Blog by Mrs C Bradley

This week in Rainbow class we have been looking into our happy mind. Team HAP stands for Hippocampus, Amygdala and prefrontal cortex. We have also learnt about Neuroplasticity which is the brains ability to change and adapt due to experience.

In Maths we have been learning about fractions of…

On Monday we talked about Remembrance day, the children read poems, learnt them and then performed them to the class.  We have also made poppies on little canvas boards using sequins, these will be used on a whole school poppy display.

In Mathematics this week we have been learning about…

We have had a lovely 3 days back after half term.

• In English we have been working on writing fantastic sentences using Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs and connectives.

"The smelly monkey was skating carefully because the river was frozen"

"The stinky witch flew through the creepy…

What a fabulous start we have had in Rainbow class. We have had 3 amazing weeks getting used to our new classroom and a little more work and a little less play. I am really impressed with how hard the children have all worked on their tasks, and our confidence levels seem to be growing by the…

In English we have been looking into how to look after pets. We started the week having a class debate about having a rat or a lion as a pet. 2 groups were for having the pet and 2 groups were against having the pets. We had some really good points. We have also written instructions all about what…

Our top ten moments of the week

“Multiplication speed challenge and our number bond speed test was really good” (JJ)

“Learning all about money and where it comes from in PSHXE” (Helen)

“Doing our spelling test and getting full marks” (Most the class)

“Designing our own crucifixes”…

We have had a wonderful first week in Rainbow class.

This week we have

• Drawn and painted our self portraits
• Done some throwing and catching during P.E
• Practiced our spellings
• Read to a teacher everyday
• Explored the big apparatus in the hall during P.E
• Looked at our 2, 5 and 10…

My favourite moments this week by Junior

1. Going outside on the yard to do our division work. 

2. Auditioning for Pool House has Talent

3. Working on using different connectives in our work.

4. The mini skills games we played in P.E, I enjoyed using a football to dribble round cones…

My favourites things this week by Jessica

1. Learning about verbs in English. (Smiling, running, skipping)

2. Dancing to high school musical with Miss Leah.

3. Flipping pancakes and then tasting them on pancake day.

4. Throwing and catching in PE outside.

5. Learning about plants…

This week we have been writing our own stories, we made them into a book. My story was called the 2 little pigs. 

On Tuesday I went to West View leisure centre to do a mini skills competition with Essie, Reis, Junior, Beau and Bonnie-Rae. My favourite one was the relay baton race, we had to run…

Wow Friday has come round again quickly. 

This week in Rainbow class we have continued with our twisted tales topic in English. Looking at and discussing different settings. They described their own characters using adjectives.

We have been learning about capacity in Maths, the children did…

1. Looking at the twisted tale story of Maximus and the beanstalk.

2. Playing rounding rockets in Mathematics. 

3. Learning a dance routine to some Chinese music with Miss Leah.

4. Making fact sheets all about China.

5. Making some plaiting patterns using wool in our Art…