Please find attached details of next half term’s after school clubs.
After School Activity Clubs letter JUNE 2022
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Fireflies News
Dental Hygiene
This morning Fireflies and Grasshoppers were treated to a special assembly all about looking after their teeth. They also met Derek the Dragon who showed them how to clean their teeth properly.
Multi-Sports After School Club
We have now filled the last space for Multi Sports After School Club
Multi-Sports club
We have had a cancellation for multi-sports club which is held on a Friday afternoon. The club is open to Grasshoppers, Dragonflies or Scorpions. There is just one space available, and it will be offered on a first come first served basis. If your child would like to join multi-sports club please send in written confirmation and payment (£20) to the office. E-mail requests unfortunately will not be accepted.
Termly Information
This term our topic is ‘On the Beach.’ Please visit the Fireflies’ information page, (on the school website) to find out what we shall be learning this term.
Many thanks
N Fox
Sunflowers
In art, Fireflies have been learning about continuous line drawings. They have applied their newly learnt skills, to replicate the famous sunflowers paintings by Vincent Van Gogh.
The children also experimented with different ways of adding texture to paint. They added salt, flour and oats to the paint to give different textures. The children then applied the different textures of paint to their artwork.
The results were fantastic!
After School Clubs
Thank you to all parents for engaging with us following on from the e-mails sent out yesterday.
All After School Clubs are now fully booked.
We are currently working with Parent Pay in the hope that in the very near future all bookings will be able to be made via their platform. We understand that this would make things a little easier for everyone and thank you for your patience while this is being investigated.
Care Club bookings first week back after Easter Holidays
Could we please ask that all Care club booking requests for the first week back after the Easter Holidays are sent in by lunch time next Thursday 7th April at the latest.
Summer Term After School Activity Clubs
Please find attached letter providing details of next half term’s after school clubs
Reception Children Vision Screening
The School Vision Screening Team are visiting the school on Wednesday 6th April to carry out vision screening for Reception children. Please see the attached letter giving more information.
This is carried out on an OPT OUT basis. Therefore, if you are happy for your child to take part you do not need to take any further action. If you do not want your child to have their vision screened please complete and return the form to the School Office by Friday.
Running Challenge – Spring Term
Here’s an update on each class’s running challenges for this term.
Fireflies
Fireflies are attempting to run the distance from Ditton Priors to Shrewsbury (the birthplace of Charles Darwin) – 22.3 miles – as many times as they can.
Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are attempting to run the distance of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (in Australia) – 1,149 metres – as many times as they can.
Dragonflies
Dragonflies are attempting to run the length of the Shropshire border – 497km.
Scorpions
Scorpions are attempting to run the distance from Nordland (in Norway) to Lindisfarne (the first known Viking raid of a monastery in England) and back – ~2,000 miles.
Outdoor Shared Reading – Fireflies and Scorpions
With the weather being so great, Scorpions and Fireflies shared their reading outside this week.
Scorpions & Fireflies – Shared Reading
Every Thursday, Scorpions and Fireflies spend some time together sharing some reading. Here are some pictures of their first session of this half term from yesterday:
Remote Learning Friday 18th February 2022
Good morning Fireflies,
Mrs Morris has sent some work for you to complete today. Please see the work set out below. There is separate work for Reception and Year 1’s.
Please send any completed work to fireflies@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk.
Have a lovely day. I hope the high winds do not cause you too much disruption.
Stay safe,
N.Fox
Reception Children: 
Year 1’s:
Links to resources:
au-n-541-whats-the-position-cut-and-paste-activity-sheet
t-e-1628009108-bugs-big-trip-positional-language-read-and-draw-activity_ver_1
Care Club Bookings After Half Term
Could I please ask that any Care Club booking requests for when we return after half term are made by noon on Thursday 17th February.
We return to school on Wednesday 2nd March and bookings for the first two weeks can be made.
After School Activity Clubs
March 2022 After School Activity Clubs letter Please find attached details of next half terms After School Activity Clubs.
Charles Darwin Morning
Fireflies have had a fun filled morning learning all about Charles Darwin.
They learnt about Charles Darwin’s early life, and his 5 year journey on HMS Beagle, around the Galápagos Islands. They then became explorers; discovering some of the different species of animals that Charles Darwin collected during his voyage. This is a great starting point for our history work.
Well-done Assembly – 21.01.22
Good Afternoon.
Here are this week’s well-done certificates.
