Spring 1 2024

Friday 9th February 2024

We absolutely loved careers day and we had good fun guessing what everyone was dressed up as. We had  a zoom call with some people and we had to ask questions to guess what their job was. We then created posters about what we would like to be when we are older and what values these jobs use. We enjoyed telling some of the parents that popped in on Wednesday what we would like to do and why.

On Wednesday we had a zoom with the Royal Opera House and we watched some ballet and had a little go ourselves!

In PSHE we looked at steps to succeed and how we need to listen, follow instructions and support each other to achieve our goals.

In Music we listened to a chant and how many syllables it had. We had to chant and clap. We then had to compose our own melodies using C D E.

In English we have been using a range of conjunctions to join two sentences and then we did a piece of writing about how the butterflies were moving in the video story.

Have a super half term and we look forward to welcoming you back for Spring Term 2!

Miss G x

Friday 2nd February 2024

On Monday we had a special visitor come and deliver a ‘Healthy Hearts and Healthy Minds’ workshop with us. We talked a lot about our feelings and looked at the Worry Monster story. We also talked about how rainbows make us feel and how beautiful all of the colours are. We made nature bookmarks and exciting rockets out of pipettes.

On Thursday we had our 1974 day and we loved dressing up in different clothing. The children enjoyed seeing what it would have been like for children in this time. They played games outside like marbles, hopscotch and skipping.

In PE we practiced passing the ball to a partner and then we had  ago at trying to shoot and score in a goal. We had a little mini 3v3 game and the children had such a great time. They all asked if we could do it again on our next PE lesson!

In English we have enjoyed watching a video story. Its called ‘The Book of Butterflies’ and the butterflies fly out of the book and come to life. We have been using adjectives to write some super sentences that have capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. We have also been challenging ourselves to join two sentences together using a conjunction.

In Science we have been thinking about the parts of a tree and how these are similar/different to the parts of a plant.

Please ensure that maths and spelling homework is complete an that all children have read at least five times and had this recorded in their reading journal.

Have a super weekend,

Miss G x

Friday 26th January 2024

This week we went with class Plym on a walk to the woods as part of our science unit. We searched for some wild plants but we didn’t see many. We decided that this must be because it is Winter and we thought we should go back again in the summer. We did however find some daffodils, some brambles and some evergreen and deciduous trees.

In PE we continued with our dribbling and passing skills and then we had a go at dribbling towards a goal and then having a go at shooting a goal. We used the side of our foot and when we took our time, we found our accuracy improved.

In computing we loved having the Beebots out and we had to use the buttons to program them to go in different directions. We had an exploring lesson and soon we will be making them go to specific destinations.

Please keep reading 5 times a week and ensure that homework is completed by a Thursday.

 I hope the children are excited for their 1970’s day on Thursday.

Have a great weekend,

 

Miss G x

Friday 19th January 2024

Phonics:

Group 4: nd, sm, gl and tricky word like, have.

Group 6: phase 6 spelling rules.

Group 5: unit 26 consolidation games, tch, sh (mission, magician)

In English this week we have been writing a recount of the story in the form of a diary entry. We pretended that we were Toby and how we had just returned from a tough day of fire fighting. We had some super writing and the children got very creative. We also looked at Haiku’s which is a Japanese style of poetry and we wrote our own based on the theme of the story.

In PE we built on our dribbling football skills and progressed to passing the ball along the floor to a partner. We are already seeing vast improvements in ball control.

 In Science we have been looking at the different parts of a plant and what their functions are. We also set up a mini experiment with white flowers and food colouring water to see what happens..

In Art we did our printing pictures and it was great to see the difference on each print when we varied pressure and the paint began to run out.

We had a wonderful time at the zoo and enjoyed seeing lots of different animals. We got to get up close with a giant snail and a snake. The snake kept sticking it’s tongue out at us!

Please keep reading, complete maths and writing homework and have a wonderful weekend.

Miss G x

Friday 12th January 2024

Phonics:

Group 4: st, pl, nt, pr and tricky word ‘like’.

Group 6: spelling rules

Group 5: mb, kn, gn, wr, language session.

This week in English we have thought about how the character in our book would have been feeling at different points in the story. We then set fire to some paper houses to show how the fire would have spread and to use our senses to think about what it would have been like during the event.

In PE we started our topic of football skills and we learnt how to keep the ball close and dribble it with control. We had to use the side of our foot and use little kicks to make sure it didn’t go too far away.

In Science we began looking at the different parts of a plant. We looked at some real plants and enjoyed looking at their stringy root, petals, stem and leaves.

In RE the children talked about how Muslim’s worship.

PE is on a Wednesday and a Friday so please ensure kits are kept in school.

We are very excited to be going to the zoo on Thursday!

Have a great weekend,

Miss G x