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Date: 12th Feb 2022 @ 2:19pm
We had a fantastic trip at the Chill Factore on Thursday! We wrapped up warm for our chilly adventure in the wintry snow play areas. We had lots of fun going down the icy slopes on donuts or sledges which was amazing fun! We also loved running around and playing in the snow!
Date: 12th Feb 2022 @ 10:56am
Hello again everyone!
I hope you have all had a great week. It has been wonderful to meet with some of you and show off some of the brilliant writing the children have been producing! If anyone else would like to meet with me after school please come and see me. I am always keen to share the amazing things the children have been doing in class.
This week we started off with a drama workshop! The children took part in a range of activities while they explored a Toy Museum. They acted out what it would be like to be different toys from different points in history. The children also explored how toys have changed throughout history with a focus on everyone's favourite: the Teddy Bear! Ask the children if they can remember a fact about the first ever teddy. I wonder if they can remmeber which US President it was named after... At the end of the workshop the children had to invent a brand new toy that has never been seen before. We then drew our designs up in class and wrote about what made our toy so special.
Have a great weekend - just one more week to go before a well deserved break!
Miss Higgins :)
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 4:20pm
5Jb had a great afternoon making building Bridges for CC! There task was to design and make a free standing bridge with a moving part... which they all proudly completed!
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 4:16pm
Nursery have enjoyed another week of learning all about Goldilocks and The Three Bears!
We have been focusing on rhyming words this week- we have done lots and lots of singing! We have also read lots of rhyming stories and even made up silly rhymes to go with our names.
One of our challenges this week has been to draw a picture of Goldilocks, have a look at our FANTASTIC work!
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 4:15pm
In maths today, we were measuring capacity using a variety of measuring jugs and cylinders. We used skills such as estimating, accurate measuring and reasoning. It was great fun and really helped us when we came to complete our independent work of converting millilitres to litres and litres to millilitres and solving word problems involving capacity.
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 3:50pm
We have had a busy maths week in Reception this week. Our classes have been working really learning how we can make different numbers. We started with 5 and thought about all the different ways we can make 5 by using our 5 speckled frogs song. Then we pushed our learning even further and thought about how we could fit 6 aliens onto our spaceships if they only had 5 seats!
Good work Reception!
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 3:45pm
On Tuesday 2HR took part in Internet Safety Day. We discussed how we use the Internet for example, sharing our favourite games and how we use Messenger and Facetime to keep in contact with our family and friends. We focused on the subject of 'Respecting others when online' The children played a quiz where we looked at scenearios where behaviours were respectful or not. Afterwards the children designed their own posters to promote the idea of beiing resepectful when using the Internet.
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 3:35pm
In design technology, we have been working on making Stone Age homes. We worked hard on collecting different ideas and then drawing a final design. Next, we selected materials that would create a strong structure. Here are some of our amazing creations.
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 3:20pm
This week in maths we have been working with decimals. We used our knowledge of placing decimals on a number line to look at different measures of potion ingredients and ordered them from smallest to largest.
Have a go at this game at home to practise your new skills!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 4:24pm
Today we have been drawing Cherry Blossom in our art sketch books. Our inspiration came from our reading book 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. The character Kensuke painted a Cherry Blossom tree on a shell he found on the beach. The children really enjoyed creating their pictures and produced some lovely work.
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 2:55pm
To celebrate children's mental health week, 4CB completed a mindful observation challenge.
We went outside, and thought about the sounds we could hear, what we could see, and what shapes we could find in the clouds.
It was very relaxing!
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 5:24pm
Before we could even get into our EAL room today, we had to do a Threshold Challenge! We had to walk along the path of base verbs and say each one in the simple past. The path started outside the room and wound its way all the way to our table.
Luckily, everyone knew their past tense verbs. Well done!
Date: 8th Feb 2022 @ 8:16pm
Today, all of 4CB went on outstanding for their fantastic art work!
Inspired by Hokusai, year 4 created their own wave sculptures. They worked independently, and were able to use their problem solving skills to make the sculptures stand. The final products are outstanding!
Well done, 4CB :)
Date: 8th Feb 2022 @ 3:47pm
We have been creating our own wave sculptures as part of our CC topic 'How would we survive without water?'
Have a look at how creative we have been with our colours and designs!
Date: 8th Feb 2022 @ 3:47pm
Our focus in science this half term is rocks, fossils and soil.
Today, we looked at different kinds of soil and how they differ. We discussed how water might pass through them and how different kinds of minibeasts live in them.
We looked closely at the particles of soil and documented our findings in our science books.
