Blackfell Primary School

Welcome Back!

We are really pleased to welcome back all of our Nursery children after their Easter break. We are all ready to start the summer term together. We are also very happy to welcome our 3 new friends into Nursery - Anthony, Ava and Lacey. Welcome to Blackfell! 

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Ava was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. She received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Ava received this certificate for the way in which she has settled into the Nursery setting. Ava is showing she understands and is following the rules very well within Nursery and has made lots of new friends.

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Caleb was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. He received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Caleb received this certificate for his hard work this week in maths. He has tried really hard with his counting and is showing excellent listening skills in Nursery. Keep it up Caleb!

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Evie was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. She received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Evie received this certificate for the way in which she has settled into the Nursery setting. Evie had had a super first week in Nursery and has shown us how she can write her name independently and has also drawn some lovely pictures. She has also been showing off her maths knowledge. Keep up the hard work Evie!

Outdoor Learning With Derwent Outdoor Adventure Team!

We really enjoyed celebrating outdoor learning week this week! We had some special visitors into our school from Derwent Hill Outdoor Adventure. They worked with us on the school field with a focus on team work and the 5Rs. We completed three activities. The first one involved us going around an assault course blindfolded - with a partner who was able to see. We had to communicate well with each other to get around the course. We then took part in archery and really enjoyed shooting the arrows at the target. Lastly, we had a go at a climbing activity where we had to support each other to try and walk along a tight rope. We had such a fun morning! 

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Theo was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. He received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Theo received this certificate for his lovely manners and mature behaviour around school. He is starting to show that he is ready to start Reception in September as he is a very caring friend who always offers help and support to people who need it. 

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Amber was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. She received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Amber received this certificate for her hard work and contributions within her maths sessions. She is also starting to play with a range of people from Nursery and Reception and is building great relationships with peers.

GGGOOOAAALLL!

Nursery and Reception have enjoyed a game of football this week on the field with a Championship Sports Coach. They warmed up by playing tag and British Bulldog and then moved onto to a 9V9 game of football. They worked well together in mixed teams and scored some great goals. Well done everyone! 

PE - Aeroplanes

In PE this week we were pretending to be aeroplanes. Miss Clark placed cones around the teaching space and we had to pretend that the cones are the airports. We began by crouching next to a cone. When Miss Clark said "get ready for take off" we had to fly around the teaching space. Then when Miss Clark said, "get ready for landing", we had to find a cone to land next to. We explored travelling at different speeds and heights. 
We then played a game in which we had to use aeroplanes to fly to different countries. In pairs, we had a hoop (country) and one beanbag (aeroplane). We took turns to throw our aeroplane - trying to get it to land in the country. If we got the aeroplane in the country, we had to take a step back and keep trying. Each time we got it in, we scored a point. We made very good pilots!

PE - A Windy Day!

This PE lesson was all about moving around with the ball on a calm or on a windy day. We started off the lesson where Miss Clark shouted out the following commands; forward with the breeze, backwards with the breeze, a gust of wind, whirlwind and gone with the wind. We had to do a range of actions depending on what Miss Clark had asked us to do.
We then played 'stop that ball' where we had to imagine that we had gone to the park on a very windy day. In pairs with one ball between us we had to stand opposite each other, about five big steps away. We then practised rolling the ball to each other and stopping it with our hands. We explored rolling the ball in a breeze (softly) and rolling the ball in a gust of wind (with power). 
We then played 'through your legs' where in pairs, one of us had to stand with our legs in a straddle position. Our partner had to try and roll the ball through our legs and then run around the other side to collect it. We then had to change over after three rolls. 
Lastly we played 'easy breezy'. In this game we had to pretend that there was a gentle breeze and roll our ball slowly to our partner. We then had to place two cones together around 1m apart- to make a gate. We had to move around the hall rolling our ball to our partner through other peoples gates. We had a competition to see who could roll their ball to their partner through the most gates in 1 minute. We had very good ball control - even in the windy weather!

Happy Birthday Theo!

On 19th April we celebrated Theo's 4th birthday! His favourite present was his scooter. We enjoyed singing happy birthday to Theo and he was given a special prize from Mrs Hutchinson. We hope you had a lovely birthday Theo!

PE - There's A Storm Coming!

