Class 1 enjoyed a trip to the Village green for a Sports Day practice with Class 2 - we were very impressed by their enthusiasm as well as how supportive they were of their friends and teammates.

In Drawing Club, we have had a fantastic time drawing the Pink Panther, designing his car and creating him some new friends. Reception children are really challenging themselves with their codes now and Nursery are coming up with brilliant ideas.

We have continued to keep a close eye on our caterpillars who have begun to transform into chrysalises. We are looking forward to seeing what kind of beautiful butterflies they turn into.

In SCARF we have been talking about the changes that happen to humans, looking at what is different about babies, toddlers, school children, teenagers, adults and older adults. We used excellent describing words to talk about the differences and similarities.

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Class 1 We are very excited to see how much our caterpillars have grown and are keeping a close eye on them to see when they start to build their chrysalises. We have also been learning about other life cycles, such as frogs and birds and humans, and comparing differences and similarities between them.
In Maths, Reception have continued their work on sharing and grouping, with some fabulous practical work on even and odd numbers. We are very good at explaining our ideas to each other.
In Drawing Club we have been reading the French book, Je m’habille et Je te croque! We enjoyed learning little bits of French, drawing our wolves and writing some brilliant codes.
In our Music lessons, we have been revisiting some of our favourites from the Autumn term, as well as trying to identify different instruments in a variety of pieces of music. Some very careful listening, well done!

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Class 1 have come back refreshed and ready to challenge themselves! We have enjoyed sharing news from our week off, from Parkrun success and mastering bike riding to holidays in the sun.

In Drawing Club, we have been busy with Hansel and Gretel, creating our own witches and sweet-covered cottages, as well as wondering what the witch might turn our teacher into with her magic wand. We were excited to receive our caterpillar chrysalises and are keeping a close eye on them for any changes. This links in with our SCARF topic of growing and changing, as we talk about how all living things change as they grow older. In Reception, we have been making equal groups using sharing and grouping, with lots of fabulous problem solving and teamwork. In PE we have begun to practise for our Sports Day, encouraging our friends and celebrating with our house teams.

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Class 1 What a fantastic (and fast!) half term we have had in Class 1! We are so proud of everyone and what they have achieved over the last 5 weeks. Our activities this week have included:

• Taking part in 'Maths in Art Day' where we were inspired by artwork by Mondrian to create our own colourful shape pictures.
• Sports session at William Howard School for Reception - well done to you all!
• Forest School - we have been so lucky with the weather this half term and wonder what will have changed after the holidays
• Creating a pizza shop outside for all our friends (photos to follow!). - Working together to create challenging obstacle courses and encouraging our friends to keep trying.
• Creating Owl masks inspired by our story 'The Owl who was afraid of the Dark', Reception have written some brilliant letters to Plop too.

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Class 1 have been scientists this week- they were challenged to make a boat that floats on the water. Here are their tips ‘You needed to put the boat in carefully’, ‘make high sides’ and ‘squeeze the clay so it is thin!’ They have been inspired by the artist Monet and his paintings and created their own fabulous paintings based on his famous ‘Waterlilies’. Class 1 have been practising their racket control and having fun playing lots of games with balloons, balls and beanbags.

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Class 1 have had a very creative week, from observational drawing of bluebells at Forest School to exploring colour mixing and rolling in the sunshine. We have been investigating how parachutes work and had a go at making some for our toy figures. In Drawing Club our story was 'A Dark, Dark Tale', we have been challenging ourselves to use new vocabulary and to try and remember our finger spaces. In maths we have been busy with shape rotation and position, using Mouse Shapes to create our own shape pictures. In SCARF we've been talking about what we eat and why it's important to make healthy food choices. We all enjoyed our VE day celebrations with a fabulous whole school picnic.

