Week beginning 16.10.2017

It may have been the last week of term but we kept busy and have had a week filled with eager learners!
Take a look...
children have enjoyed the daily phonics sessions so much that they decided to carry on through they day writing sounds during their choosing time!!
Well done everybody!

 

 

 

This week we spent time looking at a picture map of a town by the seaside and talked about all the things that we can do at the seaside.

We  played a board game called 'At the Beach' and played fairly waiting patiently for our turns. 

 

 

During PE with Mrs Storer we learnt new parachute games which involved team work and good listening. Here you can see us turned into a giant centipede walking around the hall.

 

 

We then made a giant mountain in the air and climbed to its top and found that we had flattened it, like a pancake!

 

 

In the end we did some synchronised group sit ups. Another well done!

 

 

In maths we have continued to work on number recognition. We picked a lego tower, counted the number of bricks, matched to the digit which we then matched to the corresponding Numicon tile. 

 



 

We enjoyed sharing news with parents on Wednesday afternoon/evening about all that we have achieved so far this term during our first parents evening.

 

 



 Wow! What an exciting end to the week... we joined forces with Class 2 and haven't we been busy.

 

 

First we baked our very own Autumn themed rolls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also worked together in teams to build some fantastic bridges. We had to think about how to join the materials, whether cars could travel over or under them and a whole lot more.

 

 

 

 

You all deserve a rest. Have a FANTASTIC half term everybody.

 



Week Beggining 9.10.2017

In Class 1 children have been very busy working on their sounds and numbers.
Have a look at some of the activities that kept everybody busy...

We matched objects with their initial sounds.

'O is for octopus'.

 

 

 

                                           'a is for apple'.

 



 

 

 

A lovely decoration of the sound 'g' and a good attempt at writing it too.

 

'3 is the smallest number and 7 is the biggest'.

'2 is the smallest and 4 is the biggest'.

 

 As part of our topic 'Journeys' we looked at the story map of 'Little Red Riding Hood' and discussed her trip to granny's cottage.
We thought it would be a great idea to add some biscuits to her basket and got busy baking a yummy batch of shortbread biscuits.


Chop the butter......

 and a mix it with sugar...

add some flour....

 and there you have it..............shortbread biscuits.

 

In phonics later on in the week we have started to use the knowledge of all of the sounds we have been learning and putting them into words.  Look at this fantastic writing...

 

 

We are also spending time making sure that we recognise sounds in different fonts.

 

In PE with Mr Knights this week we had to make our bodies even bigger (using our aeroplane wings) and use our new skills linked to negotiating space to get to the airports safely.

Well done everyone, as well as having lots of fun you have shown that you really do now understand how to use the space safely.

 

In maths we finished the week thinking about all of the different ways that we can show the same number.  Our target number was 10 and the challenge was to show this in a different way to anyone else.  This involved a lot of thinking but the children managed to find many different ways.

 

 

Finally we finished our week with a visit from our friends from Blyth Woods.  The children gathered the next lot of acorns to plant out in our tree nursery.  Much fun was had by all on a lovely mild October afternoon.

 

                                                          Collecting the Acorns


                   Planting the Acorns, Sweet Chestnuts and Hazelnuts in our tree nursery.

 

 

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Week beginning 2.10.2017

This week Class one have shared and discussed lots of facts and memories about babies. We were visited by two very special guests: a mummy with her lovely baby boy.
Children had the opportunity to ask questions and look at the sleeping baby.

Shh! We mustn't wake the baby!

 

 

We learnt that once babies are a few months old they can start to eat some food which has to be soft, bland and light.

We peeled fresh vegetables, washed them and chopped them.

 We then boiled them in water for a while... Drained them...

 

 

...and mushed them all up!

Didn't appeal to many of us but we all had a try. Some of us thought it tasted good especially if we added a bit of salt.

Meanwhile in the land of sounds....
Children created some lovely shiny patterns by placing shiny gems over the letters we have learnt so far.

In maths we focused on counting and matching digits to the correct amounts.

 

 

The children have enjoyed many more activities throughout the week.  Angus and Lucas went on a letter hunt in the sound and then responded to Mrs Webs extra challenge of turning them into words.  Well done boys!

We have also been working hard on our pen/pencil grip.  Its all becoming a little easier each day.

Finally, children finished the week making us grown ups feel as if they were well and truly settled into their new routines...why? because the whole class joined a game of schools led by various different teachers, non of which were called Miss Welby or Mrs Storer.
We watched and listened in amazement to hear just how much you have all taken on board.

 

A great effort everyone!

 

Don't forget, we have our visit from the Blyth Woods group next Friday at 1.10.  Everyone is very welcome.