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.
PE – Gymnastics
All Year 1 and 2 classes are focusing on gymnastics in our PE lessons this half term. We have learnt that it is just another way of moving and balancing, which can keep us fit and healthy.
We have worked on low and high movements, balances and jumps so far. We are looking forward to getting the large apparatus out next week!
KS1 Michael Rosen Day
This week we were lucky enough to connect with other schools all over the country to meet with Michael Rosen online. This was to celebrate Michael Rosen Day. He performed some of his poetry for us all and he talked about where some of his inspiration comes from. His main inspiration comes from memories from his childhood and many of his poems feature family members.
Help at home: You could share some of Michael Rosen’s books or poetry with your child. There are hundreds to choose from and so many of them are easily found online. I wonder which will be your favourite?
Odd socks day!
Today is Odd Socks Day. We do this as part of anti-bullying week. As a school, we define bullying as hurting somebody physically or emotionally (including online) several times on purpose. This spells STOP.
We drew our own odd socks and discussed why we wear odd socks. The odd socks represent everybody being different. We should never treat others in an unkind way, because they are different to us.
We also made some posters that could be used in school to stop bullying.
Living and learning : Community Week – A Polish Visitor
All the Year 1 and 2 classes welcomed a visitor this week. Carolina, who was born and lived in Poland until she was 19, came to talk to us about living and working in a different country. It was really interesting to see and hear about the differences and similarities between her life in Poland and England. The children were very respectful, asking questions and listening intently.
Living and Learning – Me and My Community Week – Coffee Morning
Coffee morning and WUSU.
What a great success! Thank you to the members of the FOSP team who ran the coffee morning on Thursday. Thank you to the adults who supported our school community by coming to the coffee morning and joining the children at Wake Up, Shake Up!
Living and Learning – Me and My Community Week – Grandad Wheels
On Wednesday, the children enjoyed a fantastic and hilarious visit from Grandad Wheels, author, Brian Abram.
Brian, ‘Grandad Wheels’, delivered assemblies where he shared his story, told jokes and made us all laugh, as well as discussing what life is like in a wheelchair. We enjoyed listening to ‘Chaos at Cheapfoods!’. At the end of the assemblies, Brian set the children the challenge of designing a new wheelchair.
After reading a story to the Reception children in the school library, Brain visited each class so the children could share their designs. He was really impressed.
Thank you to FOSP for funding this wonderful visit.
Thank you to everyone who ordered a book from Brain – in total, £254 was raised through book orders – Brian puts this money towards two charities that support spinal injury.
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