he Mease Federation Happy and Healthy 11th May 2020

Hello Class 1 children and parents.

Last week we continued to telephone our families. Again it was lovely to speak with more of you and

hear about all of the fabulous home learning and other activities you’ve been doing. As well as

working in school Mrs Williams has continued to collect donations of food gifts for the West Midlands

Ambulance Service, delivering ‘grab and go’ food items for the Paramedics at Erdington and Lichfield

Hubs. Mrs Browne has also been improving her well-being by tak-

ing her daily walks with her lovely dogs Willow, Skye and Beau.

The children in school enjoyed a range of VE day celebratory activities on Friday. Everyone in school

observed a minute silence at 11.00 o’clock and we had a live stream of televised events during the day,

including a cockney sing-along. The children created some lovely red, white and blue decorations and

made cardboard spitfires for a display in the foyer.

Tuesday 12th May 2020: Would you like to keep a one-day diary for Mass Observation?

In 2020 the Mass Observation Archive will be repeating its annual call for day diaries, capturing the everyday lives of people

across the UK. The written diaries will be stored in the Archive at The Keep and be used by a wide range of people for research,

teaching and learning. This is the 10th Anniversary of the 12th May Diary project. In 1937 Mass Observation called for people

from all parts of the UK to record everything they did from when they woke up in the morning to when they went to sleep at

night on 12th May. This was the day of George VI’s Coronation. The resulting diaries provide a wonderful glimpse into the eve-

ryday lives of people across Britain and have become an invaluable resource for those researching countless aspects of the era.

Currently, the UK is in lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would like to help to document it, please tell your

family and friends and visit http://www.massobs.org.uk/write-for-us/12th-may

Reception

Ellie has grown cress heads, made spoon puppets and had a caravan holiday in her back garden.

Thank you to Charlie’s granny (Mrs Greenfield)

for the delicious cake she made and brought to

school on VE day. It was delicious!

Social distancing was carefully observed.

Year One Max has been very busy this week! He has been

planting out plants in the garden, climbing

trees, building a den and playing Uno with his

brother Oliver.

Albert has been baking, creating and taking

lovely, long walks with his family.

Leo G. celebrated his 6th birthday. It looks like he

received lots of lovely presents and his cake looked

delicious! Happy Belated-Birthday Leo.

Harry and his brother Jack completed the Race

At Your Pace 30 mile challenge - wow! Well done

boys.

Year Two

Maisie has been working hard. She has written

a lovely acrostic poem about her favourite

things and she has also painted some 3d

letters which spell her name.

Rosie has been learning about plants and all of

their parts. She has also been practising her

times tables.

Brooke and Isla have been keeping fit at home

and baking cakes. They’ve also been on lots of

lovely walks.

Esafety:

Websites that can help keep children safe online.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ This has links to activities and information for parents and

children about keeping safe online.

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ This is an organisation dedicated to helping parents/carers

find out information on apps/games/websites/films/music

and whether they are appropriate for children. It gives a

brief overview to better understand what your children are

accessing.

Socialising:

We have started our ‘Postcard Pen Pal’ service. If you want to take part see the last page of this

newsletter for more details.

Home-learning:

This week’s packs have been sent out including activities in Maths and English.

Maths will continue to follow White Rose where children will be able to access videos which now link to

daily BBC bitesize lessons, to help with their understanding and learning in each area.

The English will continue with the Hamilton Trust Scheme of work.

Other activities will continue to be made available for you to access on the class page of the website.

Home learning packs will be sent out on a Monday evening and don’t forget the working week will be

from Tuesday to the following Monday.

Please feel free to contact Mrs Williams or Mrs Bennett with any news.

Jo.browne@maryhoward.staffs.sch.uk

Helen.williams@maryhoward.staffs.sch.uk

Please keep emailing us pictures of you and your wonderful work. If you would like us

to share your photos on the website and the newsletter please remember to indicate

this on your email to your class teacher.

Mental Health

Garden Yoga

How about trying some garden yoga?

Focussing on breathing slowly and holding these poses can help you to feel calm and relaxed. It will help to stretch and strengthen your body, as well as improve your coordination and balance.

Email your photos to us.

See the next page for further details.

Physical Health

During this period, it has been a goal of mine to try to occupy the bodies and the minds of the children. Yoga has been an

important tool in the morning to try to keep children relaxed and keep their mind fresh for the day. While it is sunny, it could

be a good idea to try to do this outside to clear your mind of any stress during this time. This can be done alone but I feel this

could be beneficial to do this as a family. We have been keeping physically fit by doing the Joe Wickes workouts most days

however, I understand this is not for everyone so I have provided some Premier packs and some other links to keep you active

throughout this time.

Manduka Yoga sessions:

https://www.youtube.com/user/MandukaTV/videos

Premier pack:

https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.premier-education.com%2Fstay-active%

2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ced59746f59664c19228108d7d6193d18%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%

7C637213276189327115&sdata=T5uK4YON%2B6zzhnFXRuyLAs2%2BOY6%2BsSUf1SQulZ4lcjw%3D&reserved=0

The PE Shed-

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-5_kDXdkW-f62RJb8khjyQ

Coach Gelardi-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh1HwSmCo1Y

Little Sports

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIwFB4ciFi5ZCIu-VlwaOg/videos

Postcard Pen Pals

Are you missing your friends? Would you like to tell your friends what you have

been doing and find out what they’ve been up to?

Then here’s what you can do;

We will be providing you with a postcard that you can send to a friend of your

choice. The postcards will be situated in a box outside school for you to pick up

from Monday. If you know where your friend lives then you can post it with a par-

ent but don’t worry if you’re not sure of their address as you can pop it back in

the box and we will contact them for you.

Don’t forget to tell them about all the fun things you’ve been doing with your fam-

ily and draw a picture on the front too. Please note that the box for St. Andrew’s

will be outside school on a Wednesday afternoon between 2pm-4pm.

Don’t forget to keep your social distancing going if it is bit crowded when you

come to school.

We look forward to you sharing your postcards with us.