12 days ago
Posted on 12th February 2021 by Jayne Parkhurst

2021

Well, we have made it to half term and what a strange term it has been! A huge thank you for supporting us at school with your kind comments and gifts: you really have made a difference to us and greatly cheered me up.

Thank you to those of you who have made your video links – we miss you all and really look forward to seeing you and sharing the work you have done at home. I have promised Rocco that I would put the class email address here for him, so here you go just in case any of you have also forgotten it:

oak@crowmoorschool.co.uk

“Kung Hei Fat Choi!” This means “I wish you great happiness and prosperity.”

Today in the Chinese Culture this is how greetings would be made for Chinese New Year – which starts today. This is the display as you enter the classroom at the moment. Red is a very important colour too.

I hope you have had chance to look at this week’s timetable and have read all about Chinese New Year. To end this half term we have made Chinese lanterns, I know that Miss Allison has put the instructions on the timetable for you all to have a go at. We also had a Chinese food tasting session and everyone tried something new and… they enjoyed it too. Prawn toast was very definitely a winner for Mya. Rocco enjoyed the noodles. Evie munched her way through some Panda Chocolate biscuits. Louis, Cariss, Lily and Jack and quite liked the prawn crackers with the sweet and sour dip mmm! Mariah loved it all, especially the cup cakes at the end. I have to admire Ethan because he was very brave and tried the noodles – I think he secretly liked them too.

Finally, I have a challenge for you all during half term. Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday when hopefully you will all have the chance to make and eat lots of pancakes – I know I will be making them for Phoebe and Ellie at home. If you get the chance and you are allowed to, how about “flipping” your pancakes, get someone to take a photo and email it to the class email. It would be great to share on our next video links after half term. So, get “flipping!”

Have a super half term, play lots and get outside for your daily exercise sessions but make sure you wrap up warm.

Take care and stay safe, kind wishes,

Mrs.P. xxx

19 days ago
Posted on 5th February 2021 by Jayne Parkhurst

Oak Class Remote Learning Week 6: 5.02.2021

My goodness,

time has flown by! We are already at week 6. Here is your timetable for next week.

Week 6 Remote Learning (1)

You will notice that I have put a separate part for music – here it is:

KS2 Cup Percussion 1 IM STILL STANDING (1)

We have had a super week at school made even better by seeing some of you on your video links. If you don’t appear on your video link I will email you and then try to telephone you. It is very important that I can see you and speak to you, you have one video call a week to catch up so you really should be there. Your learning day should be as much like school as it can be, I know your timings will be different but try to do Literacy and Maths lessons plus the afternoon subject or task in the day. When you do them in the day does not matter as long as you do them. This link gives you the chance to ask questions about your learning. You can also email me and send some of your work to me – I really enjoy seeing what you have done. If you have finished your purple book you can call the office for a new one.

I have also been lucky enough to speak to some of you on the telephone just to give you some encouragement. Just remember, you can only do your best and most of you are trying very hard to keep up with your work. With this in mind, I have sent some more “Crow” awards out this week. Well done to Andrew, Zack and James – great effort and work. In school Cariss, Mya, Louie, Lily, Ethan and Rosie will receive a “Crow” Award for creating some fabulous flying dragons… grrrrr! I hope you like the photos of the afternoon below.

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I have put the new spellings on the spellings page: there are two pages, make sure you choose the list which will challenge you! They are based around this week’s spelling lesson. Good luck. Nice to see that Molly got 6/6 for her test, way hay, well done.

Have a super weekend, we look forward to seeing you all on your video links next week.

From Mrs.P, Mrs Smith and Mrs Allison.

26 days ago
Posted on 29th January 2021 by Jayne Parkhurst

Oak Class Remote Learning Week 5: 29.01.2021

I thought you might like to see the “Winter” display at the front of our class. We were thinking about the colours you may see at this time of the year. In the school garden the snowdrops have peeped through the grass now – Mariah and Lily have named the ginger cat “Snowdrop,” she keeps trying to get into school through my office door! We also had a robin flying up the corridor this morning, fortunately it found its way out very quickly!

Here is the plan for next week:

Week 5 Remote Learning (1)

I have seen some fabulous work this week from those of you working at home. We have sent out some “Crow” awards to Evelyn, Molly and Clover. We will be sending some more to Brooke, James and Andrew. In school Lily and Mariah have received theirs for their super maths work. On this subject, we have changed the maths lessons – we have still set fractions but we felt you may need to review some of your learning before we move on.

This morning we finished our spellings lesson quickly so we played “Hit The Button!” We tested ourselves on “Halves,” phew! If you want to have a go you can find it on this website:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

The children in Oak Class who are at school made the following poster after they had listened to the Valkyrie music.

We are missing you all very much and enjoy seeing you all on the video links – so please try and make your weekly meeting, it means a lot to your friends when they get to catch up with you. School is very quiet without you.

Enjoy the weekend: I believe there will be some snow! The last time it snowed on my birthday I was 18 years old – now that is a long time ago!

Stay safe and keep well, Mrs. P xxx

Mrs. Smith and Miss Allison say hello too.

33 days ago
Posted on 22nd January 2021 by Jayne Parkhurst

Oak Class Remote Learning Timetable Week 4: 22.01.2021

Hello everyone,

This is your timetable for week 4 – enjoy.

