Welcome to Donaldson Class!

2022 - 2023

Our Class Teacher is Miss O'Sullivan

Our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Glover

Our PE day is on a Thursday. Please can earrings be removed on this day. 

Homework

Reading- children are expected to read for at least 10 minutes, 5 times a week from their home reading book and this should be recorded in their reading diary (date, name of book, page number) and signed by an adult. The number of reads will be counted up each Friday so children must ensure that they have their reading diary and their book with them (along with a 100 read book if they have one of these too).

Spelling Shed- children are expected to complete tasks set by the class teacher each week. These will be set each Monday and completed by the following Monday.

NumBots- children are expected to engage with this online platform on a weekly basis.

27th January 2023

In English, the children have been introduced to a new book called ‘Bob, Man on the Moon’. The children wrote questions to Bob to help them know more about him. They then progressed onto writing a persuasive letter to entice people to visit the moon. Year 1 focussed on saying their sentence out loud before writing it and Year 2 had to include when and that in their writing. In Year 1 Maths, adding and subtracting 2 to a number and being able to identify whether the answer will be an odd or even number. They then progressed onto doubling and halving and using this as a strategy to work out ‘near double’ problem. In Year 2 Maths, the children have started multiplication. The children wrote repeated addition number sentences alongside equal groups of objects. They then used this to use the multiplication sign (x) to write multiplication sentences. The children learnt that, for example, 3 x 5 means 3 groups of 5. Year 2 then made arrays to help them work out multiplication problems.

In Science, the children have started their new topic of ‘Materials’. The children learnt what a material is. They went round the school and identified materials such as wood, plastic, glass, stone, brick, cardboard etc. They then progressed onto learning about the properties these materials have. The children learnt that materials are picked to make certain objects based on their properties. In History, the children have started their new topic of ‘Changes Within Living Memory’. The children learnt about the history of transport and ordered these on a timeline. They then learnt about the history of the railway and cars. They have compared how these are similar and different to modern day modes of transport. In Computing, have started their topic of ‘Stop Motion’. They children have been using stop motion software to move objects across the screen. They did this using a feature called ‘onion skinning’.

Here is what we have been up to!

Friday 2nd December

In English, the children have been writing a character description of the witch in our story ‘Rapunzel’. They children had to think of appropriate adjectives to describe her. Year 1 focused on writing sentences with capital letters and full stops. Year 2 had to include ‘when’ and ‘if’ into their writing. The children then progressed onto having a class debate. They had to discuss ‘Should the King help Rapunzel?’ They thought of some great ideas ready for writing a discussion report.

In Year 1 Maths, the children have been using whole part models to make numbers 6 to 9 in different ways. The children then progressed onto learning how to find the missing parts. The children used counters to help them.

In Year 2 Maths, the children have been learning to add and subtract ones to and from a 2-digit number. The children then progressed onto adding and subtracting ten to a 2-digit number. They used dienes to help them with this. Year 2 then moved onto applying this to money and solving word problems.

In Science, the children have continued with the topic, ‘Animals including Humans’. They have been learning about the different food groups and the position of these on the food pyramid. The children learnt that the food that was at the bottom meant that we need to eat a lot of these and as we get higher up the pyramid, we need to eat small amounts of these.

In DT, the children have been making 'Moving Monsters' using pivots with paper fasteners and card. The children used their designs to help put them together and evaluated what worked well and what they could change if they were to make them again.

In Music, the children watched a video of 'Peter and the Wolf' and listened to the music. They identified the different instruments that were used for the seven characters by holding up a card every time they 'heard' that character. The children used this to retell the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’.

Friday 18th November

In English, the children have continued their learning alongside ‘Rapunzel’. The children have been writing a setting description about the tower Rapunzel lives in. They children thought of different adjectives and then used these in their setting descriptions. The children have then progressed onto writing a letter to the King in the role of Rapunzel to ask for his help. The Year 1 children wrote simple sentences and Year 2 focused on including ‘when’ and ‘that’.

In Year 1 Maths, the children have been learning about ordinal numbers and using this to explain the order of objects and also people in a line. The children then progressed onto using ‘part-whole models’ to help them make 5 in different ways.

In Year 2 Maths, the children have been adding 1-digit’ numbers together. They have done this through ‘bridging 10’. For example, in 9 + 5 =, the children took 1 from the 5 to change to a 10 and then added on the remaining 4. The children used tens frames and counters to help them with this. They then progressed onto subtraction.

In Science, the children have continued with the topic, ‘Animals including Humans’. The children had to investigate ‘Do you get faster as you get older?’. The children thought of 5 different activities that the children could do from Donaldson Class. These same activities were then also completed by children from Zephaniah Class. The children discussed their results after a very exciting lesson!

In Geography, the children have been learning about the human and physical features of their own settlement of St.Neots. The children have then progressed onto drawing a map of St.Neots. They used their walk to St.Neots Library and photos to help them do this. They then added map symbols onto their maps.     

