Wildflower garden
We enjoyed our first visit into the wildflower garden this week at playtime on Thursday. The flowers are starting to grow and some are blooming. We spotted quite a few very small creatures in the ‘bug hotel’ log pile areas and enjoyed the peace and tranquillity.
Welcome back 2C!
It has been great to get back to school this week – only 12 weeks left of this academic year!
I am very impressed at how well each member of 2C has come back into school. It looks like they brought the sunshine with them too! Let’s hope it stays…
The children settled back into their routines very well and have already produced some fantastic pieces of work! We are all using leading lines in our handwriting now and in maths our number fact knowledge is strong!
Well done to this superstar for winning the handwriting trophy this week!
In Maths this week we have been looking at measurement with a focus on centimetres.
We found out that some children were the same height as the largest recorded watermelon in history, the back wheel of a tractor and a male baboon!
Our Living and Learning focus has been about allergies, signs to look out for and what might causes allergies.
Help at home: by practising handwriting (with a focus on weekly spellings), using leading lines. Please see our handwriting policy for reference.
Welcome back 1,2B
We can’t believe it’s Wednesday already! 1,2B have come back to school eager and ready to learn in Summer term. we have welcomed a new member to our class soo who has settled in quickly. We enjoyed talking about what we had done over the holidays but all agreed we we glad to be back.
I am happy to be back at school!
I ate lots of chocolate eggs at Easter.
I went on holiday with my family but have missed my friends.
Author Event
This afternoon, our school librarians were fortunate enough to attend an author event held at Allerton C of E Primary School. They met author, Dermot O’Leary, who discussed his inspiration and anwered questions.
Living and learning: losing something
This week in our Living and Learning lessons we were talking about feeling sad when we lose something. We talked about objects, animals and people we have lost. The children could talk about feeling sad, heartbroken and devastated. We also talked about feeling disappointed, angry, worried or scared too.
Help at home by talking about emotions and how to recognise them and how any one emotion doesn’t last forever.
Egg-cellent egg rolling Easter fun!
All of the Year 1 and 2 classes went out and enjoyed our egg rolling competition today. We cheered each other on and celebrated the winners together!
We hope you all have a restful Easter break and come back recharged for learning on Tuesday 22 April
Maths – 10 and a bit
In year 1, we have been learning all about ’10 and a bit’ numbers (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19). We have looked at multiple representations of these numbers including Numicon, dominoes, counters, ten frames and place value charts. Seeing and using all these representations helps us to understand and use the numbers successfully.
Help at home by noticing ’10 and a bit’ numbers. For example, is your house number one of these?
Science
We have learned lots about plants and animals this year so far. We grew plants in the light and dark to see what happened (the one in the dark did not grow well). Plants need water AND light to grow strong and healthy.
We also learned about animals and their habitats. Their habitat needs to provide them with food, shelter and water for them to survive.
1,2B celebrated all we learned about plants, animals and habitats by drawing detailed habitats and all the living things that are found there.
April Fools!
We played a joke with the lunches in 1,2B…worm bolognaise anyone?
Living and Learning : feeling good and being me
We talked about what we are good at and what we are not so good at last week. Working on personal targets to improve something that you do is very important. It is also important to recognise what other people are good at. We wrote certificates for our friends to pay them a compliment (focusing on what other people do rather than what they look like is important). We loved giving and receiving the certificates.
You are a good friend.
You are good and football and colouring in the lines.
You are kind.
You are helpful.
