Rainbow Class

A big welcome to Rainbow class! What an amazing first week we have had. Miss Ellison and Miss Hargreaves have had the best week! The children have come in very settled and very grown up, definitely ready for year 2.

We have decided to tell you all about our first week in Rainbow class for our…

This week has been pirate week. We have had lots of fun doing different activities. 

Monday - All the children in ks1 got into groups and rotated round the classrooms doing different activities. They made pirate hats, flags, telescopes, eye patches, boats and bunting.

Tuesday - Each class…

In our English lesson we have been writing our own stories about deep see diving. The children decided who they wanted to see under the sea and what they would do.

          'Dougal got stuck in some sea weed and a shark bit through the net to rescue him' (Daniel)

          'Dougal and a…

In English this week we finished looking at The man on the moon. The children wrote what happened in the story. We then started looking at Dougals deep sea diary and talked about the similarities and differences between Atlantis and Preston. Ask your children about the 2 stories we have we…

Well what a week! It's been so busy the children forgot to write their blog in school, good job Mrs Keating quickly asked the children at 3.10pm what they have enjoyed learning about this week before they left for the weekend!

In English the children have been reading a story about an…

We have been discussing a trip to the moon during our English lesson. The children used their imagination to role play and tell us how they would get to the moon, who they would see there and what they would do there.

In Maths we have looked at weights. The children weighed different items from…

In English we have read the magic bed story then the children made their own fantasy stories up.

Maths this week has been all about adding 3 small numbers together and spotting pairs to ten and doubles.

In science we have looked at the properties of everyday materials.

During our Art…

In English this week we have been looking at instructions. We have made strawberry ice-cream together as a class then each group decided which flavour ice-cream they would like to make. On Friday afternoon Gold class came down to try our ice-cream and decided which flavour was their best. The…

In English we have been looking at non fiction text about the jobs that people do. 

In Maths we have been looking at tens and units.

During our p.e lesson on Monday we practiced our throwing and catching skills and on Wednesday we did some orienteering. The children followed a simple trail.…

In English this week we have been writing Poems. Describing what we would be like if we were an animal.

          If I were a zebra

          I would race and ride

         But for now Im happy to be me. (Arham)

In maths we have been looking at patterns in numbers and talking about…

This week in English we have been reading different poems and identifying the different features. The children particularly enjoyed performing their own animal poem.

“Rhyming words” (Daniel)

“Repeated phrases” (Darcy)

In Maths we have been learning about subtraction. The children have…

In English this week we have been looking at poetry. Reading poems about how we change when we grow up. 

In Maths we have been counting on using 100 squares and number lines.

In Science we having been learning about deciduous and evergreen trees. We went for a walk around school and the…