Author: Scott Grason-Taylor

Another Busy Week!

Scott Grason-Taylor

Adventurers have had another busy week enjoying a variety of different activities.

In art we have designed and painted our Christmas cards ready to go to the printers and be printed off as either gift tags, wrapping paper of Christmas cards. You can view these on Tapestry and place an order before the 1st November.

All the children are really enjoying their swimming lesson again. It’s great to be back in the pool and they are all making super progress!

The children have enjoyed singing again and we have been learning our songs for the Harvest Festival. All the songs have  very catchy tunes so you might hear us singing parts at home too!

This Week’s Adventures

Scott Grason-Taylor

Hello Everybody,

This week has been another busy one, where we have been on lots of outings with our friends 😀

We visited Eskdale school again on Wednesday and we played several football competitions. We competed in such high spirits, and had lots of fun! 

Then, on Thursday, we visited Scarborough Spa, where we explored lots of different careers within science, technology, engineering and maths. We played games, completed activities and learned all about the different skills needed for our potential, future jobs. 

Whilst we were at the Spa, we were thinking about our Christian value: Thankfulness. We felt thankful that there were no gender stereotypes at this event, and it was refreshing to see both genders promoting work in a typically male dominated industry!

This afternoon, we are off to Whitby Rugby Club where we are playing a tag rugby competition. Wish us luck!

 

 

Learners love reading!

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This week, we have been so excited to bring in our books from home and share them together. It has prompted a discussion in class, which has resulted in us organising a Reading Together Day. On Thursday 21st October we will immerse ourselves in books, poetry and reading for the whole day. We will share stories, talk about characters and settings and explain why our favourite books ARE our favourite books. Please bring a book from home on this day if you would like to – also there may be a few surprise storytellers through the day! “Reading is a passport to countless adventures”. We are very excited!

Also this week, we have been using our knowledge of London to create an autobiographical piece of writing, which focuses on a character of our choice living in London. We have created pieces of writing from a London guard, a child in London and even the Queen herself – each piece of writing is individual and unique (just how we like it!).

In History, we have been learning how toys have changed over time. Of course we couldn’t resist and just had to make our own “old toy” –  a cup and ball game, with paper cups, string and foil. These created so much fun and laughter in class. Some things just don’t go out of fashion!

We always have a buzz for learning and just love to learn!

Learners Class   

This Week We Are Thankful For Friends

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This week in collective worship the Pioneers have been thankful for friends and friendship. We have all talked about the things our Pioneer friends have done for us across the week. The Pioneers said that they have been helped by their friends to tidy up and that they have been grateful for friends who have looked after them when they have fallen over.

We have read a book about a helpful hedgehog who is a bit lonely. He is helped out by a donkey and in turn he helps the donkey too. The hedgehog gets an apple stuck on his spikes and the donkey nibbles the apple to get it off. The lonely hedgehog and the hungry donkey become friends.

We collected up our apples from our tree ready to use next week.

We are thankful for all the harvest.

Circle,Square,Rectangle,Triangle

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The Pioneers have been making shapes with Meccano,with blocks and with magnetic rods and balls and Geoboards and elastic ba They have sorted a huge number of shapes and noted and discussed the similarities and differences. They noticed that there are a variety of types of triangle and that not all four sided shapes are squares or rectangles.

They have printed with 3D shape and noticed the shapes of the faces.

The Feely Bag has been a big hit.

Friday 8th October 2021

Scott Grason-Taylor

Hello All,

This week has been a super busy week for Discoverers class. 

On Wednesday, our boys football team visited Eskdale School and played many matches of football against local Whitby schools. We played together well, used lots of communication, and achieved third place overall 😀 We were very proud of this. 

 

On Thursday this week, we took part in a class band lesson. Each week, will we have a music lesson to teach us how to play the clarinet, saxophone, trombone or trumpet. We are taking home our instruments today and can’t wait to share what we have learnt with our families.

In Collective Worship, we have been thinking about the quote: ‘Write your troubles in the sand, but carve your blessings in stone’. We have explored the meaning behind this and are trying to focus on the positives in our lives, and the things we are thankful for. 

Have a great weekend,

Discoverers

Learners are mathematicians!

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We have been working hard in maths this week, learning addition facts and inverse operations. we’ve practised every day and by the end of the week we’ve cracked it! Such an achievement!

In English, we have focused in on London (as we have been so interested to learn more). We have immersed ourselves in London’s landmarks using drone footage. This has inspired us to write about where we would visit if we were to spend the day in London and why we would choose to do so. 

In Science, we have found out what makes day and night happen. We used torches and globes to demonstrate how the sun shines on the Earth as it rotates – we found this fascinating! 

We have shared stories together as always and have particularly enjoyed Katie in London by James Mayhew this week.

We love books in Learners Class!

 

Adventurers’ French Day

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Adventurers have had a wonderful day, immersing ourselves in French culture. 

We started the day making banners and bunting in the French flag colours, then learnt lots of different French greetings.

We played french bingo with numbers 1-10 and learnt that bingo in French is ‘bab.la’.

Later in the morning, we tried lots of different french cuisine, including croissants, choc au pan, baguettes and brie cheese. 

After lunch, we did some paintings in the style of Georges Seurat and made the Eiffel tower using straws. 

Friday 1st October 2021

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This week we have spent some time in the forest which allowed us to check on the status of our structures and answer the million dollar question as to whether the kindling was still  dry.  We were not too hopeful as it has been very windy and rainy.   We found a mixture of results but we were able to identify which structures had worked well and why, which should help us in the future. The next questions were: could we light a fire; did we have enough kindling. 

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We managed to get the fire lit but quickly realised that there would not be enough kindling to boil our Kelly Kettle.  We decided to fill our most successful structures with more kindling so that we will be able to look forward to a nice warm drink (as it gets colder) the next time we are in the forest.

 

In collective worship this week, we have been continuing our journey through the bible although we are still in the book of Genesis.  We found out about the test that God gave Abraham in terms of sacrifice and what this means.

A Windswept Success

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On Friday afternoon, Discoverers’ class visited Whitby Rugby Club for a fun-filled afternoon of rugby.

We battled the forces and played such fun activities, whilst seeing some familiar faces and having so many giggles 😃

Everybody worked hard, played hard, and enjoyed our first trip of many this year!

Here’s to some fantastic rugby skills being learned, and having such a ball with our class family ❤️

Even ‘the wheels on the bus’ was welcomed!

Have a great weekend everybody!