Squirrels Heath Junior School

I hope that everyone had fun cooking and baking yesterday and have had some some nice treats to share as a family. Please see some of our baking photos below. Rafferty, from 3Palm, has been baking cheese and marmite biscuits. His mum also shared some dessert recipe ideas that don't need flour or eggs!  https://www.londonforkidz.com/post/easy-recipes-for-kids-that-don-t-need-elusive-flour-or-eggs In Mrs Kemp's house they have been baking as well. Mrs Bush's family have been busy baking also and having a lot of fun. Even Mrs Cross has been baking.

Staying Active! Havering Big Dance Squirrels Heath Junior School had signed up to take part in the ‘Big Dance’ to be held on 9th July this year. Although we have some uncertain times ahead of us, we are very much hoping this event can still go ahead as planned. If not, we plan to use the dance as a celebration for when these uncertain times have passed. Families can follow the link below and have fun learning the routine together whilst at home. We look forward to performing this together in the future! The big dance tutorial video is now linked via the Havering Sports Collective website and you can also find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9POft3eGOA&t=983s Weekly Workouts Each week Lauren Mack (dance & fitness instructor) from the Havering Sports Collective will be producing short 25 minute workouts for us (including short challenges) for children and families to complete together. The Sports Collective are aiming for 3 a week on Mondays, Wednesdays & Frida...

Morning, In the Bush house we have been using a numberline to add and count on...here is a guide on how to complete the year 3 homework, but it can be adapted for year 2 or year 4...or even older children to improve their mental maths! Have fun! Mrs Bush PS. If you would like me to make a demo video for any aspect of maths that boggles (within reason!!) please email the school and I will do my best to make it easier!

Why not try cooking or baking something together today. It could be anything from some biscuits or cup cakes to a full blown dinner. I would love to put some pictures on the website tomorrow of some of our children cooking at home. If you have a picture you would like us to share on the blog please email it to - schoolblog@squirrelsheath.org.uk Please put the names of the children in the email so I can add their names to the blog (if you are happy for their names to be used). Have fun and I can't wait to see the results. Mr Frith

Each day we will be putting up a different activity which you could try with your children at home.  Check back daily to see our ideas. Today's activity. Learn the basics of computer science Price:  Free Age range:  All Starting on 25 March, Code.org is launching its  Code Break program  – a free, live weekly webcast where members of the Code.org team teach coding and computer science to children and adults. The team will also be setting weekly challenges for beginners, experienced coders and even students without computers. You can sign up to receive each week’s Code Break via email  here .

First news is a great free online weekly newspaper for children. Follow the links to get the newspaper or the activity sheets to accompany them. https://subscribe.firstnews.co.uk/free-downloadable-issue/ https://schools.firstnews.co.uk/login/ Please see below from First News- We are creating free access to our products for a limited period of time, to help parents, children and schools during any isolation or school closures. First News is a weekly newspaper aimed at 7 to 14-year-olds that aims to get kids talking about the news in an easy to understand and non-threatening way. We cover issues which are relevant to children and which specifically affect them. Inside you’ll find a mix of world news and UK news, but also loads of fun stuff, such as entertainment, games, animals, sport and puzzles. News is all around us and children pick up on news wherever they go. But not all news is bad and we passionately believe there are lots of positive stories out there. We love to cover the nic...

The opening of the Biodome is featured as a whole page spread on page 4 in the Romford Recorder, out today! http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=2d3aa78e-5cee-42d8-b59a-8a05b160b8de

Thank you to the parents / carers who were able to come along and help us to make spaghetti towers this morning...lots of fun was had by everyone!

Yesterday marked the beginning of Science Week in school and the grand opening of our new school Bio-dome. Everyone was really excited especially as we had a special visitor to help us celebrate - architect and television presenter (Amazing Spaces), Mr George Clarke. George met with representatives from each class to conduct the ribbon cutting ceremony and then helped pupils with some planting inside the Bio-dome. When that was complete, George led an assembly with the rest of the school where he spoke about how he developed an interest in architecture and design and told pupils and staff about his early career. He then shared photos of some of the buildings that he helped to create and spoke about his passion for sustainable living. Pupils had the opportunity to ask George a number of questions including what design features he was most pleased with in his own home and who were some of his early role models. Lastly George set the pupils various challenges, including drawing a sketch ...

Year 5 had an amazing day out at Stubbers last week. During the trip, children experienced archery, wall climbing and completed various team challenges. The sun was out and everyone had a fantastic day.