In literacy we are writing adventure stories about Flat Stanley, an unfortunate boy who was squashed flat by a notice board and is now 2cm thick. To help us imagine all of the adventures he could get up to, we made our own Flat Stanley kites and enjoyed flying them around the playground.
This week in maths, Year 1 have been practising their number bonds. The children know the number bonds to 10 extremely well! So, today we used cubes and numicon to find lots of different ways to make 20. The children worked together in pairs to find different ways to make 20. How many different ways can you make 20?
Now spring is in the air we have been planting in our garden area. This week we planted radish seeds next to the garlic we planted in Science week.
We made labels to put around the seeds so that everyone will know what is planted there.
Whilst we were planting we found a tree seed that had started to grow.
We enjoy the creative area. Colour mixing is good fun!
If we find something difficult we ask for help. We are learning to help each other.
Y3 have started a new unit in their writing lessons – a tale of fear. This unit is based around the picture book Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman.
This week Y3 have used a story map and actions to learn each of the five parts to this story.
1. Opening
MC is afraid of something and is worried about it.
2. Build up
MC starts to do something
3. Problem
What MC fears actually happens
4. Resolution
MC overcomes the fear.
5. Ending
MC has conquered the fear and looks to the future.
Year Two had a fantastic time at the National Sea life Centre on Wednesday. We encountered lots of different types of fish and learnt about their different habitats and diets. We saw some amazing Jelly fish, and also visited the Rock pool where we stroked a starfish and were surprised by how it felt. There were so many interesting types of sea life to look at we couldn’t decide on our favourite. Nemo and Dory were a huge hit but we will remember what the staff said about not having these types of fish in our homes. We had a fantastic day and the children (and staff) had lots of fun. We now can’t wait to make our models, pictures and do lots more research on our Beach Combers topic!
This week, Reception have been learning all about how to be healthy. We read the story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and discussed whether the food he ate was healthy. We have also learnt about the days of the week, singing lots of songs to help us remember them. The children have also been doing some fantastic writing! They have been independently writing stories about superheros, power rangers and frozen! The children have then read them out to their class and chosen characters to act them out.
Here are some pictures from our week:
During science on Thursday, Year 6 were observing and dissecting a sheep’s heart. The children had previously studied anatomical drawings of human hearts and how they worked. They were able to look at the heart and identify the valves and arteries. The children really enjoyed this practical observational activity and finished the lesson with a detailed report of the activity.
In Science, we have started a new topic about materials. We can recognise and name different materials that objects and things are made of. We went for a hunt for objects that are made of different materials.
What can you see?
Year 2 had a fantastic book week. We read The Sulky Vulture by author Sally Grindley.
We started book week by getting to meet Sally Grindley and talk to her about all of the fantastic books she has written. It was very exciting.
On Thursday it was World Book Day day and many children came dressed as their favourite book character. Can you guess who they are?
In World Book Week, we read Paw Prints in the Snow by Sally Grindley and based all of our literacy work around this book. We looked at the WWF website and researched other endangered animals to create a fact file. We then wrote a persuasive piece to try and persuade our class mates to adopt an animal. We are going to have a class vote to decide the winning animal. Watch this space to find out more!
At the end of the week, on World Book Day, we were lucky enough to meet Sally and learn a little more about how she creates her wonderful books.