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4RJ puppets for World Book Day
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 12:20pm
What a wonderful World Book Day! We started the morning by creating puppets from our favourite texts that we hae either read this year, or read at home! We also had parents/carers reading with us in the hall. We shared a story with RCW. Have a look at the picture of our puppets! Remember to read at home!
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 1:38pm
We had such an amazing day yesterday on our visit at the Manchester Airport Viewing Park!
We climbed aboard the Monarch aircraft and explored inside, we were even invited to the flight deck and pretend to fly the plane like a pilot! We also learned about other roles and responsibilities of the people who work at the airport and got to try on some of their uniforms.
Next we went to see the impressive Concorde, it was huge! We walked underneath it and counted how many wheels it had. We also found out that it flew faster than the speed of sound!
Later on, we loved watching the aeroplanes taking off and landing on the runway. There were alsorts of different colours and they were all very noisy!
We had the best day ever and enjoyed our visit very much!
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Manchester Airport Runway Park visit!
Date: 6th Mar 2024 @ 9:28pm
Today we had an amazing day at Manchester Airport Runway Park. We saw planes landing and taking off on the runway. We went inside some aircrafts and learnt all about the different jobs inside an airport. Whilst on board the Monarch aircraft we were able to imagine we were pilots and sat inside the flight deck.
Our favourite part was going to see the amazing Concorde. We learnt lots of facts about this supersonic aircraft and went up close to the different parts and stood under the Concorde's body.
It was an amazing day and we learnt so many facts about modern air travel.
Date: 3rd Mar 2024 @ 9:28pm
Welcome back after the half term holidays! I can't believe we are half way through Year 1 already!!!
Week 1 was a busy start where we started to look at our new topic called 'How did we learn to fly?' We started to think about what we already knew about transport or flying and created our front covers using drawing skills. In Reading we read the story 'Naughty Bus' and started to think about using our prediction skills and tracking the text. In writing we started to think of questions we would like to ask Naughty Bus and wrote some sentences to match some pictures from the story.
We can't wait for next week when we visit Manchester Airport's Runway Park and celebrate World Book Day on Friday.
Attached is the curriculum overview for this half term.
Date: 3rd Mar 2024 @ 9:20pm
In the last week of Spring 1 we designed and made some hand puppets. We looked at Punch and Judy puppets from the past and thought about how they were made. Then we discussed how to make a hand puppet and chose one design from a bear, dinosaur or princess puppet.
They all looked amazing!!
Date: 3rd Mar 2024 @ 11:47am
Welcome back! Can you believe that we are already half way through the school year?
This week, we begun to explore our new Geography unit "Where are the World's Greatest Waterways?" by exploring many maps and atlases, to locate the rivers 'Yangtze, Amazon, Volga, Nile, Thames, Mississippi.' Can you remember which countries these are in?
Sadly, we were unable to visit the River Medlock due to poor weather - but will make sure to try again over this half-term.
In maths, we begun to explore angles - and identified right, acute and obtuse angles. We particularly enjoyed using our right angle finders, to identify different right angles within our classrooms.
In english, we begun to read 'Tara Binns Mighty Mountain Ranger' and have started to explore persuasive vocabulary in preparation for writing a persuasive letter.
Dates to remember:
Don't forget - on Friday we celebrate World Book Day. You can either come to school wearing something comfy, or dressed as a character from a book.
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 4:09pm
Welcome back Reception!
We have had a wonderful this week starting our brand new topic 'What comes from an egg?'
We have been looking closely at different types of eggs and the animals that lay them. We have been using information texts to research as scientists! Then we used this information to write Fact Files to share with our friends.
If you would like to find out more about what we will be learning this term, check the Files section to download the half termly overview.
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 1:22pm
4AK have had a wonderful first week back in school full of learning!
We are so proud of our Sketchbooks so far, have a look at the attached pictures.