Week 4 Remote Learning

what a week we have all had! Rain, snow and ice. However, thank you to all of you who made the video links this week. It is really important that you attend the links. It is also very, very important that you use the lesson links on each weeks timetable. The Government says that you must have the minimum of 4 hours lessons to include Maths and Literacy plus your other subjects each day.

Make sure you use the weekly timetables now, not the termly overview.

We are living in such strange times at the moment and all of your teachers appreciate everything that you do. Remember that if you get stuck or you want to ask a question, please email us at oak@crowmoorschool.co.uk , some of you have emailed me and a lot of you have sent me examples of your work.

In recognition of your fab work this week, I have sent “Crow Awards” to Molly, Clover and Evelyn. I have put paper copies in your drawers ready for when you all return. In school, Ethan, Rosie, Mariah and Lily have received awards too. So come on the rest of you, show me your fab work.

Your weekly spellings are on the spelling page – we have chosen “cious” ending words which link really well with the writing about Hiccup and Toothless. But even more so, they will come in handy when you start to write the build up to the story for “How To Train Your Dragon,” next week.

I have spent my evenings cutting out all those lovely leaves and flowers you painted last term. They are ready to decorate our classroom door. Hopefully, next week I will be able to post a picture for you to see. It would be lovely to display some of your dragon pictures and paintings in the classroom. I can soon print them off if you email some to me.

Mrs Smith wanted you to have the words to “Bring in the sunshine…” here they are:

Bring in the Sunshine words

Have a super weekend, I shall see you all on your video links next week.

Mrs.P. Mrs Smith, Mrs Allison and Mrs Nicholas.

40 days ago
Posted on 15th January 2021 by Jayne Parkhurst

Oak Class Week 2: Some examples of your work.

You should be very proud of these drawings: Rocco, Louie and Mya.

You will receive your C.R.O.W certificate next week.

This photo shows you how to set your work out:

Full Date on line 1- underline with a ruler.
Subject – underline with a ruler.
L.O. Use the lessons to help you decide – usually on the the explanation of the lesson at the beginning eg L.O. To use precise verbs and adverbs.

Watch your presentation.

40 days ago
Posted on 15th January 2021 by Jayne Parkhurst

Oak Class Newsletter 15.01.2021

Hello everyone,

it has been great to see you all on our video links this week. We have only had a few of you missing but i do hope you will manage to link in with us next week. Make sure you have downloaded the TEAMS APP and all will be well. Any problems please use your email to contact me on Oak@crowmoorschool.co.uk or even the admin team at school.

Thank you to those of you who have shared some of the work you have been completing at home. A massive thanks to the adults who are helping you too. In response to such super work we are going to award our new C.R.O.W. certificates virtually to you. I will also print one for you in school and pop it in your drawers ready for when you return to school.

The certificate looks like this:

CROW Award vr3

I really like the crow…he looks very cheerful!

So, here is the timetable for Week 3. Make sure you have some examples of your work ready for your video link next week. It is really important that you keep up to date with your lessons, we are doing the same lessons in school so that when you return we will all be in the same place. The linked lessons mean you are being taught what to do. A work sheet on its own will not explain what you should do, it is practicing things you already know. So far, all those of you have spoken on the video link have said you are enjoying the lessons. Here is the timetable for Week 3. You can find the spellings on the spelling page.

Week 3 18 Jan

Enjoy! Stay safe and keep well, Mrs.P. xxx

42 days ago
Posted on 13th January 2021 by Jayne Parkhurst

Oak Class Spellings 13.01.2021

Here are your spellings for this week. We will run from Wednesday to Wednesday, just like we always have. This list is the next 10 words from your Year 5 and 6 mat.

Year 5 and 6 remote learning

44 days ago
Posted on 11th January 2021 by Katie Roberts

RAF Free Resources

Here are some fun free resources and challenges provided by the RAF. If you try any please remember to let your teacher know and email the pictures if you take any. Try the augmented reality flights too!

https://rafyouthstem.org.uk/resources/

47 days ago
Posted on 8th January 2021 by Jayne Parkhurst

Oak Class Newsletter 8.01.2021

Hello, I hope this newsletter finds you all safe and well.

What a strange week it has been! We were all ready and excited to invite the children back into school on Tuesday and then we had the bombshell dropped on us on Monday evening.

I’m sure you can appreciate that it has been quite hectic trying to organise everything to full fill the Department of Education’s requirements for remote learning.

The Weekly Timetable will be put on Oak Class Information page every Friday ready for the following week. If you have any problems accessing or completing the learning, please let me know and I will try my best to support you and your child.

You can contact me via email oak@crowmoorschool.co.uk or on the Oak Class Chat on TEAMS.

Hopefully, fingers crossed, you should have had an invite for an Oak Class Group A (Monday 1.00-2.00) or Group B (Thursday 2.00-3.00) or Group C (Friday 1.00-2.00) TEAMS meeting.

I have split the class into three groups so that there are not too many on video at the same time. We have also had to timetable these across the whole school so that our internet has more chance of coping! This will be an opportunity for the children to see each other and to share what they have been up to, it’ll be a bit like when we have TEAMS assemblies in school so they will know the process well!

Please find the Week 2 Timetable link below. I look forward to seeing some of your work at your group session online next week. Have a restful weekend ready to continue your online learning next week. Best wishes, Mrs.P. , Mrs Smith and Miss Allison. xxx

Week 2 – 11.1.21 – Oak (1) for web