15th February 2013

Reception

In Reception this week, we have enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year!

Much of our learning has been based around the Chinese Zodiac story in which 12 animals race to get across the river in order to impress the emperor.  We found out that some of us were born in the year of the pig (2007) and others were born in the year of the rat (2008).  We have been making dragon puppets, Chinese lanterns, lucky money envelopes and willow pattern plates.  We have also been able to try Chinese food such as, noodles, rice, prawn crackers and mangos.

Rosie (RF) “I liked drawing a willow pattern plate.”

Harry (RB) “I liked tasting noodles.”

Olivia (RN) “I made a Chinese dragon puppet.”

Amy (RW) “We have been learning about dragon dancing.”

Happy half term everyone!!

The Reception team  

1B

Hello everybody,

Another busy week in 1B. We have had so much fun: finding out about Chinese New Year, investigating why we have Pancake Day, weighing and comparing, making pancakes and writing out our instructions. I was so proud of what the children achieved with their writing. They all did so well.

Here are some of the activities that the children enjoyed in particular:

Daniel- I really enjoyed making the Chinese dragons because I liked sticking the bits together.

Macy- Making Chinese dragons was fun because I liked colouring the face in.

Camren- Going in library is interesting because I like reading the books.

Ashleigh- Cooking the pancakes was fun because I enjoyed eating them

Joseph- The library is a good place to go because I like looking at different books and pictures.

Martha- Dancing to the 3 little Pigs song in PE was good because I like dancing.

Tina- I liked printing at Music Club for the Lion King because I like painting stuff.

Bailey- I like doing spelling because it helps me to learn.

Thanks for all of your contributions children

Keep yourself safe and have a great half term holiday.

Miss Bernard

Year 2

Hello Again Everyone!

We can not believe that we are getting closer and closer to the end of Year 2…halfway through already….time flies when you’re having fun!!

Here is what the children have said they enjoyed this week

Noah said ‘I liked using the computer and learning new skills on Power Point. I learnt how to insert sounds and make my Power Point have transitions!’

Ezio said ‘I liked the same as Noah really but I also loved doing my writing assessment. Mrs Collison said I am nearly a level 3 but I need to remember capital letters after full stops! ’

Wishing you all a safe and happy half term break.

Look forward to seeing you soon

The Year 2 team.

4CA

Half term is upon us and as always we have had a busy week. In maths we have been working on fractions and decimals, it has been tricky, but we now can work with them much better. In English we have worked on specific characters from ‘The Demon Headmaster’ and have written an extended piece on Dinah Glass. In ICT we reinforced our understanding of temperature by working on Education city. We did our last science experiment looking at thermal conductors and insulators. Our focus of schools this week took us to Australia and we found out about how the children in the outback go on the internet to learn with their teacher.

8th February 2013

Reception

A BIG thank you to all the mums and other relatives/ friends that came to visit us on Thursday. We hope you had a lovely day.  The children really enjoyed sharing their learning with you.  Thank you to those mums that shared a skill with the children.

This week in Reception we have continued our learning about Space.  The children have shared their own facts and we have researched new ones within our classes.  Linked to the story of Whatever Next, the children made some sandwiches and went on their own rocket ride adventure to the moon!! Landing back in the classroom with a BUMP!

Within Maths we have been looking at shapes... Both 2D and 3D.  The children have used these shapes to make their own rockets and space pictures.

We have had a brilliant response to our WOW stars and the children continue to share their achievements with the other children.

Finally, thank you to those people that came in on Friday to look at our Learning Journeys. We hope you enjoyed sharing these with your child and were impressed with just how much they  have achieved so far!

Another busy week.

The Reception team

1B

Hello everybody,

How time flies when you’re having fun! We have had such a great week. Learning about telling the time on the hour and half hour: exploring Data Handling through looking at Block Graphs, Pictograms and Tally Charts and using money to do Addition and Subtraction activities. In English we have thought about the key factors that make up a successful set of instructions. The children have really enjoyed learning all about Bossy Verbs.

We also had a really great day with all of the mums, nans and grans that came to Bring a Mum to School Day yesterday. Thanks to all who attended.

Here are some of the things that the children have particularly enjoyed this week:

My favourite thing was decorating and making cakes on Bring a Mum to School Day- Ruby

I liked making balloon animals and painting because I like painting.- Tina

I enjoyed the 3 Little Pigs dance because I like dancing- Martha.

I liked having a sword balloon from Bring a Mum a to School Day- Leo

I enjoyed going on the laptops and doing Maths in Education City because I like doing adding up- Toby

Decorating the cakes on Bring a Mum to School Day was fun- Reanna

Going on the laptops was interesting because I enjoy taking away- Camren

I loved decorating the cakes because I liked the different decorating things- Zoe

I enjoyed PE because I liked the 3 Little pigs music- Macy

I loved it when I was Ailbhe’s brother for the Big Bad Wolf song- Theo

Thanks for all of your contributions children.

Have a great weekend.

Miss Bernard

Year 2

Hello everyone!

We hope you had lots of fun on Thursday when some of you came to see us for the newly named ‘Bring a Lady to School Day!!’  We loved having you share the day with us.  Thank you.

Here’s what the children have said they enjoyed this week

Sophie said ‘I loved it when my mum came and help weigh ingredients in kilograms and grams to make Rice Krispie cakes.  They tasted yummy!’

Harry said ‘My mum showed me how to sew.  I was very proud of my sewing and I can’t wait until I decorate my puppet with my design.’

