Month: February 2025

Exploring and Making Links

Scott Grason-Taylor

The Pioneers love to be active and to look for patterns and links and find ways to explain these. We have been exploring patterns in number looking at 5 and a bit and 10 and a bit. We have used a variety of materials to create number lines and representation. We used a big wooden number square and a number splat on the whiteboard. The work was full of new thoughts which require a bit of grappling to articulate once we had spotted links.

The elves are still with us and wanted a material to make a window in their rocket. The Pioneers were asked to test materials to decide which would work best. We explore testing all and everything in the classroom by looking to see if light could pass through or not. We then recorded our results on a table, discussing our findings as we went. The Pioneers now know how to record results on a table and the words transparent and opaque.

 

Marvellous Monarchs!

Scott Grason-Taylor

In history this week, Learners have been learning all about monarchs. We used drama to build our learning. We enjoyed becoming absolute monarchs, where we could make ALL the rules, dishing out punishments for anyone who didn’t comply. We then became part of a constitutional monarchy. Here, the monarch needed the partnership of a Prime minister, together with an elected Government to help make any decisions and rules. We were relieved to learn that we now have a constitutional monarchy and unlike the past, there would be no “off with your head” punishments.

Learners have been busily drawing story maps around the Peter and the Wolf story and are excited to begin writing a narrative next week. We have been gathering words with the suffixes -ment, -ness, and -ly in order to make our writing even more interesting! 

Learners attended a Gymnastic event in Whitby on Thursday, where we had lots of fun. Sports leaders organised events and Learners enjoyed rolling, jumping and balancing. We were able to show-off all our gymnastic skills and we enjoyed every minute. 

Next week, will be our last swimming session at Whitby pool. It is clear to see the progress made over the last months  and how confidence  has improved. We will be looking forward to starting dance sessions with Hannah Verity after half-term.

Learners love to learn, keep checking our class page to see what we are learning!

Spring Sunshine, Story Telling and Big Printing

Scott Grason-Taylor

The sun shone and there was a little bit of a warm feeling in the air. Pioneers spent most of the day out and about making use of our wonderful school grounds. 

We worked on story telling and story making linked to Peter and the Wolf and our visiting elves. We enjoyed maths in the forest and on the playground. In the afternoon we did some printing on a big scale using tubes and lots of loose parts to experiment and create. 

Such a wonderful day.

Pop Art Creation

Scott Grason-Taylor

Learners have had a fantastic week. In art this term we are focusing on printing. Inspired by Andy Warhol this week, we have created our very own Pop Art piece, with the repeated pattern of our handprints. We chose bright and bold colours just like Andy Warhol and we are astonished at just how effective our finished piece looks. It is already proudly on display outside our classroom!

In English this week we have been finding out about Haiku poetry. We learned the rules of Haiku poems and were able to clap along to check syllables contained in each word. With great determination and focus we used our knowledge to create our own Haiku poems inspired by Peter and the Wolf. Again, Learners were immensely proud of their finished pieces.

In history we have been finding out about the monarchy past and present. This prompted many interesting questions and Learners were keen to broaden their knowledge around this.

In RE we have been thinking about the Jewish religion and have been interested to find out the things that are important in Judaism.

In maths we are getting to grips with money. We have been making one pound using many different coin and are learning how to calculate change. 

We have been learning batting skills in cricket and are really enjoying these fun sessions each week.

What a busy week of learning, just how we like it! Check our page next week to find out what we have been doing!

Learners Class