Halton Holegate C of E Primary School
Hello and welcome to Class 1!
We are the youngest class in school and we are made up of EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 children. Miss Kitchen is our class teacher and we have Mrs Walsh as our teaching assistant and Miss Casswell as our classroom support.
Notices:
- Spellings are sent home weekly, the children in KS1 will receive new spellings every Wednesday and will be tested the following Wednesday.
- PE is every Wednesday, please ensure PE kits are in school for this.
- We have daily phonics lessons in Class 1. Click on the 'our curriculum' tab on the home page of the website for more information regarding phonics.
WELCOME!
As we enter into autumn term 2 , the children in EYFS will be enjoying their topic 'Marvellous Machines'.
The children in Key Stage 1 will be exploring their topic 'Movers and Shakers'.
Let's begin....
Homework
Below are KS1's homework projects for this term.
2023 - 2024
Autumn Terms
10.10.23
The Reception children have had a fantastic start to the year! They have shown confidence when exploring their learning environments and have begun creating some lovely friendships with one another.
02.10.23
This term, the children in Year 1 have been looking at the uses of technology around school in their computing lessons. This week, they practised using a keyboard and a mousepad. They all did a fantastic job navigating the keyboard to write their names!
12.09.23
Yesterday, the children in KS1 had a wonderful time when experimenting with colour mixing. They showed good knowledge of the primary colours and which secondary colours are made when mixing.
11.09.23
This week, we had our first baking club. The children did a fantastic job when following a recipe to create some delicious fairy cakes! As they were still baking when we left, the children decorated them yesterday afternoon with their friends.
07.09.23
Today was a very exciting day due to our new climbing frame being installed! The children in Nursery and Class 1 loved trying it out for the first time!
Summer Terms - 'School Days'
07.07.23
This term, the children in Class 1 have been using their senses when exploring sights, tastes and smells in different religions. After that, we moved on to exploring foods from around the world.
26.06.23
At the start of this term, the children had a very special delivery - caterpillars! The children have enjoyed watching the caterpillars grow, building cocoons around themselves and finally hatching as beautiful butterflies! Today, it was time to release them!
23.06.23
Over the past few weeks, the children have been growing a variety of vegetables. Today, it was time to pull the potatoes up and eat them! The children thoroughly enjoyed watching the process from planting their seeds to being able to eat their home grown produce!
20.06.23
This term, the children have been exploring sculptures. To begin, we explored famous scultpures from around the world, going on to look at Antony Gormely's work. Today, we applied our understanding of his work when creating our own sculptures!
24.05.23
This term, the children in KS1 have been working hard in art when exploring a new artist - James Rizzi! As well as completing research on the artist himself, they focused on his work on street views and the way he uses colour and form to create some very unique artwork. Today, they worked together when creating their final piece - their very own street view in the style of James Rizzi. Well done!
12.05.23
Over the past two weeks, the children in KS1 have been working hard on instruction writing. We looked at a WAGOLL of how to make some coronation biscuits which we used to influence our own recipe - pizzas! Today the children from Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 followed the instructions that KS1 had written to make their own pizzas!
As you can see, they were thoroughly enjoyed by all!
04.05.23
Today, the children in Nursery and Class 1 prepared for King Charles III coronation! We had an afternoon of baking and arts & crafts to get ready for all of the celebrations that will be happening this weekend!
24.04.23
This term, the children in KS1 are going to be exploring food in their D&T lessons. They wil be learning how to prepare food, going on to use their knowledge when designing and making a new supermarket sandwich!
Today, we began our topic by exploring the sources of food, looking at which foods come from plants and which come from animals. They did a fantastic job and all showed a good understanding at the end!
24.04.23
This term, the children in Year 1 have moved on to multiplication and division in their maths lessons. Today, we explored a very important step of recognising equal groups. They did such a fantastic job and even moved onto making equal groups at the end! Well done!
20.04.23
This term, the children in KS1 are starting a new history-based topic - 'School Days'. This afternoon, we had our first history lesson for this topic. We explored the history of our school, making a timeline of significant events including when it was established as a school, the first female headteacher, extensions made, when it changed to a junior school and how it looks in present day! The children were fascinated and couldn't believe what their school used to look like!
