We are great at measuring, well done 1 White!

We enjoyed listening to Michael Rosen tell the story he wrote called ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. He used lots of expression and actions to make it sound interesting and exciting to the listener. Then we retold the story trying hard to change our voices to make them bounce to the rhythm of the […]

Wow 1 White we have had a great book day!We all looked fantastic in our costumes today. You really enjoyed learning about the Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. You have worked hard and produced some great work. You were authors and made books, measured the heights of the characters and retold the story. We thought about […]

This week we have been comparing measurements. We are using the vocabulary taller, shorter, tallest, shortest, longer, and longest to describe different objects.

This week we have been learning a lot about David Attenborough and how animals adapt to the environment they live in. The children have worked really hard and we are very proud of the way they have gained.

The children really enjoyed the sublime smile workshop. They enjoyed the investigations they saw and they loved making slime!

We have been listening to the song Ghost Town by the Specials. We watched their music video and then made our own.

We have had a great music week the children have really enjoyed it. They have experienced a lot of different music and even played some of their own.

This week in music week the children have been listening to a song called ‘Ghost Town’ by ‘The Specials’. They recognised the beat then added percussion instruments over the top of the song. We think they did a great job!

We have learnt the words to our class poem called ‘Now we are six’. The children though about how they could perform each part of the poem. They learnt that each part was a rhyming couplets. I think they did a great job, well done 1 White. What can you do now you are 6?

Today we went on a walk around our local area. As part of our Geography Topic work we had planned a route from our school to Red House Park. We followed our route today and visited the park. The children were very sensible and they stayed safe by crossing the road carefully at the crossing […]

This week we went to collect data by counting vehicles we could see on the Stoney Stanton Road. We created a tally chart then used the vocabulary ‘more than’ and ‘less than’ to describe what we saw.

This week the children have worked really hard in maths. They are getting really good at recalling number bonds to 10 and have shared this by matching numbers using Numicon tiles. They have also been adding using different representations. They used cubes, drew pictures and wrote number sentences to show their thinking.

We have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes, the children are getting really good at naming the shapes. Can you see any of these shapes in your house?

The children have been learning about the seasons. The looked at what happened in each season and how things change throughout the year. We have also been learning about the weather and the symbols that represent different types of weather. Today we compared Winter to Summer.

This week we have been learning to read, follow and write instructions. We followed instructions to make jam sandwiches, and when we followed the last rule to eat them…we though they were delicious!

This week the children have worked hard to learn the letters of the alphabet and use the correct names of the letters when spelling words. They have also been using the alphabet to put words in order. What are the letters in your name? Can you spell your name using the correct names for the […]

This week we had a very enjoyable trip to the theatre to watch ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Zog’ written by Julia Donaldson. The children have talked about their trip and recounted it using time connectives.

We have been learning about the 4 seasons, Summer, Autumn, Spring and Winter. We learnt about how the trees change in each season. We had great fun finger painting to show the leaves in each season.

This week the children have been developing their maths and investigation skills. We have had lots of fun playing lots of different games and keeping score. We have also been to the class shop and used our number bonds to help us work out how much change we would get if we paid with 10p. […]

We had a great time acting out, and retelling the story ‘Room on the Broom’ by Julia Donaldson.

This week in book week we have been sharing lots of stories. The children have enjoyed listening to stories by Julia Donaldson and they like to read stories with their friends. We are getting really good at reading our reading books. Well done 1 White.

As part of our Health and Wellbeing day today we thought about how to keep our minds healthy. We know we can do lots of things and get better if we practise and try hard…this is called having a ‘Growth mindset’. If at first we don’t succeed, we try, try again!

This week in Maths we have been learning to use a variety of positional language. We used words like under, above, next to, left and right, inside and behind. Can you describe somethings in your house using positional language.