In History, the children have been learning about the ‘siege equipment’ that were used to defend and protect a castle. The children then had to decide which siege equipment would have been most appropriate for each castle and why.

Friday 4th November

In English, the children have been introduced to their new book ‘Rapunzel’ by Bethan Woollvin. The children had to make predictions about how Rapunzel could break free from the tower. Year 1 drew three pictures based on their ideas and used these to write simple sentences. Year 2 wrote down key vocabulary first to help inspire their sentences, making sure that they used ‘when’ in their writing.  

In Year 1 Maths, the children have been learning about ‘whole’ objects and ‘not whole objects’. They used pictures of carrots to understand that the ‘whole’ means that we have all of the object. They progressed onto learning about whole groups of objects which meant that no objects were missing within the group. They used concrete resources to help them with this.   

In Year 2 Maths, the children have been using their knowledge of number bonds to 10 to make 100. They used bar models to help represent the different parts to make the whole number. The children then progressed onto writing subtraction number sentences.

In Science, the children have continued with the topic, ‘Animals including Humans’. The children have been learning about the different life stages of a human. These included baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult and elderly. The children learnt about the differences between each stage.

In Geography, the children have learnt about human and physical features and provided examples of these. They children thought about their own settlement of St.Neots and discussed the human and physical features there are.    

In Year 1 Computing lessons, the children have been learning how to log onto a computer and using their mouse skills to create shapes on ‘sketchpad’. The children practised making the shapes bigger and smaller. In Year 2 Computing, the children have been on a ‘technology safari’ around the school to identify the different technology. They to identify if they had wires, batteries, buttons or a screen. 

Friday 14th October 2022

In English, the children have continued with their learning alongside ‘The Jolly Postman’. The children drew a map to show someone the journey to the gingerbread cottage. They then wrote instructions to tell someone how to get there. They included imperative verbs and Year 2 also included adverbs. The children then progressed onto drawing a fantastic, new broom for a witch which were labelled with expanded noun phrases. Year 1 focused on segmenting nouns around their picture.

In Year 1 Maths, the children have been comparing height and had to make sure they were using the correct vocabulary of ‘shorter’ and ‘taller’. They then moved onto comparing weight.  

In Year 2 Maths, the children have been learning how to partition a 2-digit number in different ways. They used part-whole models to help them with this. Year 2 then progressed onto ordering numbers in ascending and descending order.

In Science, the children have continued with the topic, ‘Animals including Humans’. The children have been learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar and a frog. They were introduced to the word ‘metamorphosis’ and used the life cycle of these animals to help them understand what this meant.

In History, the children have learnt about the jobs that different people had within a castle and how these differed from the jobs we have today. The children then learnt about the social hierarchy in the castle and learnt who was deemed to be the most important and who wasn’t.

In Art, the children replicated a piece of Art by Jasper Jones, which was called ‘Numbers in Colour (1974)’. They used primary colours to paint onto and around the numbers, ensuring that they kept the shape of the numbers. They then mixed the primary colours to add to this.

Friday 30th September 2022

In English, the children have continued with their learning alongside ‘The Jolly Postman’. The children have discussed whether Baby Bear should forgive Goldilocks or not. They thought about reasons ‘for’ and ‘against’. From this, the children wrote a discussion report. Year 1 focused on writing simple sentences and Year 2 focused on including ‘because’ in their writing to explain why.

In Year 1 Maths, the children have been learning about one less and one more of numbers within 10. The children then delved into challenges within this to progress their learning.

In Year 2 Maths, the children have been learning about the place value of 2-digit numbers. They have used place value charts to partition a number into tens and ones and wrote number sentences to match these.

In Science, the children started their topic, ‘Animals including Humans’. The children were introduced to the different classifications of animals. The children then discussed the animals they knew and put these into an animal classification based on their knowledge of that animal.

In History, the children have learnt about the three different types of castles; Motte and Bailey, Stone Keep and Concentric. The children then learnt about the different features within these castles and that a lot of them were used as a way of protecting the castle.

In Geography, the children have been learning about the population of the world. They have then learnt about what a village, town and city is and the differences between them.

PE At Home

Please use the following links to access the 'PE At Home' content from Hunts SSP.

KS1 Fundamentals of Movement: Locomotion & Stability

1. Lesson 1 https://youtu.be/AMiv596O1dI
2. Lesson 2 https://youtu.be/ftayRjuLYzg

KS1 Fundamentals of Movement: Ball Handling

1. Lesson 1 https://youtu.be/k5anw43jWXE

Games for Friday 15th January Maths Lesson

Game 1 - Developing place value understanding. Choose either numbers to 19, numbers to 29 or numbers to 49.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

Game 2 - Addition - Choose any of the robots either to 10, 15 or 20.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/robot-addition

Game 3 - Fact families - Choose + and - up to 10 or 20

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families

08/01/21

Happy Friday!!!! I hope everyone has had a good week. Here are some fun and exciting learning tasks for today. If you haven't posted on the blog yet, please do. I would love to see what you have been doing this week. If you are unsure of the password, please contact the school and we can find this for you. 

