Blog Author: R Heath

Class 1 today have finished finding out about why churches are so important to Christians. Everyone has remembered what makes churches so special and also the important features of churches. 
 

The children then worked together in small groups to create their own churches using some of our…

Class 1 have been very excited to see their caterpillars develop into cocoons. First of all the caterpillars climbed to the top of the cup and hung in a J shape.  Then they shed their  exoskeleton for the final time before they became cocoons. It took about 2 days for the cocoons to harden up. We…

This week in maths we have been exploring addition and subtraction by answering the question ‘how many now?’.

This morning, we took our maths work to our outdoor area and used the natural resources to help us find the answer to some subtraction number sentences we found in the environment. 
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This afternoon, after such an amazing week in class, Class 1 enjoyed their afternoon snack on the grass in the shade and then had a bonus treat of working together to complete the trim trail. All the children worked well to help and encourage each other and enjoyed showing Mrs Philp their skills! 
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In RE this week, we continued to explore churches. We looked at lots of different churches around the world and saw how they can vary in size and design. We spoke about how important churches are to Christians and discussed what different types of celebrations we have been to in church. 
 

We…

This week, we have continued to explore numbers up to 20 and have got amazing at recognising what each teen number is made up of using our numicon.

This afternoon we had a fantastic maths lesson outside using our bodies. We warmed up with a counting activity and then played a game. When Mrs…

This afternoon, Class 1 had such a lovely visit to St Stephen’s. Father Neale kindly showed us all the different features of a church and showed us what happens at the altar and font during some services. We also got to sit in the pews where our grown ups normally sit. 
 

Father Neale also…

This afternoon, we enjoyed our maths session in our outdoor classroom. We have been exploring the teen numbers 11, 12 and 13 this week and noticing how teen numbers are made up of 1 ten and then a certain number of 1’s. 
 

Today each child was given a number up to 13 and asked to go and get…

Class 1 were learning all about lifestyle cycles today in our Science lesson.  The children then made  their own lifecycle of a caterpillar. We are all very excited to watch our class caterpillars go through their life-cycle. The children made predictions of what would happen next.

What a lovely time Class 1 have had this afternoon working with their friends and parent helpers to help tidy our outdoor classroom and plant some plants. Our outdoor classroom looks fantastic!

Thank you to all the parent helpers who came to join us!

We are looking forward to see how…

The question we are exploring this half term in our RE sessions is ‘What happens in a church?’
 

Today, we talked about how lucky we are to have our church, St Stephen’s so close to our school and to be part of the church community.  We talked about all the different celebrations we have…

Class 1 have received their very own caterpillars this week. They arrived in a special box sent by some important scientists, they have asked us to look after them and observe them as they grow. We have been asked to keep a Caterpillar diary to keep track of the changes that happen. Today we each…