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Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 3:36pm
We started a new book this week in reception titled "Somebody Swallowed Stanley" about a plastic bag that is left in the ocean and swallowed by various sea creatures. At the end of the story, the plastic bag is reused by a kind boy into a kite. We made our very own Stanley kites like the boy in the story and took them outside to give them a try!
Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 1:56pm
What a busy week! This week, Mrs Hughes wrote a letter in response to our letters, whereby we asked to either keep the mysterious egg that we found in the playground, or to get rid of it. Fortunately or unfortunately, for some people, Mrs Hughes decided that it would not be safe to keep the egg so Mr Jones took it to a special unit at Chester zoo. Have a look at her letter which is attached to this post.
Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 11:55am
This week in maths we have been exploring halving numbers. We used counters and bar models to represent a number and then explored halving the counters into two equal groups.
Threadbear has found his owner!!!
Date: 31st Jan 2024 @ 10:23pm
A few weeks ago we found Threadbear in our classroom. We decided to write some 'Found' posters that would describe him really well and put them up in some trams. We hoped the owner of Threadbear would read these posters and would be reunited with them. Today we received a video message from the little girl who read our posters on the tram and rang the number to get Threadbear back to her.
Phew! It's a good job Threadbear has been found again!!!
Date: 31st Jan 2024 @ 4:05pm
This week in maths, Nursery have been sorting, matching and comaparing lots of different fish using their knowledge of size, pattern, colour and shape. Please see the pictures below to see how they sorted the different fish. Can you notice how they have grouped them?
If you would like to read the story the children have been using for their maths learning at home. Please click on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C2vlVHVnes
Fabulous Addition and Research Skills!
Date: 31st Jan 2024 @ 2:33pm
This week, year 3 have been working extremely hard in their maths, reading and writing lessons.
We begun the week by completing our instructions on how to wash a woolly mammoth. Now we are confident on washing any large animal! We have then begun to complete some research for our next writing challenge - a non-chronological report on the Stone Age. We thought about all of the facts we have learnt this term, and then used different non-fiction books to find evidence to prove if our facts were true or not.
In maths, we have continued exploring addition. We begun the week by learning how to add 3-digit numbers through the method of redistribution. This was challenging at first, but we persevered until we felt confident. We have now moved on to learning about column addition. We have used our base 10 resources to help us, and have learnt the mathematical names for the different parts of addition number sentences (addend + addend = sum).
Date: 30th Jan 2024 @ 8:24pm
This week we had our second art lesson with Mrs McAffer on Tuesday. We built on the skills of drawing and mark making by creating some backgrounds for our toy pictures that we created last week. We worked in four small groups to create four backgrpound settings - space, forest, city and under the sea.
We started by sharing ideas about what we can find in each setting on post it notes. Then we used our drawing skills to draw the different objects that would be found in each setting. We included some of the mark making skills such as hatching, cross-hatching and dots to fill in the shapes in the drawings. Finally we used oil pastels to colour in each setting. Each setting looked so affective and they will be used for a display in the KS1 shared area and in the classroom.
Date: 28th Jan 2024 @ 3:26pm
This week we have been learning how to use the plus and equal sign and to record number fact families within 10! We used Numicon and our knowledge of part and wholes to build the expressions. We could explain the representations to our partners and were very confident to explore the number facts to generate the families.
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Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 3:07pm
In Nursery this week we have been talking about different types of weather. We went outside to see if we could hear and feel the wind. We worked as a team and had lots of fun making objects to use on windy days. This is what Nursery said when we asked them about their learning:
"We made a wind stick"
"Wind sock"
"Kite"
"The wind snaps the branches"
"The leaves fall off"
We hope you enjoy looking at our photos!
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 2:07pm
On Tuesday, we went to the River Medlock to discover new things about the water cycle because in our geography lessons, we are learning about how the water cycle works and how rivers are formed. When we went to the river, we saw a meander,(which is where the river curves). We also saw that this river bank had been created by humans, and that although rivers are usually physical features, there can sometimes be human features too (like with the river Medlock). The water was flowing even faster than usual because of the precipitation (that means rain!)
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 1:27pm
Hello, we have had another busy week in 4AK!
We started off the week with trip to see the River Medlock to carry out our local river study. We then located the features of a river on a map and created a field sketch of the river. See the attached pictures!
In maths we continued to plot co-ordinates on a grid and create our own ploygons and oblong shapes on a grid. In English we have been looking at Kenning poems ready to write our own on Monday and continue to enjoy our class text ' The waterhorse'. In Science,we investigated how temperature affects evaporation and set up an experiment that we will observe for 14 days. We will then show our observations using a line graph. We continued with our sketchbooks practicing our new skill of 'see three shapes'. The children first drew an outline of their object, then added shadow and form for the final sketch. See attatched pictures.
Homework has been sent out- please complete and return by the 2nd February.
Have a lovely weekend!
Date: 25th Jan 2024 @ 4:02pm
This week we took a trip to the Sea Life Aquarium to explore under the sea!
We saw many animals including stingrays, starfish, sharks, turtles, and some very interesting fish species.
All complete with a short workshop where we got to draw our own aquariums.
Date: 24th Jan 2024 @ 8:46pm
This week we worked with Mrs McAffer to learn more art skills. We focussed on drawing skills using different mark making patterns to show texture. We learnt about hatching and cross-hatching marks and used these in our drawings of teddy bears and toys with fur on them. We used the medium of pencils and black felt tip pens to create our drawings. They looked amazing!!!
