Good morning all Newdalers. Well the weather certainly didn’t disappoint last week and it’s clear to see from your observations that you made the most of it.

You have accepted our challenges from your baking, portraits and phonics play.

It’s so nice to see family values and celebrations going on in your homes still in these unfortunate times we are going through. Happy Ramadan to those that are celebrating, happy birthday to the girls and boys getting older and taller. Well done on the mile stones you are achieving from riding your bikes without stabilisers, writing and reading words, counting and sorting beyond what you thought you ever could, solving problems set by your parents to the physical obstacles in your gardens that you raced around negotiating space with ease.

Stay safe, be happy you are all doing a great job.

Now here’s the evidence for us all to see, some super action shots in these.

Wonderful Wednesday Cooking this week looks so delicious I might just make them for tea myself. Yummy 😍

Carrying on with what comes from our farms this week, this recipe is pack with the goods from Cheese, flour, vegetables and so many more, enjoy 😊

Carrying on with our theme of farming in cooking and looking down my list of so many wonderful ideas from the children. Today’s suggestion comes from Tiger- lily in Blue Group. Tiger wanted to make Flap Jacks!

The main ingredient in flap jacks is oats. What are oats? Where does it come from?

Oats grow in fields like wheat and barley all year round. Crops sown in spring and harvested in August are called ‘spring oats‘. Crops sown in September and harvested in spring are called ‘winter oats‘.

The video clip link is very short and shows you how the farmer grows the wheat then how it goes through

the machines all the way to the shops. This video also shows you how the oats become yummy Porridge at the end, another great treat with a spoon of jam on top.

I’ve attached a really easy recipe for you to follow, but feel free to get experimenting by adding some of your favourite fruits 🍇 🍏 🍒

Share your little ones creations with us, we’d all love to see. Have a wonderful Wednesday 👨🏿‍🍳👩‍🍳

https://youtu.be/D_hl5LEBIms

I have uploaded the following phonics flash cards that we use to support your child’s literary learning process that goes along side the sign language actions for each picture.

In learning these we teach the letters sound not it’s given name first. For example we teach; a for apple 🍎 not A for ape 🦍 the part of learning the letter names comes later when we start looking at phase 3, two letters one sound and tricky words. These I will upload for our older ones that were just starting this to support their sentence writing and reading. 👂🏻✍🏼

Mrs Giordano

Good morning and welcome back after a well deserved break from homeschooling.

All the team here at Newdale hope that you have had a eggcellent Easter with lots of yummy treats.

Well from looking at all of your wonderful observations you have sent in from Mighty Oaks children’s parents, you have done just that!

Once again wow and thank you, it’s honestly so nice to see you still learning but more importantly having fun and staying safe ❤️🌈 I’ve had lots of pleasure looking through and seeing your amazing activities and planned lessons for learning. Some fabulous ideas very creative, well done all.

Please show your children the following pictures so that they can see their friends having fun too. We look forward to seeing more and please don’t think that your efforts go unnoticed. All of your child’s (key workers) teachers look through them and then they will go in your child’s learning journey folders to support their progress.

Please if you have any difficulties in uploading or you are not sure on how, contact me on shelley.giordano@taw.org.uk I will try my best to help you or send you in the right direction of the ict tech team that can.

Once again thank you 😊 and remember there is no pressure on you to turn your home into a school packed with lessons, what’s important to us all here is that you are safe, well and that your children are having fun.

If in any way you are having difficulties or struggling mentally /or you are just not sure on how to support your child through this difficult time, PLEASE DO NOT hesitate to contact the school and there the office staff will put you on to our pastoral team to help, many of you know Miss Pugh ( Paula) who is part of this team. This is always done privately and stays confidential.

Stay safe and stay at home 🌈

Mrs Giordano

We are all loving the way our parents of Mighty Oaks children are being very creative in their child’s learning journey! From the outdoor activities to the home baking, yummy! and the fantastic art you are proudly displaying.

Not forgetting how you have Incorporated math and literacy into their daily routines with amazing printout sheets and books, to what’s surrounding them at home.

I can see some children have even took an interest in different occupations of life, like gardeners, electricians, builders, chefs and even nature explorers. 🐛

How nice is it to see them enjoying homeschooling, smiling and happy.

Quoting Marvin’s words

” storms don’t last forever, be safe”🌈 ❤️Mrs Giordano

Wow I am overjoyed with the response from parents observations and responses to our daily tasks, next steps and suggestions. Particularly in Red group, these have kept me smiling on a daily basis. I’m really proud of you all and how you are adapting, parents and children. This is not easy for little minds to understand especially most of all them not being able to socialise with their friends and play. Hopefully we will see each other soon but for now keep up the fantastic work!

Big round of applause to you all, from Mrs Giordano

Today would have been our last day of cooking before we broke up for the Easter holidays and as always we listen to the children’s ideas. In blue group Rubie Burrows and Isabelle Richardson wanted to make Farfalle pasta shapes ( pretty bows) Pasta is so easy to make with two ingredients. Roll out the pasta, then using the waved edge cutter ( most have this tool in their play dough set) make a square and pinch in the middle, simple! If you don’t have a cutter like this just use the end of the fork to make the edges look pretty. See video and recipe attached.

If you don’t have the ingredients available then you can always just have a little fun with your play dough.

Try making the other shapes that we all know and love Conchiglie ( shells) by making a little ball put it on your thumb and roll down the back of a fork.

Please go check out Mrs Celobury’s amazing videos on our website on how to make home made play dough.

2 Ingredient Homemade Pasta — Without A Machine! | Bigger Bolder Baking

2 Ingredient Homemade Pasta — Without A Machine! | Bigger Bolder Baking