Buried Treasure!
This week in Literacy, we continued to produce fantastic writing inspired by 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. The children were asked to write an extract from a story where they, like Stanley, were digging holes. Within the hole they were digging, they found some…
Character descriptions
This week in Literacy, we read some more of 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. The children have been gathering information about the main character, Stanley Yelnats; they have written some amazing character descriptions.
USA travel brochure of physical landmarks.
A super week exploring the physical landmarks of the USA. I've made a class brochure using a selection of pages from the children's work this week. I 'd love to visit some of these beautiful places, maybe one day!
The children have also been busy this week writing stories based on a circus…
A HUGE well done!
I'd like to say a HUGE well done to everyone for their hard work and commitment to learning this week. I have seen some amazing work on Teams and I know that teachers are always keen to share examples of great work on class blog pages.
Thank you to those adults in school and at home who are…
Phonics at school and at home
We are busy at school learning lots of new sounds during our phonics sessions and I am so proud of how hard everyone is working.
I am also so VERY proud of how hard my class are working at home to continue with their fabulous phonics. I have been very impressed with the quality of work I have…
FREE useful online safety videos for parents and carers
Online safety is a vital area of education to protect children whilst they are online and your child receives a lot of education about online safety in school. But it is just as important that you keep yourself up to date as well.
We now have access to some online safety videos that have…
Starry Night Pictures
Today we have been looking at the painting Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh.
We talked about what we could see in the painting.
This is what we saw: the moon, the stars, the sun - that bright yellow circle bit, lots of houses, water coming down from the sky, a tree with no branches, a…
Let's get cooking!
Our school meals provider, Mellors, has provided a recipe pack for children and adults who would like to cook together at home!
Researching Mexico!
This week we have researched all about Mexico - we have labelled maps and wrote non-chronological reports with all our findings. Children at school and at home are working very hard! Some children have even learnt a little of the language!
Another super week of learning.
Wow! What another brilliant (and busy) week we’ve had!
We’ve learned about different sentence types, and created gallery guide books for Claude and Sir Bobblysock.
In Maths, we’ve continued our work on multiplication.
As part of our topic, Street Detectives, we’ve thought about the people…
A super week for Year One!
What another fantastic week we have had in Year One, both in the classroom and at home.
We have continued our superhero theme. We have produced some fabulous sketches - even Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Fletcher had go (check out Teams!). Today we did some peer critique work and looked at how we…
Letter home
This week in Literacy, we read some more of 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. The children pretended that they were Stanley Yelnats and wrote a letter home describing what it is like at Camp Green Lake.