Date: 24th Jan 2024 @ 4:19pm
This week Reception took a trip to the Sea Life Aquarium to explore under the sea! We saw many animals including stingrays, starfish, sharks, turtles, and some very interesting fish species. All complete with a short workshop where we got to draw our own aquariums.
Date: 24th Jan 2024 @ 2:27pm
This week we looked at some geopgraphy and explored our Race Around the World project in our CC lessons.
The children reminded themselves of the 4 cardinal compass points (N,S,E and W) and learned about the 4 intercardinal points (NE, SE, SW, NW)
We used this knowledge to locate our project checkpoints in an atlas, plot the direction of travel and decide which countries we would pass through on the way to our destinations.
The children really enjoyed using the atlases and finding out more about the World's geography
Date: 21st Jan 2024 @ 4:24pm
Well, another busy week has flown by in the blink of an eye! On Wednesday, we had the joy of being allowed ten minutes play in the snow before it all turned to mush and ice. We even built a little snowman.
The class also enjoyed the science lesson which often becomes a popular memory of year 5 - we were trying to identify the children from their baby photos. We talked about what features change as we get older (size, colour of hair, teeth) and things that don't (shape of body parts like face, hands, eyes). There were a couple that stumped everyone and others who were immediately recognizable.
Next week, we are going to be writing our Greek myths and learning about scaling in maths.
Date: 21st Jan 2024 @ 8:38am
On Wednesday he had a visitor named Alison. She was a Toy Museum Curator and she needed our help! She showed us around her Toy Museum and we saw lots of different toys from the past to the present such as teddy bears, dolls and moveable toys. We also role played being different toys and joined in with the doll disco. In the final room, Alison explained why she needed our help and she asked us to invent toys for her imagination room in her toy museum. We were able to use our imaginations to create some exciting toys and she was very glad for our help.
Next week we will be writing a recount of our experience to share with our parents. We will be using time connectives to sequence the events of the experience and using superlatives to compare the toys and the conjunction but to extend our sentences.
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Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 3:16pm
This week in Nursery we celebrated Chinese New Year early. We dressed up in traditional chinese clothes, we read a non-fiction book all about CNY. We also cooked chinese food in the home corner and practised using chopsticks. This is what some of the children said when we asked them what they had learnt:
"The lion was dancing"
"We dress up in chinese new year clothes"
"We painted chinese numbers"
"We looked at chinese new year book"
"We eat noodles in the home corner"
"We used chopsticks to eat"
"Chinese people like red"
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 2:08pm
Another busy week in 4RJ. We began this icy week with lots of snow on Tuesday, we even went out to the playground and threw lots of snowballs at Mr Jones! In our maths, we have been learning how to translate points and polygons on grids! We have also finished writing our persuasive letters to Mrs Hughes who will be collecting them on Monday, we hope she makes the right decision when it comes to keeping or getting rid of the egg. On Thursday, we checked our rain gauges which were icy! In science with Mrs Ratcliffe, we experimented to find out why things melt. We found out that the hotter the water was, the quicker the chocolate would melt!
Homework is already on the website as Spring 1 W3 Spelling Maths.
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 2:04pm
This week in our maths lessons we have been using the Numberblocks to help us put the number 1-5 in the right order. Have a look at some of our amazing work!
Once we had the numbers in the right order, we made it EVEN TRICKIER by hiding one of our Numberblocks and seeing if we could work out who had gone missing...
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 1:57pm
We spent Tuesday morning playing in the freshly fallen snow outside! Lots of snowballs, snow angels, and snowmen to be had.
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 8:28am
Hello, we have had a busy snowy week this week!
In Geography, we continued to observe and measure rainful using our rain gauges. The highest measurement was 9.5cm of rain so far! we will contine to observe next week. Some children also shared their brilliant school council manifestos to the class before we went to the polling station in school and voted for our new class/school councillor. Have a look at the attached pictures!
Homework is being sent out today, please complete and return by Friday 26th January.
Please make sure your child is practicing their times tables and reading every day.
Have a great weekend!
Date: 18th Jan 2024 @ 12:41pm
In PE this week, we have been working with the city coach. We practiced dribbling the ball on the spot, before dribbling around the hall. Our partners gave us directions to ensure we dribbled the ball into a space.
Date: 17th Jan 2024 @ 5:28pm
On Wednesday a visitor called Alison came into school. She was a Toy Museum curator. We used our imagination and drama skills to be transported into a museum where Alison looked after all the toys. We learnt facts about toys from the past such as teddy bears, dolls and moveable toys. We also used our imagination to invent a new toy and acted out this toy for everyone to see.
Next week we will be using this experience to write a recount using time connectives and extend our sentences using 'and.' In our Connected Curriculum work linked to our history skills we will use the facts we have learnt to find out which toys from the past we would like to play with and compare them with toys from the present. We will also magpie the snap game we played with Alison to match old and new toys that are the similar.
Date: 17th Jan 2024 @ 5:19pm
On Tuesday we came to school in the snow. After register the first thing that we had to do was go and play with ourfriends in the snow! Mrs Hughes and Mrs Thewlis joined us as well. It was lots of Fun!!!
