Reception Class -Stick Man
This week, Reception Class have been reading the story of Stick Man. The children have really enjoyed the book, joining in with repeated words and phrases. The children have been collecting and decorating sticks, making their own stick person. They have also used playough to represent the Stick Man and different characters from the story.
Reception Class - Maths - Subitising
Reception Class have been consolidating their mathematical knowledge this week, revising subitising. The children have been working really hard at using their 'fast eyes' to say how many dots they saw and what it looked like. Some children said they saw a heart, a triangle and a person. The children then subitised numbers 1 to 5 and matched the quantity to the numeral.
Year 2 - RE - Why Were The Shepherds Chosen?
Year 2 have been thinking about how different people in the Nativity Story were told the good news by angels. Today we were thinking about why the shepherds were chosen to be told first, especially as they were not considered to be very important people at that time. We learnt that God's love is for everyone and that He values everyone regardless of their position in society.
Year 1 - Computing - Creating A Pictogram
Year 1 collated data by rolling a dice 20 times. They then produced pictograms to represent the data.
Reception - RE - Chatterbox Discussion About Christmas
In RE we have started our topic on Christmas. The children took out items from the Chatterbox connected to birthdays and characters from the Nativity Story. They talked about how they celebrate their birthdays and how Christmas is to celebrate the birthday of Jesus.
Year 3 Art - Drawing By Torchlight
In their art lesson Year 3 continued their work on using charcoal. Today they drew a still life of toys lit by torches, creating atmospheric drawings with a strong narrative content.
Year 1 - English - Using Envoys To Communicate Facts
Year 1 consolidated their knowledge about Seasonal Weather by making posters. Later, they sent an envoy from each team to gather further facts about weather in each season. They practised oral rehearsal of facts during this activity ready for their writing later in the week.
Year 5 Science Recap and Recall Activity
Year 5 began our Science lesson with a roleplay to demonstrate changes to material properties. We are showing that if we are a gas and we are cooled, we become a liquid. If we are a solid and we are heated - we become a liquid! And if we are a liquid and we are cooled we become a solid, or if we are heated, we become a gas!
Year 5 P.E. - Teamwork to Find a Path Across the Playground
In P.E. this week, Year 5 played a game on the playground involving teamwork skills to collect coloured cones scattered around, but they weren't allowed to touch the floor and could only stand on the spots! It was hard work, but a lot of fun, and Year 5 showed great teamwork skills and tactics!
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Year 4 History - Roman Army Foundations
This week in History, we looked at Roman army formations and why this meant The Romans were so successful. We took our learning outside and pretended to be the Roman army, using our whiteboards as shields!
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Year 4 English - Character Thoughts and Dialogue
This week in English, we have been continuing our learning about The Little Shoemaker. We have been working hard on using adverbs to start sentences, and we also thought about the difference between thoughts and speech. The children did a fantastic job or inferring the character's speech and thoughts in different ways!
Reception - Exploring Our World - A Leaf Scavenger Hunt
As a part of our "Exploring The World" Unit and this week's Literacy theme on the book "The Leaf Man," Reception class went on a leaf scavenger hunt. The children worked in pairs and had clip-boards with different leaf images to tick. They were brilliant at describing the colours and shapes of their leaves.
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