Homework has been sent home, please make sure it is completed and returned by Friday 8th March. Continue to read at home and practice your times tables.
Have a lovely Weekend!
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 11:38am
This week a visitor left us a note asking us to look after some ducklings. The problem was we didn't have any. A farmer called Jeff appeared on Tuesday afternoon with an incubator, brooder, heat lamp, food and a water dispenser. He also had 5 eggs.
What do you think happened? Look at the photos to find out
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 7:52am
This week, we have begun exploring our enquiry question for this half term's history unit: When and why did the Saxons come to Britain?
We've completed some Anglo-Saxon inspired weaving. These were the design specifications:
- Create and use a card loom.
- Your loom must be A6 sized.
- Your weft and warp must include at least 2 different colours.
- The weft must be made from wool.
- Each weft must be the same size.
Take a look at the results!
Date: 16th Feb 2024 @ 4:20pm
And just like that, the half term is over and we are half way through the year!
This week, we finished editing and improving our non-chronological reports. The children were so knowledgeable and eager to share their learning.
We have also finished multiplying decimals by using our knowledge of place value and have briefly moved on to dividing decimals. I have been so impressed with their understanding of place value and how they can apply it to this type of question. It was a pleasure to teach it!
And we also enjoyed a visit from some Ancient Greeks! We had a full day with them which included a short play about Hades and Persephone, making some clay tiles and learning about the two city states of Athens and Sparta. Surprisingly, most children said they'd prefer to join Athens. We seem to have a class full of actors, philosophers and artists!
Wishing everyone a very enjoyable but restful week off!
'The great wave'-Paolo Terdich
Date: 16th Feb 2024 @ 1:16pm
4AK have had a fantastic learning journey in Spring 1, they are all so proud of their work and achievements. We've been working with Miss Mcaffer this week on some water inspired artwork. We took inspiration last week from 'The Great Wave'. This week, we were inspired by an artist named Paolo Terdich to create some oil pastel artwork and some sketching. Have a look at a few of the amazing pieces that we created.
Holiday homework and the spring 2 overview have been sent out today. Please continue to read and practice your times tables.
Have a great holiday!
Date: 16th Feb 2024 @ 12:14pm
What a busy final week of the half term. We've been working with Miss Mcaffer this week on some water inspired artwork. We took inspiration last week from 'The Great Wave'. This week, we were inspired by an artist named Paolo Terdich to create some oil pastel artwork and some sketching.
Take a look at our pictures on the attached document: you'll agree that it is simply amazing!
Holiday homework has been sent home today too so make sure you get creative!
Remember over half term to stay safe, responsible and respectful, even outside of school!
Date: 16th Feb 2024 @ 11:02am
This week the pirates visited our Nursery. They sailed in on a giant ship and brought treasure and books and clothes for us to learn with.
This morning we realised the pirates had taken all of their things back and they'd stolen our learning from the boards!
We think they've buried the treasure on a sandy desert island. Can you follow the the trail on our treasure maps to find the treasure? Two of the children even created a pirate treasure island in the fiddly fingers area.
Just before you look at the photos, why are pirates called pirates?
Because they arrghhhh! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Date: 15th Feb 2024 @ 8:28am
This week, Reception read the story 'Mr Wolf's Pancakes' by Jan Fearnley.
Just like Mr Wolf, we very carefully wrote our own shopping lists with all the ingredients we would need to make our perfect pancake! We designed out pancake and labelled the toppings we would like. We worked as a team to make the pancake batter smooth. We really enjoyed counting our Numicon to make sure we had enough to 'buy' the toppings for our pancakes! We tasted our pancakes at the end of the day and they were delicious!
Date: 14th Feb 2024 @ 8:09pm
This week in Nursery they discovered a pirate ship in the outdoor area and a big jolly roger flag. The children were very curious as to how it ended up in our playground and had lots of questions to ask. This week we have been learning about under the sea and what animals live there and what a pirate does. The children have enjoyed role playing in the pirate ship and walking the plank. They have also had fun taking part in a floating and sinking challenge and creating their own pirate hats and flags.
