Phonics phonics and more phonics

Sadly Mrs Keating has been absent this week and will be off next week too, so Mrs Parkinson has been teaching Moonbeam class this week. Throughout the week we have worked really hard getting ready for our Phonics screening tests, which will be next week. 

We have enjoyed being outdoors a lot…

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An English country garden

In English this week we have planned and written stories based on the book "Man on the Moon". The children wrote stries with the title When Bob Met an Alien. The children enjoyed thinking of scenarios where Bob and the alien meet and what they do together. These are some pictures of the events of…

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To the moon and back

This week in English we have been reading the fantasy story The Man on The Moon, the children have been learning about the characters and the setting

"Bob doesn't believe that aliens are real" Dylan

"Bob's job is to work on the moon, he hoovers up the moon to make it clean" Ellie

"The…

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Summer term 1

Welcome back hope you all had a lovely Easter break.

In English this week the children have been learning about poems on the theme of growing up. The children have described how they have changed over time and they then wrote a short poem about growing up. 

"When I was one, I learn to crawl.…

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Too busy to summarise!

Well what a week Moonbeam class have had. On Monday the children continued to learn about Good Friday and re-enacted the main events. The children designed and started to make their moving house picture.

On Tuesday the children learnt about Easter Monday and wrote a diary extract from the view…

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Green week

This week in school has been Green Week and what a busy week it’s been, we have done lots of different activities and learnt lots about how we can all do our bit for the environment.

On Monday we did PE with Silver class, Miss Wilson taught us all some dance moves, we did this because exercise…

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WOW what a super, fantastic, busy week!

On Monday the children started to learn about being a good storyteller. They read the story ‘the best friends’ and practised retelling it. They started to learn about fraction and used biscuits to cut them in half and quarters. (Might have eaten a few too!)

 

On Tuesday in English the…

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week 1 of spring term 2

Welcome back after half term. The first week back has been so busy in Moonbeam Class.

In English this week the children have continued to learn about reports. They have written their own reports about an elephant’s trunk. The children have included headings, sub-heading, diagrams, labels,…

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Good bye, farewell Miss Kazi

Well this is Miss Kazi's last week, she has been in Moonbeam class for 7 weeks and taugh the children some interesting lessons. I would like to wish her good luck in the future.

This week we have been learning about reports in English. They have been reading a book about why do elephants have…

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Fairy tales, fairy tales

In English this week we have continued to learn about fairy tale stories. The children have also written their own fairy tale stories based on the three little pigs. They have chosen new good and bad characters. They have also chosen new materials for the houses to be made from.

"My story is…

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Christmas is in sight!

Well, what a crazy busy week we have had. On Monday the children started to learn about the film ‘the snowman’ the children enjoyed retelling the story and I must admit they used some wonderful adjectives to describe.

‘The snow dazzled for the bedroom window.’ (Dylan)

‘James woke early and…

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

It's been another busy week in Moonbeam class!

In English, we have been working on our speaking and listening skills, continuing to become a 'poetry star'. We have also been applying those skills to our nativity, enjoying singing, dancing and learning our parts.

In Maths, we have been…

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