Spring Terms - 'Bright Lights, Big City'
28.03.23
This term, the children have been learning about Easter traditions around the world. Today, we focused on China! After discussing the Chinese tradition of painting eggs in beautfiul patterns as gifts for family and friends, we had a go ourselves!
23.03.23
13.03.23
10.03.23
This week, the children in KS1 have been measuring wind speed! At the beginning of the week, they explored the tools they would need to use and the scale they would compare against. After that, they made their own windsocks and used them to measure the wind against the beaufort scale everyday.
07.03.23
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 2 have been doing some fantastic work on money! They have been learning the value of coins and notes, comparing amounts of money, and calculating amounts. Today, they have been working on finding change. We set up a shop and I bought items off them, they then had to give me the correct amount of change! Really well done!
27.02.23
After our exciting visit from the dinosaurs, Reception got to work and wrote some letters! They used their new favourite book 'Dear Dinosaur' for inspiration! Well done!
27.02.23
This morning, the children in EYFS and KS1 had a special visitor in school - Dinosaur Pete! The children had the opportunity to learn about and meet a variety of dinosuars, including some fossils and dinosaur claws. To finish, they got to get up close to a T-Rex on the playground!
02.02.23
Class 1 had a fantastic day for World Book Day! We showed off our outfits this morning and had a fun-filled afternoon completing lots of different activities based around our favourite books!
21.02.23
Today, we celebrated Shrove Tuesday in Class 1! To begin, we spoke about the significance of Shrove Tuesday to Christians and what it signifies and after that we made pancakes! The children had a fantastic time filling their pancakes with their favourite toppings and then of course, eating them!
08.02.23
This week, the children have completed their DT projects. They used their understanding of wheels, axles and chassis to create a moving vehicle.
02.02.23
This week, the Year 1 children have been exploring length and height! They began the week by discussing the vocabulary they will be using, moving on to comparing the length and height of objects using these words. Today, they measured using various non standard units of measure!
31.01.23
This afternoon, the children in KS1 completed their final pieces in art. They used their understanding of texture, weather symbols and collagraphy when creating their assessment piece! They have done a brilliant job and have shown a good understanding of this new concept!
27.01.23
Over the last couple of weeks, the children in Reception have been exploring shapes in their maths sessions. They have done a fantastic job and were succesful in recognising and sorting 2D and 3D shapes! Well done!
25.01.23
This term, the children have been working hard in music with Miss Burton on conducting! Their chosen song was 'when the cold wind blows'. They put actions to their singing and have been learning how to follow a conductor for when to play instruments. I am super impressed!
23.01.23
This term, the children in KS1 are exploring wheels, axles and chassis in their DT lessons. To begin, we discussed what these terms mean, relating it to real life examples such as skateboards and wheelchairs. Today, we used this understanding when building moving vehcile prototypes. The children engaged in some fantastic discussions during this session using all of the learnt vocabulary!
23.01.23
This afternoon, the children continued with their work in art. Today, we explored collagraphy! The children used various resources of different textures to create their base and then painted over it to print some fantastic patterns!
10.01.23
This term, the children in KS1 will be focusing on line and shape in their art lessons. Today we used our current understanding of different lines and shapes when exploring and making weather motifs! The children looked at some examples and idenitified the lines and shapes that have been used to create them. They then collected a variety of materials and made their own!
Autumn Terms - 'Childhood'
01.12.22
We had a fantastic afternoon in Class 1 today at our 'Grandparents Afternoon'! The children invited their Grandparents into school to do some activities based on the 1950s. It was a really busy afternoon but everyone had lots of fun!
21.11.22
This term, the children have been investigating materials in their science lesson, exploring their properties and what they would be suitable for. This week, they will be applying this knowledge when carrying out an investigation.
After receiving a letter from Mr Leeman asking them to use their understanding of materials to make some bunting for the playground, they set to work and used paper, plastic and metal to create some bunting. They have made their predictions about which material they think will be most suitable and are now going to observe the materials over time to see which works best.
