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Date: 10th Jan 2023 @ 4:10pm
This week in our Jigsaw lessons we had a very tricky challenge! We had to make towers out of our rhyming cards, it was really hard! We persevered, trying different ways and keeping going even when our towers were falling down, but none of us were able to make a tall tower.
We talked about how it had made us feel when our challenge was too hard, and came up with some amazing words including 'proud', 'angry', 'sad', 'mad', 'frustrated' and 'happy'.
We then thought about strategies to help us when we are feeling sad and frustrated at tricky challenges. We thought of some amazing ideas:
"We can practice and practice to make us better"
"We can keep doing it again!"
"Ask - can you help me?" - we said we could ask friends, teachers, mums, dads, grownups, Dads, Mums, Grandads, Grandmas, brothers and sisters!
Date: 10th Jan 2023 @ 3:07pm
In writing today, we were looking at speech sentences based around the book Stone Age Boy. To start with, we found examples in the text, before collecting our own ideas. Then we wrote different sentences for the characters in the text. We worked hard to use a variety of different speech verbs and include the correct speech punctuation.
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 4:24pm
Hello all!
This term our theme is: Over land and over sea, where will you find my friends and me?
Have a look at our half-termly overview to see what we are learning about at school and how you can support at home.
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 1:44pm
The parent overview for Spring 1 has now been added to the class page (under files). Please take a look at what you child will be learning about this half term so that you can support them at home.
Thank you!
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 10:54am
This half term in science, we are learning all about the human life cycle. We sent out a letter last week requesting a copy of a photo of the children in 5CR from when they were a baby. Its going to be kept secret so that we can guess who the photos are of!
If you haven't already sent one in, please could you aim to get it here by Wednesday. They will be returned as soon as possible.
Thank you
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 10:52am
What a return to school we've had!
Last week, 5CR had their first RE lesson of 2023. As a gentle reintroduction, we thought it would be nice to give all children the chance to talk about their individual beliefs and religions.
At first, many children were reluctant to talk about themselves until we started to discuss life after death. All children were so very respectful of each other and we had an excellent discussion when everyone understood that we could have different beliefs to each other but still get on. Miss Gallery put everyone onto outstanding in recognition of their respect for one another. Well done 5CR!
Date: 8th Jan 2023 @ 7:39am
We launched our connective curriculum topic this week 'Is the Xbox more fun than my Grandparents toys?' by playing with a variety of games and activities. We had lots of fun exploring how to play new and some old games. Afterwards we created a block graph to show which games or activities were the most popular to begin to answer our topic question. We found that the fishing game was the most popular!
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Date: 7th Jan 2023 @ 1:03pm
What an exciting first week back in school!
When year 4 arrived to school on Wednesday, we discovered a mysterious egg on the playground. We have no idea what the egg contains, but we have decided to try and convince Mrs Hughes to let us keep it - in hope that it hatches.
This week we have researched reasons for and against keeping pets. We then argued our points in a debate - Miss Gee and Miss Brookes decided that the against argument was stronger (but that Miss Brookes still wanted to keep the egg).
On Thursday, we launched our geography topic "How would we survive without water?" by performing a rain dance. We were very successful as it rained for the entire day!
We can't wait to find out what next week holds for us.
Date: 7th Jan 2023 @ 12:59pm
This week we kicked off our new topic with a launch. We will be learning all about the Stone Age in History and looking at different rocks and minerals in Science. To launch our topic I challenged the children to work in groups to make a model of the iconic Stonehenge... out of biscuits!
We also had the opportunity to look at a veriety of rocks in our science lesson. The children carefully investigated the differences in the rocks and made comments about how the looked and felt.
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I am really looking forward to exploring the past this term and teaching the children all about how the people of the stone age impacted today's society.
We have our trip coming up on the 17th January! Please ensure all letters are returned next week so that arrangements can be confirmed with school and Tatton Park.
Have a great weekend and I will see you all on Monday!
Miss Higgins :)
6JT Investigate Bulb Brightness in Science
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 2:58pm
Today we had a great afternoon investigating how to alter the brightness of a bulb. We conducted three investigations, adding more bulbs, adding more cells and adding more wires. We made predictions and wrote down our results.
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 2:28pm
Happy new year!
What a busy week. Read and outline of our week below.
On January the 4th, when we arrived at school, we found a mysterious egg in the playground. We brought it upstairs to our classroom and decided what we should do about it. We decided that we would write a persuasive letter to Mrs Hughes to try and persuade her to either get rid of it, or let us keep it and see what might happen. We then explored the features of a persuasive letter, and focussed on the reason, audience and features. We then generated points for and against, before debating as a class. The jury decided that they would side with the points against keeping the egg, but we will see what Mrs Hughes says. You'll see a picture of the egg below.
