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Forest Finds

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Scott Grason-Taylor

Our school grounds are full of the most wonderful things and this week we took a closer look at the our trees and the things that fall from them. We have done a story map of Chicken Licken to retell the story together and had lots of fun searching for leaves and seeds and other things which maybe did not fall from a tree (Mini Cheddars Bag)

Thank you for all of the conkers. We do not have an appropriate tree in our forest so it is great that we are getting deliveries. Conkers are the best and are being used for many things in our Woodland Kitchen.

We are thankful for all the wonderful things our great outdoors provides.

Happy Learning

Friday 15th October 2021

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 Scott Grason-Taylor

Wow – what a busy week!

We started the week with a shared session with Louise, learning all about the Tudors through drama activities. A session of fun, laughter and ‘hands on’ learning.

Tuesday brought another swimming session – it is fantastic to see the water confidence really beginning to grow.

On Wednesday, it was the girls turn to play football at Eskdale and they all had a fantastic time, playing as a team and developing their football knowledge over the course of the matches.

On Thursday, we visited Scarborough Spa to take part in a STEM fair which showed the children many opportunities in these fields with many more ‘hands on’ activities to take part in; code cracking, brick laying, fulcrum balancing and medicine to list a few.

With such a varied week – there has been so much learning taking place.

Families – please check Tapestry to see photos from these events.

Another Busy Week!

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 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

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 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!

October 14, 2021October 15, 2021 Scott Grason-Taylor

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

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 Scott Grason-Taylor

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

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 Scott Grason-Taylor

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

October 8, 2021October 8, 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!

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 Scott Grason-Taylor

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!