1A’s purple smiles and moustaches
Today, Class 1A set off for The Hub to make our own smoothies. Before we could start preparing the food, we needed to wash our hands with soap and water to make sure that they were germ free. After that, we could get started on prepping the fruit. Independently, we used great peeling skills, cutting skills and practised our bridge hold when slicing the banana. We used equipment such as knives and spoons and noisy hand blenders. Our teachers helped us to press the button to make it work. We loved seeing how the colour changed as the ingredients were blended together. Someone said that “it looks like purple rain” and someone else thought it looked like “purple lava.”
Here’s what we did:
We peeled the banana, 
sliced the banana, 
spooned in some fruit, 
spooned in some yogurt, 
poured in some milk and then blended it all together before serving. 
Help at home: You could recreate the recipe below at home. Perhaps you could substitute some of the ingredients to make a different kind of smoothie which includes some of your favourite fruits.
You could also include your child in some other cooking recipes at home. For inspiration of other child friendly recipes, you could watch some episodes of Big Cook Little Cook on CBeebies.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/big-cook-little-cook
Y2 football superstars!
Well done to our Y2 footballers for playing some fantastic football yet again last night! We saw some brilliant goals scored and the children worked well as a team.
See below the results.
Well done Scholes A and B!
Thank you to all of the parents for supporting the children and a big thank you again to FOSP for providing the kits. We look forward to more games in the New Year!
Words, words, words
After adjective day, we have been trying to use interesting vocabulary instead of always using ‘everyday’ words.
We tried to put words in order from the strongest to the weakest.
The weather is changing!
It has been a cold one this week. Our hats, scarves, gloves and warm coats are back out in full force as the weather changes.
Since September, Ks1 have been tracking the weather and spotting changes in temperature and how this is affecting a tree in our school playground.
In September, the tree was full of green leaves. The weather was warm and sunny most days. On the day we checked the temperature it was 18 degrees.
The following month was October. We checked the tree again. The season had changed from Summer to autumn. As we checked the tree, the weather was cloudy, but mild. The temperature was 13 degrees. The tree had lost some of its leaves. Many of the leaves remaining on the tree had turned brown or orange.
This week we checked the tree again. It is now November. The tree has lost nearly all of its leaves. We took this photograph the day before it snowed. It was 1 degree when the photo was taken. The following day it was -1 degree. It was very cold.
We know that the seasons affect how the weather changes and this causes changes in the leaves of deciduous trees.
KS1 are looking forward to checking the tree again next month!
Help at home by discussing seasonal changes!
1,2B PE – large apparatus in gymnastics
We had an exciting PE lesson this week. The children moved in different ways across the different apparatus.
Composition of number
All the year 1 and 2 classes are working really hard on learning our addition number facts – how to ‘make’ a number.
Knowing these facts instantly is like learning to read fluently. It is essential to help when more challenging maths concepts are taught.
Help at home by asking your child to tell you all the ways to make 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.
7 and 2 make 9
9 is equal to 7 plus 2
Using 9 cubes to make 9 in lots of different shapes also helps us to visualise the number.
Adjectives are amazing and awesome
We had a fabulous day learning about word classes yesterday and, in particular, adjectives.
We all dressed up as an adjective, learnt a song about adjectives, labelled objects with adjectives and made some interesting expanded noun phrases.
Help at home by talking about your favourite adjectives. Mrs Latham’s is flummoxed, Mrs Brown’s is picky and Miss Young’s is squishy!
English – The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Our focus book at the moment is The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas.
We are linking it to learning about nouns and adjectives in our writing. We are also using our retrieval and inference skills in reading and thinking about the author’s choice or words and phrases.
We have also compared this story to other versions of the Three Little Pigs too.
Children in Need
Today we are celebrating Children in Need. This morning, each teacher has spoken to their class about Children in Need including what it is, what the charity is for and how we can raise money.
Each child has come into school wearing their own clothes and we have raised lots of money as a school which will be donated to Children in Need.
Here are most of our reception and KS1 children after dancing to 2 songs during WUSU.
Maths : ‘1 Minute Maths’ app
We often use the White Rose 1 Minute Maths app in school. It has 1 minute challenges to help children develop their quick recall of maths facts. It’s free to download on tablets or desktop devices.
