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This week in Bronze Class we have started to plan and write our own explanation text based on our History and English topic this half term - Ancient Egypt! 

We are answering the key question 'Was Tutankhamun Killed?' and after examining the evidence available, we are ready to write our own…

Highlights of our week

1. We have started rehearsals for our nativity - the Sleepy Shepherd. 

2. We have been learning about different types of sentences in English.

3. In Science we learnt about fish and amphibians. 

4. We have been understanding addition with regrouping. 

5.…

Stickman

This week we have been learning all about the book ‘Stickman’. The children have been thinking about their own families and it has been lovely hearing about all the different families we have in Pool House. We learned how to draw stickman families and the children drew some beautiful…

This week our main focus has been on creating our Anderson Shelters. For the last few weeks we have carried out research into how and why Anderson shelters were made and used during World War Two and then we designed our own. This week we worked together in pairs and groups to create our shelters.…

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…

Highlights of our week

1. We planned and wrote our non-chronological reports about orang-utans.

2. Mr Speakman taught us how to add combinations of coins to make an amount. 

3. We listened and sang some of our nativity songs.

4. In Science, we learnt about animal off springs. 

5. We…

This week we have chosen to write the blog all together as a class, we want to tell you all about what we have done and enjoyed in school this week...

1. Maths - we have been enjoying learning about column addition and subtraction. Especially carrying and exchanging numbers. 

2. English - we…

‘Supertato – Part 2

Another amazing week in sunshine class trying to capture the ‘Evil Pea’. We started our week trying to think of ways to capture the ‘Evil Pea’ and the children thought of a very cunning plan. They all decided that the best way to catch him would be to trap him in some yummy…

In English we have typed up our migration reports.

In Maths we have been measuring the perimeter of our school.

In DT we have continued to design our own advent calendars.

In Science we carried out an experiment looking at gravity.

Star of the Week goes to Joey

Good Friend award…

We have had another busy week in Gold Class this week.

Throughout the week in English we developed our understanding of formal and informal language and the difference between the two. We identified formal language in a text and wrote a formal letter using prompts in preparation for…

In English, we have started learning about formal and informal language, with an eventual aim of writing a formal letter to Mrs Cole!  

In Mathematics, we have been plotting co-ordinates across all four quadrants of a grid as well as reflecting various shapes across a mirror line too.

This…

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…