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Class 1 We have had a fabulous week in Class 1, making the most of the sunshine by taking lots of our learning outside. We have begun to find out about Claude Monet and have been exploring different ways to make similar pictures, such as watercolours and collage. In Drawing Club our focus story was the Magic Porridge Pot, we have produced some brilliantly detailed drawings and codes - we are working hard to try and remember finger spaces in our sentences. In Music we have continued to learn about Funk and are doing well with this half term's song, Big Bear Funk. In Maths we have been learning what happens to the total when we add more or take away. Our SCARF sessions have focused on 'can't do yet' and we have set ourselves challenges to aim for by the end of the term. Well done, everyone!

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Class 1 It may have been a short week, but we have squeezed a lot in! At Forest School we learned how to use a bow saw to create a wooden cookie which we then decorated. In maths we have been practising our counting to 20 and beyond, as well as looking at 'how many now?' problems. Our Drawing Club focus for the week was 'Roadrunner' - the children loved it and have created some fantastic drawings and codes. We have found out lots of new information from our focus book for the week, Lifesize Baby Animals by Sophy Henn. We were amazed by the sizes of the different animals. In our creative area we have been experimenting with powder paints - using pipettes to carefully add just enough water, as well as seeing what colours we can make by mixing different amounts of the primary colours. We have enjoyed looking at Receptions 'postcards' from their Easter breaks and used these to start lots of conversations about different kinds of transport.

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Class 1 What a fantastic half term we have had! We are so proud of everything the children have achieved over the last 6 weeks. This week has been as busy as ever, with lots of Easter themed activities. 
At Forest School we made our own Humpty Dumpty, then had to try and keep him safe, with mixed success! As part of our learning about living and not living, we welcomed Albie and Billy's mum in to show us their ducklings. We asked lots of fantastic questions and were surprised by how soft they are. In RE we learned about how Christians celebrate Easter. We worked together to make chocolate crispy cakes nests, following the instructions carefully. We enjoyed a very sunny spring walk to Gracie and Emmie's farm, and in literacy reception have been busy making posters to say what they enjoyed most about it. Another busy but brilliant week!

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Class 1 had a brilliant trip time at Forest School on Tuesday, making pace eggs over the fire. We welcomed new friends who will be joining us after Easter, it was lovely to see our children being so kind and caring towards them. In Drawing Club we have been focusing on the traditional tale 'The Little Red Hen', with everyone producing fantastic drawings. We are very impressed with the children's imagination and amazing codes. In Maths we have begun to look at numbers greater than 10 and different ways of building them. On Friday we welcomed parents and carers in for this half term's Book and a Biscuit - thank you to everyone who was able to attend, it is lovely to see our children enjoying reading. 

Class 2 Perseverance was essential to our sewing this week, from threading the needle, tying the wool to using cross stitch and running stitch.  We thought about where our money comes from and what it is spent on, with many children learning about all the utility bills which adults need to pay each month.  We've been practising counting forwards and backwards in 2's, 5's, 10's and 3's, as well as thinking about unequal and equal groups as part of our new multiplication and division unit.  We've began writing our animals information texts in English too!

Class 3 started the week with a wonderfully sunny day at the woods.  We used whittling knives, practiced fire lighting skills and our knot skills.  We had a very productive and positive day.  Class 3 have been enjoying writing their final letters to the Wicked Witch.  We can't wait to see their persuasive writing skills!  We have also been doing art and using different painting techniques by creating tints and shades of colours.  In Maths, we have been developing an understanding of fractions and converting mixed numbers to improper fractions.  In computing, we are using Tinkercad, as 3D design programme to create a model village.

Class 4 have completed some fantastic writing this week. They have been working really hard to create a formal mission log, using technical language, a variety of punctuation and facts about landing on the moon. 

During our visit to The Sands Centre, everyone has improved their trampolining and gymnastics skills. The coaches commented on the children's positive attitude and listening skills. 

Everyone enjoyed learning about Humanism with our special visitor. The children asked thoughtful questions and enjoyed the quiz.