18.11.22
The children had a fantastic time during Children in Need today! They looked fantastic in their yellow outfits and showed a good understanding about why this is such a good cause.
16.11.22
This afternoon, the children continued with their computing learning. They were using the 'Paint' software to create digital pictures, experimenting with different colours and shapes. They did a fantastic job! It is nice to see their confidence improving with technology - well done!
14.11.22
This morning, the children in Class 1 had quite the surprise when we got back from Collective Worship. Someone had been into our classroom while we were gone and made a mess! Using the clues we had found, the children inferred that the Big Bad Wolf was responsible for this! Now it is time to investigate....
08.11.22
This term, the KS1 children are focusing on colour in their art lessons. Last week, we explored primary colours and what secondary colours they make when mixing them together. Today, we used this knowledge when exploring the colour wheel! The children could name the three primary colours and place the correct secondary colour between those that mix together to make it - well done!
04.11.22
Today, the children used their understanding of word documents when learning a new skill - inserting and changing the colour of shapes and lines! There were multiple steps to remember but they did a fantastic job and managed to insert multiple shapes and lines to decorate a word document!
03.11.22
This afternoon, the children developed their computing knowledge further when exploring photography! We looked at the different devices you can take pictures on and then began to think about how to take a good picture. As evident from the pictures taken, the children had a good understanding of angles, reducing blur and centring an object! We are really impressed!
01.11.22
This afternoon, the children continued with their learning in RE, focusing on baptisms and how and why they are celebrated. To do this, we recreated a baptism in the classroom, exploring the vocabulary linked to this including: baptismal font, priest, godparents, holy water. The children did a fantastic job and were able to sequence the events within a baptism following the lesson.
31.10.22
It got a bit spooky in Class 1 today as we celebrated Halloween! The children wore some fantastic outfits and celebrated this afternoon by making Halloween cards and vampire teeth cookies!
20.10.22
This afternoon, the children continued with their Geography focus on maps. We were exploring the different types of maps including, globes, picture maps, maps with keys, world maps, atlases, Ordnance Survey maps and digital maps!
The children wanted to see how digital maps helped us in day to day life so we went out to Miss Kitchen's car to have a look!
19.10.22
This morning, the children performed their final piece in music with Miss Burton. Here is the 'Grandma Rap'!
18.10.22
Today, the KS1 children have been consolidating their understanding of the word classes they have learnt so far. Year 1 decorated their pumpkin with adjectives to describe it and Year 2 decorated their pumpkin with the verbs they used to cut it! They showed a fantastic understanding of these concepts and had fun whilst doing so!
17.10.22
This afternoon, the children in Nursery and Class 1 went on a walk around our local area. We were searching for signs of the seasons changing, thinking about what this tells us about the time of year we are in. KS1 have also been exploring materials in their science lessons so they were also looking for uses of these!
On the way back to school, we met a new furry friend called Alfie!
17.10.22
This week, the children in KS1 will be completing a piece of writing, applying the skills they have learnt this term. Today, they explored the stimulus for their writing - pumpkin carving! Year 2 recapped verbs and Year 1 consolidated their understanding of adjectives, well done!
12.10.22
Today, the children developed their learning further in music when composing a 4 beat rhythm using crotchets, quavers and rests! We are so impressed with how much their music knowledge has progressed this term already - well done!
11.10.22
In this week's RE lesson, we focused on a special time in life for Hindus - Diwali. The children listened to the story of Rama and Sita and discussed the ways Hindus prepare for and celebrate Diwali. They then used this understanding to create some Diwali cards!
11.10.22
This week, the children in Year 1 have been exploring parts and wholes in their maths lessons. At the beginning of the week, they discussed the vocab they would be using for this concept and they have now moved on to using this vocabulary when completing part whole models!
10.10.22
We had another fantastic session at baking club this week! The children worked together to make milkshakes! We made strawberry, chocolate and banana flavours that were thoroughly enjoyed by all.
05.10.22
This term, the children in KS1 have been working hard with Miss Burton in music on pitch! They have been exploring crotchets and quavers in their lessons and have used this knowledge when performing their final piece - well done!
