short social story that may help your children understand why school is shut at this challenging time. Do feel free to edit as necessary for your child.
A special message from Mrs Browne and Mrs Sewell: 'We really hope you and your family are staying safe and well at home. Thinking of you all lots.'
Miss Donovan, Foundation stage
Welcome to our class page
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Please see here for our Term 5 Class Letter.
Story Time! - We will be uploading a new story read by one of the EYFS Team every Monday, Wednesday and Friday - Keep an eye on Tapestry Memos for them!
We have sent home home learning packs which have the Twinkl Home Learning ideas in including some English and Maths activities. We have also included an exercise book for children to write in independently to record any of these activities or keep a journal. In addition, please do as much reading as you can!
Our home learning projects are slightly different this week - hopefully you will find them more detailed and therefore more helpful!
You can find a new home learning project for EYFS here - these wonderful projects have been developed by The Robin Hood MAT and adapted by us. We will try and upload a new one every week and store them all on Tapestry. Please don't feel pressure to complete them but it may give some ideas for things to do at home.
We are pleased to let you know that your child can receive a daily phonics lesson whilst schools are closed. Phonics is the way we teach children to recognise the sounds in words. It helps your child to learn to read and is an essential part of your child’s education. During the summer term, you will be able to access for your child a daily phonics lesson by clicking on Letters and Sounds for home and school. All lessons are introduced by celebrities, including children’s TV presenters, which adds an exciting addition to the lessons.
Please see here for a short social story that may help your children understand why school is shut at this challenging time. Do feel free to edit as necessary for your child.
A special message from Miss Donovan: 'I really hope you and your family are staying safe and well at home. Thinking of you and missing you all lots.'
Miss Hansford, Year 1
Welcome to class SEH
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. You will find a link to a weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning here, in this you will find a range of English and Maths activities, as well as a range of activities for other subjects.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
We are pleased to let you know that your child can receive a daily phonics lesson whilst schools are closed. Phonics is the way we teach children to recognise the sounds in words. It helps your child to learn to read and is an essential part of your child’s education. During the summer term, you will be able to access for your child a daily phonics lesson by clicking on Letters and Sounds for home and school. All lessons are introduced by celebrities, including children’s TV presenters, which adds an exciting addition to the lessons.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at
homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
A special message from Miss Hansford:
Hello Class S E H!
I hope you have all had a lovely week and well done for all your super home learning work. I am really enjoying looking at it all on Seesaw. We have been so lucky with the dry weather this week and lots of you have been outside for your daily exercise and sending me videos of what you have been up to. I really enjoy seeing you and some of you have even set yourselves daily PE targets which you have shared with me. What a great idea! I have loved seeing all the amazing science experiments you have been conducting too, it looks like you have been having so mcuh fun at home. Mr Baggs, our Bath Spa teacher has been helping set some of your Seesaw work this week and he will sometimes leave you comments on your work too, as well as Mrs Perrett.
I hope you have another brilliant week of home assisted learning and thank you for keeping us updated with what you are doing.
Missing you all lots!
Miss Hansford and Mr Baggs :-)
Mrs Hayden, Year 1
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. You will find a link to a weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning here, in this you will find a range of English and Maths activities, as well as a range of activities for other subjects.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
We are pleased to let you know that your child can receive a daily phonics lesson whilst schools are closed. Phonics is the way we teach children to recognise the sounds in words. It helps your child to learn to read and is an essential part of your child’s education. During the summer term, you will be able to access for your child a daily phonics lesson by clicking on Letters and Sounds for home and school. All lessons are introduced by celebrities, including children’s TV presenters, which adds an exciting addition to the lessons.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at
homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
A special message from Mrs Hayden:
'Dear Children and Parents,
Miss Jupp, Year 2
Welcome to class NJ
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. You will find a link to a weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning here, in this you will find a range of English and Maths activities, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. We have also included a separate Topic activity grid, which you will find here, which contains many activities related to your child’s topic for Term 5. Two days of the week, Seesaw will direct you to this grid. Please encourage them pick any activities from this grid that interest them. There is no pressure to complete all of the activities on the grid. We have tried to look for different activities which use a range of skills.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at
homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
A special message from Miss Jupp: Hope you've all settled into your home learning since Easter. Thank you very much for the book you sent me, I loved seeing all your messages and drawings. It looks like you've been producing some amazing work at home, thank you for the photos! I look forward to seeing all you work on Seesaw. But remember to be getting outside and having fun at the same time. Miss you all lots, Miss Jupp
Miss Davis, Year 2
Welcome to Miss Davis' class page
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. You will find a link to a weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning here, in this you will find a range of English and Maths activities, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. We have also included a separate Topic activity grid, which you will find here, which contains many activities related to your child’s topic for Term 5. Two days of the week, Seesaw will direct you to this grid. Please encourage them pick any activities from this grid that interest them. There is no pressure to complete all of the activities on the grid. We have tried to look for different activities which use a range of skills.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at
homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
A special message from Miss Davis: 'I really hope you are all safe and well at home. I have loved seeing what you are up to on Seesaw and the range of ways you have been responding to the work set. 100% of you have uploaded work which is just fantastic! I am missing you all very much '
And Mrs Perrett writes: 'Hi all, I hope that you and your families are all well and staying safe at home and enjoying doing fun activities at home. Sending lots of love & cwtches to you all and I do hope we can see each other very soon.'
