Introducing Mr Phileas Fogg
This week we have read the blurb for our new English text. We have made inferences to predict what may happen in the story.
So far we can infer that he is precise because he does the same thing every day and he is a wealthy man because he lives on Saville Row.
We would like to know why such…
Cauliflower cards
Even though we have 7 weeks of school before the Christmas break, today we completed our PTFA Cauliflower cards. This will give plenty of time for parents to order any items they want to with our design on. This year, we used watercolours to create a night sky behind a silhouette of the manager…
Canalside Trip - Field to fork!
Today we visited Canalside farm to start our Geography topic. We had a fantastic day!
We started by looking at where the strawberries are usually grown and talking about how during the winter months we can only enjoy strawberries if we import them, due to our climate here in the UK. We…
Film Friday
The children have had a fabulous afternoon watching Trolls Holiday, Robin Robin and then a bit of Shaun the Sheep. They all enjoyed some popcorn and a bit of well deserved down time.
British Sign Language challenge
The children have been working extremely hard and have completed their BSL challenge this morning. As a class, we’ve collectively learnt 143 different signs!
Egyptian Day
We had an Ancient Egyptian day to finish our topic. We made our own Egyptian bracelets with different coloured beads, then had a Maths competition to see who could build the best pyramid from different materials. They were tested on strength, design and height. We played team PE games such as ‘The…
The Jolly Postman
This week in Class 1 our Literacy focus was the stroy The Jolly Postman. This led us to explore a new occupation of Postal Workers. After exploring our new text in Literacy, we learnt all about the journey of a letter in our Topic lesson. We saw what happens to a letter after it is posted in a…
Poppy art
Today we talked about the meaning behind the different colours of poppies worn during November. We created our own poppy pictures to display at church during our remembrance service after half term.
Rememberence
This afternoon we have been busy learning about Remembrance Day and making a start on our artwork for church.
Maths-rekenrek
The Year 1’s have been learning how to use the rekenreks to help us with our addition sentences.
We are all precious!
In our RE session this week, Class 1 found out that for Christian’s, God is a VIP and that we have to use his name with care and respect. We also talked about how precious not only God is, but also how previous we all are and that we need to take special care of each other as God cares for us…
British Sign Language
Mrs Forrester has been teaching the children some sign language this week! They have been working extremely hard on signing their names, numbers and even a song!
