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Hollydale News Hollydale Newsletter: 1st May 2020

Dear Parents and Carers, When thinking about what to write in what should have been the start of our Summer Term, I came across these reflections from a teacher in China. I hope that these words provide some comfort to you all, about life as we currently know it, as they did to me at this time.

Lessons from a teacher in China We are just finishing our 7th week of E-Learning, seven weeks of being mainly housebound and seven weeks of uncertainty. We are healthy, we are happy, and we are humbled. We are allowed to move around freely, most restaurants and shopping centres are now open, and life is slowly coming back to our city. As we watch the rest of the world begin their time inside; here are some of my reflections on the last seven weeks:

1. Accept that you have no control over the situation. Let go of any thoughts of trying to plan too much for the next month or two. Things change so fast. Don't be angry and annoyed at the system. Anxiety goes down, and you make the best of the situation - whatever that might be for you. Accept that this is what it is and things will get easier.

2. Try not to listen to/read/watch too much media. It WILL drive you crazy. There is a thing as too much!

3. The sense of community I have felt during this time is incredible. I could choose who I wanted to spend my energy on - who I wanted to call, message and connect with and the quality of my relationships has improved.

4. Appreciate this enforced downtime. When do you ever have time like this? I will miss it when we go back to the fast-paced speed of the 'real world'.

5. Time goes fast. I still haven't picked up the ukulele I planned to learn, and there are box set TV shows I haven't watched yet.

6. You learn to appreciate the little things; sunshine through the window, flowers blossoming and being able to enjoy a coffee in a cafe.

To those just beginning this journey, you will get through it. Listen to what you are told, follow the rules and look out for each other. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

Take care and stay safe, Ms Reema Reid- Headteacher

The DfE have launched a fantastic service where you can email your teacher an e-thankyou card. Visit

https://thankateacher.co.uk/thank-a-teacher/thank-a-teacher-form/ to make one and email them to

[email protected] and we will make sure your teacher

gets them.

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Home Learning I do hope that you have managed to settle into some sort of routine over the past few weeks – this sense of routine will be important for us all, as we navigate through the uncertainty of the next few weeks. The website continues to be updated regularly to ensure that you have a wealth of activities to support your child at home. Please do check the Home Learning tab for the latest updates: https://hollydale.continio.co.uk/distance-learning/ Please also use this unique opportunity in your child’s lifetime to support them in learning in a wide range of areas, be this learning to bake, learning a language or simply enjoying a good book and puzzle together. These are the memories your child will take with them from this time with you at home – let’s make them special. I would like to make some recommendations that you may find useful:

Make the most of having no journey to school – get a little more sleep, with a ‘slightly’ later wake up time

Avoid later bedtimes though! Try and keep to the usual ‘school night’ schedule

Encourage interaction with others – phone calls rather than too much texting or social media

Watch out for emails and text messages from school – updates will be sent this way

Exercise – try to find an alternative to their PE lessons and playtimes e.g. walking, running, cycling

Family Time – where possible encourage children to work in communal spaces in the house, limiting ‘alone’ time

Tech Free Time - Have dedicated ‘screen free’ time each day – turn off all screens for good periods of time every day and especially before bedtime

Make the most of free time – encourage reading, creative activities, singing and dancing – perhaps even take up a new hobby!

As I hope you will have seen, the school’s Twitter account has remained active - so please do continue to share photos of your child’s learning via email or Class Dojos. With many of us working from home, as well as our children 'learning from home', we thought this video was a good reminder for adults and children about looking after our bodies whilst working on computers, especially laptops - please take a couple of minutes to watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bp_Ury-PA4

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Home Learning Highlights

Tae in YR has been

practising her handwriting. Yacine in YR has created a

beautiful rocket.

Darcey in YR has been learning to

name and describe 2d shapes.

Alex in Y1 has made a weather chart and has been

giving forecasts.

Amelia in Y1 has been using primary colours to

create art at home.

Isaiah in Y1

has been

recording

ways to

make five

on a poster.

Jimmy in Y2 at school creating self-portraits in the

sunshine.

Juan in Y2 has made these wonderful self-portraits.

Cara in Y2 has made

this stunning bookmark to

keep track of her

reading.

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Kairon’s Y3 drawing project of a red

mushroom!

Kevin's Y3 excellent number

bonds!

Annabel's Y3 retelling of The

Tortoise and the Hare.

Akin Y4 has been developing his

reasoning and problem skills by

completing the daily maths

challenges set.

Charlie H Y4 has been very creative

and has built his own car model.

Elliot Y4 has

researched and

created his own

family tree.

Freyja Y4 has been working really hard on her place value

knowledge of ones, tens and hundreds.

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Year 5 know how important it is to

practice their spellings. Well done

to Ikram for getting all hers

correct!

Check out Y5 Leo’s and

Y2 Luca’s music video.

Brilliant lyrics and what

fantastic budding

musicians!

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Joshua Y5 has been solving

problems using Roman

numerals.

Amanda Y6 has been working hard adding and subtracting fractions with different denominator - well

done!

Nathan Y6 created this fantastic piece of graffiti art - it looks just like the real thing!

Khadizah Y6 has been working hard on a biography of Charles Darwin, one of the Y6

significant scientists.

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Design Competition This design competition encourages you to design a banner to thank the NHS and key workers who have helped save lives and keep the

country running. You can send your photo of the poster to the email stated by 8th May for a chance to get your banner printed on vinyl and

delivered to Hollydale School! Alternatively you can send it to your class teacher.

#StayInWorkOut with the School Games Active Championships!

Children can join at any time with free active challenges being set via videos within a designated School Games version of the TopYa! Active app. New challenges will be available every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to engage with!

Children practise the challenges, then submit their best video to receive personal coaching feedback from the TopYa! team of experienced virtual coaches. Points are earned for each video submitted, leading to climbing leader boards and

winning prizes!

To take part simply follow these steps:

1. Download the TopYa! Active app from the App Store or Google Play

2. Create your Parent account

3. When prompted to enter an Invite Code enter 23880 and then choose Primary League

4. Then create your kid(s) account(s)

5. Let them work on the activities on their own device or film and upload videos from your device on their behalf!

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s class teacher! Good luck!

Sensory Circuits

A sensory circuit is made up of 3 stages:

Alerting Jumping, bunny hops, star jumps, hopping,

bouncing on a yoga/peanut ball etc.

Organising Throwing balls into a target, shape sorters,

crawling through a tunnel, Simon Says, posting objects, DIY balance beam with

tape!

Calming Head, foot, hand or body massage: should be slow and steady; a deep pressure hug,

or using a weighted blanket.

For further information on sensory circuits, have a look at this handout by Drumbeat School and for more ideas have a look at

this handout from the NHS.
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