Mrs Nethercott and Mrs Newark, Year 3
A warm welcome to our class page – we hope you find the following information useful
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. Please find your weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning on 1st June here, in this you will find a range of English and Maths activities, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. Well done for all of the work you have done for your Victorian topic grids. This term we will be exploring a new geography based topic, "Why are jungles so wet and deserts so dry?". We are sure you will enjoy this!
Our English work on The Jungle can be found here.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at
homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
Please see here for a short social story that may help your children understand why school is shut at this challenging time. Do feel free to edit as necessary for your child.
A special message from Mrs Nethercott and Mrs Newark: "Well done Class PNMN for what has been a very strange term for us all. We are so proud of the way you have risen to the challenge and worked with us uploading all of your work onto Seesaw. You are all superstars! We hope you all have a lovely half term break and We, Mrs Arden, Mrs Dixon and Miss Mulready all continue to think of you and can't wait to see you all soon."
Mrs Spincer and Miss Tang, Year 3
A warm welcome to our class page – we hope you find the following information useful
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. Please find your weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning on 1st June here, in this you will find a range of English and Maths activities, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. Well done for all of the work you have done for your Victorian topic grids. This term we will be exploring a new geography based topic, "Why are jungles so wet and deserts so dry?". We are sure you will enjoy this!
Our English work on The Jungle can be found here.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at
homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
Please see here for a short social story that may help your children understand why school is shut at this challenging time. Do feel free to edit as necessary for your child.
A special message from Mrs Spincer and Miss Tang: 'We really hope you and your family are staying safe and well at home. It's lovely to keep in touch and see all your work and messages on Seesaw now - thank you for everything you've been doing. Keep up the Doodle activities - we can see you've been really busy doing these! It's been great to see some of your other home learning too - you can still send it to us homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk. This term we've sent you some things to find out about The Victorians - a really interesting topic! We've also sent some other ideas for English and maths. Let us know how you're getting on with it, if you can. We hope you've managed to read some of the books we sent home, too, as well as some of your own. Thinking of you all lots - we and Mrs. Arden miss you all and can't wait to see you all again soon.'
Mr Jenkins, Year 4
A warm welcome to our class RJ page – we hope you find the following information useful
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. Please find your weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning on 1st June here, in this you will find a range of English and Maths activities, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. Well done for all of the work you have done for your Victorian topic grids. This term we will be exploring a new geography based topic, "Why are jungles so wet and deserts so dry?". We are sure you will enjoy this!
The English Mission worksheets can be found here.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
Please see here for a short social story that may help your children understand why school is shut at this challenging time. Do feel free to edit as necessary for your child.
A special message from Mr Jenkins: 'Hello Class RJ. I really hope you and your family are well and keeping safe at home and are enjoying your daily exercise. I am so looking forward to being back with you all as soon as possible and hearing all about all the new things you have learned and what you have been doing whilst not in school. I am really missing you all and am thinking of you all the time. In the meantime, I will leave you with the following joke for now: To stay in shape I have been doing a lot of lunges!!! ................It has been a big step forward for me everyday! Sorry!!'
Mr Baker, Year 4
Welcome to class NB web page
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. Please find your weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning on 1st June here, in this you will find a range of English and Maths activities, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. Well done for all of the work you have done for your Victorian topic grids. This term we will be exploring a new geography based topic, "Why are jungles so wet and deserts so dry?". We are sure you will enjoy this!
The English Mission worksheets can be found here.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
Please see here for a short social story that may help your children understand why school is shut at this challenging time. Do feel free to edit as necessary for your child.
