Week Four

It's been an exciting week! It started on Monday with an awesome music assembly with 'Rock Steady'. The children had so much fun singing all morning and really enjoyed learning more about some different instruments. 

In English, we have been writing different questions using 'who', 'what', 'where', 'when', 'how' and 'why'. We applied these brilliantly to some character writing linked to our story 'The Very Last Castle'. 

In maths, we have been comparing numbers to 100 - which we were awesome at! We enjoyed a flower hunt in Windsor Woods for science this week, and had fun in art with crown crafting and castle construction. In P.E with Venture Sports, we showed off some brilliant skills in the hurdles and even had some races too. 

Wednesday was especially exciting as we headed off with Owl Class and Badgers Class to The Rare Breeds Centre! The excitement when the double-decker bus arrived was certainly special! We enjoyed an expert animal-talk, a real life trailer ride and the chance to see lots of lovely animals.

We had a fantastic day with our friends, and had some very sleepy children on the journey home!

Week Three

This week we had an exciting visit to the library. The children loved choosing a book and scanning their library cards to take it home, and were really sensible there. It was a great morning!

In English, we have been reading a story called 'The Very Last Castle'. We have been using full descriptive sentences to re-tell this story. In maths, we have been partitioning tens and ones within 100, doing some number line work with bigger numbers and using this to find one more/less.

We learned about some significant Kings and Queens through time in history. We drew a portrait in pairs and created a whole class timeline to show who came first and last. Everyone worked really hard! We learned about fruit and vegetable plants in science, and enjoyed drawing to music in our music lesson with Miss. Skates. In art, we had a go at some guided drawing for a dragon, and in R.E we learned all about synagogues and what makes them special for Jewish people.

We had fun in busy learning this week with Owl Class and Badgers Class.

We also showed off some great rugby skills with Lee on Thursday, and enjoyed working on our running race skills with Venture Sports on Friday.

Enjoy the school fete tomorrow and have a super, sunny weekend! 

Week Two

This week we have been completing our Phonics Screening with children individually. They did a wonderful job, and we will share these results with you in your child's end of year academic report. In English, we have been learning the traditional rhyme, 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'. We have been re-telling the story, using full sentences of our own.

In maths, we have begun our place value learning within 100 - reading, writing and representing bigger numbers. We learned about the different parts of a flowering plant in science, and enjoyed a special French lesson with Miss. Skates learning to name colours! 

We enjoyed making our Father's Day cards for art this week, and some of us chose to enter the Young Writer's drawing competition too. We had our first rugby coaching session with Lee which the children really enjoyed. If that wasn't enough sports, we then had sports day to look forward to on Friday. Hedgehogs did really well and we're proud of everyone for participating and having fun!

Week One

This week we have been busy revising our phonics, using known strategies to help us decode and blend. We have our phonics screening next week in class and are confident that Hedgehogs class will try their very best, which is all that matters! 

In English, we have been learning all about instructions. We have been writing our own for hungry squirrel, explaining how to make a jam sandwich. We have been using bossy words, and writing in time order to help him understand. We had a go at following our instructions at the end of the week, and enjoying a yummy jam sandwich for snack time if we wanted to. 

We have been learning about position and direction in maths - forwards, backwards, left, right, and even using our fractions to describe turns. 

In science this term, we are growing our own bean plants! We learned about the life cycle of a bean plant this week, and planted our beans in our pots. Now to wait for them to sprout! 

Our big question this term is all about Kings and Queens! In art, we drew a self-portrait as a King or Queen, using a quarter grid to help us with our positioning of features. We added fancy crowns and gowns, and thought about what we might do if we were in charge! There were some interesting ideas!! In R.E, we were learning all about the Jewish celebration 'Shabbat'. We set our own table with Shabbat candles, challah bread, and grape juice (for wine!) in a Kiddush cup. 

On Thursday afternoon we had busy learning with Owl Class and Badgers Class which was great fun. We finished the week with Venture Sports on Friday for athletics, and beginning to work on 'commands' in computing.

Sports day next week on Friday to look forward to! Have a lovely weekend! :)