Today in PE there was a storm coming. In the warm up, when Miss Clark gave us an instruction - we had to do the corresponding action. When Miss Clark said "come inside, there's a storm coming", we had to jog around the space until the teacher calls one of the following instructions: When Miss Clark said, "I hear thunder" we had to jump on the spot trying to make a heavy noise. When Miss Clark said, "the rain is falling" we had to raise our arms and wiggle our fingers. We had to lower our arms as we crouched to the floor. Jump and  then repeat. When Miss Clark said, "I see lightning" we had to perform star jumps. When Miss Clark said, "I can feel the wind" we had to stand on the spot swaying from side to side.
Our next activity was practicing different ball skills. We practiced throwing and catching with both hands and one hand. We also practiced rolling the ball to our friends and kicking the ball to our friends. When Miss Clark said "storm ahead" we had to put our ball on the closest cone and jog around the hall, moving direction to avoid the storm. Once the storm had passed we were allowed to collect our ball again from the top of the cone. 

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Theo was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. He received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Theo received this certificate for his hard work this week in maths. He has been counting objects and writing the correct number to match the number of objects he has counted. He completed this task independently. He formed all of his numbers correctly from numbers 1 to 10! Super work Theo!

Happy Birthday Oliver!

On 21st May we celebrated Oliver's 4th birthday! He can't wait to have a bouncy castle at his birthday party at the weekend. We enjoyed singing happy birthday to Oliver and he was given a special prize from Mrs Hutchinson. We hope you had a lovely birthday Oliver!

PE - Cars

In PE today we have been pretending that we are cars racing around the hall. We played a range of games relating to changing speed and direction. We have enjoyed moving forwards, backwards, quickly, slowly and over speed bumps. We have also played a traffic light game where we had to follow an instructions depending on whether the light was red, amber or green. Miss Clark kept on changing the instructions which made the game tricky and we had to use super listening skills. 

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Oliver was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. He received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Oliver received this certificate for his improvement in behaviour both at Nursery and at home. He is showing that he is ready to start Reception in September. 

Sports Day

Nursery and Reception had a fab morning taking part in their sports day events. All children tried their best in all events and everyone had lots of fun cheering on their team mates. They took part in throwing, relay, egg and spoon and dribbling events. Pine were the overall winners of the morning - Well done Pine!

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Jasmine-Leigh was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. She received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Jasmine-Leigh received this certificate for the way in which she has settled into the Nursery setting. Jasmine-Leigh is showing she understands and is following the rules very well within Nursery and has made lots of new friends.

PE - A Snowy Day!

Today in PE our focus was to develop accuracy when throwing to a target. Our warm up involved; jogging through the snow, skipping through the snow, side stepping through the snow, snowman (children stand with their legs apart and their hands on their hips) and sledging (children sit on their bottom, using their hands and feet to slide along the floor).
We then worked in teams on different stations to practice different throwing activities. We had to aim and always keep our eye on the target. We used underarm throws to try and get as close to our target as possible. We each had a go on each station.  

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Lacey was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. She received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Lacey received this certificate for her hard work this week in Nursery. She has tried really hard with her maths work and is showing excellent listening skills in Nursery. She is also starting to make great friendships within  Nursery.

PE - Rainy Days

In PE this week we were having fun in the wet puddles! In the warm up there was a range of hoops around the hall. As the music played we had to jog around the teaching space. When we got to a puddle, we had to stop and jump into it. Then Miss Clark shouted out a number and we had to run over to a puddle (hoop) and put that many fingers in the puddle. 
For the main activity, we had to work with a partner to bounce the ball in the puddles whilst our partner had to wait to catch the ball. They then had to bounce the ball back into the wet puddle back to us. This helped develop our throwing, bouncing and catching skills. We had to concentrate and watch the ball at all times. 

PE - Sunshine And Rainbows

In this lesson we were working on our dribbling skills. We played a range of games in which we had to keep the ball close to our feet. Our warm up game involved people who were 'frosties' and people who were 'sunnys'. Frosties had to catch people and make them freeze, whilst sunnys had to save frozen people by crawling under their legs.
The next game involved dribbling around the area, when Miss Clark said 'frosty' we had to stop the ball with our foot and freeze. Later she added some cones into the area. When she said 'frosty' this time we had to dribble the ball through the cone gates. 
To finish off the lesson, we practiced dribbling around the area with our partners, passing the ball to them and receiving it back. We had to practice stopping the ball with our foot.  

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Leo was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. He received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Leo received this certificate for his hard work and contributions within his Talk Boost intervention group. He is starting to show his confidence and abilities and has shown excellent listening and attention skills in his first four weeks of Talk boost. Keep up the hard work Leo!

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Anthony was our 'Star of the Week' winner this week. He received a special certificate to take home from Mrs Watkins. Anthony received this certificate as he is starting to play with a range of people from Nursery and Reception and is building great relationships with peers. He is beginning to learn the rules within Nursery and is settling well. 

Olympics With Mr Taylor

Nursery have enjoyed a morning of taking part in some Olympic events with Mr Taylor. They were placed into four different groups and given a country team name. They enjoyed taking part in relay and throwing events.  Team USA were the overall winners! Well done everyone in Nursery.