In English this week, we have been reading and reciting a version of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. It has lots of verses. We have been looking for words that rhyme. Then we learnt about adjectives.
An adjective is a word that describes - Beatrice
We thought of adjectives to describe a star:
pointy - Arlie
shiny - Mollie
golden - Tom
Some of us used a thesaurus to find different words.
Instead of big, we could use huge or massive.
We challenged ourselves to use some of these words in a sentence.
Shooting stars.... Harry
We read a story about How to Catch a Star, and wrote our own stories in Creative Writing.
She could put a chair on a ladder and jump off it - Connie
A tall person could stand on top of a tree - Thomas
A cannon - Grace
A Fire truck - Ethan
Aeroplane - William H
Oak Class did their sharing assembly today, it was amazing!
In Topic we were learning about Vincent Van Gogh and his painting Starry Night. We found out that when he painted, did not ever leave any white. We used our art skills to create tints and tones. We will be learning more about this picture next week.
We talked a lot about things that might worry us this week. Lots of us felt worried when our friends were unkind to us, so we helped each other to think of what we could do when this happens. Noreen is our Star of the Week for always smiling and being a good friend to others. Well done, Noreen!
Benedict has had an amazing week. He has tried so hard with his work and we were all really impressed with his 'How to Catch a Star' story. He really persevered with it. Mrs Byrne was so proud when he read it all to her, too. Well done Benedict- you're a great Learning Owl. Have a fab weekend with Snowy.
Our Home Learning this week is to add and subtract numbers, but the answer always has to be 10.
Don't forget the Christmas Bazaar Saturday 11-1:30. We have all made decorations to buy.
Friday, 24 November 2017
Friday, 17 November 2017
Our Incredible Assembly
Wow! We had such a great time sharing our learning with you this morning. Our teachers are REALLY proud of how we took risks, spoke confidently and listened to how we could improve. This morning, we did the best we could and we hope you enjoyed it.
Our singing was wonderful - Ethan
I felt good playing the glockenspiel - Lyla
I liked doing the dance - Noreen
I like sharing my fireworks picture - Tom
Mrs Byrne said we were amazing!
We were really lucky today because Pips group made made us jam sandwiches. We were learning to follow instructions. We enjoyed sharing them this afternoon. Thank you Mrs Vousden and Pips group.
We've really enjoyed sharing our Home Learning. We all read very different non-fiction books, so it was interesting to read the facts we had found out.
We've been thinking about what makes a good friend. We know we don't always have to like the same things as our friends, and it's good to take turns with who chooses the games. It's good to play with lots of different friends, even if we have a best friend.
Today we dressed in spots and stripes for Children in Need. We counted the coins in our class, and we raised £28 to help the children. We decorated spots to stick on Pudsey Bear.
It's almost time for the Christmas Bazaar, so we have been busy making decorations to sell. We can't wait for you to see them. Some more grown ups are needed to help with the Bazaar, so please think about whether you can help. Thank you.
Next Friday, we can come in non-uniform with a bottle donation for the Bazaar.
It's been Nursery Rhyme week this week, and next week we will be learning more about poetry. Our Home Learning is to find a rhyme or poem to learn to recite to our family and then to our class.
Beatrice was given the Star Award this week for being pleased with her friend's achievements. Well done, Beatrice.
Mrs McLellan said we all deserved the Learning Owl this week, because we showed brilliant concentration, perseverance and resilience
with our assembly. Theo is taking Snowy home, as he took risks with his learning - playing the glockenspiel and also took responsibility for practising reading his diary out loud. Well done, Theo. Have a great weekend with Snowy.
Our singing was wonderful - Ethan
I felt good playing the glockenspiel - Lyla
I liked doing the dance - Noreen
I like sharing my fireworks picture - Tom
Mrs Byrne said we were amazing!
We were really lucky today because Pips group made made us jam sandwiches. We were learning to follow instructions. We enjoyed sharing them this afternoon. Thank you Mrs Vousden and Pips group.
We've really enjoyed sharing our Home Learning. We all read very different non-fiction books, so it was interesting to read the facts we had found out.
We've been thinking about what makes a good friend. We know we don't always have to like the same things as our friends, and it's good to take turns with who chooses the games. It's good to play with lots of different friends, even if we have a best friend.
Today we dressed in spots and stripes for Children in Need. We counted the coins in our class, and we raised £28 to help the children. We decorated spots to stick on Pudsey Bear.
It's almost time for the Christmas Bazaar, so we have been busy making decorations to sell. We can't wait for you to see them. Some more grown ups are needed to help with the Bazaar, so please think about whether you can help. Thank you.
Next Friday, we can come in non-uniform with a bottle donation for the Bazaar.
