Children, staff and parents of Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School have enjoyed learning together sessions over the last few weeks. The sessions give parents a chance to work alongside their child in English or Maths as well as learning strategies to support their child at home. Whilst the older children’s parents enjoyed a more formal setting of number crunching and subordinate clauses, the Early Years children enjoyed a more hands on approach. In Reception it was an Easter ‘eggstravaganza’ with a Play and Stay session for parents, staff and children, giving everyone the chance to join in with the festivities. Activities for the morning included an Easter egg hunt, Easter crafts and egg rolling as well as tasting the children’s home made chocolate nests.
Children brought Easter bonnets and decorated eggs to school to be in with the chance of winning an Easter egg! The competition was a big hit and the judge had a difficult job of choosing the winners due to such a high standard. Superheroes, teachers, Star Wars characters, Turtles and farm yard animals were all contenders as well as many that were linked to the recent topic ‘Space’. The event was well attended and a great time was had by all. Feedback from parents was positive and one parent said “I enjoyed seeing all of the children enjoying school and how much the teachers care.” Another stated “The session gave me a chance to see what my daughter does when she is not with me and to see how happy it makes her.”
