Blog by S Wilson

Happy New Year! Our first four days back in Moonbeam Class have been fantastic and Mrs Dorota and I have really enjoyed hearing all about the children’s stories from their time off.

This week we have started our new fairy tale term in English. We have discussed which fairy tales are our…

Over the last two weeks, we have:
 

• Performed the Nativity to our adults twice and we were AMAZING!
• Had Christmas dinner with Key Stage One in the hall.
• Partied the day away with our friends in the infants on Christmas party day.
• Completed a Christmas quiz.
• Been to watch a pantomime…

Elvis the Elf has returned to Moonbeam Class and causing all sorts of mischief whilst making sure we are trying our best in class and get ready for Christmas.

Also this week in Moonbeam Class:

• We have begun rehearsals for our Nativity.
• The children have enjoyed the new Christmas…

Our week in Moonbeam Class:

• We researched Christmas decorations in D.T with Mrs Dorota.
• In Mathematics, we compared number using <, > and =.
• We went on an autumn walk and wrote our own diaries in English.
• With Key Stage One we have practised our nativity songs.
• We learnt about…

Today has been Children in Need and we have worn yellow, spots or Pudsey themes outfits to help raise as much money as we possibly can for the charity. In class we discussed why we raise money, what a charity is and who the money is for.

We have enjoyed lots of activities such as making Pudsey…

This week in Moonbeam Class we have been learning about what Remembrance Day is and why poppies are sold and worn each year. We learnt about soldiers and the armed forces, watched Remembrance Day parades, explored different types of uniforms, painted our own poppies, used adjectives to describe…

Three delightful days in Moonbeam Class:

We have made Diwali cards in the hall with Jazz - Virtue

We learnt Diwali dances – Junior

We talked about being safe around a bonfire – Hunter

We have painted Diwali cards – Essie

We made Rangoli patterns – Kevin

We made a Diwali…

We have had a wonderful first half term in Moonbeam Class and we have loved every part of being together.

During our final week we have enjoyed:

• Using a number line to add two numbers together.
• Exploring similarities and differences between animals.
• Placing toys from the past and…

Our favourite parts of the week:

1.  Singing lots of autumn songs in the hall with Sunshine and Rainbow class.

2. Enjoying an autumn walk in the School grounds where we collected leaves, acorns, spinning jennies and sticks. We also looked at pumpkins and also conkers with and without shells.…

We have had a delightful week in Moonbeam Class and the children are putting in 100% into everything they do.

We have moved onto a new fiction text in English called ‘AAARRRGGGHHH, Spider!’ we have made predictions about what the family would do at the end of the story with a house full of…

We began our week with a visitor. The big green Dragon came to our classroom and left a glitter trail from flying through the window. He made an awful mess and ate one of our apples. We decided to ask him a few questions.

“How did you get through the window?” – Junior

“Can you change size to…

Top five moments of Moonbeam Class

1. We explored musical instruments and the different sounds they make.
2. We described characters using adjectives.
3. We used different materials to create collage portraits.
4. We have identified one more and one less than a number in Mathematics.
5. We compared…