04.10.22
This term's RE focus is special times in our lives. The children have been working on their own special memories and have now moved on to exploring different religious festivals and how they're celebrated. Today we focused on Chinese New Year! The children had a lovely discussion, using prior knowledge to inform conversations. Following on from this, the children made some beautiful Chinese lanterns to display in the classroom!
04.10.22
This morning, the Reception children did some work on number formation to 5. They watched attentively as the numbers were modelled and then had a go themselves. Well done Reception, you all tried so hard!
03.10.22
The children have made a fantastic start to their computing learning this year! Over the last few weeks, we have been thinking about what technology is, how it helps us in our every day lives and naming the different parts of laptops and computers. Today, the children used this knowledge when logging on and using the mouse and keyboard to type!
03.10.22
In our English lessons this week, the KS1 children are exploring adjectives! Today, we used our senses to explore some fruit, coming up with various adjectives to describe their texture, appearance, smell and taste. The children have made a fantastic start to this new concept - well done!
29.09.22
This afternoon, the children continued with their DT projects on dens. Using our designs from last week, we created some prototypes! After discussing what a prototype is, we collected some sticks and got working. The children had a fantastic time and made some brilliant miniature dens for our classroom toys to try out!
27.09.22
In today's art lesson, the children did some more work around faces. Today we were trying different ways to join materials together, focusing on glue and sewing! The children were eager to use the sewing needles to secure their eyes onto their faces, taking care when using different tools and being successful in today's aims!
26.09.22
This morning, the children baked with Mrs Wilson and Mrs Walsh! They applied lots of skills when making and decorating cakes, being excited to take them home to eat!
22.09.22
This term, the children are exploring shelters in their DT lessons. So far, they have explored different types of shelters and the materials they are made from. Using this knowledge, they designed their own! To finish, we built a prototype in the classroom and all had a go!
22.09.22
This afternoon, the children had a discussion about personal hygiene as part of their PSHE lesson. We explored a variety of different products we may use in order to maintain our personal hygiene and practiced washing our hands.
20.09.22
In today's history lesson, the children thought back to their own past experiences and showed us some special times they've experienced. We discussed winning awards, welcoming new babies into the world, Christmas Eve traditions, family visiting from abroad, birthdays and lots of other special times we have experienced! The children enjoyed sharing photographs of these special times that they had brought in from home - well done!
20.09.22
This morning, the children in Reception did some work on their letter formation, focusing on the sounds learnt so far in phonics. They took their time when tracing the letters using the magnetic pens - well done!
12.09.22
This morning, the Year 1 and 2 children did a brilliant job representing numbers! They explored a variety of resources they could use to represent numbers and then used the numicon to make numbers in different ways. I am super impressed!
06.09.22
After a busy first day back to school, the KS1 children took advantage of the tranquil wildlife area we have on our field. Over the summer holidays, a new pond has been built and has transformed both the look and feel of our outdoor area.
Term 6 - The Scented Garden
Term 5 - Wriggle and Crawl
Halton Holegate C of E Primary School
Hello and welcome to Class 1!
We are the youngest class in school and we are made up of EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 children. Miss Kitchen is our class teacher and we have Mrs Walsh as our teaching assistant and Miss Casswell as our classroom support.
Notices:
- Spellings are sent home weekly, the children in KS1 will receive new spellings every Wednesday and will be tested the following Wednesday.
- PE is every Wednesday, please ensure PE kits are in school for this.
- We have daily phonics lessons in Class 1. Click on the 'our curriculum' tab on the home page of the website for more information regarding phonics.
WELCOME!
As we enter into autumn term 2 , the children in EYFS will be enjoying their topic 'Marvellous Machines'.
The children in Key Stage 1 will be exploring their topic 'Movers and Shakers'.
Let's begin....
Homework
Below are KS1's homework projects for this term.
2023 - 2024
Autumn Terms
10.10.23
The Reception children have had a fantastic start to the year! They have shown confidence when exploring their learning environments and have begun creating some lovely friendships with one another.
