5 years ago Posted on 12th Nov 2020 by Kate Casswell Remembrance in Reception ‘We wear poppies because of the soldiers, some of them died, but some didn’t.’ ‘We’re thinking about the soldiers who were in the war and died. There are poppy wreaths. A man wrote a poem about the poppy fields and he saw some bright red poppies in a field when they’d finished fighting.’ ‘It was scary for the animals in the war’.
5 years ago Posted on 28th Oct 2020 by Lisa Pigg Telford Hotel & Golf resort community collection. As school is closed for half term this week, we have sent our Lidl and Aldi donations to this local community project. Collection is this Friday between 11am and 1pm in the hotel reception. Don’t forget your carrier bags.
5 years ago Posted on 18th Sep 2020 by Admin Home Learning – All Year Groups If your child needs to learn from home during Autumn Term, please access their year group information page (in Parents News / Classes) for links to teaching videos and learning activities that will help them to make progress during their time at home! Please post their learning onto Seesaw as teachers will be checking journals weekly – they can’t wait to see how you get on! If you need any help accessing any of the learning, please speak to your child’s class teacher…they are always happy to help!
5 years ago Posted on 16th Jul 2020 by Kate Casswell Children Entering Reception In September 2020 – Here Is Your Holiday Challenge! Good afternoon, Children entering Reception in September 2020 – Here Is Your Holiday Challenge! Welcome to Reception – home school challenge Have a super holiday and we look forward to meeting you all in September 🙂 Mrs Casswell & Miss Lancett
5 years ago Posted on 12th Jul 2020 by Kate Casswell Home learning challenges for Reception Good evening, We hope you’ve all had a restful weekend, enjoying the sunshine! Please find attached our final week of home learning activities for this term – what a strange one it’s been!!! As always, please contact us on Seesaw if you have any queries or want to share the wonderful work you’ve been doing. Take care and keep safe, Mrs Casswell & Mrs Geran. 06.07.20 weekly plan
5 years ago Posted on 06th Jul 2020 by admin Reception – Home learning activities Hello everyone, Hope you have had a lovely weekend. It’s lovely seeing your photos and work on seesaw. Keep them coming ! This weeks home learning: 06.07.20 weekly plan Copies will be placed in the main reception area from 10am this morning. Stay safe and have a good week, Mrs Geran & Mrs Casswell
5 years ago Posted on 02nd Jul 2020 by admin Untitled The Colour Monster A lovely story to help you explore emotions with your child-
5 years ago Posted on 02nd Jul 2020 by admin Helping your child with emotions and feeling angry… If your child is feeling lots of emotions at the moment…from feeling sad to angry, please don’t feel alone…lots of parents are experiencing the same thing. This experience has been very confusing for children… This is a nice resource we found on Cbeebies…using Love Monster How to talk to your child about emotions Managing your feelings is tough work for adults let alone young children. Love Monster is a delightful character who provides a great role model when it comes to learning about emotional and social development. Children’s social and emotional skills begin to develop from a very young age. Building a good understanding of emotions when you’re young helps you relate to others and manage your own mental health later on. Talking openly with children about how they feel and why, enables them to start recognising and understanding different emotions. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/love-monster-on-cbeebies.jpg” alt=”Love Monster on the sofa looking emotional”/> Love Monster provides an opportunity for children to learn these skills by watching the character Love Monster make connections between his feelings, bodily sensations and thoughts. The content of the programme can provide good conversation starters for parents who want to foster more emotional regulation and social problem-solving skills at home. Have a look at these simple steps to help start a conversation with your little one and help them understand their emotions. 1. Start talking Try asking your child to describe how they are feeling, and follow up with open questions about what’s happened to make them feel this way. For example; ‘Tell me about how you are feeling?’ or ‘What has happened to make you feel like this?’. Being curious about a feeling rather trying to make it go away helps children learn that they can tolerate difficult emotions. Don’t be too quick to try and cheer your child up or solve their problem, sitting with them and their feelings teaches them that feelings are not scary and that you can cope with them together. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-start-talking.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 2. Name the emotion Once your child has described how they are feeling help them name what the emotion is called. Are they feeling angry? Worried? Scared? Frustrated? Happy? Doing this will help increase their vocabulary, and make it easier to recognise the emotion the next time they experience it. You can also help children recognise feelings in characters in the books they are reading or programs they are watching and asking them how they know what the character is feeling, this will develop links to non-verbal cues. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-naming-emotions.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 3. It’s okay to feel this way It’s important that your child knows that it’s okay to feel different emotions, even if it’s not a nice feeling. Experiencing emotions like jealousy, envy or even feeling selfish can help us learn about ourselves and other people. Explain that we all experience challenging feelings and that it is normal to feel different things and it is good to talk about how we are feeling. Make it fun and not a big deal otherwise their emotions could be heightened, especially if they are feeling sad or anxious. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-its-ok-comfort.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 4. Feelings faces Encouraging your child to recognise different facial expressions helps them to make connections between what they’re feeling and what that might look like. A downturned mouth can be sad, an upturned one can be happy! Play a game together where you can make different faces to go with different feelings, this will help your little one understand how different emotions can look. