Space, doctors and hot air balloons
Literacy
Our focus story this week was The Great Balloon Hullabaloo by Peter Bently.
On the carpet, we looked at the solar system and found out lots of new facts. The children have loved learning about space and were eager to find out more information by asking questions. We used Google to help us find out some of the answers.
On Tuesday, we did a space quiz to see if we had remembered all the key facts. The children smashed it and scored 6 out of 6!
The F2 children used their imaginations to draw and write about what they if they went on an adventure to space.
Creative
At the beginning of the week, the creative challenge was to make a hot air balloon. All of the children were fabulous at following instructions and successfully made their very own hot air balloons.
Role-play
This week, we’ve been at the doctors’ surgery. It’s been super busy all week… at one point the waiting room was full!
Sticking to the space theme, the challenge at the playdough table was to make odd and even aliens.
“My alien is even because it has 4 arms.”
“My alien is odd and even.”
“My alien is odd because it has one leg.”
“My alien is odd because it has 3 legs.”
Home-Link Challenge
Reminders!
- Your child can come to school in their PE kit all week.
- Sports day 10.30-11.30 – only 1 parent to attend
- Please make sure your child brings a sun hat and water bottle to school every day!
- 16.07.21 – outdoor transition activity for the F2 children.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
If you’re watching the final, I hope you enjoy the game!
Is it too early to say…it’s coming home?
Conquering fears at Castle Howard
Today, Year 3 and 4 visited Castle Howard for our end-of-year trip. It was amazing to see the children in a different environment. Different personalities shone through from each of the children. We saw quieter children showing confident and brave personalities. So many children (and staff) took on new challenges, children (and staff) were trying new activities and the whole class showed such friendship and love as they cheered each other on. The children showed great care towards each other and towards other children (often younger) who were enjoying the different areas of Castle Howard.
Here is a video with snippets of our day. See if you can spot the member of staff conquering their fear to cross the wobbly bridge – helped over by a pupil, cheered on by the class!
Maths : add, subtract, multiply, divide
This term, we have been working on the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
Year 1 children have been doing lots of practical maths, showing calculations in different ways (multiple representations) and writing fact families (calculations that can be grouped together).
Year 2 have looked at multiplication and division in the same way.
DT: using a range of tools
Thank you to Mr Atkins who helped our class practise using different tools in preparation for making our vehicles for Eggy! We had a discussion on how to use the tools safely and carefully.
Yeadon Tarn
Yesterday, we had a great time at Yeadon Tarn. In groups, we went onto a bell boat and paddled out into the middle of the lake to play some games. At the end, some of us jumped into the water- it was freeeeezing but so much fun!!
Times Tables Rockstar Champions
Well done to this week’s Time Tables Rockstar Champions. This week 17% more of you were active than last week with a total of 78% active in the week.
This week our top ten were rocked by Maylee, Siana and Phoebe with Maylee and Siana scoring over 500 correct answers in the week!
Living and Learning: I can say something good about myself
Our Living and Learning statement last week was about saying something positive about ourselves. This is something that many of us find hard to do. So Y3/4 have been working really hard at recognising our strengths and we have realised that there are LOTS of good things that we can say about ourselves.
Why not have a chat at home about all the things your child is good at? It’s great for our mental health!
BREAKING NEWS!
On Thursday morning, we had a hedgehog visit our outdoor area. The children were amazed! We named the hedgehog Harry and watched a video all about hedgehogs. All-day the children kept looking under the bush until they found… A FAMILY OF HEDGEHOGS!
Honesty
This afternoon, we did our honesty challenge in collective workshop. The children were asked to hold a glass pebble and think about a time when they haven’t been honest.
We talked about that it can be hard to be honest, although it’s the right thing to do, it can feel very scary so we don’t get it right.
Road safety
This week, we’ve been learning all about road safety.
Thank you for sending pictures of your local walks. The children loved sharing and talking about the different road signs they found with their peers.
In literacy, we talked about The Green Cross Code and the F2 children created road safety posters. Ask your child if they can remember the green cross code.
Click here to watch us practise crossing the road.
Challenges!
Like every week, there are 6 new challenges for the children to do when learning in the areas of provision. Some of the challenges are planned according to the children’s interests. The two most popular challenges this week were creating puppets in the creative area and writing letters to the Fairy Godmother asking politely for three wishes.
Reminders!
Please remember to apply your child’s suncream before they come to school! Suncream will be reapplied at lunchtime with adult guidance.
Your child needs to bring a named water bottle every day!
Foundation’s sports day – Wednesday 14th July
10.30-11.30
Home-Link Challenge