Year 2

Information text – All About Tigers – Lesson 3

Maths – Time - Lesson Time Lesson 3

Science – Building Things - Lesson 3

Geography – Seven Continents - Lesson 3

Spelling Shed for 15 minutes

Reading for 20 minutes

Joe Wicks workout

07/01/21

I hope everyone had a good day yesterday and enjoyed the activities that they had been given. Today there are some new activities for you to have a go at. 

Year 2

Information text – All About Tigers – Lesson 2

Maths – Time - Lesson Time Lesson 2

Science – Building Things - Lesson 2

Geography – Seven Continents - Lesson 2

Spelling Shed for 15 minutes

Reading for 20 minutes

Joe Wicks workout

Please share what you have been learning about. I would love to hear about it.

I hope you have a good day.

06/01/21

Good morning year 1 and year 2s. 

It is very strange not to be welcoming you all back into class today after the Christmas holidays. I do hope everyone is well and managed to have some sort of a break. I will miss seeing you all but please make sure you keep in touch via the blog. These passwords should be in your reading diaries. If you are not sure how to access the blog, please email the school and they will pass it on to me for me to sort. Here are the following activities I would like you to complete today. 

Year 1

English – Jack and the Beanstalk - Lesson 1

https://classroom.thenational.academ y/units/jack-and-the-beanstalkcreated-story-characters-moodproblems-be6a

Maths – Shape and patterns - Lesson1

https://classroom.thenati onal.academy/units/shape -and-patterns-8ccf

Science – Materials - Lesson 1

https://classroom.the national.academy/uni ts/materials-de3f

Geography – Seven Continents - Lesson 1

https://classroom.thenatio nal.academy/units/sevencontinents-cf8c

Spelling Shed for 15 minutes

Reading for 20 minutes

Joe Wicks workout

https://www.youtube.com/c /TheBodyCoachTV/playlists

Year 2

Information text – All About Tigers – Lesson 1

https://classroom.thenational.aca demy/units/information-allabout-tigers-1d38

Maths – Time - Lesson 1

https://classroom.thenati onal.academy/units/timeea81

Science – Building Things - Lesson 1

https://classroom.the national.academy/uni ts/building-things7082

Geography – Seven Continents - Lesson 1

https://classroom.thenatio nal.academy/units/sevencontinents-cf8c

Spelling Shed for 15 minutes

Reading for 20 minutes

Joe Wicks workout

Please share what you have been learning about. I would love to hear about it all.

Week Beginning 30/11/20

What a busy week we have had in class 2!

In English, the children have had a discussion about whether they should ask the polar bear to stay or go and then they have designed a raft to help him to get home.

In maths, the children have been using mental calculation strategies to solve addition and subtraction number sentences. They are getting very quick at working things out in their head.

In science, the children looked carefully at the life cycle of a butterfly and what happens at each stage.

In outdoor learning, the children created symmetrical Christmas trees using outdoor resources. They also made 2D shapes out of string.

The children have been busy practising for Whoops-A-Daisy. Thank you for helping with lines. Please could we have a white t-shirt in school for Monday so we can start to record parts.

Week Beginning 23/11/20

Class 2 have had a very busy week. We have been completing assessments and I have been very proud of how hard all the children have worked.

The children have also worked with class 1 to create Christmas decorations for the school. They are very excited to see the decorations up.

If your child would like to make a decoration for the competition, please can you bring it to school on Tuesday 1st December? Please don't forget to put their name on it.

Week Beginning 16/11/20

What a busy week we have! In English we have continued with our book, 'Leaf.' We have written noun phrases about the polar bear and then written these up in a character description. I have been very impressed with the children's writing.

In maths we have focussed on written methods for addition and subtraction. We have looked at counting forwards and backwards on a number line and using our number bonds to 10 to help us to work out the answer.

In science we looked at animals and their offspring. We thought about how animals and their babies look similar and how some look very different.

In topic we have used the laptops to practise our word processing skills. We wrote facts about castles whilst learning how to use word. We were able to change the letters so they are capital, put a space in between our words and use the spell checker to check our words. We also did an art lesson this week where we used Lego bricks for printing and created a castle picture.

Outside learning this week has involved creating foxes out of sticks in a team, leaf rubbings and building a boat that floated. We have had great fun working together and learning from each other.

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Week Beginning 9/11/20

We have had a busy week in class 2. In English we have started to look at our new book, 'Leaf.' We have written a report about polar bears and the children have become very knowledgeable on this subject. I have been very impressed with their writing.

In maths we have been looking at addition and subtraction. The children have built up their fluency in this area and are getting pretty quick.

