: Blog items
Date: 11th Jun 2021 @ 8:40pm
This week in Maths we have explored partitioning numbers. We built lots of different numbers using Base 10 and completed sentences together to show the tens and ones, e.g. 49 = 4 tens and 9 ones. Once we understood the concept of tens and ones we worked to represent each number on a part part whole model. We then extended our learning to show these numbers in different representations, using Numicon, number lines, bar models and hundred squares. We worked hard to understand the value of each number in a 2 digit number and that ten ones are equal to one ten.
Date: 11th Jun 2021 @ 8:34pm
As part of our WOW for our new journey in reading into writing we read a new story, ‘How to wash a Woolly Mammoth.’ As our next journey is all about instructions, we read this book to tell us how to wash a woolly mammoth, something not many of us had done before! We then had a task to complete. Lots of dirty animals had been left in our outdoor area! Our task was to work with a partner to verbally give instructions on how to wash one of these animals. We recapped on our past learning about the importance of giving specific instructions, before choosing which tools we thought would be best for the job. We were then ready to get started and give our first instructions!
Date: 11th Jun 2021 @ 3:45pm
Today in reading into writing, year 4 have been reading different adventure themed character descriptions. The children read through the different character descriptions and found the features of each one so they could compare them.
Date: 10th Jun 2021 @ 10:09pm
As an introduction to our new topics of Animals and their habitats in Science and Sculpture in Art, we created our own animal paper sculptures. We had to listen carefully to each instruction and show many Boundary characteristics such as patience, resilience and creativity.
Date: 10th Jun 2021 @ 9:56pm
This week, Year Two have been investigating the properties of 2-D shapes. We have been comparing 2-D shapes and counting sides and vertices to classify shapes. We had great fun using an interactive geo-board to create a range of 2-D shapes. We made triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons and hexagons. We found out about regular and irregular shapes and we were challenged to make as many different triangles, pentagons and hexagons as we could. We learnt that the same shape can be made in lots of different ways and to classify a 2-D shape we need to count its sides or vertices.
Date: 10th Jun 2021 @ 6:33pm
Year 5 have been designing and constructing alarms to protect a valuable item. We looked at existing products, learned how to draw circuit diagrams, experimented with different types of switches and learned techniques to join wires. Our final designs used a push to break switch that activated the alarm when the item was removed.
Date: 10th Jun 2021 @ 4:14pm
Today the children took part in their first of 2 Forest School sessions. As part of the lesson, the children took part in a range of activites, inlcuding:
- Mandala making
- Fire building
- Code breaking
- Smore making
The children had a great time and worked well together as a team. They created some beautiful mandala art work where they used the resources found in the outside area. We are looking forward to our session next week!
Date: 10th Jun 2021 @ 4:08pm
Today the children took part in their first of 2 Forest School sessions. As part of the lesson, the children took part in a range of activities, including:
- Mandala making
- Fire building
- Code breaking
- Smore making
- Nature necklaces
The children had a great time and worked well together as a team. They created some beautiful mandalas using resources found in nature as well as necklaces. We are looking forward to our session next week.
Date: 10th Jun 2021 @ 10:12am
Both Year Five classes spent a fun and energetic lesson doing a range of different athletic activities including: relay races, skipping, various throwing activities and sprinting. They finsihed up with an egg and spoon race which was enjoyed by all!
Date: 9th Jun 2021 @ 5:33pm
Reception have been reading the story 'The Three Little Pigs'. We have been very busy acting out the story using puppets, writing about our favourite part of the story, making houses out of cardboard boxes and collaging paper plates to create our favourite characters. We learnt that "bricks are strong" and that is why our houses are built from them!
Date: 8th Jun 2021 @ 4:31pm
For Geography this half term we are learning about Mountains and Volcanoes around the world! To start off our topic we had a minature volcanic eruption on the playground and thought about how difficult it might be to live near an active volcano! We then started learning about mountain ranges around the world including the Alps, Rockies, Andes and Himalayas and located them on Google Earth.
Date: 8th Jun 2021 @ 4:27pm
This week we started our Cricket Skills by throwing and catching the ball. We started to learn about the grip needed for cricket and how to hold the bat correctly. We had great fun and will continue to practise these skills every week so we can have a bowler, fielders and batters!
Date: 8th Jun 2021 @ 4:18pm
We have had a very sunny start to the new half term - the beach arrived at Nursery! The children have had so much fun playing in our role play beach area. They have been on picnics, bought ice creams and even went for a paddle in the sea! Let's hope the sunshine lasts!
Date: 8th Jun 2021 @ 3:43pm
Today in RE the children learned about the temptation and sacrifice. Within the session the children were given various scenarios to discuss in their table groups in which a sacrifice may be needed to resolve an issue. The children came up with great ideas.
Date: 7th Jun 2021 @ 3:21pm
This half term in Reception we are going to be focusing heavily on reading to make sure we are ready for year one. Our classroom areas have been flooded with different reading challenges giving us lots of opportunities to apply the knowledge and skills we have learnt in our phonics lessons. We are currently recapping our phase 3 diagraphs to ensure we can recognise them out of context when we are reading our reading books. Have a look at some of the excited reading challenges we have been completing.
