Class 1 have had a brilliant week. We had our first Forest Schools session of the year. In Drawing Club we've been reading 'In the Witch's Kitchen' - the children have loved it and have produced some amazing drawings and codes. In Maths we have been looking at all the different ways to make 10, as well as one more and one less than. There are some tricky parts which we will keep practicing. In SCARF we have been talking about how other people look after us, and how we can look after other people. There was much excitement that some sparrows and a robin have discovered our window bird feeder - thank you for the kind donation!
Class 2
The woods launched Class 2 into term 4 with lots of enthusiasm for the snowdrops, crocuses and some daffodils spotted as we walked to and from the woods. We were lucky to spot a hare, some ducks, insects as well as evidence of other animals' presence such as prints in the mud during our living things hunt around the woodland area. The children enjoyed working in pairs, using a blue ball to spin the earth whilst holding the sun (a tennis ball) still to represent day and night. We've been using large inflatable globes in Geography to help us locate counties within continents, the equator and this week we had a focus on the north and south poles. In English we enjoyed dramatic setting predictions based upon a key under a flowerpot. We've been writing noun phrases with many interesting adjectives being used to describe the noun 'beard'. As usual pupils loved the SANDS for gymnastics and trampolining and being active in their daily mile sessions.
This week, Class 3 have been working on formal methods of division. We have started exploring our book form this term, The Lost Happy Ending. We have been predicting what the book might be about and have noticed some props have appeared in our classroom! Everyone is gaining confidence at swimming and jumping into the deep end of the pool! and our U Dance routine is coming together nicely!
Welcome back Class 4, we have started the week very excited and enthusiastic to start creating costumes for World Book Day. The children have thought about materials, designs and sketching labelled diagrams, ready to start creating next week! In History, we have started our new topic 'The Windrush' so far, everyone has practised map skills and applying new knowledge to identify the Caribbean Islands. In English, we have started our new non-fiction text 'When we walked on the moon'. This has involved learning lots of technical vocabulary and taking part in drama activities to imagine being an astronaut and landing on the moon. We have started to learn some dance moves to accompany one of the songs we will be singing in the music and drama festival. We have some very avid readers already in week 1 of this half term, which is amazing. Good luck to the gymnasts competing today!
