Workshadowing

Thank you so much to all of the grown ups who came into Beech Class this week to see how we learn. Mrs McLellan, Mrs Turner and Mrs Orchard would also like to thank you for your wonderful comments.
The children were proud to have you in the classroom this week:
Daddy helped me to think about my poem - Grace
It was nice for the grown ups to see what we do in Beech - Sam
It was fun to see the grown ups join in with our good learning - Jessica
My Mummy joined in with Smart Moves- Evie

In our learning this week, we used what we had learnt last week to write poems about all sorts of colours.

In maths, we have been learning about measures. We enjoyed exploring longer, taller or shorter - using rulers and metre sticks. We also talked about how heavy and light things are, and used balance pans to find objects which weighed about the same.
We also had lots of fun exploring how fast toy cars can move. Mrs McLellan asked- Will the blue car always be the fastest. We worked in groups to investigate this and chose our own ways to record using faster/slower than and quickest.
William M says that the blue car was sometimes the quickest but not always.

In science this week, we have been learning about living and non-living things. We also sorted animals and then learnt about their different groupings. We wrote clues to describe animals.
Charles' Clues:
I can jump out and in the water. I am an amphibian. I lay eggs. Can you guess which animal he wrote about?

In dance, we explored moving gracefully, using pointed toes, gentle movements and glides. We worked in pairs to make up sequences of moves.
It was fun to work in a team - Theo
We worked together - Harry

Our Home Learning this week is to take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch. We should try to look in our gardens or a space near where we live and choose a way to record which birds we see. Our results could also be entered here https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/

On Friday 2nd February it's NSPCC number day/ We can come to school in non-uniform, wearing some kind of number (either a digit or a set of things) We will be doing our learning around the numbers we wear. Please send in a small donation for the NSPCC if you would like to.

Our Star Award this week goes to Ben. He worked really well as part of a group in science and with his partner in dance. Well done, Ben.

This week, Snowy is going home with Harry. Harry has tried hard in his work all week and has taken risks in maths and dance. He also worked well with his partner to make up a dance, which he shared confidently with the rest of the class. Well done, Harry. Have fun with Snowy.

Perfectly Purple

What a fun week we have had. All of our learning has been around purple. We brought in lots of purple things for our purple display. 

We started the week by learning how to mix purple. 
You need blue and red. If you want you can put white in it to make lighter, or black to make it darker. Ethan

We used our colour mixing to create different pictures using paint. In our morning activity we used different shades of purple to make a fingerprint rainbow. 
We used our fingertips and a lolly stick to do the lavender. Evie, Jessica and Ross
We sketched an outline of an iris then used a cotton bud to dab paint around and inside the lines. Sam
This is called pointillism. 
We used watercolour pencils to draw a thistle. Harry
We used colouring pencils to draw the inside of a red cabbage. Sophia

In English, we used numbers or bullet points to write a list. We had to think of adjectives to describe the object.

1. soft, dark bag Theo
2. fast car Ben
3. juicy grapes Benedict
4. tasty blackberries Indie

Then, we read the poem "What is pink?" by Christina Rossetti and had a go at writing our own poem called "What is purple?"

Today, we found out that they might stop making purple crayons! Oh no! This made us cross, so we letters explaining why purple should be kept.

I won't be able to draw a rainbow - Beatrice

It is an important colour to the royal family - Mollie

It's a precious colour - Lyla

We wouldn't be able to colour grapes or blackberries - James

In maths, Mrs Turner asked "Which colour is the most popular in Beech Class?" We used a bar chart to find out the answer.

Purple was the most popular colour - Connie

The least popular was yellow. Only one person chose it - Charles

Next week, we will be learning about the UK. Our Home Learning is to find out about one plant or animal that comes from the UK. We can choose a way to record our facts.

This week the Star Award is going to someone who has shown really good listening. He has been able to follow instructions well to do some great work. Well done William H

This week's Learning Owl is someone who has tried hard with all their work. She has looked carefully at the objects she has been drawing and used her sounds well in her writing. Well done Zaina! Have a great weekend with Snowy. 

Stick Man

This week, we have been doing work about Stick Man. We read the story and acted it out, before trying to write some of it by ourselves. We had to remember capital letters, fingers spaces, does it make sense and full stops. We tried to use some wow words too.


We also drew self portraits.
We look in the mirror and draw our own faces. Tom
It was a bit hard but I kept looking in the mirror. Grace
It really made me think because you have to look in the mirror carefully. Sam
I found it a bit tricky to draw my nose. The first time, I drew it the wrong shape, but I looked in the mirror and improved my drawing. Poppy


Next week we are starting our Colours of the World topic by looking at purple. We can bring things in for a display.


Work shadowing is happening week beginning 22nd January - grown ups can sign up at the classroom.


The Star Award this week is Georgia- she always works well in a pair or as part of a team. She listens well and takes turns. Well done Georgia.


Our Learning Owl this week is Evie. Well done, Evie, you have tried really hard with all of your learning this week, especially your amazing self portrait. Well done, Have a great weekend with Snowy.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!
We have had 2 days back at school - we reminded ourselves of the Golden and class rules. We also talked about what makes a good talk partner.
Today, we have been writing recounts of something we did in the holidays. We thought about good opening phrases:
On my birthday - Mollie
Finally, after a long day it was time for the New Year's Eve party- James
On New Year's Eve I went - Lucas
On Boxing Day - Ross
In the holidays- Sophia

We need to remember to bring our PE kits in, and to do our Home Learning about what we did over Christmas.