A special message from Mr Baker: 'Hello Everyone in Class NB! It seems so strange to be away from school for so long at this time of the year. I really missed all the special things we usually do at school at Easter. I hope you were able to celebrate in fun ways with your families at home. Are you still getting through your Easter eggs or are they all devoured by now? We have been so lucky that the weather has been great. I hope you've all managed to get outside and enjoy the sunshine, maybe playing in your garden or going for a local walk. Isn't it fantastic to see all the leaves bursting out on the trees and flowers blooming, showing that summer is not far away? Well done if you've been able to do some of the home learning activities. Some people have sent examples of their work to the school web site and it has been lovely to see those. Keep sending them in! Everyone is doing so well in this difficult situation but I hope it will not be too long before we can all get back to school and have fun learning together again. With best wishes to you and all your families from Mr Baker'
Mr Bowkett, Year 5
Welcome to class JSB
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. You will find a link to a weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning here, in this you will find the English sheets needed for the week, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. We have also included a separate Topic activity grid, which you will find here, which contains many activities related to your child’s topic for Term 5. Two days of the week, Seesaw will direct you to this grid. Please encourage them pick any activities from this grid that interest them. There is no pressure to complete all of the activities on the grid. We have tried to look for different activities which use a range of skills.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
A special message from Mr Bowkett: Hopefully you were able to enjoy the great weather we've been having recently, whilst staying safe with your family. I've enjoyed receiving news about how some of you have been getting on and it sounds like you're enjoying yourselves. I'm thinking of you lots and miss being in the classroom with all of you and let's hope we can be back there again as soon as it's safe to do so. I look forward to seeing the fantastic work that you can produce on Seesaw, hopefully you will find it enjoyable and straightforward to use. Please don't hesitate to send me any work or activities you get up to at home, I've already enjoyed some of the work you have sent. Mr B
Mr Boyle, Year 5
Welcome to class AB
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. You will find a link to a weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning here, in this you will find the English sheets needed for the week, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. We have also included a separate Topic activity grid, which you will find here, which contains many activities related to your child’s topic for Term 5. Two days of the week, Seesaw will direct you to this grid. Please encourage them pick any activities from this grid that interest them. There is no pressure to complete all of the activities on the grid. We have tried to look for different activities which use a range of skills.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
A special message from Mr Boyle:
Happy half term Team AB!
I wish you all a very restful and safe holiday with your families. Thank you for the amazing effort you have put into your home learning on Seesaw. I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing and responding to your brilliant work and creativity. It was a huge learning curve to get used to Seesaw but I think we have all managed to learn together and are having lots of fun using it. Have a good rest now and enjoy this time with your families and doing your hobbies. Whether you are reading magical books, watching exciting movies, listening to music, playing in the garden, getting some exercise, playing games, eating delicious food or just having a rest and a think, please enjoy every moment of this precious time. I look forward to seeing more of your fantastic work next term and to see you all again when it is safe to do so.
My very best wishes ABeings, to you and your families.
SALUTE!
Mr Boyle.'
Mr Styles, Year 6
Welcome to class NS
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. You will find a link to a weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning here, in this you will find the English sheets for the week, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. We have also included a separate Topic activity grid, which you will find here, which contains many activities related to your child’s topic for Term 5. Two days of the week, Seesaw will direct you to this grid. Please encourage them pick any activities from this grid that interest them. There is no pressure to complete all of the activities on the grid. We have tried to look for different activities which use a range of skills.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
A special message from Mr Styles: I hope you have had a great first week back to home learning after the Easter holidays. It's been brilliant seeing photos of some of the things that you have been doing at home. I'm sure you are making the most of this extra time and are doing the things that make you and your family happy. This is also the perfect time to try something new - there are thousands of tutorials online for making, cooking, painting, drawing and exercising. Don't forget to send some photos to the home learning email address - I love seeing what you are up to. Stay safe and stay positive and we will see you soon.
Mr Godwin, Year 6
Welcome to Class JG
HOME LEARNING
We want to do all we can to support our families and children through this difficult time. Before Easter we sent the children away with the home learning packs including some English and Maths activities. We have now written more resources to help your child structure their home learning. Remember, home learning is not the same as home schooling, and there is no expectation on how much should be completed. Please find a letter from your child’s class teacher here.
From 4th May daily work will be released on Seesaw at 6pm the previous night. You will find a link to a weekly overview grid of what will be released for home learning here, in this you will find the English sheets needed for the week, as well as a range of activities for other subjects. We have also included a separate Topic activity grid, which you will find here, which contains many activities related to your child’s topic for Term 5. Two days of the week, Seesaw will direct you to this grid. Please encourage them pick any activities from this grid that interest them. There is no pressure to complete all of the activities on the grid. We have tried to look for different activities which use a range of skills.
A copy of the White Rose worksheets for this week can be found here and the answers here.
Don’t forget that we have Doodle Maths, Tables, English and Spelling to use as well. You will also find in the Home Assisted Learning section of the website lots of additional resources for home learning opportunities. In addition, please do as much reading as you can.
Please remember to share any photos of work you are doing at homelearning@saltfordschool.org.uk
A special message from Mr Godwin: Hello Class JG, I hope you are all ok at home and helping out where you can, to make this difficult time as easy as possible for everyone around you. This would have been the end of a very important week, where you would have all taken your SATs and now would be celebrating by enjoying breakfast at school and walking up to the top of Kelston for Ascension Day – what lovely weather we would have had for it! You have all worked so hard in Year 6, and I have been very proud of the way that you have done your best to overcome challenges and work together in order to solve problems. I am sure you would have all done brilliantly in the tests. You will find an optional activity today, based around Ascension Day, which you might want to have a go at. I am really looking forward to seeing the interesting ways you present your work on this. Mrs Godwin and I have been so impressed at the work you have done around the positivity challenge and it has been wonderful to see the videos and things you have made – great job! Enjoy the sunshine this weekend, have a rest and take the time to enjoy the company of your family. Best wishes, Mr G