02.10.23
This term, the children in Year 1 have been looking at the uses of technology around school in their computing lessons. This week, they practised using a keyboard and a mousepad. They all did a fantastic job navigating the keyboard to write their names!
12.09.23
Yesterday, the children in KS1 had a wonderful time when experimenting with colour mixing. They showed good knowledge of the primary colours and which secondary colours are made when mixing.
11.09.23
This week, we had our first baking club. The children did a fantastic job when following a recipe to create some delicious fairy cakes! As they were still baking when we left, the children decorated them yesterday afternoon with their friends.
07.09.23
Today was a very exciting day due to our new climbing frame being installed! The children in Nursery and Class 1 loved trying it out for the first time!
Summer Terms - 'School Days'
07.07.23
This term, the children in Class 1 have been using their senses when exploring sights, tastes and smells in different religions. After that, we moved on to exploring foods from around the world.
26.06.23
At the start of this term, the children had a very special delivery - caterpillars! The children have enjoyed watching the caterpillars grow, building cocoons around themselves and finally hatching as beautiful butterflies! Today, it was time to release them!
23.06.23
Over the past few weeks, the children have been growing a variety of vegetables. Today, it was time to pull the potatoes up and eat them! The children thoroughly enjoyed watching the process from planting their seeds to being able to eat their home grown produce!
20.06.23
This term, the children have been exploring sculptures. To begin, we explored famous scultpures from around the world, going on to look at Antony Gormely's work. Today, we applied our understanding of his work when creating our own sculptures!
24.05.23
This term, the children in KS1 have been working hard in art when exploring a new artist - James Rizzi! As well as completing research on the artist himself, they focused on his work on street views and the way he uses colour and form to create some very unique artwork. Today, they worked together when creating their final piece - their very own street view in the style of James Rizzi. Well done!
12.05.23
Over the past two weeks, the children in KS1 have been working hard on instruction writing. We looked at a WAGOLL of how to make some coronation biscuits which we used to influence our own recipe - pizzas! Today the children from Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 followed the instructions that KS1 had written to make their own pizzas!
As you can see, they were thoroughly enjoyed by all!
04.05.23
Today, the children in Nursery and Class 1 prepared for King Charles III coronation! We had an afternoon of baking and arts & crafts to get ready for all of the celebrations that will be happening this weekend!
24.04.23
This term, the children in KS1 are going to be exploring food in their D&T lessons. They wil be learning how to prepare food, going on to use their knowledge when designing and making a new supermarket sandwich!
Today, we began our topic by exploring the sources of food, looking at which foods come from plants and which come from animals. They did a fantastic job and all showed a good understanding at the end!
24.04.23
This term, the children in Year 1 have moved on to multiplication and division in their maths lessons. Today, we explored a very important step of recognising equal groups. They did such a fantastic job and even moved onto making equal groups at the end! Well done!
20.04.23
This term, the children in KS1 are starting a new history-based topic - 'School Days'. This afternoon, we had our first history lesson for this topic. We explored the history of our school, making a timeline of significant events including when it was established as a school, the first female headteacher, extensions made, when it changed to a junior school and how it looks in present day! The children were fascinated and couldn't believe what their school used to look like!
Spring Terms - 'Bright Lights, Big City'
28.03.23
This term, the children have been learning about Easter traditions around the world. Today, we focused on China! After discussing the Chinese tradition of painting eggs in beautfiul patterns as gifts for family and friends, we had a go ourselves!
23.03.23
13.03.23
10.03.23
This week, the children in KS1 have been measuring wind speed! At the beginning of the week, they explored the tools they would need to use and the scale they would compare against. After that, they made their own windsocks and used them to measure the wind against the beaufort scale everyday.
07.03.23
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 2 have been doing some fantastic work on money! They have been learning the value of coins and notes, comparing amounts of money, and calculating amounts. Today, they have been working on finding change. We set up a shop and I bought items off them, they then had to give me the correct amount of change! Really well done!
27.02.23
After our exciting visit from the dinosaurs, Reception got to work and wrote some letters! They used their new favourite book 'Dear Dinosaur' for inspiration! Well done!