In science, we looked at the 3 basic needs of an animal. We have also looked at animal habitats. After we had identified these, we talked about the pets that all the children have. We thought about how to look after them and wrote a pet fact file. It was lovely to hear about all the pets the children have.

Outdoor learning this week has included familiarising themselves with the outdoor area through a photo scavenger hunt, creating clay faces and making a piece of artwork with natural resources and a flour handprint. As we complete our outdoor learning with class 1, please look at Mrs Pritchard's post for photos of this.

27th October 2020

The Wintringham staff team have been working hard to prepare the classrooms ready for the children starting back with us after half-term. The first five photos are where class 2 will be (currently waiting delivery of tables which will be here before the children start) and the final 5 photos are where class 1 will be. We also have plenty of space to spread out into the third classroom (in the middle) when required. We are looking forward to welcoming the children into their new school on Tuesday 3rd November. Have a lovely rest of the holiday. Love Mrs Pritchard and Miss Blyth x

W.B 19th October 2020

Class 1 and 2 enjoyed visiting their new school on Friday this week. Here are some photos from their visit. We hope you are enjoying the presents the builders have given to the children

Week Beginning 5.10.20

We have had a fantastic week in class 2. In English, the children have looked at the story, 'The Jolly Postman.' They have written some fantastic descriptions of Goldilocks and have had some good discussions as to why the Giant should or should not forgive Jack. In maths, we have explored place value and identifying how many tens and ones are in a number. We have carried out lots of practical activities and looked at how to record this as number sentences. In science, we carried out an experiment to explore how germs spread on our hands and we looked at the best way to clean them. Outdoor learning has been exciting this week. We have learnt about how seeds spread and made our very own helicopter seed.

Week Beginning 21.09.20

Class 2 have had a fabulous first couple of weeks. We are in full swing now and the children have settled back into their learning well.

The year 1 children have started looking at their book, 'How to Find Gold.' They have started to look at the characters in the story and how to describe them. In maths, the children are looking at sequencing numbers forwards and backwards.

The year 2 children have started looking at their book, 'The Jolly Postman.' They have started to look at the settings in the story and how to describe them, focussing on 2A sentences. In maths, the children are looking at place value and how numbers are made up of tens and ones.

In science, we looked at the stages a human goes through from being a baby to being elderly and the things that they are able to do at each stage.

We have started to look at our topic, 'Castles.' We have looked at the different types of castle and how they have changed over time. We have also looked at the different jobs there were in the castle.

I hope that everyone has a lovely, relaxing evening and I am looking forward to next week's learning.

21.7.20

Today is the last day of term! Well done for all of your fantastic hard work! We hope you have a great day doing lots of fun and creative activities. Have the best summer holiday!

17.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write a story.

Maths – Go on NumBots and TT Rockstars.

DT – To make a puppet.

Outside – How about the ‘Water Balloon Pinata’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

16.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write for a purpose.

Maths – To compare durations of time.

PSHE – To create a jar full of things you are looking forward to in the future.

Outside – How about the ‘Sports Day’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

15.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To use descriptive vocabulary.

Maths – To use descriptive vocabulary.

Art & Design – To draw an observational drawing of a natural object.

Outside – How about the ‘Super Shoes’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

14.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To create and design magic shoes.

Maths – To tell the time in 15 minute intervals (quarter to and quarter past).

Topic – To know how significant people help us.

Outside – How about the ‘Art in the style of Van Gough’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

13.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To discuss events in a story.

Maths – To tell the time to the hour and to half the hour.

Science – To explain the life cycle of a plant and what plants need to grow.

Outside – How about the ‘Water Xylophone’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

10.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’

English – To write a fact file.

Maths – Go on to NumBots or TTRockstars

DT – To design a puppet

Outside – How about the ‘Card Making’ activity? Or pick whoever activity you like!

Have a great day!

9.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To research a topic.

Maths – To name and describe 3D shapes.

PSHE – To understand how to keep ourselves safe.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Vegetable Superhero’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

8.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To describe a character.

Maths – To recognise the lines of symmetry in 2D shapes.

Art & Design – To create shadow art.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Rainbow Bubble Snakes’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

7.7.20

We hope you all had a lovely weekend. Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To create a character.

Maths – To describe and create shape patterns.

Topic – To know how significant people help us.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Shadow Drawing’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

6.7.20

We hope you all had a lovely weekend. Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To answer questions about a text.

Maths – To identify shapes by the number of sides and vertices.

Science – To name, identify and explain the function of parts of a plant.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Bug Hotel’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

3.7.20

We hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘ch’ sound using the letters ‘tch’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Write a story about a superhero.

Maths – Go onto NumBots or TT Rockstars.

Computing – To know how to keep safe online.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Mud’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

2.7.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘ch’ sound using the letters ‘tch’

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To write an exciting story.

Maths – To rotate shapes.

