In nursery this week we have been learning all about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have enjoyed listening to the story and exploring oats with different sized bowls and spoons. We have also been tasting porridge! We have some lovely apple trees in our school and we enjoyed going to pick some apples and then made a delicious apple strudel with them! Yum ! We would also like to thank our parents for how patient you have all been at collection time. 

Virtual Open Event for Years 5 and 6

Visit www.sheffieldsprings-academy.org on

Thursday 1st October 2020 at 6pm

Mr Shipman, Headteacher will be holding an online meeting for parents of current Year 5 and 6 students.

Take a virtual tour and listen to our Student Ambassadors talk about life at Sheffield Springs.

Dear Parents/carers

As we start week 4 of this term, I am filled with joy and pride at how well the whole school community is working together to ensure we continue to provide the best education for our pupils.

We have had outdoor handwashing facilities fitted this week in our Junior school yard and will be having some fitted in the Infants school yard next week. This will no doubt help us to continue embedding the good and safe practice of regular handwashing.

This week we will also start trialling serving hot dinners for all pupils in the junior school.  An updated menu link has been sent out to all parents.

Over the next two weeks all our pupils will be sitting baseline tests for English and Maths. This will help us ascertain individual pupil gaps and support the teaching staff in planning for catch-up and keep up. As always, we will be sharing with valuable information about your child’s progress so far before the end of this half term and will include key areas of focus/targets for your child. This will guide you as parents/carers on how you support your child with their learning.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs A Maqsood-Shah

From 21st September we will be trialling serving hot meals in all year groups.  Please see the school lunch menu with amended dates.

Many thanks

In reading this week, we have been comparing and contrasting two characters from an extract of Harry Potter. We have used our inference skills to discuss Harry and Dudley’s characteristics and how they are treated by others in the story. 

In Year 4, we are really getting into our class book - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. We are studying it in reading and have started exploring the vocabulary that the author has used. Today, we story mapped the text , thinking about how the characters feel at different points and what might be going through their minds. This has helped us to understand the story and the context of any new words that we come across. I love how creative our pupils have been and the beautiful story maps they have designed.

Wednesday 23rd September 2020 - 5pm to 6pm

This event is an opportunity to experience a virtual tour of the academy and meet key members of the transition and teaching teams.

You can register by clicking here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sheffield-park-academy-y5y6-virtual-open-evening-tickets-120168038839

This week in Y5 we have been looking more at the artist Stephen Wiltshire. We have specifically been looking at two of his drawings and analysing and critiquing them. To do this we used our art vocabulary and commented on his techniques.

This week in our Reading lessons we have been planting seeds! 

We have all read a text about a boy called Sam, who planted a seed in the soil. 

We thought we would have a go at planting a seed outside and watching it as it grows. 

We were so excited to go out in the sunshine to plant our seeds and we are keeping a watchful eye on them as they grow. 

In nursery this week we have been enjoying our learning outside. We have been using dry and wet sand and talking about what is best to make sandcastles! We have also been using our fine motor skills to build using the duplo. Some of us have been building tall towers!