2A Welcome back – firefighter’s week

16th April 2021Beth Thompson

Welcome back, Class 2!

This half term we are looking at ‘Famous People’ in our community who we look up to because they help us. We focused this week on firefighters and the important job they do. We practiced what we should do in a fire, practicing a ‘stop, drop and roll’ procedures, crawling and discussed what number we should call for a fire. We even practiced a fire drill and made fire extinguishers to put out ‘fires’.

We did many science experiments too. We made ice melt in different ways to investigate which would be the quickest. We moved fire engines with magnets and we used a ramp to investigate the quickest way to get Fireman Frank from the station to the fire. In numeracy we focused on shapes. We made shape fire engines with paper and then we made biscuit fire engines with shapes we baked. We also sorted and transported shapes using the toy fire engines. In literacy, we read and made our own scripts, recording our friends’ sentences with the iPad.

This Friday, we will be sent home with a Firefighter training certificate and some optional home activities, including a fireman song. Next we will explore Police Officers.

6B Welcome Back!

16th April 2021Daniel Harrison

This week, the children of 6B have thrown themselves into our new topic of modern day famous people. They have talked about famous people they know, both real and fictional, and described a famous person of their choice to the rest of the class (we have learned the names of a lot of youtubers this week!). In maths we have practiced using place value, working out which is the tens and which is the ones, and have baked some banana and blueberry muffins in cookery as healthy treats.
The children have thought about themselves and created timelines of memories they have from being younger to right up until now, using cotton buds to paint images with. In science they have been testing out the properties of different materials with a range of experiments that have included using torches, testing flexibility with lego bridges and determining softness of the material with playdough.
Finally, in outdoor learning this week the children have done some tree rubbings, looking closely at the different bark textures, and have tended our area of the garden, weeding and watering to encourage our vegetables to grow. A great start to the term!

5B Easter fun!

16th April 2021Chloe Downey

This week we have enjoyed exploring eggs and chocolate! We tried different types of chocolate and talked about what we liked about them before creating our own chocolates using a range of different textures. We voted for our favourite chocolates and used the information to create tally and bar charts. In the school house we made our own snacks and hot drinks and practiced taking turns in conversations to share our likes and dislikes.

We ended the week with computing! We programmed Codeapillars and Ozobots to follow a trail. Our Codeapillars found some Easter eggs on the way which, after answering questions, revealed a secret word (Easter!) It was a challenge to create routes that our robots could follow but lots of fun!

We hope you have a wonderful Easter!

 

2A End of Spring term

26th March 2021Beth Thompson

This week was our last week together before the Easter holidays. Because of this, we did lots of fun Easter activities, including making crafts for our hampers and lots of yummy cooking. We had an excellent egg-lympics on Friday, completing tasks like bunny hop race and an egg and spoon race, as well as an egg hunt around the class, practicing our instruction following as well as directional knowledge. We read lots of Easter themed books, including: We’re going on an egg hunt, Peter Rabbit’s Easter surprise, Easter parade, and The Great Egg-scape.

We’ve had a lot of fun in science this week, making an egg zip line, completing an egg sink or float experiment, and even making our very own bath bombs.

We hope you have a lovely Easter and enjoy your well deserved break.

See you in two weeks for an exciting, new term.

6B Preparing for Easter

25th March 2021Daniel Harrison

This week class 6B have been getting ready for Easter and working on our space in the garden. The children have talked with each other about what they are planning to do in the Easter holidays and have written about it in their English books. The children have also practiced giving compliments to each other and done lots of turn-taking practice, showing they are good listeners and waiting for their turn to speak. In Maths they have been working on 2D shapes, identifying the features of different shapes like how many corners they have or how many sides, and using clues to work out which shape they need to make a model of.

In science the children have been out in the garden, thinking about what plants need to grow, and planting out our own vegetable patch to grow all sorts like carrots, lettuces and peas. They then chose pictures and created a document on the laptops to print and put in their science books, explaining what they did in the garden. The children have baked sponge cakes for making cake-lollies as a treat to eat on Friday afternoon, to celebrate all the hard work they’ve done this term, and have made some lovely pop-up Easter cards.

All that’s left to do is have a relaxing Easter holiday and come back refreshed in two weeks time. Hope you all have a lovely break!

11B All aboard

19th March 2021Tracy Park

In 11b this week we have been reading the Magic Train ride. The children have made up their own train station stop about the amazing places they have visited. They were surprised when a train track appeared in the classroom. As part of this theme they have made a variety of trains. In Math we are learning about shape and their properties and have included some of these shapes in their models. For red nose day the children took part in a variety of activities such as blow your nose, pick your nose and where’s your nose.

6B Gardening Time!

19th March 2021Daniel Harrison

This week 6B have been focusing on gardens and minibeasts as we finished reading the story Errol’s Garden. In English the children have practiced writing questions they would ask Errol about his garden, and have planned out how they would like our patch of the school garden to be planted, labelling up their plans and then writing a checklist of what to do once we get some seeds. The children have tallied up numbers of minibeasts including snails and bees and used this information to create block diagrams. They’ve even answered questions about their data using their diagrams.

The children have weighed out ingredients to make flapjack to have as a snack during the week, and in art they have created their own insect collages using materials they’ve found in the garden. They have observed what happened to the cress we grew in different conditions, some without water and some without light, and talked about what happened to the cress and why.

Now that they’ve found out so much about plants and the school garden, the children can look forward to planting out their own patch of it next week!

2A Flowers

19th March 2021Beth Thompson

This week we looked at flowers and growth in class 2. We planted and dissected our own flowers to investigate the different parts of a plant. We also made ‘rainbow veggie’ pizzas and flower decorated biscuits. We explored the garden again to see what different flowers and other plants we could find. We learned about bees and how flowers start growing by playing a bee pollination game with pompoms.

In PE we have been looking at basket ball skills, practicing our throwing and catching skills as well as our dribbling skills. We even worked in pairs and took turns very well.

Next week we will have lots of fun exploring Easter through lots of fun activities and crafts.

11B First week back as a whole class

12th March 2021Tracy Park

It has been challenging to say the least for everyone, it has been such a long time since we have all been together. We have been working on journeys into Spring and looking at the story of The Cautious Caterpillar and how brave he was and how brave we have all been through this awful time. We are working hard on relationships and getting along. 11B are producing some lovely craft work and they really enjoy their sessions in the garden, especially when they have a turn at lighting fires. There have been surprises in P.E, some have been keeping their talents hidden.