PSHE – To know how to make healthy choices.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Giant Bubbles’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

26.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nouns.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Writing a fact file about lighthouses.

Maths – Go on Numbots or TT Rockstars.

Computing – To know what code and algorithms are.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Picnic lunch’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

25.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nouns.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To research all about lighthouses.

Maths – Finding different combinations of coins that equal the same amount.

PSHE – Understanding how to stay safe at the seaside.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Seaside Scene’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

24.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nouns.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Writing instructions.

Maths – Recognising and knowing the value of coins.

Art & Design – Creating a textured landscape.

Outdoor – How about the ’Make some Binoculars’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

23.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nous.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Collect ideas for making a picnic lunch.

Maths – Using standard units to measure volume and capacity.

Topic – Compare seaside holidays from the past with ones of today.

Outdoor – How about the ’10 Green Bottles’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

22.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nous.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Answering questions about a text.

Maths – Compare and order volume and capacity.

Science – Plastic pollution.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Snails’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

19.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Writing a story.

Maths – Go onto Numbots/TT Rockstars.

Music – Making music from everyday objects.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Sensory Ice Play’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

18.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Retelling part of a story.

Maths – Ordering and comparing mass/weight.

PSHE: Relationships.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Camping’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

17.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Planning the retell of the ending of the story.

Maths – Estimate and measure in mass/weight.

Art & Design: Texture hunt.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Making a Paintbrush’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

16.6.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Book Review.

Maths – Ordering and comparing lengths and height.

Geography: Features of a coastline.

Outdoor – How about the Ruler of the Garden activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

15.6.20

Good Morning! We hope you have all had a great weekend! Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Becoming familiar with a new story.

Maths – Estimating and Measuring length and height.

Science: Designing and making a boat that will float.

Outdoor – How about the Garden Pictures activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

Good Morning! Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Use descriptive language in a story.

Maths – Go onto Numbots or TT Rockstars

PSE: Listening and responding to music.

Outdoor – How about the Pebble toss activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a fantastic day and have a lovely weekend!

11.6.20

We hope you all had a great day yesterday. Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write facts based on research.

Maths – Writing numbers in numerals and words.

PSE: To talk confidently about talents.

Outdoor – How about the Instruments activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a fantastic day!

10.6.20

We hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To research a chosen topic.

Maths – Following number sequences.

Art – Investigating colour.

Outdoor – How about the Tree Leaves activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a fantastic day!

9.6.20

We hope you all had a great day yesterday and enjoyed the learning using the online website. Here is an outline of today’s work. Take your time using the website as this is a different way of learning.

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Using descriptive language to describe a beach.

Maths – Ordering objects and numbers to 100.

History – Comparing past and present beaches.

Outdoor – How about the Stone Keeper activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a fantastic day!

8.6.20

We hope you all had a fantastic weekend! This week, you will be carrying out your learning using the work set on the ‘Diamond Online’. There are two options for how you can access the work for this week. There is the digital newsletter, which has been uploaded up onto the class pages, or you can now start to use the website which has gone live for Year 1 and 2 this week. Here is the link https://www.diamondonline.uk/home. You will need to click on the ‘Learning’ tab on the left of the website to access your work. Using the website may take some getting use to! Please take your time and have an explore of it with an adult. The digital newsletter is there for you this week if you feel using the website is a little tricky. If you click on the ‘How to use the Online School’ tab on the left, there are videos to help show you how it all works, and you can watch these with an adult. Here is an outline of the work for today: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – Answering questions about the story.

Maths – Comparing objects and numbers to 100.

Science- Identifying properties of materials

Outdoor – How about the Natural Rubbings Activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

Monday 1st June

Good morning!

I hope you have had a lovely half term break and welcome to the summer term. For this week, you can either choose to continue with the activities on the indoor and outdoor grids set before half term or you can begin to use the Diamond Online work set by the virtual school. Please try to read everyday still. Please share with us what you have been up to on the blog. I would love to see how you are getting on. Please be aware that I will not be able to respond to any blogs until after school but I will reply as soon as I can. Enjoy your learning and please continue to stay safe.

Love Miss Blyth

Friday 22nd May

Happy Friday! Here are your suggested task for the day. Next week is half term. I cannot believe how quickly that last half term has gone. Enjoy your week off. Hopefully the sun will continue to shine! I just want to say a massive thank you for all the help and support you have provided your children over the last half term.

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 5

Indoor Activity - Activity 5 – Write 5 questions

Outdoor Activity – Activity 5 – Blindfold safari

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Thursday 21^st May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4^th May)- Day 4

Indoor Activity - Activity 4 – How many ways can you make and show the number 16?

Outdoor Activity – Activity 4 – Ball run challenge

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Topic - Introduction to Grace Darling Video

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/modules/t2_music_search/dynamics/video_grace_inv.html?source=search-all-all-all-all&source-keywords=Grace%20Darling

Wednesday 20^th May 2020

I hope you have had a lovely start to the week. Here are your suggested tasks for today.