It's been Nursery Rhyme week this week, and next week we will be learning more about poetry. Our Home Learning is to find a rhyme or poem to learn to recite to our family and then to our class.
Beatrice was given the Star Award this week for being pleased with her friend's achievements. Well done, Beatrice.
Mrs McLellan said we all deserved the Learning Owl this week, because we showed brilliant concentration, perseverance and resilience
Friday, 10 November 2017
London's Burning!
Thank you for all the comments on our blog last week. We enjoyed reading them all during snack time.
A few weeks ago, Grace brought in a book about the great Fire of London. We were really interested in it, so that is what our learning has been about this week. We used films, books and pictures to help us find out about the past.
It was in 1666 - Ross
It started in a bakery- Charles
The houses were close to each other and the wind blew the flames to the next house - Arlie
Some people escaped in boats on the river - Harry
Samuel Pepys buried his dairies and some cheese in the garden. When the fire was over, he dug them up! Mollie
In our learning, we have written labels and caption, made Tudor houses and created fire dances. We also wrote a diary, pretending we had seen the fire. We used our senses to hep us write. The houses we made looked so good that we decided not to burn them!
We had a basketball workshop. We learnt how to dribble the ball using our hands to bounce it. Some of us had never played basketball before, we all tried really hard and kept persevering. This meant we could use our skills in a race by the end of the workshop.
In maths, we explored how many ways we could make five - by putting coloured cubes together in different patterns,
1 +1+1+1+1 = 5 Jessica
2 + 3 = 5 - Beatrice
2+2+1 Thomas Bennett
We've also been using the tens frames to take away.
This week Ross is taking Snowy home. He's been taking responsibility for his learning and in English really challenged himself with his writing. Well done, Ross. Have a great weekend with Snowy.
Daisy got the Star Award this week as she is such a good friend. She is kind to everyone and will look after children who are lonely. Well done, Daisy!
Most of us brought home our assembly words to practise over the weekend. The photocopier broke and didn't print the last few- sorry! The children will get these on Monday.
Our sharing assembly is on Friday 17th November at 9:10 - we can't wait to share our learning with you. It's also Children in Need that day, so we can wear spots and stripes to school.
A few weeks ago, Grace brought in a book about the great Fire of London. We were really interested in it, so that is what our learning has been about this week. We used films, books and pictures to help us find out about the past.
It was in 1666 - Ross
It started in a bakery- Charles
The houses were close to each other and the wind blew the flames to the next house - Arlie
Some people escaped in boats on the river - Harry
Samuel Pepys buried his dairies and some cheese in the garden. When the fire was over, he dug them up! Mollie
In our learning, we have written labels and caption, made Tudor houses and created fire dances. We also wrote a diary, pretending we had seen the fire. We used our senses to hep us write. The houses we made looked so good that we decided not to burn them!
We had a basketball workshop. We learnt how to dribble the ball using our hands to bounce it. Some of us had never played basketball before, we all tried really hard and kept persevering. This meant we could use our skills in a race by the end of the workshop.
In maths, we explored how many ways we could make five - by putting coloured cubes together in different patterns,
1 +1+1+1+1 = 5 Jessica
2 + 3 = 5 - Beatrice
2+2+1 Thomas Bennett
We've also been using the tens frames to take away.
This week Ross is taking Snowy home. He's been taking responsibility for his learning and in English really challenged himself with his writing. Well done, Ross. Have a great weekend with Snowy.
Daisy got the Star Award this week as she is such a good friend. She is kind to everyone and will look after children who are lonely. Well done, Daisy!
Most of us brought home our assembly words to practise over the weekend. The photocopier broke and didn't print the last few- sorry! The children will get these on Monday.
Our sharing assembly is on Friday 17th November at 9:10 - we can't wait to share our learning with you. It's also Children in Need that day, so we can wear spots and stripes to school.
Friday, 3 November 2017
Gunpowder Plot
This week, lots of our learning has been about the Gunpowder Plot.
We have looked at lots of different firework poems.
We read them. Our favourite was Crackle! Spit! Sophia
We made firework pictures. Theo
We used the iPads, scratch art, chalks and pencils to make our pictures. We also used the instruments to make music to go along to the firework clips we watched.
We used our senses - we wrote what we might smell, see,
hear and feel when we watch fireworks. James and Ben
In dance, we pretended to be firework shapes and show how we exploded. Lyla
We learnt about the Gunpowder Plot. Mollie
There was a plan to kill the King. Charles
Now we celebrate that Guy Fawkes' plan failed. Sam
Today, we have come to school wearing bright clothes. We have learnt that we need to wear bright colours when it is getting dark.
