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.
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.