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Flotsam
In preparation for our trip to Whitby next week, we took a look at FLOTSAM. This is a wonderful picture book full of curious items and possibilities.
The Pioneers had a great chat with Mrs Gurney about shells and cameras and things washed up on the shore. The Pioneers are very good at making predictions and giving reasons for these based on the evidence they have.
Looking at Fish
The Pioneers have been classifying living things and have been learning about fish. We got up close and looked at the fins and the scales and the teeth and the beard. The smell was not too bad as we got outside! We drew some great pictures recording features of each fish.
We also drew a Fish and Chip Shop food chain which was
Thank you to our families for their rapid action in sourcing the fish for this fantastic learning.
An Artistic Week
Welcome to another busy week over here, in Discoverers Class.
We have worked hard on our amazing collages, in art, and have impressed everybody with our sporting skills in our huge sports day.
Check our some pictures of our collages so far:
Inspired by Nature
We have been following the life cycle of our caterpillars and this week they turned into butterflies so we knew that the release day was drawing near. We went to the forest and found a shady spot for the release. Our butterflies were happy to hang around so we could take a close look at their mouth parts and their bodies. Eventually they flew off into the trees.
Inspired by the artwork in Eric Carle’s books we found out what it would be like to be an artist when we grew up. We found out that Eric was inspired by nature and walks in the forest with his father. The Pioneers watched a video where Eric shared his techniques and thoughts about colour.
We got brushes and sponges. Some chose other items like blocks and fingers and we added paint to wet quality tissue paper. The process was fascinating. The classroom was a quiet buzz of chat about colour and pattern. We found places for it all to dry!
The next day we set about making our own collages. The originality was fabulous. The Pioneers selected colour and pattern to fit their own ideas and made flowers and butterflies and of course the Very Hungry Caterpillar made an appearance alongside a dinosaur.
Another wonderful week of learning.
Exploring Calculations
The Pioneers have been very busy this week exploring calculations. We have returned to subtraction and the links with addition are becoming clearer. We have been working with teen numbers using a variety of manipulatives to support our work. The Pioneers moved form teacher to teacher trying out calculations with Numicon,Numberframes,Stickies,Moshimonsters and Tens and Ones. We wrote calculations and used Part/Whole Models to record our thinking. The quality of talk was high.Everyone was focussed and organised their resourses to get the right answers. Number formation is looking good and any reversed digits were quickly corrected.
Well done Pioneers.
Friday 9th June 2023
The start of the final half term of the year has been a busy one in Leaders class.
To start the week, on Monday, we visited St Hilda’s Church for a music concert. It was brilliant to listen to the wonderful musicians at the event. In addition to this, the children have continued to work hard in our class band music sessions, ready for our performances later in the half term.
This week, the children have continued to work hard on their writing, focusing on creating narrative pieces. Using the music video for ‘Titanium’, the children created brilliant stories, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
On Friday, the children demonstrated their creativity in art. Inspired by our focus artist, Ben Giles, the children created collages using the images and materials available to them. Check out the gallery below to see the amazing work that was created.
Another Week In Adventurers!
Hello families,
This week in PE, Adventurers have been doing cricket. They think this is really fun and cannot wait to get back at it next week. We have also learnt a new dance to ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ and we love it!
In Science, we have been exploring states of matter and looking at how states change. We looked at how heating and cooling can change state.
In English, we became reporters and interviewed each other to build speech for our newspaper reports about Zambezi Sunrise Trust.
Adventurers 🙂
What a Wonderful Week
The sun is shining and that makes everything feel wonderful.
We all did our writing outside and playtime was bursting with energy. Our sunflowers are stretching up tall and the snails have all disappeared into the shady spots.
We were inspired by Matisse to create some collage. The Pioneers added their own frames and really enjoyed “painting with scissors.”
We got out on the field to get to grips with the organisation required for Sports Day which is fast approaching. That field is mighty big when you are 4 or 5. We are learning not to cut the corners!
A Fabulous Week!
We have had a lovely week in Adventurers class this week.
In maths, we have finished our mass and capacity topic and will be moving onto fractions next week.
We created forest backgrounds, in art, using water colour. This was inspired by the artist Megan Coyle.
In PE, we did cricket and loved it! We managed to hit the ball really far across the field!
Adventurers 🙂