This we as part of our RE lesson the children created a picture of their family using buttons, here are just a few of them, they are displayed in the classroom and I think they look super.
Photos
Important Dates
Friday 20th June – no reading morning
Thursday 26th June – New Reception parents meeting 18:00 – 19:00
This week, the Year Two children returned to school for their last half term in the infants. They were very proud of the Bee and Butterfly garden that they have been caring for and watering over the last few weeks as it is filled with flowers that are being visited by many insects.
Hidden amongst all those flowering plants, there were also lots of ripening strawberries. Through the week, we have been harvesting the strawberries and freezing them. On Friday, we finally had enough to make our own strawberry and banana milkshake. It was delicious and now the children know how make a milkshake as well as a wrap. Here are the instructions if you would like to make one too!
You will need cups, milk, strawberries, a blender and bananas
Add strawberries …
and banana to the blender.
Finally, add milk to your fruit.
Blend all the ingredients together and you will be able to drink your delicious milkshake!
Welcome back everyone! What a great beginning of our last term – our Pentecost Party was definitely a day to remember! With everyone wearing red, red food, decorations and so much more. Thank you for your generosity and for attending. We really appreciate it! The children were busy practicing their lines and singing the song. If you would like to have another go here is a link :):
The children prepared delicious red jam sandwiches and helped decorate the room. We were so lucky with the weather too…. lovely sunshine despite the weather forecast for rain!!! We all enjoyed playing with streamers, catching the wind and making bubbles. The holy spirit is hard to understand. It is not something you can touch, feel, taste or smell. The Holy Spirit is a deep feeling. We feel it in our hearts!
And finally but not least, congratulations for all your hard work and motivation! You truly deserve the awards, red sash and golden rosette!!!
Dates to remember: Friday 13th June – Family day assembly – 9:00 am Friday 13th June– No reading morning
Have a wonderful weekend! Looking forward seeing you all next week! Mrs Solakova
Thank you so much for coming to the Pentecost Party this morning. The children had lots of fun and enjoyed spending the morning with you.
In maths this week we explore 2D shapes, we made rectangles and triangles using lolly sticks and did some printing with circles.
In RE this week we talked about and looked at different images of churches. We discussed what we might see in different churches such as the cross, bibles, displays. We talked about what a font is for and Holy Water. We role played blessing ourselves with Holy Water.
Other photos this week
Important Dates
Friday 13th June – No Reading Morning
Friday 13th June – Family Day Assembly in the hall 09:00am – Nursery will be singing a song
Thursday 26th June – New Reception Parents Meeting 18:00 – 19:00 – A chance for nursery parents to meet Mrs Solakova, she will give information about school dinners and changes in school uniform.
Although it was wetter than we would’ve liked, Kew still looked amazing. Year 4 had a fun, interesting day learning about Marianne North and exploring the fascinating and beautiful Gardens. It was a good day for steps total! A huge thank you to the parent volunteers. Having so many adults with the children makes the day much more interesting and relaxing for everyone and the pupils can be properly supported when away from school which makes it more enjoyable for them.
The children should sleep well tonight! They were all a credit to the school and I hope they enjoy sharing the details of the day with you. I’m not suggesting that you hire the venue out!, but this link takes you to images of the Marianne North Gallery – https://www.kew.org/venue-hire/marianne-north-gallery
This term, we have been learning about the Eatwell plate and what foods go in each food group. We have learned that it is really important to have foods from a variety of food groups in order to eat healthily. We taste tested combinations of ingredients to see what went well together and then designed a wrap that would be tasty and healthy.
Taste testing selection of foods
Sorting our ingredients into the food groups
Sorting our food into the food groups
We had great fun preparing ingredients for our wraps and learned how to chop foods up with a knife by making a bridge with our hands. Once we had made our wraps, we reviewed them against our success criteria to see just how tasty and healthy they were. We tried to include ingredients from at least three food groups in our wrap and we have found that there are new foods that we will try.
Putting an apron on was trickier than we thought …
We learned that teamwork is the key to putting an apron on.
Next, we learned how to prepare all the different ingredients..
First of all, we worked in pairs to grate the cheese.
One person grated, while their partner made sure we didn’t grate our fingers!
We learned how to do a bridge cut.
Can you spot us using the bridge cut to cut up the ham …
the chicken …
and the pepper?
More experts!
Tearing up the lettuce to the right size was great fun.
Finally, the ingredients were all ready.
We tried to choose ingredients from different food groups.
Next, we reviewed our designs and it was time to start making a wrap.
We had to make sure that we didn’t overfill the wraps.This wrap is looking very tasty.
Some wraps contained more ingredients …
than others!
Another tricky skill we learned was how to fold up the wrap.
Finally, it was time to eat them!
When reviewing the wraps, many of the children said that they were wonderful, tasty, fantastic, delicious and brilliant. Lucy said ‘I loved it so much’ and Tadhg wrote ‘I’ve never had a wrap that good!’ Well done to the Year 2 chefs who have learned a great skill that they will be able to do at home too.
What an exciting week everyone! A good end to another half term! Time is just flying!!! We started thinking about our Assembly on 20th June and were super busy learning the songs. Can’t wait to show you our wonderful acting and singing! I bet you can’t wait too!
Wednesday was a fun filled day and we learnt so much about Judaism and when and why Jewish people celebrate Shabbat. We tried some grape juice and a special bread too:
We also dressed up and read Hebrew. Fascinating!!!
National Numeracy day! For the first time ever, National Numeracy Day had a theme: money. So we really embraced the challenge and played lots of games with money… selling fresh fruit and vegetables in our shop and buying delicious food for a teddy bear picnic.
We even had some real coins and discussed the difference in shape, size and colour. Is the biggest coin worth the most? Then we did some coin prints using pencil and white paper!
In Little Wandle this week we have been looking at -ed word endings, deciding whether it makes -id sound like in hunted or -t sound like in bumped. We even read words with -est endings like softest and strongest. We also learnt the last 2 tricky words for reception:
Please practice all tricky words at home too, both reading and writing, so your children can feel confident recalling them. Don’t forget to continue reading little wandle practice book and library book. Thank you for your continued support.
In PE this week we continued doing gymnastics and used the apparatus in the hall. Everyone really enjoyed climbing, jumping and landing with two legs and straight back. Well done Reception!
And finally but not least, congratulations for all your hard work and motivation! You truly deserve the awards, red sash and golden rosette!!!
Dates to remember: Monday 26th May – Half term Friday 6th June – Pentecost party (Parents welcomed, Wear red clothes) Friday 6th June– No reading morning
Have a wonderful half term! Looking forward seeing you all on 02 June! Mrs Solakova
This week in maths we looked at ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ and we did some activities with the bears to support this.
On Thursday we went into the hall for a fantastic Judaism workshop, Ruth told us about Shabbat and what Jewish people do to get ready for this. We were very lucky to be able to try on a Kippah (small cloth hat) and wear a tallith, which is a special prayer shawl. We also tasted special juice and tried some delicious bread called a Challah.
Photos this week
Important Dates
Friday 6th June – No reading morning
Friday 6th June – Pentecost Party 09:15 – 10:15 in Nursery. Children can come to school wearing red.
In the Judaism workshop, we explored the rich traditions of the Jewish festival of Passover. We learned about its historical significance and why it remains such an important celebration today. We also discovered the symbolic meanings behind each item on the Passover plate. Afterwards, we examined a variety of foods to decide whether they could be eaten during Passover, and we even got to taste some unleavened bread called matzah. To finish, we had the opportunity to look at the Torah and try on a kippah, deepening our understanding of Jewish culture and customs.