Writing: our short stories (part 2)
We have been busy developing our descriptive writing in class and have produced some fantastic mini-stories. The children had lots of fun imagining that they were sneaking somewhere to pinch something – of course this is something that they’d never dream of doing in reality, but it was great fun imagining!
We hope you enjoy some more of their stories!
Daisy Edward Ellie Harley Jacob Kara Louie Olivia Phoebe Will Willow
Times Tables Rockstars Champions!
Well done to this week’s Times Tables Rockstars champions.
It is great to see that, this week, 22% more children were active on TTRs than last week!
The children have really noticed this past two weeks, when learning about division, how much easier the division calculations are when they know their tables. Keep practising for 10 minutes a day to help learn your tables!
A busy week!
Outdoor learning day
Of course, the biggest highlight of this week was our outdoor learning day. The children were split into four groups and each group got a go at each of the activities. To end the day, we decided to make a huge puddle and get really wet! The children’s behaviour was amazing and we just had so much fun learning outside. Scroll down to Monday’s post to watch the video.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the F2 children looked at photographs from the day and wrote about what they did/enjoyed.
On Wednesday, the F1 children also wrote about the outdoor learning day in their group.
Maths
This week, our focus number was 19. When watching the Numberblocks 19 video, the children loved that 19 made lots of different crazy shapes. The video focussed on 19 being an odd number. A group of children explored making their own crazy shapes using the cubes.
“giraffes”
“capital letter L”
“wonky bird”
“boat”
We’ve also been investigating which numbers are odd and which numbers are even. We divided different amounts of objects into pairs/groups of two to find out. The children were brilliant at noticing if there was an odd one!
Phonics
We are coming to the end of Phase 4. After next week, we will focus on applying the phonics skills. The children will be encouraged to read and write longer words independently. To support your child, please keep practising the phonemes and tricky words at home.
This week, we talked about not needing to blend every word. I emphasised that they don’t need to segment every word if they know it. This will support their fluency. When reading at home, please encourage this.
PE
Sports day is just around the corner so we thought we’d better start practising. This week, they loved showing off their amazing running, jumping, skipping and balancing skills. It was great to see the children cheering on their peers, saying well done and having a positive attitude.
Some more highlights of the week…
Sharing the biscuits equally at the teddy bears’ picnic.
Our very own mini Euros football tournament.
Sorting real and nonsense words.
Practising our fine motor skills.
Working together to build a bridge for the train.
Making models.
The hula hooping experts!
Home-Link Challenge
Eggciting designs!
This week, we’ve really enjoyed designing vehicles for our friend Eggy. We’ve drawn various designs on paper and then chosen the best parts for our final design. We’ve also used CAD (computer aided design) to create and modify our designs. If you would like to try your own designs at home click here.
Outdoor learning day
Click here to watch some highlights of our outdoor learning day.
We had so much fun!
Writing: our short stories
Year 3/4 have been developing their writing skills using lots of description. We have had a wonderful time imagining being really naughty and pinching some food – of course they would never dream of doing this in reality but we had great fun with developing our writing!
Here is our first instalment of their short stories…Ava Brooklyn Caleb Dexter Eliza Jack Leah Maylee Siana
We will have some more for you later in the week! Enjoy!
Living and Learning : I know what consent is
We talked about consent (giving permission) in our recent living and learning lessons. In young children, it is all about respect and their relationships with family, friends and peers. We model asking children’s consent before we take their photograph, for example, or show their work under the visualiser in class. It is important for children to know they can say ‘no’ if they don’t give their permission.
Active learners
It’s been another busy week in the Foundation classroom.
The fantastic learning just keeps coming!
Literacy
This week, we continued to look at The Hundred Decker Bus by Mike Smith. The children were amazing at retelling and remembering key events. The F2 children designed and wrote sentences about their own decks. We put all of the children’s decks together to make our very own Foundation 2 Decker Bus. Click here to view our bus.
Some children decided to continue their learning and make their own decker bus independently.
Maths
This week, our focus number was 18. Some children explored sharing 18 cubes into different groups.
“2 groups of 9”
“3 groups of 6”
“6 groups of 3”
We’ve also been thinking about halving. To support the children’s understanding, we practised sharing different quantities into 2 equal groups. On the carpet, we tried sharing 7 apples into 2 equal groups. The children noticed that there was 1 apple leftover. They suggested adding one more, taking the apple away, or making another group. After a long discussion, I explained that the number 7 is an odd number. Next week, we will continue to investigate odd and even numbers.
Working at the car wash…
Last week, the children were observed using paintbrushes to clean just about everything in our outdoor area. Therefore, we decided to turn the road into a car wash.
Well, I’ve never seen a car wash so organised. The children loved washing the cars, scooters, and bikes. They were that good, I even thought about getting them to wash mine!
Outdoor Learning Journey Drop-In
Thank you to all the parents who came to the learning journey drop-in sessions. It was lovely to see how proud the children were when they were sharing their learning.
Honesty
This half-term’s Christian value is Honesty. To help us understand what honesty means, we’ve been reading Pinocchio. On Thursday, the children worked in small groups to put the story pictures in order.
Outdoor Learning Day
On Monday, please make sure your child comes to school in a raincoat and their wellies. It could be a wet one!
Home-Link Challenge
Living and learning: Body Image
This week we have been discussing how that, although we are all unique, we have similar interests and lives.
We thought about things that we are good at, what we can change about ourselves and things about ourselves that we can’t change. We had some really good discussions! Here are a few pictures of our work.
We also discussed consent, and all the children gave their consent before these pictures were taken!
Hand to Mouth visit
Last week, we were lucky to welcome Hand to Mouth back into school. Hand to Mouth is a Christian charity that come into schools to work with children to explore Christianity and their own spiritual journey.
Throughout the day, Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 visited a journey where they could explore ‘Christianity as a living faith’. The children visited the journey in pairs and explored different stations throughout.
Throught the day, each class had a visit to learning about different aspects of Christianity as a living world faith.
In foundation, they learnt all about African worship. In the session, they made our very own Kufi Hats and danced around the classroom to some African music.
In year 1,2, they learnt all about different churches and got to make their own church.
In year 3,4, they learnt what worship was and how different this can look around the world.
In year 5,6, they learnt all about justice and what this entailed.
