East Barnby Day 2
The children have had another great day at East Barnby. Two groups have canoed from Ruswarp to Sleights and the other two groups have built shelters in the woods followed by kayaking. Again the adults commented on how great the children’s teamwork skills were and how they encouraged one another to…
East Barnby: Day 1
Well, the children will certainly sleep well tonight (we hope). They have had a superb day beck scrambling; working their down West Beck near Goathland, through small holes, down slides and off ‘looney leaps’ into pools. Suitably wet, cold, exhausted and having thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon,…
East Barnby Day 1
The children have arrived safely at East Barnby and have loved the first afternoon’s activity. All of the children have been beck scrambling in Goathland – they loved getting wet. All groups worked incredibly well together showing great teamwork skills and encouraged each other to try their…
Super start to the year
In Literacy, we’ve been working together to make predictions on our new class text, ‘The Lion and the Unicorn’ based on information stated and implied on the front cover.
We’ve been using some fabulous vocabulary when describing some of the settings in the story…
In Maths, we’ve been…
Making predictions!
Today we started our new book, ‘Beegu’. The children enjoyed looking closely at the picture on the title page. They worked collaboratively to discuss what things they could see, guess why the character would be there and where he might have come from.
We made simple predictions thinking about…
Busy Week!
What a busy first (half) week we have had!
The children have come back with great enthusiasm and they are eager to find out more about the Second Word War.
Our text, The Lion and the Unicorn by Shirley Hughes, has captured the children’s imagination and they have been writing some beautiful…
Old and new!
Today we have looked closely at rescuers from the past and present. First, we looked at old fashioned fire engines. We noticed that the old engine didn’t have the same amount of tools and it wasn’t the same colour as fire engines today. We decided that the new engine would be more speedy and much…
Blitz
As a starter to our new topic World War Two, the children have been creating pictures of the Blitz.
They blended different colours of chalk to create their backgrounds and then used black card to create the silhouettes in the foreground. They look really effective and the children worked…
Important information for Year 3’s
Welcome back.
This is a list of all the things you need with you at school!
Every day – book bags. If children are reading a book on the reading scheme, please make sure that this is in school each day. Children not on the reading scheme are welcome to bring in a book from home to read or…
A wonderful first day!
It was lovely to see how excited everyone was on their return to school! I enjoyed hearing all about their wonderful summer holidays, looking at all the children’s brand new shoes, uniforms and hair cuts!
The children settled quickly into their day. First, we talked about the class rules and…
Welcome back!
Hi all, welcome back to school! I am very much looking forward to this year and for all the exciting activities we have planned throughout this term.
For those of you in Year 6 who are ready to get started, I have added a little maths starter on Mathletics; you have until Friday, good…