Maths
In maths, we have been learning about fractions. We have looked at what a whole unit is, used a fraction wall to find equivalent unit and non-unit fractions. This is something we will continue next week.
Connected curriuculum
In our CC this week, we launched our unit by creating a rain dance, which is why it has rained so much this week - sorry! We have explored what a river is and the different features of it.
Check back next week for more fun-filled learning! 
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 1:37pm
Happy New Year!
This week in reception we have been talking about things that we would like to get better in the new year. Some children would like to get better at drawing, some would like to practice their writing and phonics. The children decided to make pictures of ourselves to show them in the new year. The children learned all about the artist Picasso and made their very own portraits in the Picasso style.
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 11:34am
What a great start to the New Year and Spring 1 term!!! The children have come back with such a great attitude towards their learning and have got stuck back into their learning in a positive way.
In computing we have started to use the programmable toys Beebots. This week we were 'tinkering' and thinking about how the toys will move. We learnt that we can use the buttons on the top of the Beebot and programme it by giving it some instructions which will then allow the toy to move.
This term we will continue to use this piece of computing equipment to plan, test and debug a set of instructions on a Beebot.
Here is a link to a virtual Beebot game that can be played online:
https://beebot.terrapinlogo.com/
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 11:29am
This week we have been learning a brand new nursery rhyme in our rhyme time.
We have loved singing 'the big ship sails', and now we can even sing it really really fast!
Have a sing at home together, I wonder if you can make any actions to go with it?
Date: 5th Jan 2023 @ 2:59pm
To launch our new topic, what lies beneath our feet? We found out all about Stonehenge. We then used biscuits to recreate the well-known monument. We found it a little bit difficult to balance the biscuits, but when they did balance, we were proud of our creations. Here are our final designs.
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Date: 31st Dec 2022 @ 12:03pm
We hope you have had an amazing holiday and for those of you who celebrate Christmas we hope it has been fantastic.
We are looking forward to welcoming you back on Wednesday 4th January 2023!!
Mrs Iqbal & Miss Timmins ?
Date: 31st Dec 2022 @ 11:58am
We enjoyed delicious Christmas Dinner in the last week of term. It was delicious and we also had a singalong to the song Jingle Bells!
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 6:07pm
Hello all,
Well, what a week it has been in Year 2! We kick started the celebrations with a fabulous Christmas party on Monday, followed by a delicious Christmas dinner on Wednesday. We were very busy this week and last week making our Christmas cards, Christmas hats and calenders to send home... I think you will agree the cards and calendars look fabulous!
Depsite all the celebrations, we have still been working hard completing our English and CC topic about the Great Fire of London. We have really enjoyed this topic and you can tell because our work looks fantastic! For our holiday homework, there are some tasks which are based on what we have learnt this half term.
In January, we will be beginning our new topic; "Why do some animals like it hot and some like it cold?" There will also be some changes to our timetable and PE / games will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays next term. Please can you make sure we wear our kit on those days?
Today, we received our attendance certificates and Mrs Hughes was very impressed with how many children had 100% in our class, so well done!
Have a lovely holiday everyone and see you ready to learn on Wednesday 4th January 2023!
The Year 2 team.
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 3:28pm
What a fantastic term we have had! Its been such a pleasure to teach your children the last term and I can't wait for the next two! Have a happy, restful holidays. We have reminded the children about the dangers of playing or even just walking on what appears to be ice, especially after the sad news this week of some children losing their lives. Please all stay safe and I will look forward to seeing you in January!
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 1:51pm
What a show! Well done to all of the drama performers today putting on their show. You were all amazing and you got great reviews!
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 9:38am
We.ve had a lovely time commencing the Christmas celebrations this week! We have been like litle elves making Christmas cards, party hats, table decorations and calendars! On Wednesday, we pulled crackers before going into the hall to eat our delicious, festive Christmas dinner! We were so excited to see the tables decorated and sang Christmas songs whilst we ate our lunch!
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HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM 1HB!!!
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 11:43am
Reception had a great time visiting Santa's grotto and getting to meet Santa. They asked him lots of questions and told him all about what they would like for Christmas! Then we listened to the story The Night before Christmas!
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 11:36am
Wow! Well done Reception on an amazing Christmas Performance!
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 11:31am
We had a couple of exciting days celebrating the end of our first term in Reception with a glow in the dark dodgeball experience and a chirstmas disco!
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 11:24am
Reception enjoyed our Christmas dinner on Wednesday!
We worked hard making our festive christmas hats and snowman table mats ready for our celebration lunch!