A polite reminder that we are a nut free school. Please enure that you do not send your child to school with any snacks etc containing nuts of any kind or nut products in their packed lunch as we have some pupils with severe allergies.
Thank you for your understanding
Date: 14th Feb 2024 @ 3:34pm
On Monday and Tuesday, we celebrated Pancake Day! We read the book Mr Wolf's Pancakes, wrote shopping lists, read our recipe, and designed our own special pancake. To top it all off, we made pancakes on Tuesday and ordered toppings from the Toppings Cafe with Numicon payment. Our class loves pancakes! Yummy!
Date: 10th Feb 2024 @ 7:21am
In science, we have been learning about weather patterns and seasonal changes. This week we have been meterologists! We created our own wind socks to explore the direction of the wind. First we decorated cardboard to make the sock and then we attached tissue paper to the base as a means to test the direction of the wind. We had so much fun going outside to test our wind socks and had the perfect windy day to find out about the direction of the wind. We questioned if the wind direction changes and which direction the wind is blowing. We found out that the wind was travelling in one direction to the west.
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Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 4:30pm
This week in school we have been celebrating and learning about Children's Mental Health Week. We discussed what mental health means and did some activities over the week. We started the week discussing what mental health means and how we can have a good mental health. We discussed this year's theme 'My Voice matters' and what words or phrases we can use to help us talk and share our views.
We completed an activity where we were thinking about what makes us happy. At the end of the week we came to school dressed to express ourselves and did lots of mindfulness and yoga.
Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 2:54pm
Today in Nursery, we celebrated children's mental health week by holding a 'dress to impress day'. The children were invited to come into school in something that expresses them. The children came dressed in their favourite clothes or national dress. In our circle time, they talked about the things that they like and their favourite food/toys and the clothes that they were wearing. They also learnt the makaton sign for 'favourite'.
Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 2:43pm
This week, we heard the sad news that King Charles has not been very well.
We know that King Charles likes to look at wild flowers. We researched different wild flowers and chose our favourite. Next, we drew a picture of it and cut it out to add to our class 'Get Well Soon' card.
Miss Wilkinson bought a stamp, and she is going to post it to Buckingham Palace after school.
Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 1:54pm
What a wonderful week of learning! Faizan says, "This week, we have been learning about fractions!".
Jahmai explained, "A non-unit fraction has a numerator which is not 1."
Isla said, "Unit fractions can only have a numerator which is 1."
Parker said, "We began the week by learning about unit fractions, and today we have learnt about non-unit fractions."
"For unit and non-unit fractions, they can have different denominator. The denominator is how many parts a whole has been split into."
"In our maths lessons, we have been learning about parts and wholes," explained Rayyan.
Natalie explained, "The numerator is the number on the top, which shows me how many parts I have, and the denominator tells me how many parts the whole unit has been split into."
Jaxson summarised this by saying, "the bigger the denominator, the smaller the part."
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 7:33pm
This term in science we have been looking at seasonal changes including weather. This week we learnt about different tools that can be used to measure weather. We discovered the job of a meteorologist and decided to make some wind socks and measure the direction the wind was blowing on Wednesday afternoon.
We worked really hard to create the wind socks and tested them out in the reception playground. We could see the direction the wind was blowing because the strips of coloured paper was flying in that direction.💨
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 2:31pm
For RE this week, we talked about what it means to be a good team. Some ideas we came up with were: helping others, being friends, using nice words, and saying sorry. In line with Mental Health Awareness Day on Friday, we made a new banner to celebrate our good teamwork!
Date: 5th Feb 2024 @ 8:23pm
Today we said goodbye to Miss Rawling who has been working in 6JT for over 13 weeks. We have loved having you in our class and wish you all the best for your future.
