On Tuesday it was the 1st December and lots of us were excited about opening our advent calendars, so we learned about the original meaning of advent and why Christians celebrate at this time.

We then worked in teams to create advent wreaths.

We have had an exciting week this week - our elf friends have returned to visit us this year!

On Tuesday we found a door had arrived in the classroom but it was taped up, so we guessed that we were not allowed to touch it and spent some time creating some signs to remind each other to leave the door alone.

Fortunately the tape was gone the next day and the elves have been leaving us little notes and Christmas stories - as well as chocolate coins for children that have been spotted working hard or being extra kind.

They told us the classroom was not very Christmassy, so we have spent a few days creating decorations in our Discovery Time - it looks much better now!

Have a restful weekend - don't forget to choose another challenge for your home learning this week, as well as practicing your spelling words and reading your book.

 

 What an amazing end to the week!

We have had a busy one with all of our learning and it was so lovely to end the week with some fun and to celebrate all the hard work the children have put in this term so far.

Our Superhero day was fantastic - a huge thank you for all the effort that went into the costumes, I think you will agree all the children looked thoroughly 'super'! 

We have spent the day doing superhero challenges, such as throwing balls at a target and adding up our superhero scores, as well as playing some great superhero-themed games like 'bingo' .

Have a restful and relaxing weekend!

We have had a busy week in Class 2 this week.

On Tuesday we went for an Autumn senses walk and recorded some of the things that we saw, felt, heard and smelt.

We walked along a sugarbeet field and talked lots about what it was and how it was made into sugar, so Mrs Flynn brought one in on Thursday and we took a closer look - and taste! Some of us liked it, some of us didn't quite so much....

We also collected some leaves to practice our art skills.

First we drew our leaves - then we thought about how we could make our drawings better. We experimented with colours and lines and then had another go - I think you will agree the results are fantastic!

We have been reading Traction Man is Here! by Mini Grey this term and this week we finished the story - we loved it and had a go at acting out different parts in groups while Mrs Flynn re-read it.

Don't forget, our Superhero Day is next Friday (27th) - I am really looking forward to seeing all of your costumes! 

 Welcome back!

We hope you are well rested after half term and are ready for a new exciting term!

This week we have been using part-whole models in maths to help us add numbers:

In topic we continued our work on 'significant individuals' by finding out about someone who became well-known for all the wrong reasons - Guy Fawkes! 

We learned about the Gunpowder Plot and retold the story using picture prompts, before making some colourful firework pictures using black paper and oil pastels.

Don't forget - all our home learning is online on Google Classroom this year, so do't forget to check for this weeks task!

Have a great weekend everyone!

 2020-2021

Welcome back!

I hope you all had a restful half term - we have a busy term ahead and have made a great start this week!

We have been working on different spellings of the /or/ sound this week, learning lots of new spelling patterns. Here are some super sentences using one way of writing this sound.....

Before we started our new book in English we listened to the description below and drew the image that came into our heads - there were some great pictures!

We have only read part of the story so far but have met the main character - Egg Box Dragon - and had a go at predicting and writing the end of the story today! Some of the ideas are absolutely fantastic!

On Tuesday we learned about John McAdam who improved the building of roads using new materials and processes called 'macadamisation' - we went out to have a look at the surfaces of the roads and paths and talked about how smoother roads are much nicer to drive on!

Home Learning

Due Thursday 5th March

Year 1

Year 2 

Everyone looked amazing on our 'Funky Hair Day' today - thank you all for taking part and raising some money for the school!

We made the most of the nice weather today by going for a walk around the village to find some signs of spring - we found some lovely snowdrops and some daffodils that are almost flowering too, whilst enjoying the sunshine (and puddles!)

In science this week we talked about recycling - what it is and how we do it at home and at school. 

We sorted lots of 'rubbish' into different bins and found we could recycle a lot more than just paper and cardboard!

Happy half term everyone - don't forget term starts again on 

TUESDAY 25th FEBRUARY

Home Learning 

Due Thursday 28th February

Year 1

Year 2 

We have been working hard on counting in 2s, 5s and 10s this week - here we are making a numberline counting in 5s.

Well done to the whole class who showed the rest of the school how confident they are counting in 2s, 5s and 10s in Golden Book assembly this week - amazing!

After learning about knights and armour in our topic lesson, some of us decided to make our own from K'Nex!

In Science this week we tested some different materials to see if we could change the shape of them by squashing, bending, twisting or stretching them....

 

Draedyn was in the Golden Book this week for working hard on remembering the spelling patterns we have been learning for the last 2 weeks - well done!

Home Learning

Due Thursday 13th February

Year 1

Year 2

We have been continuing our work on Rapunzel this week and have been making potions and spells and writing poetry to describe what our spells might do.

We also talked about how Rapunzel might feel as she escaped from the tower and went outside to explore what she might be able to see, hear, smell and touch and came up with some amazing adjectives!

Also this week we have been working on our times tables, Year 1 have been counting in 2s and Year 2 have been using arrays to solve tricky multiplication word problems.

Today we had a special lesson on 'The Art of Mathematics', exploring line and shape through some paintings by the artist Kadinsky.

We talked about what mathematical characteristics we could see in each one.

We looked at this painting for 6 seconds then had to draw exactly what we remembered ……

We then created our own mathematical masterpieces...

Home Learning
Due Thursday 6th February

Activities are stuck into home learning books as normal, please let us know if you are not sure what to do.

Year 1

Year 2

Please also read your reading book and practise your spellings (stuck in reading journals).