After another busy week, Year 6 are looking forward to the long weekend: the school is closed on Monday for children for a staff INSET day. I look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday!
Year 6
Nursery – 26.01.24
Big Garden Birdwatch
This week we took part in the Big Garden Birdwatch. The children really enjoyed making their binoculars to use and were excited to take them out and use them. We went outside on Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon and again on Friday morning to see if we could see any birds in trees or on the field. We were also had a look to see if the birds have been eating the bird feeders we made.
The children will bring their binoculars home today – please ensure they are supervised while using because of the strings.
Other photos this week including the children playing ‘Bertha on the bus’, exploring the objects beginning with ‘g’ and a very long road track which the children have loved.
Important Dates
Monday 29th January – INSET Day
Friday 2nd February – NSPCC Number Day – Wear a math themed outfit
Half term – Monday 19th – Friday 23rd February
Reminders
Please can children have a small keyring on their book bag handle so they can identify their book bag when getting ready for home time.
Jewellery such as bracelets, rings and necklaces are not part of the school uniform – please can children keep them for after school, weekends and holidays. Children are allowed to wear stud earrings if they have their ears pierced.
Have a lovely long weekend
Miss Taylor
w/c 15th January in year 4
With the freezing weather and roadworks getting to school has been tricky this week, but once in year 4 it’s really warm and cosy as the new heating does its job well. The sun has been streaming through the window to make the days bright.
The children are engrossed in our current book “Escape From Pompeii”
The children are engrossed in our current book “Escape From Pompeii” which contains a wealth of powerful verbs and interesting language. The children love the fascinating subject of volcanoes and this story shows the impact of a pyroclastic flow. They have been creating some excellent paragraphs with expanded noun phrases. On Google Classroom I’ve posted another two pages in the grammar book to help support this learning. I sent home a couple of sheets relating to this book, because I came across them in researching resources and they were so useful for vocabulary building and comprehension skills. Its purely optional to use these resources or not.
Linked with this, we are learning about the Romans, leading on from the children’s learning about the Iron Age last year. This another fascinating topic – “What did the Romans ever do for us?” is a question it’s always intriguing to answer. Our trip to Verulamium Museum on Wednesday will help deepen this understanding. If you are able to accompany us, please could you contact the office as we still need an adult (though I appreciate that Wednesday morning is not convenient for work schedules). Thank you.
We’re coming to the end of learning about times tables facts and soon will apply that knowledge in formal multiplication and division, involving instant recall of those facts.
States of Matter is our topic in Science. Can your child explain to you why solid objects retain their shape after being squashed and squeezed but a gas can occupy any size shape into which it is released?
The children’s ukelele playing is really progressing and the collective sound is very jolly and uplifting.
There were a few complaints about the number of spelling words last week – I did ask the class! – so apologies if the quantity and variety was a bit much for your child or you. However, there were good improvements and I’m very proud of the seriousness and commitment they children show to improving their spelling and writing.
I hope you all have a relaxing weekend, whether the weather stays bitterly cold or warms up.
Year 2 are thoughtful artists
Inspired by the amazing artist, Charles McGee, the children have been exploring colours, patterns and shapes to create their own artwork using pens, charcoal and sculpture. Here is a selection of the tremendous artwork that we are thoughtfully making during our art project. Our next challenge is to create 3D sculptures using our drawings. Watch this space to see what comes next!
Reception – Brrrr it’s cold outside!
19.01.24
Hello and welcome to another week.
There is lots to share, as we are always busy learning, creating and playing. We began the week by planting a tree on the playing fields. We chose ‘the best’ two trees and planted them with care. We talked about what the tree will need, how big it will grow, etc. Everybody took part and placed a little bit if soil into the hole.
Outside was great fun this week as we had to free lots of polar animals. They were all stuck in the ice. The children were banging and pushing and breaking the ice and eventually all of the animals were safe and sound 🙂
In Little Wandle we’ve learnt 4 new digraphs:
The children are reading words with the new digraph and even learning how to spell and write some of them. This week we’ve spelled words like torn, book, foot, march.