27.02.23
This morning, the children in EYFS and KS1 had a special visitor in school - Dinosaur Pete! The children had the opportunity to learn about and meet a variety of dinosuars, including some fossils and dinosaur claws. To finish, they got to get up close to a T-Rex on the playground!
02.02.23
Class 1 had a fantastic day for World Book Day! We showed off our outfits this morning and had a fun-filled afternoon completing lots of different activities based around our favourite books!
21.02.23
Today, we celebrated Shrove Tuesday in Class 1! To begin, we spoke about the significance of Shrove Tuesday to Christians and what it signifies and after that we made pancakes! The children had a fantastic time filling their pancakes with their favourite toppings and then of course, eating them!
08.02.23
This week, the children have completed their DT projects. They used their understanding of wheels, axles and chassis to create a moving vehicle.
02.02.23
This week, the Year 1 children have been exploring length and height! They began the week by discussing the vocabulary they will be using, moving on to comparing the length and height of objects using these words. Today, they measured using various non standard units of measure!
31.01.23
This afternoon, the children in KS1 completed their final pieces in art. They used their understanding of texture, weather symbols and collagraphy when creating their assessment piece! They have done a brilliant job and have shown a good understanding of this new concept!
27.01.23
Over the last couple of weeks, the children in Reception have been exploring shapes in their maths sessions. They have done a fantastic job and were succesful in recognising and sorting 2D and 3D shapes! Well done!
25.01.23
This term, the children have been working hard in music with Miss Burton on conducting! Their chosen song was 'when the cold wind blows'. They put actions to their singing and have been learning how to follow a conductor for when to play instruments. I am super impressed!
23.01.23
This term, the children in KS1 are exploring wheels, axles and chassis in their DT lessons. To begin, we discussed what these terms mean, relating it to real life examples such as skateboards and wheelchairs. Today, we used this understanding when building moving vehcile prototypes. The children engaged in some fantastic discussions during this session using all of the learnt vocabulary!
23.01.23
This afternoon, the children continued with their work in art. Today, we explored collagraphy! The children used various resources of different textures to create their base and then painted over it to print some fantastic patterns!
10.01.23
This term, the children in KS1 will be focusing on line and shape in their art lessons. Today we used our current understanding of different lines and shapes when exploring and making weather motifs! The children looked at some examples and idenitified the lines and shapes that have been used to create them. They then collected a variety of materials and made their own!
Autumn Terms - 'Childhood'
01.12.22
We had a fantastic afternoon in Class 1 today at our 'Grandparents Afternoon'! The children invited their Grandparents into school to do some activities based on the 1950s. It was a really busy afternoon but everyone had lots of fun!
21.11.22
This term, the children have been investigating materials in their science lesson, exploring their properties and what they would be suitable for. This week, they will be applying this knowledge when carrying out an investigation.
After receiving a letter from Mr Leeman asking them to use their understanding of materials to make some bunting for the playground, they set to work and used paper, plastic and metal to create some bunting. They have made their predictions about which material they think will be most suitable and are now going to observe the materials over time to see which works best.
18.11.22
The children had a fantastic time during Children in Need today! They looked fantastic in their yellow outfits and showed a good understanding about why this is such a good cause.
16.11.22
This afternoon, the children continued with their computing learning. They were using the 'Paint' software to create digital pictures, experimenting with different colours and shapes. They did a fantastic job! It is nice to see their confidence improving with technology - well done!
14.11.22
This morning, the children in Class 1 had quite the surprise when we got back from Collective Worship. Someone had been into our classroom while we were gone and made a mess! Using the clues we had found, the children inferred that the Big Bad Wolf was responsible for this! Now it is time to investigate....
08.11.22
This term, the KS1 children are focusing on colour in their art lessons. Last week, we explored primary colours and what secondary colours they make when mixing them together. Today, we used this knowledge when exploring the colour wheel! The children could name the three primary colours and place the correct secondary colour between those that mix together to make it - well done!
