It have been lively in Pioneers this week especially at the end of the day when we have got out the box of untuned percussion instruments. We’ve all had a good go at making some noise. As all good musicians know, silence is important too. We have tried out stopping and starting and been highly successful. It’s been great fun marching to the beat of our own drum.
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Welcome 🙂
This week, we have explored lots of new learning in science, including how shadows are created. We used torches to find out why our shadows got bigger, the closer the object was to the torch.
We used the word opaque to help us explain this. Opaque means that light is unable to pass through an object.
Wow, what a busy week in Learners Class.
On Monday, we were lucky to have a visit from Louise from the Red House Theatre Company. who took us on a whistle stop tour of the past. We used drama to become Vikings, Romans, Whitby Abbey and even a Roman Road. It was such a fun way to learn more about history. Back in the classroom we thought about ‘chronology’ and used our knowledge to create timelines of our own lives by ordering specific events.
It was delightful to welcome parents into school on Monday and Tuesday evening and be able to share each child’s achievements and successes so far.
In art, we have been learning how to draw and shade, using the techniques of hatching, stippling and scribbling. Art is a firm favourite in Learners Class.
On Thursday we visited St John’s Church for our new starter service, where we also welcome Sleights’ new Vicar. Learners spoke about their inspirations and aspirations for their new class this year. Learners class sung beautifully in church, it really was very moving.
In computers, Learners have been learning more about online safety, where we carefully decided what could and could not be shared online.
Learners class love to learn 🙂
The Pioneers have so many wonderful places to learn. We step outside the classroom into a wonderful space surrounded by green. There is always sand and water to explore and lots of things to climb on and to build with. This week we worked under the canopy to explore printing and colour and to get our acorns ready for their “hibernation” to plant next spring. We used a story map to remind us of what we needed to do and this included words that we could segment and blend.
Later in the day we walked around the edge of the field and the forest looking closely at the colours around us. The selection was fabulous. The Pioneers noticed the different shaped leaves and the changes that have happened since we returned to school.
This week in English, Leaders have completed their explanations focusing on Global Neighbours. They have used a range of causal conjunctions and adverbials in their writing and have also included parenthesis to provide the reader extra information. Leaders have also been pushing themselves when selecting vocabulary.
In maths, Leaders have learned about prime, square and cubed numbers and have completed some tricky reasoning questions during these lessons. Each day at the start of maths, Leaders also complete key skills and it is great to see the speed and accuracy at which this is being completed. Excellent effort Leaders!
In art this week, the children selected from a range of graded pencils, charcoal and chalks and from a range of drawing techniques to create effects for different purposes, including creating different textures, using Henry Moore’s drawings as inspiration. We are looking forward to applying these effects to our own pieces of art, inspired by our locality.
On Thursday, Leaders enjoyed gathering at St John’s Church for the first time this year. To welcome the new starters, Leaders shared what to expect from their time at Sleights, which covered lessons, trips, clubs, Collective Worship and lunches! It was a brilliant service and a great way to welcome the new starters at Sleights.
Check back next week to find out about out first class trip of the year!
What a week the Adventurers have had this week! They started the week with a great session of cricket which they always love! Furthermore, they loved the drama day with Louise where they developed their Stone Age understanding!
School photographs were taken on Tuesday and how lovely they turned out to be!
The children loved their history lesson on Stone Age farming. We also enjoyed our New Beginnings church service on Thursday where the Pioneers and Reverend Jo Parker were welcomed to the Sleights family! The whole school did amazing and the Adventurers amazingly created their own poem and read this out in the service. They made everyone so proud!
They also enjoyed continuing their learning about the rainforests in geography!
We have seen some amazing changes in results on times tables quizzes this week, we are so proud of the efforts they have shown!
We look forward to another exciting week next week, especially with our day in the forest on Tuesday!
Learners class were keen to find out the meaning of the word ‘history’ this week. We had wonderful discussions about the past, present and the future and could identify experiences in our own lives from each of these categories. Next week, we will learning how to plot these experiences using a timeline.
In English, we are continuing to prepare our explanation texts answering the question ‘what is a global neighbour? We reflected on the school visit from the Zambezi Sunrise Trust earlier in the year and could articulate and write about the wonderful charity they run.
We have really enjoyed mark making this week in Art, in the style of Pablo Picasso. We used pencils, wax crayons and charcoals to draw zigzags, curls and lines in our sketch books. I think Learners are definite artists in the making!
We enjoyed computers with Mrs Gurney on Thursday and learned some key E-Safety rules. Learners created a paper chain of 5 trusted adults that they could talk to and ask for help from if they needed to. Learners had great fun making these and ended the session with a game of ‘Does Sid say yes or no?’
We finished the week with a fun PE session, perfecting our throwing and catching techniques. There was a lot of concentration in the room as we raced each other while balancing beanbags on our heads.
Another busy week of learning in Learners Class 🙂
The Pioneers spent the day outdoors exploring our wonderful site. We packed up our trolley and took responsibility for the kit we needed. Some helped to carry some very heavy buckets. We talked about looking after ourselves,looking after others and looking after our environment.
As we went along we pointed out hazards like nettles and thorns and big holes in the ground. We speculated that these could have been made by badgers.
Our first Forest Find was a sycamore tree and it’s seeds so we stopped to take a look . We walked the boundaries and discussed where it was safe to go. We then set up camp next to the Oak tree and had a good rummage around. Lots of ladybirds were relocated and acorns and leaves made their way into the treasure boxes. We shared a good book before moving up onto the field to explore.
We had snack in our outdoor area and a good phonics session before lunch.
In the afternoon we headed back to the forest to look closely at leaves,selecting some to press for printing later. One Pioneer suggested this.
We pulled some vegetables which was very exciting. One Pioneer could identify the vegetable from the leaves.
To finish the day we repeated our bread dough making from last week with greater efficiency and a different kind of mess!
It was glorious.
The Adventurers have had a great fourth week back at school. They have enjoyed cricket with Owen and began planning and writing their explanation text about being a global neighbour. The Adventurers also loved cross country on Monday! They have been practising their times tables songs which they have thoroughly enjoyed! They are approaching the end of their place value topic in maths.
We have made further progress with our class book, ‘The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me’ which they are analysing for their reading comprehension. Furthermore, they have been also enjoying their end of day book ‘The Nothing to see Here Hotel’.
Finally, the Adventurers have been practising their singing for the New Beginnings service on Thursday! We look forward to another busy week next week!
Welcome to another week in Discoverers’ class 😀
This week it started in style, when we held a KS2 cross country within our grounds. We ran around the front and back fields, and even into the forest.
After battling across the different terrain, we cheered on the other classes, watching everybody finish with a huge smile of pride on their faces.