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4^th May)- Day 3

Indoor Activity- Activity 3 – Design your own Joe Wicks workout

Outdoor Activity - Activity 3 – Create an obstacle course

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja - compass – Draw a picture of a compass (2)

Please encourage your children to share on the blog what they have been doing. I have seen some fantastic work!

Tuesday 19^th May 2020

Good morning! I hope that you enjoy today's suggested task. As the sun is shining, maybe you could write your acrostic poem using the word 'sun' or 'bright.' I look forward to seeing some of these on the blog!

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4^th May)- Day 2

Indoor Activity - Activity 2 – Write an acrostic poem

Outdoor Activity- Activity 2 – Cardboard foot

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Monday 18^th May 2020

Good Morning. Please find attached a suggested set of activities for the day. If you would prefer to choose your own, then this is fine. Please find the following documents underneath: Vocabulary Ninja, Maths and Spelling Activities and Indoor and Outdoor Activity Home Learning Grids. Please share what you have been up to on the blog.

Reading - 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes

White Rose – Summer Week 3 (w/c 4^th May)- Day 1

Indoor Activity - Activity 1 – Write a fact sheet about an animal

Outdoor Activity - Activity 1 – Observational drawing

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja- compass – write a sentence using this word (1)

Friday 15^th May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27^th April) - Day 5

 Indoor Activity - Activity 9 or 10 – Hot seating or create your own game

Outdoor Activity – Activity 9 or 10 – Ice escape or shadow pictures

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Thursday 14^th May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27^th April) - Day 4

 Indoor Activity - Activity 8 – Indoor camping

Outdoor Activity- Activity 8 – Create your own museum of natural treasures

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Topic - Lucy and Tom at the Seaside story https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/video/item1070591/grade1/module1067404/index.html

Activity to go with Lucy and Tom at the Seaside https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item325027/grade1/module1067404/index.html

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Wednesday 13^th May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27^th April) - Day 3

 Indoor Activity - Activity 7 – Learn your full name, your birthday and your address

Outdoor Activity – Activity – Magic wands

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja- erosion – Draw a picture to represent the word erosion (2)

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Tuesday 12^th May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27^th April) - Day 2

 Indoor Activity - Activity 6 – Make your own musical instrument

Outdoor Activity- Activity 6 – Build a mini den for a bear

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Monday 11^th May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/Maths Shed  - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27^th April) - Day 1

Indoor Activity- Activity 5 – Write a story

Outdoor Activity- Activity 5 – Mini beast hunt

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja- erosion – write a sentence using this word (1)

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Thursday 7^th May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 1 (w/c 20^th April) - Day 3

Indoor Activity - Activity 4 – How many ways can you make and show the number 12?

Outdoor Activity – Activity 4 – What’s this critter thinking?

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Topic - Beach Vocabulary https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/photo_gallery/item1067404/grade1/index.html

Activity to go with Beach Vocabulary https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item1069178/grade1/module1067404/index.html

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Wednesday 6^th May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 1 (w/c 20^th April) - Day 3

Indoor Activity- Activity 3 – Design your own perfect cupcake

Outdoor Activity - Activity 3 – Outdoor masterpieces

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja - pier – Draw a picture of a pier (2)

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Tuesday 5^th May 2020

Reading- 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 1 (w/c 20^th April) - Day 2

Indoor Activity - Activity 2 - Seasons

Outdoor Activity- Activity 2 – Explore and make a map

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Monday 4^th May 2020

Good Morning. Please find attached a suggested set of activities for the day. If you would prefer to choose your own, then this is fine. Please find the following documents underneath: Vocabulary Ninja, Maths and Spelling Activities and Indoor and Outdoor Activity Home Learning Grids. Please share what you have been up to on the blog.

Reading - 10 minutes of reading

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes

White Rose – Summer Week 1 (w/c 20^th April) - Day 1

Indoor Activity - Activity 1 – Create your own animal

Outdoor Activity - Activity 1 – Sensory and texture walk

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join.

Vocabulary Ninja- pier – write a sentence using this word (1)

Wednesday 29th April

Good Morning! We hope you’ve enjoyed the activities so far this week! Thank you for sharing on the blog what you have been up to. You can continue with the same structure for your child, as outlined on Monday, if this is working for your child. Please keep sharing on the blog! We love to see what you have been doing.

Monday 27th April

Good Morning! We hope that you’ve had a good weekend. The activity sheets remain the same as last week. You may continue to choose one activity from each section if you wish to. Why don’t you have a look at, ‘The Beach – Magic Grandad,’ to discover more about the Seaside.  Please keep sharing what you have been up to on the blog. We love to see this.

