All shapes and sizes
This week in year 1, we have been learning all about 3D shapes. We have been making models with the different shapes and taking photos of them. We have also been doing lots of dancing to 'move and freeze' - we have such a giggle with our friends.
Then for golden time, we chose to bake some…
Money, money, money!
Year 2 have started learning about money in maths this week. We have been recognising the different values of coins and notes to help us count in pence and £. Great work everyone!
Making our own Stonehenge!
The children have worked so hard this week. Not only did they impress our visitors on Monday with their super learning and fabulous attitudes, but they have impressed me with their determination and reliance whilst completing some assessments. Well done, everyone for trying so hard and not…
We're going to the shop
The children have been interested in money this week. So, we followed their interests and made a shop to further extend their learning. The children decided what they would like to sell, we had a mixture of healthy and unhealthy food.
When looking at they money we could use, the children…
Pyjama Party
To finish off our night and day topic, we joined with reception and had a pyjama party. We started off the afternoon by talking about what we need for bed. We got out our, pyjamas, dressing gowns, teddies, blankets and slippers.
We got ourselves ready for bed.
Afterwards, we…
Children in Need Art
We enjoyed searching our beautiful school grounds for yellow leaves to create our large picture of Pudsey Bear. Super teamwork!!!
Darwin sketches
The children have been looking at Charles Darwin's detailed sketches, which he produced whilst on his explorations. We talked about looking really carefully (just as Darwin would have done) and created our own sketches. We are pleased with them but we are going to do some peer critique and see if…
Another week of great learning and fantastic work!
We have had another fantastic week of learning. We started the week off by wearing our odd socks to start our 'celebrating differences' week. Every day the children have learnt about something different including: Autism, Down Syndrome, Epilepsy, physical impairments. We have had some fantastic…
Anti-Bullying Week
Anti-Bullying Week
This week we have been celebrating differences and thinking about how important it is to use kind words. We talked about using acts of kindness to show others we care about them and how it can bring happiness and positivity. The children wore odd socks to recognise that…
We are scientists
This week, Year 1 have been scientists. We have been learning to make a circuit with electric wires and a light to show the aliens from our topic how to find their way home. We then played a game about walking on the moon. We had to have our eyes covered and trust our unknown friend to take…
Mini Beast Sketches
This week, the children have put their artistic skills to the test and they have created some amazing sketches of a variety of mini beasts. I think you’ll agree, these sketches look like they have been created by children much older, I’m so impressed with them.
Another busy week!
On Monday Jean Banwell, an archeologist from the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, visited the class. She talked about how people survived throughout different periods in the Stoneage. The children then pretended to be archeologists and were presented with the remains of a Woolly Mammoth,…