04.11.22
Today, the children used their understanding of word documents when learning a new skill - inserting and changing the colour of shapes and lines! There were multiple steps to remember but they did a fantastic job and managed to insert multiple shapes and lines to decorate a word document!
03.11.22
This afternoon, the children developed their computing knowledge further when exploring photography! We looked at the different devices you can take pictures on and then began to think about how to take a good picture. As evident from the pictures taken, the children had a good understanding of angles, reducing blur and centring an object! We are really impressed!
01.11.22
This afternoon, the children continued with their learning in RE, focusing on baptisms and how and why they are celebrated. To do this, we recreated a baptism in the classroom, exploring the vocabulary linked to this including: baptismal font, priest, godparents, holy water. The children did a fantastic job and were able to sequence the events within a baptism following the lesson.
31.10.22
It got a bit spooky in Class 1 today as we celebrated Halloween! The children wore some fantastic outfits and celebrated this afternoon by making Halloween cards and vampire teeth cookies!
20.10.22
This afternoon, the children continued with their Geography focus on maps. We were exploring the different types of maps including, globes, picture maps, maps with keys, world maps, atlases, Ordnance Survey maps and digital maps!
The children wanted to see how digital maps helped us in day to day life so we went out to Miss Kitchen's car to have a look!
19.10.22
This morning, the children performed their final piece in music with Miss Burton. Here is the 'Grandma Rap'!
18.10.22
Today, the KS1 children have been consolidating their understanding of the word classes they have learnt so far. Year 1 decorated their pumpkin with adjectives to describe it and Year 2 decorated their pumpkin with the verbs they used to cut it! They showed a fantastic understanding of these concepts and had fun whilst doing so!
17.10.22
This afternoon, the children in Nursery and Class 1 went on a walk around our local area. We were searching for signs of the seasons changing, thinking about what this tells us about the time of year we are in. KS1 have also been exploring materials in their science lessons so they were also looking for uses of these!
On the way back to school, we met a new furry friend called Alfie!
17.10.22
This week, the children in KS1 will be completing a piece of writing, applying the skills they have learnt this term. Today, they explored the stimulus for their writing - pumpkin carving! Year 2 recapped verbs and Year 1 consolidated their understanding of adjectives, well done!
12.10.22
Today, the children developed their learning further in music when composing a 4 beat rhythm using crotchets, quavers and rests! We are so impressed with how much their music knowledge has progressed this term already - well done!
11.10.22
In this week's RE lesson, we focused on a special time in life for Hindus - Diwali. The children listened to the story of Rama and Sita and discussed the ways Hindus prepare for and celebrate Diwali. They then used this understanding to create some Diwali cards!
11.10.22
This week, the children in Year 1 have been exploring parts and wholes in their maths lessons. At the beginning of the week, they discussed the vocab they would be using for this concept and they have now moved on to using this vocabulary when completing part whole models!
10.10.22
We had another fantastic session at baking club this week! The children worked together to make milkshakes! We made strawberry, chocolate and banana flavours that were thoroughly enjoyed by all.
05.10.22
This term, the children in KS1 have been working hard with Miss Burton in music on pitch! They have been exploring crotchets and quavers in their lessons and have used this knowledge when performing their final piece - well done!
04.10.22
This term's RE focus is special times in our lives. The children have been working on their own special memories and have now moved on to exploring different religious festivals and how they're celebrated. Today we focused on Chinese New Year! The children had a lovely discussion, using prior knowledge to inform conversations. Following on from this, the children made some beautiful Chinese lanterns to display in the classroom!
04.10.22
This morning, the Reception children did some work on number formation to 5. They watched attentively as the numbers were modelled and then had a go themselves. Well done Reception, you all tried so hard!
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The children have made a fantastic start to their computing learning this year! Over the last few weeks, we have been thinking about what technology is, how it helps us in our every day lives and naming the different parts of laptops and computers. Today, the children used this knowledge when logging on and using the mouse and keyboard to type!
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In our English lessons this week, the KS1 children are exploring adjectives! Today, we used our senses to explore some fruit, coming up with various adjectives to describe their texture, appearance, smell and taste. The children have made a fantastic start to this new concept - well done!