Wednesday 22^nd April

Good Morning! We hope you’ve enjoyed the activities so far this week! Thank you for sharing on the blog what you have been up to. You can continue with the same structure for your child, as outlined on Monday, if this is working for your child. If you would like, you can continue your trip to the Seaside and take a look at, ‘Seaside Entertainment – Magic Grandad.’ Please keep sharing on the blog! We love to see what you have been doing.

Monday 20th April

Good Morning! We hope that you all had a lovely Easter break. Please have a look at the Maths and Spelling Activities Monday 20th April to Friday 1st May task sheet as well as the indoor and outdoor learning activities. If you want some structure for your child, then you can choose one task per day from the indoor and outdoor activity sheets as well as completing one Maths activity and one phonics activity. There are also some topic introduction links. If you would like, have a look at the first link to start the Seaside topic ‘Barnaby Goes to the Seaside’ We would love to see what you have been doing so please share what you have been up to on the blog. If you are not able to access Numbots, please let your class teacher know. This is a fantastic resource for the children to use independently. If you would like an art challenge this week, the theme for art in the window is flowers. See what you can create!

Wednesday 1st April

Today is Reward Day

Congratulations on your Spring Term full of learning, fabulous behaviour and hard work ...  both at school and at home.  We are incredibly proud of you and your families.

Today is a day filled with some magic and fun .... enjoy !!

Foundation and Key Stage 1

Magician Nick Barnes has recorded a special magic show to watch while we are staying safe at home ... Here it is -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLaQCNB8J9o

If you want to learn some fun magic tricks to perform for your family ... here are some ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2tDK9wfCYs  

I hope you enjoy this!

Date - Tuesday 31st March

Good Morning!

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes

Spelling Shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task.

Practice reading and writing your word walls.

Maths - Adding and subtraction up to 10 -https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item742676/grade1/module736870/index.html

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes.

Please have a look at your Neil Armstrong Knowledge organiser and see what you can remember. If you would like to, then you could create a poster about him.

I look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. Let me know how you are getting with Numbots.

Date - Monday 30th March

Good Morning! I hope you have enjoyed your weekend!

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes

Spelling Shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task.

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet entitled ‘Add the Capital Letters 2’.

Practice reading and writing your word walls.

Maths - Unknown numbers up to 10 -https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item742669/grade1/module736870/index.html

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes.

We have set another Kahoot quiz for you to do, this time it’s about Christopher Columbus. Follow the link below or got to Kahoot and use the code 0144146 https://kahoot.it/challenge/0144146?challenge-id=6f1637e2-488c-40dd-b56d-67ae37a499c2_1585493841634

This week the Art in The Windows theme is the sunshine so if you get a moment for some art try to create a beautiful sun to put with your rainbow in your window. Try to use different materials if you can.

Finally a message from Mr Hall

I have set up usernames and passwords for TT Rockstars and Numbots for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. They are the same for both apps.

Their username is the first 2 letters of their forename and surname. eg. Joe Bloggs username is 'jobl'

Password: abc

Year 1 - Encourage children to play Numbots at https://ttrockstars.com/

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog, remember not to post photos with you in them, we may not be able to approve them.

Date – Friday 27th March

Good Morning!

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes

Spelling shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task.

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled Crossword Puzzles.

Practice reading and writing your word walls.

Maths - Addition facts up to 20 - https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item742161/grade1/module736870/index.html

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes.

Please have a look through your knowledge organisers and design a poster about the life of Sir Robert Falcon Scott.

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth

Date – Thursday 26th March 2020

Good Morning!

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes

Spelling shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task.

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled Add the Capital Letters: 1

Practice reading and writing your first word wall. 

Maths - More than, less than - https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item454466/grade1/module736870/index.html

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes.

How many star jumps can you do in 30 seconds? How many times can you write your name in 30 seconds? How many times can you jump up and down in 30 seconds?

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on your blog.

Love Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth

Date – Wednesday 25th March

Good Morning! Thank you for all the work you shared yesterday. I have enjoyed looking at it all and I am really impressed!

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 

Spelling shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task 

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet starting at ‘their’ and finishing with ‘into’. 

Practice reading and writing your word wall 1. Some of you have already got this award but it's good just to make sure you still know how to spell them all :)

Maths - Lotto addition and subtraction to 10 - https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item470659/grade1/module736870/index.html 

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes. 

As an extra challenge try the Kahoot quiz on Amelia Earhart. Follow the link below or go to https://kahoot.com/ and select PLAY from the top right corner, you will then be prompted for a code - 0266614   

https://kahoot.it/challenge/0266614?challenge-id=6f1637e2-488c-40dd-b56d-67ae37a499c2_1585051837274 

We are hoping to do more of these if it works – you have until Friday evening to take part in this challenge! 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth 

Date – Tuesday 24th March  

Good Morning!  

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 

Spelling shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task.  

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled high frequency words starting with ‘be’ ending with ‘which.'

Maths - Darts total to 20 - https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item464849/grade1/module736870/index.html 

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes. 