Well-done Certificates
Fireflies:
Grasshoppers:
Dragonflies:
Scorpions:
Numbots and TTRS Certificates
Numbots and TTRS certificates will be given out in class again, but… here are…
This week’s top three pupils (for completed levels on Numbots):
3.) Ari C (Dragonflies)
2.) Sam R (Grasshoppers)
1.) Teddy Y (Grasshoppers)
and…
This week’s top three pupils (for correctly answered questions on TTRS):
3.) Joshua W (Dragonflies)
2.) Finley P (Dragonflies)
1.) Hugo M (Scorpions)
School Prayer
We will finish today’s assembly with an opportunity for a quiet moment of reflection with our school prayer.
Dear God,
Thank you for our wonderful school.
Help us to be good learners.
Help us to look after each other.
Help us to be respectful and kind, and to make everyone welcome.
May our school be a happy, safe place – where learning is fun,
where we all work together to be the best we can be.
Amen
Charles Darwin Workshop
We are excited to say that we have organised a Charles Darwin Workshop for Fireflies on Wednesday 2nd February. Please find attached a letter with further information.
Many thanks,
N.Fox
Healthy Eating
Fireflies have been learning about healthy eating and the importance of a balanced diet.
The children have learnt all about different types of healthy food. They also enjoyed tasting a range of different fruits and vegetables.
Care Club Bookings for Spring Term & After School Club Information
Can I please ask that all bookings required for Care Club for the first two weeks of the new Spring Term are e-mailed to me by Thursday 16th December latest. Please note that we return to school on Wednesday 5th January 2022
This week is the last week this term for after school clubs, there are no school clubs in the last week of Autumn term
Please also note that after school clubs will be re-starting on the week commencing 10/1/22
There are no clubs during the first week back at school in January
Reception- Phonics- How to Pronounce Pure Sounds
Good evening,
I have attached a video to support parents when reading with their child at home. The video demonstrates how we teach children to say the ‘pure’ sounds in school. I hope you find it useful.
Kind regards,
N.Fox
Year 1: Phonics Practice
The Year 1s in Fireflies and Grasshoppers have been working hard with their phonics this half term and have learnt all the following phonemes:
/ea/ /oe/ /au/ /ew/ /ay/ /ie/ /ou/ /ey/ /wh/ /ph
We have set some practice assignments up on Spelling Shed for them and it would be really helpful if they could practice at least one game daily – as little and often practice is the best way to ensure new information gets stored in the long term memory.
All children should have their Spelling Shed log-ins to access the games.
We will also be setting spelling lists for the tricky (common exception) words – and with these words, children can earn certificates with the points that they amass! Each point they earn goes towards their “Shed Score” – and this is the total of scores for the past rolling 7-day period.
All children start as an egg and can work their way up to a Royal Bee!
Shared reading: Fireflies and Scorpions
Here are some photos from the latest shared reading session between Fireflies and Scorpions.
Parent Workshop – Help Your Child with Phonics and Early Reading
We are holding a parent workshop aimed to help parents of infant children with understanding and supporting their child with their learning or phonics and early reading. It is going to be held on Microsoft Teams on Thursday 21st October at 1:30pm.
We will share the link to the meeting via email on the morning of the workshop and all you need to do if you wish to access the session is click the link. The workshop will provide useful information on how you can support your child with their phonics learning as well as with useful strategies for supporting early reading skills.
After School Activity Clubs
We are now opening up spaces to Grasshoppers class as well as Fireflies for the Multi-Sports activity club held on Thursday afternoons.
There are also a few spaces remaining for Theatre Arts club being held on a Tuesday afternoon.
Please email me at careclub@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk if you would like to book your child into one of the above clubs.
The clubs will start the first week back after half term.
Fireflies PE- Change of Day
Please note that Fireflies will only need to come into school in their PE kit on a Wednesday and Friday. Please come into school in uniform on a Monday.
Shared Reading – Fireflies/Scorpions
Today, Fireflies and Scorpions shared their first reading session together of this year.
Waterbottles and Waterproof Coats
We have had a number of accidents with open top waterbottles so can we please remind parents to ensure children bring a non-drip waterbottle to school.
Waterbottles are often kept on class tables, and when an open top bottle gets knocked – the water floods the tables and can damage children’s work.
Can we also please remind parents to send their child with a warm waterproof coat EVERY day – as we will get children outside at breaktimes as much as possible – even in wet weather, as they need the ‘downtime’ and fresh air.
Fireflies Class Information
Welcome to Fireflies!
We hope you all had a lovely Summer break and are feeling refreshed and looking forward to starting school.
This term our topic is Sensational Structures. To find out about the learning that will be taking place this term, please visit the Fireflies information page ( just click on Classes>Fireflies>Information.) You will also find lots of useful links on the page that will help you to support your child’s learning at home.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on
Fireflies@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk.
We are really looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your break!
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