Have a happy and safe weekend

Year 2 

4CA

We have had a really busy week in 4CA. In maths we have been learning a number of times tables and in particular the 6x table and also looking at the inverse using division. We have been looking at adjectives and powerful verbs in The Demon Headmaster as well as looking at how to describe a persons feelings by inference. Our Science looked at how we could slow down the process of a lolly melting. In ICT we worked on our keyboard skills and correcting a piece of text.

It was fantastic having so many mum’s come in and work with us. They all really entered into the spirit of classroom life.

4CA

5J

As usual, we have had a busy week in 5J.  We have continued with our instructions – first we made rockets, then we wrote instructions for someone else to follow.  We are much better at writing introductions and conclusions to our instructions now.  In maths, we have improved our skills at rounding when adding and subtracting as well as using a number line.  In science, we made line graphs on paper and using ICT to show the difference between sunrise and sunset in the UK for 2013.

Today was ‘Bring a Mum to School Day’ – it was great to see so many mums.  The class planted tomato seeds, played netball, iced biscuits, learned how to draw a rose and what it is like to live in Canada.  They taught their mums how to find the area and perimeter of complex shapes, helped them translate some letters from France, together they learned  how to make origami boxes.

Thank you to all the mums and grans who visited us today – we hope you enjoyed your time with us.

1st February 2013

Nursery

A wet and windy week, with lots of nursery children being poorly with coughs and colds.  Let’s hope we are all better very soon.  We have been continuing with our phonics and this week the children learnt the T sound.  They loved The Tiger who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr with many of them wanting to have a tiger come to their house for tea.  You can access the story for yourself via You Tube.  Next week will be moving on to the P sound.  Our Stay and Play session last week for parent/carers of boys was very successful and l know many of you had great fun making  Incy Wincy Spiders.  This week its parent/carers of girls and you will have the chance to make a tiger mask with your child.  Remember to let me have any WOW! moments that can be updated in your child’s learning journey.  Also good luck to Andi on her first swimming lesson.

Reception

This week we have had great fun learning about Space.  The children have bought in some fantastic research, which we have talked about in our classrooms.  The Reception team would like to say thank you for all the hard work that has gone into making and displaying their facts because it has made this week a fantastic week of learning. 

Linked to our week about space, the children have focused their learning around “Whatever Next!”  They have enjoyed the story about Baby’s Bears adventure to the Moon.  The children have thought about what they would take with them if they were going to the moon and then wrote their own list. 

In Maths, we have been counting backwards. 

Next week we are going to continue exploring space and look forward to learning lots more interesting facts.

The Reception Team  

1B

Hello everybody,

The week flies by so quickly and unfortunately I’ve been off for a couple of days; due to ill health. I do miss the children on the rare occasions that I am absent.

As usual we have been busy in 1B learning about materials, the history of houses and homes, writing character descriptions for the 3 Little Pigs, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and practising multiplication.

Here are some of the things that the children have particularly enjoyed this week.

I liked writing about the 3 Little Pigs because it was fun- Mercedes

Dancing in PE was great because we listened to my favourite song, Candy by Robbie Williams. - Zoe

Counting in 10s going up to 100 is brilliant because I am learning more about numbers. - Jake

I liked counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s because I liked doing it and it was brilliant. - Daniel

I liked doing PE because I danced- Karter

I have enjoyed Maths this week because I liked counting in 10s from 100. - Camren

Colouring the toys for the Maths Shopping Game was fun. - Leo

Sports and Maths are my favourite things to do I doing sums and doing exercise. - Bailey

PE was great this week because it was fun dancing to the music. - Reanna

I liked doing Maths because I like count by 10s. - Amantha

Doing my handwriting is good because I am getting better it. - Macy

I found Maths hard this week, but I enjoyed it anyway. – Joseph

Thanks so much for you contributions children

Have a great weekend.

Miss Bernard

1K

We have been extremely busy in maths, learning about repeated addition and simple multiplication!  In English we have been reading the Three Little Pigs, looking at characters and the story setting. We have started to change parts of the story ourselves and we now have three bad pigs and a very kind wolf!

We have designed our fantasy creatures [on paper] and are looking forward to making them out of paper mache next week

4CA

We have been working on estimating answers before we complete column addition this week and also solving money problems. In English we have been writing the next part of The Demon Headmaster and introducing our new characters. For Science we have been experimenting on what materials will keep a cup of water warm with the least temperature loss. We have finished our letters to Eastbury primary and will be sending them off next week. Letters have been written to Mum’s to invite them in for next Thursday.

4CA

5J

This week we have been refining our instruction skills. First, we looked at the instructions for a card trick (which we mastered), then Mrs Johnston modeled the instructions for ‘How to Trap a Pesky Goblin’, finally we wrote our own instructions for ‘How to Trap an Annoying Alien’.  We have been quite creative in devising the entrapment of creatures from outer space! 

In maths, we have been improving our mental maths skills by looking for number bonds and near doubles – Mrs Johnston is really pleased with our progress.

We have also looked at the phases of the moon – we should now know the difference between a waxing and waning gibbous moon!  Do you?

5W

We have had a busy week writing instructions on how to trap pesky goblins and annoying aliens. We have designed and are now very excited as we will be making our own annoying aliens out of clay this week.

5W had an exciting package from our link school in France, we received Bonne Annie (Happy New Year) cards and some photos to see what they were getting up to in class. 

Year 6

Well year 6 have been busy practising for SATs this week and they now realise they need to keep revising at home…practise makes perfect……………. We are all rather excited at the prospect of a school trip and also a visit from Mrs Blatcher’s mum, who will be talking about her experiences as a real evacuee in World War 2….can’t wait