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-faces.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 5. Share your stories There are lots of complex emotions that might seem hard to describe to your child. Help them understand by giving examples of a time you felt this way. You could describe what happened to make you feel this way and share what you did to make yourself feel better. It can also be difficult for them to explain exactly what they are feeling, so talking about your own experiences, asking open ended questions, can really help your little one. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-share-your-stories.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 6. Don’t be afraid to ask for help If you find that your little one seems really anxious, upset or angry a lot of the time, and you just don’t know why, it is ok to ask for help. Young children can feel scared with new emotions and they can have a lot of emotions bubbling around inside of them, they just don’t know what to do with them. You can help them by talking, being completely open and honest, but if you find that you are worried or struggling yourself, it is ok to go and talk to your GP Love Monster- Click on View all and you will be taken to many episodes to watch and discuss with your child View all <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/love-monster-onward-journey-image-v2.png” alt=”Love Monster”/> All Love Monster
<img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/love-monster-on-cbeebies.jpg” alt=”Love Monster on the sofa looking emotional”/> Love Monster provides an opportunity for children to learn these skills by watching the character Love Monster make connections between his feelings, bodily sensations and thoughts. The content of the programme can provide good conversation starters for parents who want to foster more emotional regulation and social problem-solving skills at home. Have a look at these simple steps to help start a conversation with your little one and help them understand their emotions. 1. Start talking Try asking your child to describe how they are feeling, and follow up with open questions about what’s happened to make them feel this way. For example; ‘Tell me about how you are feeling?’ or ‘What has happened to make you feel like this?’. Being curious about a feeling rather trying to make it go away helps children learn that they can tolerate difficult emotions. Don’t be too quick to try and cheer your child up or solve their problem, sitting with them and their feelings teaches them that feelings are not scary and that you can cope with them together. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-start-talking.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 2. Name the emotion Once your child has described how they are feeling help them name what the emotion is called. Are they feeling angry? Worried? Scared? Frustrated? Happy? Doing this will help increase their vocabulary, and make it easier to recognise the emotion the next time they experience it. You can also help children recognise feelings in characters in the books they are reading or programs they are watching and asking them how they know what the character is feeling, this will develop links to non-verbal cues. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-naming-emotions.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 3. It’s okay to feel this way It’s important that your child knows that it’s okay to feel different emotions, even if it’s not a nice feeling. Experiencing emotions like jealousy, envy or even feeling selfish can help us learn about ourselves and other people. Explain that we all experience challenging feelings and that it is normal to feel different things and it is good to talk about how we are feeling. Make it fun and not a big deal otherwise their emotions could be heightened, especially if they are feeling sad or anxious. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-its-ok-comfort.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 4. Feelings faces Encouraging your child to recognise different facial expressions helps them to make connections between what they’re feeling and what that might look like. A downturned mouth can be sad, an upturned one can be happy! Play a game together where you can make different faces to go with different feelings, this will help your little one understand how different emotions can look. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-faces.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 5. Share your stories There are lots of complex emotions that might seem hard to describe to your child. Help them understand by giving examples of a time you felt this way. You could describe what happened to make you feel this way and share what you did to make yourself feel better. It can also be difficult for them to explain exactly what they are feeling, so talking about your own experiences, asking open ended questions, can really help your little one. <img src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/childrens-responsive-ichef-live/r/400/1x/cbeebies/how-to-talk-about-emotions-share-your-stories.jpg” alt=”How to talk to your child about emotions.”/> 6. Don’t be afraid to ask for help If you find that your little one seems really anxious, upset or angry a lot of the time, and you just don’t know why, it is ok to ask for help. Young children can feel scared with new emotions and they can have a lot of emotions bubbling around inside of them, they just don’t know what to do with them. You can help them by talking, being completely open and honest, but if you find that you are worried or struggling yourself, it is ok to go and talk to your GP
5 years ago Posted on 02nd Jul 2020 by Katy Tomlinson Meet our ‘Early Years Team’ Click on the link to meet our Outstanding ‘Early Years Team’ Meet our Early Years Team.docx
5 years ago Posted on 28th Jun 2020 by Kate Casswell Reception home learning tasks Good evening all, We hope you’ve had a lovely weekend. Please find attached this weeks learning tasks. 29.6.20 weekly plan As always, enjoy, and remember to upload your work or other exciting activities you’ve been doing on Seesaw. Have a good week, Mrs Casswell & Mrs Geran.