Then cars and bikes can see us - Thomas
Our Home Learning this week is to read the blog - we hope you are enjoying it :)
Please remember to send back the questionnaire too.
Each child needs to bring in a box (cereal/shoe box etc) for our design and technology work.
This week, Thomas was given the Star Award for being really helpful and responsible around the classroom by helping Mrs McLellan and his friends. Well done, and thank you Thomas.
William is taking Snowy home today. He has been a great learning owl, taking responsibility for his learning and working really hard to challenge himself. He has been to show other teachers his great maths work and showed the rest of the class the work he did in English. Well done William - have a great weekend with Snowy.
We have looked at lots of different firework poems.
We read them. Our favourite was Crackle! Spit! Sophia
We made firework pictures. Theo
We used the iPads, scratch art, chalks and pencils to make our pictures. We also used the instruments to make music to go along to the firework clips we watched.
We used our senses - we wrote what we might smell, see,
hear and feel when we watch fireworks. James and Ben
In dance, we pretended to be firework shapes and show how we exploded. Lyla
We learnt about the Gunpowder Plot. Mollie
There was a plan to kill the King. Charles
Now we celebrate that Guy Fawkes' plan failed. Sam
Today, we have come to school wearing bright clothes. We have learnt that we need to wear bright colours when it is getting dark.
Then cars and bikes can see us - Thomas
Our Home Learning this week is to read the blog - we hope you are enjoying it :)
Please remember to send back the questionnaire too.
Each child needs to bring in a box (cereal/shoe box etc) for our design and technology work.
This week, Thomas was given the Star Award for being really helpful and responsible around the classroom by helping Mrs McLellan and his friends. Well done, and thank you Thomas.
William is taking Snowy home today. He has been a great learning owl, taking responsibility for his learning and working really hard to challenge himself. He has been to show other teachers his great maths work and showed the rest of the class the work he did in English. Well done William - have a great weekend with Snowy.
Friday, 20 October 2017
Cultural Week
This week we've had Cultural Week - we have been learning about Africa. We've learnt these facts:
Africa is a continent.
It has lots of different countries.
One country is Kenya.
The capital of Kenya is Nairobi.
In Africa, people go to markets to buy and sell food.
In Africa, you might see giraffes, elephants or hippos.
We've had lots of fun doing some great activities:
We painted sunsets and cut out animals to stick on.
We really enjoyed the African dancing with Michael.
We made colourful necklaces.
We listened to African music and drew what the music made us think of.
We made colourful Ndembele houses.
We enjoyed sharing our work with everyone in celebration assembly.
Our half term Home Learning is the FORIS Autumn Challenge to fill a matchbox...
Grace has been given the Star Award this week for always following the class rules and for being independent. Well done, Grace!
Have a great half term holiday everyone.
Africa is a continent.
It has lots of different countries.
One country is Kenya.
The capital of Kenya is Nairobi.
In Africa, people go to markets to buy and sell food.
In Africa, you might see giraffes, elephants or hippos.
We've had lots of fun doing some great activities:
We painted sunsets and cut out animals to stick on.
We really enjoyed the African dancing with Michael.
We made colourful necklaces.
We listened to African music and drew what the music made us think of.
We made colourful Ndembele houses.
We enjoyed sharing our work with everyone in celebration assembly.
Our half term Home Learning is the FORIS Autumn Challenge to fill a matchbox...
Grace has been given the Star Award this week for always following the class rules and for being independent. Well done, Grace!
Have a great half term holiday everyone.
Friday, 13 October 2017
Authors and illustrators
Over the past few weeks, we have been reading Traditional Tales and doing lots of work about them. This week, we worked in our morning groups to rewrite a Traditional Tale. Mrs McLellan, Mrs Turner and Mrs Orchard were all really pleased with how well we worked together.
We also made pictures for our story.
They are called illustrations - Ross
We did our illustrations on the computer - James
I used the paintbrush - Mollie
I used the shapes - Lucas
We put together all of the skills we've been learning in Computing to create our pictures. Mrs Orchard has put all of our work together to make books that we will be putting in the book corner.
Today, we wrote our own stories about the Big Bad Wolf. We were trying to write in sentences and use adjectives for description.
What did the Big Bad Wolf do in our stories?
He went to the pyramids -Lyla
He made a cake - Zaina
He looked for Goldilocks - Harry
In maths, we have been finding 1 more or 11 less than a number. We enjoyed using the counters on a tens frame to do this. We also played a fun game together.
We got our tenth marble this week - so had a treat of watching Numberblocks with our snack. Our new class challenge is to work quietly and independently in Guided Reading.
10 of us achieved our first challenge leaf and put them on the challenge tree in assembly.
Next week is cultural week, and we are learning about Africa. Our home learning is to find out some facts about Kenya and record them in our own way.
