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.