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What a creative week we have had. We have enjoyed making our own scarecrows Harry and Betty from the story; using a variety of different tools, resources and techniques.

After finding out all about weddings, we have made our own wedding cards and a delicious wedding cake. We even acted out the…

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…

This week we have begun focusing on time during our Maths lessons and the children have really impressed me with their determination to master this. We will be continuing this into next week.

In English the children have been planning and writing their own biographies of Neil Armstrong which…

What another busy week we have had in Gold class.

We began the week learning about BODMAS in Mathematics. We learnt that BODMAS is the order in which you should answer calculations.

B RACKETS

O RDERS

D IVISION

M ULTIPLICATION

A DDITION

S UBTRACTION

We then began…

Week 5 - Rainbow Class have been reading Silly Billy. 

1. In English, we have learnt about Silly Billy and his worries. 

2. PE was all about making a dance phrase. 

3. Mrs Bradley taught us about prayers and we write our own. 

4. We measured our heartrate in Science. 

5. In Art, we…

This week Bronze class have been looking at the artist Leonardo Da Vinci and his most famous piece of art - the Mona Lisa. We learnt more about why the Mona Lisa was so revolutionary for it's time and also how it was stolen in 1911! We then sketched our own Mona Lisa and then used watercolour…

The Scarecrows Wedding

What a super week we have had reading the story of The Scarecrows Wedding. We have enjoyed finding out about the characters and finding information in the text to describe them. We have even made up our own ending as a class. Very clever work.

“Betty and Harry have a wedding” (Matilda W)

“The cows ring their bells at the wedding” (Raphael)

“The mice finds the rings” (Ashleigh-Grace)

“The geese give feathers for the dress” (Mia)

We have all read twice to the grown ups this week, completed a group read and read stories in partners.

In Phonics we have learned p,i,n and how to put sounds together to make words. We have also learnt our new tricky word this week “the”

In Maths we have continued really understanding numbers and their values. We have continued forming and recognising numbers to 10; matching quantities to numerals.

During the afternoons we have been trying new things. We have been developing our fine motor skills and forming more established relationships.

Lots of children have been poorly this week so we hope they are all soon recovered and back at school with us.

This weeks star of the week is Ashleigh-Grace

Our merit winners are Lucian and Ruby for being superstars and following instructions.

Our kind friend award is for Tilly

Its all about me…

This week we have really focussed on sharing our likes and interests. We have talked to our new friends and played with our favourite things.

One of the main areas for learning this week has been Expressive Arts. Everybody has drawn a beautiful self-portrait using a mirror…

Our top 5 Bronze Class moments this week:

1) "In English we have been writing our autobiographies and typing them on PowerPoint." - Remi

2) "In Science we made shadow puppets. A shadow is made by blocking the light." - Viaan

3) "In Mathematics we have been learning about hundreds, tens…

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…

Our focus throughout the week was creating our own Newspaper that details the events that happened in Pompeii.

Throughout the week we:

1. Identified the key features of a newspaper article. We found that a newspaper needs: a name for the newspaper, a main headline, a ‘by line’, cost,…

This week in Bronze Class we have been learning about shape in Mathematics. Today, we focussed on recognising and naming 3D shapes in our local environment. We were very good at finding real life examples of 3D shapes around us. Jamie and Hope even found a pyramid on top of the school (the roof!).…