This week Arlie got the Star Award for settling in so well to our class. Well done, Arlie!
Our Learning Owl this week is Jessica. She is always ready to learn, works independently and tries her best with her work. Well done, Jessica. Have a great weekend with Snowy.
We also made pictures for our story.
They are called illustrations - Ross
We did our illustrations on the computer - James
I used the paintbrush - Mollie
I used the shapes - Lucas
We put together all of the skills we've been learning in Computing to create our pictures. Mrs Orchard has put all of our work together to make books that we will be putting in the book corner.
Today, we wrote our own stories about the Big Bad Wolf. We were trying to write in sentences and use adjectives for description.
What did the Big Bad Wolf do in our stories?
He went to the pyramids -Lyla
He made a cake - Zaina
He looked for Goldilocks - Harry
In maths, we have been finding 1 more or 11 less than a number. We enjoyed using the counters on a tens frame to do this. We also played a fun game together.
We got our tenth marble this week - so had a treat of watching Numberblocks with our snack. Our new class challenge is to work quietly and independently in Guided Reading.
10 of us achieved our first challenge leaf and put them on the challenge tree in assembly.
Next week is cultural week, and we are learning about Africa. Our home learning is to find out some facts about Kenya and record them in our own way.
This week Arlie got the Star Award for settling in so well to our class. Well done, Arlie!
Our Learning Owl this week is Jessica. She is always ready to learn, works independently and tries her best with her work. Well done, Jessica. Have a great weekend with Snowy.
Friday, 6 October 2017
Birthdays and Harvest Festival
We started talking about what to put in this week's blog and realised what a busy week we have had!
On Monday, our school was 50 years old and we had a fun day to celebrate. We read The Birthday Message by Eric Carle and then did some activities - we made crowns, went on a treasure hunt and drew birthday pictures.
Ethan says the best part was meeting everyone else in the hall for cake.
On Wednesday it was No Pens Day. We found quite tricky to not use pens or pencils all day- especially the children who like to colour! We did a fantastic science investigation though.
We had to find out what the best material was for the 3 Little Pigs roof - Daisy
We tested what was waterproof and what wasn't - Jessica
Foil was the best because it was waterproof and strong - Beatrice
Tissue paper was the worst because it cracked and water fell through- Harry
Today we celebrated Harvest Festival. We enjoyed the assembly and thought Nursery and Reception sang their song brilliantly. Reverend Will did a fun assembly and told us what Harvest was all about. We were proud of the songs we sang with Oak and Year 2.
We've also had a skipping workshop today. Some of us demonstrated to everyone else in assembly.
I learnt to skip forwards and backwards - Ben
I had to touch my feet and the ground - Arlie
What a lot we have packed in to the week!
The Star Award was given to Mollie who has been able to talk about her feelings. Well done, Mollie.
Chrisanthi is taking Snowy home because she has been working independently and shown perseverance with her writing. Well done, Chrisanthi - have a lovely weekend with Snowy.
We have brought home blank paper this weekend, to create a Christmas Card design on.
Our Home Learning is to see what numbers we can find around us - it doesn't have to be digits - it could groups of objects too.
Happy Weekend everyone.
On Monday, our school was 50 years old and we had a fun day to celebrate. We read The Birthday Message by Eric Carle and then did some activities - we made crowns, went on a treasure hunt and drew birthday pictures.
Ethan says the best part was meeting everyone else in the hall for cake.
On Wednesday it was No Pens Day. We found quite tricky to not use pens or pencils all day- especially the children who like to colour! We did a fantastic science investigation though.
We had to find out what the best material was for the 3 Little Pigs roof - Daisy
We tested what was waterproof and what wasn't - Jessica
Foil was the best because it was waterproof and strong - Beatrice
Tissue paper was the worst because it cracked and water fell through- Harry
Today we celebrated Harvest Festival. We enjoyed the assembly and thought Nursery and Reception sang their song brilliantly. Reverend Will did a fun assembly and told us what Harvest was all about. We were proud of the songs we sang with Oak and Year 2.
We've also had a skipping workshop today. Some of us demonstrated to everyone else in assembly.
I learnt to skip forwards and backwards - Ben
I had to touch my feet and the ground - Arlie
What a lot we have packed in to the week!
The Star Award was given to Mollie who has been able to talk about her feelings. Well done, Mollie.
Chrisanthi is taking Snowy home because she has been working independently and shown perseverance with her writing. Well done, Chrisanthi - have a lovely weekend with Snowy.
We have brought home blank paper this weekend, to create a Christmas Card design on.
Our Home Learning is to see what numbers we can find around us - it doesn't have to be digits - it could groups of objects too.
Happy Weekend everyone.
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