It was interesting to see how clay soil, chalk soil and sandy soil all look different and all help different living things.
Check out our scientists at work with their microscopes!
Date: 8th Feb 2022 @ 3:44pm
This week we have been looking at non-fiction texts. We have noticed lots of things about these kinds of texts. We have spotted contents pages, index pages and a glossary.
Today, we highlighted and discussed the meaning of key vocabulary in the text about Stone Age animals.
We used the text to help us work out the definition of the vocabulary.
Date: 6th Feb 2022 @ 10:31pm
Here is this week's learning padlet for those of you who are isolating at home. Have a go at the activities which are the same as the rest of us are doing in school. This week we are continuing our new novel "Kensuke's Kingdom." We will be using the ideas from this to write our own deserted island adventure story.
Date: 6th Feb 2022 @ 1:06pm
This half term, year 4 are exploring 'how would we survive without water?'
To help children understand how important water is, as well as the features of known rivers, we embarked on a walk to a local river.
When we arrived at the River Medlock, we had a great time sketching the river, labelling it's features (such as the river bank and meander), as well as answering questions about the river where we considered it's uses and how it helps to sustain wildlife.
Even though we got caught in the rain, we had a fantastic time!
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 4:00pm
Year 5's topic in Autumn 1 was Victorian inventions. As part of that, we were planning to build some bridges. Unfortunately, we had a few resource problems so we couldn't complete that part of the topic before Christmas. We've sorted it now though so today 5CR spent most the morning building bridges with a raised portion for a toy car to cross. They had to use lots of tricky skills such as measuring and cutting accurately but most of them got there in the end!
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 2:41pm
In English, we have been collecting information to write our own non-chronological reports about the Stone Age. Today we got into the roles of reporters and archaeologists. The reporters quizzed the archaeologists about their topics.
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 1:25pm
Today we transformed into archaeologists!
To help with our learning about the Stone Age, we asked and answered questions. This week, we have been reading and making notes on different aspects of Stone Age life. We watched an interview with some archeologists and recreated this with our own amazing Stone Age facts.
We can't wait to show off all of our knowledge in our writing next week.
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 1:11pm
This half term we have been learning about the Stone Age in our CC lessons. We discovered how different dwellings were built and which materials and tools were used.
We have been designing our own Stone Age dwelling, which we will then build using our DT skills. First, we created a mood board to gather all of our ideas. Next, we thought of our initial ideas for our designs. Today, we investigated the different materials that we will be using in our construction. This helped us to think about how we can construct our final design next week.
Watch this space for our amazing creations coming soon!
Date: 3rd Feb 2022 @ 10:47am
Hi Everyone!
It's been a while since I did a blog so I thought I would catch you up on this term's main events!
Maths -
In maths we have been working hard learning new multiplication and division skills. The children have been learning to count in 2s, 5s and 10s to find a total. They are now spotting patterns and making counting choices during the input. Yesterday one of the children noticed that a picture of cupcakes we were counting were stacked in columns of two, so instead of counting in ones, we all agreed that counting in twos would be much faster! Recently, we have been working on dividing. The children have been sharing and grouping objects and pictures this week and describing the groups and how many is in each one.
English -
We have started reading a new book! Our story is called Lost in the Toy Museum. We have predicted what we think will happen in the story; written sentences about what we would like to see in a toy museum and written some beautiful sentences about the settings in the story. The children's writing is coming on really well - I am so impressed! Many of the children are writing completely independently and challenging themselves to write at length. Keep up the hard work superstars!
CC -
We have looked at the changes in weather and the order of the seasons this term. We have noticed that although the sun has been shining this week it has still been very cold. We also went on a shadow hunt - unfortunately the sunshine was hiding behind the clouds so we didn't get to see many shadows, but we will keep a look out! The children have also been looking at and comparing toys from the past and present. They have had the opportunity to play with differnet toys and evaluate them with their friends.
I am so proud of the children at the moment. There are so many changes in school at the moment but they are taking everything in their stride. Two more weeks until the holidays now, lets keep working hard and celebrate all the wonderful work we have been doing!
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Higgins :)
TTRockstars Competition FRIDAY
Date: 2nd Feb 2022 @ 11:05pm
This Friday 4th February we are taking part in a special TTRockstar competition for NSPCC day. The winning class will receive £100 to spend on maths games and puzzles for their classroom! Get practising and GOOD LUCK!
Learning irregular past tense verbs
Date: 2nd Feb 2022 @ 1:19pm
This week, our KS2 group have been having fun learning some irregular past simple verbs. They are so tricky as they do not follow the rules and we have to learn them, so we need to practise, practise, practise!
