The classroom was ready full of wonderful things and all of the Pioneers explored in their own way. You can never tell just what might happen when the learning begins.
Category: Class
A great time back at school!
Adventurers have all enjoyed their first week back at school.
Their memorable moments have been everything! (So they said) But they did really enjoy learning numbers to 10 in French, using the I pads to work on their coding and sequencing skills, loving the challenge of math key skills every day and creating cave paintings in art.
We also introduced our new Christian Value ‘Thankfulness’ and the children shared their thoughts of what they are thankful for. These included: friends, family, pets, food, their homes, school, nature, life and the world.
Our First Week Back
Hello Visitors,
This week is our first week back after the Summer holidays, and one of the best things about this is that we got to see all of our friends again. We have loved playing with each other at playtimes, especially now we can play with the Leaders class too.
We are enjoying being back in a routine, and learning new things. This week we have been learning how to find our way around using a compass in geography, we have started reading our new class text: The Firework-Maker’s Daughter and we have been having some simple conversations in French, describing who makes up our family.
We have just finished a session of PE, where we were learning football skills in preparation for an upcoming competition. We will keep you posted on this.
We hope that everybody has a wonderful weekend!
Speak soon,
Discoverers
A wonderful first week!
Learners class have settled back into school life with such ease this week! I am so proud of how grown-up they have come in to school each morning. It feels like Year 1 have always been a part of Learners class and the Year 2’s have made them feel so welcome. It has been lovely to see. We are proving to be a great team already! This term in History, we are thinking about changes over time. This week, we have had a go at writing using feathers and ink – its trickier than you might think! In Science we have learned a little bit more about the sun, luckily it has been shining all week to help us with our learning. We are excited to begin using our loom to weave in class and have been practising our skills with some paper weaving. On Thursday afternoon, we had PE on the field and delighted in practising our jumping and leaping techniques.
We have enjoyed playing and exploring our classroom this week and most importantly everyone’s face has been a happy one! What a start Learners!
Mrs Brown
The Gruffalo
For the last 3 weeks before we break up for the Summer holidays, our story book will be ‘The Gruffalo’. I know this is a firm favourite with quite a few of the children but for those of you who may not have read the story before or don’t have a copy at home, there is a PDF below. We have lots of fun activities planned to link into the book once we return in a couple of days.
PE on the field
We took advantage of the sun this morning and had our P.E session outside. Initially, we played with the balls, hoops and small rings. Miss Idle then thought we would try a few games where we would need to listen to instructions, take turns and take our time. The children did brilliantly! We had two relay races where the children each took a baton and ran and passed it on. We then tried putting the ball between our legs and waddling or hopping to the hoop. Finally, we used a small ring to place on our heads and balance it as we walked to Mrs Bland. We had great fun!
Balloons
We’ve been using baloons in P.E this morning. Firstly, the children were given an instruction to try keep their balloons in the air and not let them drop on the floor. They were then asked to place it inbetween their legs/knees and jump or waddle over to Miss Idle at the other side of the hall. The children did brilliantly,they showed concentration skills and had lots of perseverance as the balloons were very tricky to keep between their legs. Not one of them gave up though which was brilliant! We then all worked as a team to keep the balloon on the large parachute holding onto a handle each and lifting it up. The children listened for their names when shouted and had a turn at running underneath the parachute to the other side. A brave group of children even had a turn at laying on top of their balloons to see if they could put their body weight on it without it popping!
The wicked witch turned Mr Grason into a frog!
The Wicked Witch has been into our class this morning cooking up a potion. Mr Grason came for his daily chocolate biscuit from the cupboard and noticed the green tea looking all delicious. He was very cheeky and poured himself a cup but little did he know that it was a magic potion that would turn him into a frog! Off he hopped out of the classroom and went missing somewhere around school.
Miss Idle explained to the children we must visit Forest School to find the good witches hat, broomstick and wand, then we must collect some ingredients to make a potion together so that we could turn Mr Grason back.We said a spell of “Iggety, Ziggety, Zaggerty, Zog! Let’s turn Mr Grason back from a frog!” And guess what…..it worked! Yay! The children then enjoyed some imaginative play of their own. Some children were the frogs and some played the witch and the wizard. A great morning!
The Lost Panda
Here is a picture book for you to look at. What do you suggest is happening in the story by looking at the pictures? Can you retell the story to a grown-up? Enjoy!