We also learnt 3 new tricky words. They are already in your child’s orange books ready for you to practise at home. The new tricky words are ‘was’, ‘they’ and ‘you’.
In Maths we introduced the concept of zero. The children already had some practical understanding of ‘nothing there’, ‘none’ or ‘all gone’, therefore they learnt that the number name ‘zero’ and the numeral 0 can be used to represent this idea. We were also thinking about numbers to 5 (including zero) and learnt how to instantly recognise of up to five objects (subitise number 0-5).
In RE we began a new topic Local Church Community – Celebrating. We talked about our own experiences and feelings about celebrations; we wondered why people celebrate and how they feel when they celebrate.
Thank you to those of you who shared pictures of their own celebrations.
Dates to remember:
Inset day – Monday 29.01.24
February half term – 19th – 23rd February
Have a lovely weekend.
Looking forward seeing you all next week.
Mrs Solakova
Year 3 gets sporty
This week, we have been working on our new PE unit, badminton. We have been familiarising ourselves with the shuttle, developing our overhead throwing skills, tracking, and catching the shuttle. Here are some photos from our lesson.
Year Six Designers
After a busy week, getting a feel for the year six sats and performing at the O2, we ended the week sharing ideas about our playground equipment and proposing new designs. At the end of the lesson, we all had the chance to share our ideas.
Nursery 19.01.23
This week we have continued to explore the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’, the children are confident with joining in the repeated refrains and the actions.
We also watched a fantastic video of Michael Rosen performing and acting out the story which the children joined in with.
We went up to the Library again this week. Just a reminder – the previous books needs to be returned in order to take out a new one.
In PE this week we worked on our ball skills. We held our balls on different parts of our bodies and tried very carefully not to drop them.
In RSE this week we talked about our bodies and all the wonderful things we can do, the children helped match the picture to the correct part of the body.
Other photos this week:
Bird Garden Birdwatch
Thank you so much for all the toilet roll tubes, we would love a few more if you could save them for us over the weekend.
Book Bags
Please could all book bags have a small key ring on the handle so children can identify their own book bag at home time.
Important Dates
Join us every Friday 8:45 – 09:00 AM for reading morning in the Nursery classroom.
INSET Day – Monday 29th January.
February Half Term – Monday 19th – Friday 23rd February
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Taylor
Reception – Epiphany
12.01.23
Happy New Year and welcome back everyone.
Hope you’ve had a restful holiday and are ready for another busy term!
We loved sharing christmas stories and experiences during circle time. Some children even heard Santa coming down the chimney :). Lucky!
This week we dedicated to Epiphany and talked a lot about the three kings and how they gifted baby Jesus with very special gifts. We created beautiful crowns using different shaped gems:
On the writing table the children were practicing their digraphs and trigraphs by writing messages to friends and family.
We also dressed up as kings and prepared special gifts for Jesus. It was a long journey 🙂
In Little Wandle this week we learnt the first four of phase 3 sounds. You will find more information about phase 3 sounds in your child’s pink folder.
I also added some information about phase 3 tricky words and how we learn them at school.
In Maths we talked about shapes with 4 sides and their properties. We used mathematical language for describing the shapes: ‘sides’, ‘straight’ and ‘corners’. We also made shapes by combining different sizes of squares and rectangles. Starting from this week the children will have a maths activity to take home. Once completed please bring it to school, or if you prefer you can upload a photo of it on Tapestry.
Please take your time to look at our new home learning grid (you will find a paper copy in your child’s orange book too).
Have a lovely weekend.
Looking forward seeing you all on Monday.
Mrs Solakova
Welcome Back Year 3!
We’ve had an absolutely fantastic week returning to school, and we’re eager to share the exciting things happening in our English lessons!
We are currently reading ‘Cloud Tea Monkeys,’ a book that has cross-curricular links to our science lessons. We have been enjoying familiarising ourselves with the text. Here are some photos of us role-playing parts of the story.