Please have a look through your knowledge organisers and write 5 facts about Christopher Columbus. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. We’ve enjoyed seeing the completed tasks from Monday. 

Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth 

Date – Monday 23rd March 2020 

Good Morning! Happy Monday. Hope you enjoy your first day at home.  

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 

Spelling shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task 

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled High Frequency Words starting with ‘the’ ending with ‘at’ 

Practice reading and writing your first word wall. Can you write 5 sentences using different words from your word wall? Remember your capital letters and full stops. 

Maths - Using Mathematical Symbols -  https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item742131/grade1/module736870/index.html 

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes. 

Can you create your own rainbow and display it in your windows at home for others to see. Remember to use your colour mixing skills if you are painting to make different colours. Try and create your rainbow using different materials. Have fun! 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on your blog. We are looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations around Loves Farm!  

Love Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth 

Week Beginning 24.02.2020

Year 1

In English, the children have been looking at poetry and thinking about what poetry is. They then looked at nursery rhymes, identified rhyming couplets and had a go at writing their own.

In maths, the children have been comparing numbers and using resources to support their understanding of this.

In science, the children did some fantastic writing about the season of Winter. They wrote about the weather, the nature and even considered animals hibernating and migrating!

Forest School 31.01.2020

This afternoon we have been very lucky to be out at Forest School. The children started by doing a scavenger hunt. Children selected pictures out of Miss Abbott's special bag and then they had to go and find them around the field. We looked for daisies, spiderwebs and worms to name but a few. At the end of the session, the children went into the chicken pen and had a look at the chickens. They were even able to stroke one. They were very excited by this.

Week Beginning 27.01.2020

In English, the children have continued to look at the book Wombat Stew. They thought about a range of adjectives to describe what they looked like, felt like and sounded like. They then used these to write their own Australian animals poems.

In maths, the children have been exploring subtracting. They have used number lines, tens frames and partitioning to support their understanding of this.

In science, we looked at umbrellas and suitable materials to fix them if they were broken. We thought about why the materials would be suitable for an umbrella.

Week Beginning 20.01.2020

Year 1

In English, the children have been writing instructions to make wombat stew. The final lesson of the week involved the children actually making the wombat stew which they really enjoyed. They even got to taste it!

In maths, the children have been continuing to look at number bonds to ten and using this knowledge to solve number sentences beyond ten. They have been working with tens frames and number lines.

In science, the children looked at natural and man-made materials. The children enjoyed finding out where some of these materials come from.

Week Beginning 13/01/2020

In English, we have started looking at our new book, Wombat Stew. We have really got to grips with the story and the sequencing the events from the story.

In maths, we have been focusing on our number bonds to 10 and 20 and how we can use a number line to calculate the answer,

In science, we started our new topic of everyday materials. We looked at the difference between a material and an object and considered the properties of materials.

Despite the wind and the rain on Friday, we still enjoyed spending time in the bio-dome and exploring mixing bubbles and paint with the puddles.

Week Beginning 18/11/19

In English the children continued to look at the book Rapunzel. They came up with inventive ways to defeat the witch and then wrote a letter to Rapunzel explaining these.

In Maths, the children have explored 2D and 3D shapes. They have been naming them and identifying their properties.

In Science, the children looked at animals that lived on land and in water and considered the differences between them.

Remembrance Day

Wintringham have thought about Remembrance Day this week in preparation for Monday. They created a poppy box. The reception children collaged small poppies and the year 1s used the art of pointillism. The year 1s also wrote acrostic poems about Remembrance Day.

Week Beginning 4.11.19

In English, the children have been thinking about questions this week. The children thought of questions to ask Rapunzel and then they pretended to be Rapunzel so they could answer them.

In maths, the children have been looking at subtraction and thinking about how they can work this out using practical resources.

The children are in full swing practising for the Christmas performance. They are really enjoying it and we can't wait for the finished production.

Week Beginning 25.10.19

Welcome back after half term. The children look refreshed and have come back ready for a busy term.

In English, we have started looking at our new book Rapunzel. The children compared three different versions of Rapunzel and thought about what each character looked like and their personality.

In maths, the children have continued learning about addition and thinking of different ways they can make a number. They have started to think about how addition relates to subtraction.

In science, the children named as many animals as possible and were able to categorise them under the headings, mammal, amphibian, reptile, insect, bird and fish.

Week Beginning 07/10/19

Week Beginning 30/09/19

Week Beginning 23/09/19

Week Beginning 16/09/19

In English this week, the children have started looking at the story, ‘How to Find Gold.’ We read the first page and thought about the characters Anna and the crocodile. The children came up with some excellent adjectives to describe their appearance and personality and then they wrote these into sentences. Some children were even able to write a sentence with two adjectives in separated by a comma!

In maths, the children have been thinking about the sequencing of numbers. The children have looked at different representations and filled in missing numbers.