One more, one less
Year one have been working very hard on one more and one less this week. It has been quite tricky but they have all tried very hard. Well done children.
Colourful fun!
Reception have had a wonderful week of colour! They have loved hearing the story ‘The colour monster goes to school’, exploring emotions and the colours associated with the emotions. They have started their phonics journey and have met some of the colour monsters who live in Monster Phonics land.…
Year 1 learners
Year 1 have worked hard to consolidate their phonics learning from last year with a few revisiting lessons. They have also been practising their sounds at home with their new phonics key rings.
This week year 1 were learning how to type their first and last names ready for logging onto the…
Smashing second week!
Reception have had another super week. They have enjoyed exploring the provision further and are starting to build up friendships which has been so lovely to watch. We have enjoyed getting to know the children even more and finding out what they enjoy. Well done children.
Electrical Conductor?
Class 2 have been busy investigating metal conductors in their second design and technology lesson in the term. Year 4 used metacognition to recall their previous knowledge about circuits and conductors. Great work everyone!
Year One’s first week back!
Year 1 have returned to school ready to learn! They have been wonderful role models for our newest children and have hit the ground running with their learning. They are working hard to be metacognitive in phonics, learning about the place value of numbers and retelling traditional tales. Wow!…
Reception’s first week!
Our new Reception children have blown us away with how well they have settled into their first week at The Howard- superstars!
Here is a few snippets from their first week of fun. We cannot wait to spend the year with all of them, getting to know them, seeing them grow and most importantly of…
Getting ready for year 3!
Year 2 are proving how ready they are for year 3. Today they have been practising subtracting with and without exchanging. They used base 10 and wrote on the tables to help them grasp the tricky concept of exchanging. They then moved on to their times tables and practised writing these. Finally…
Which materials are opaque and which materials are transparent?
Key stage 1 have explored the meanings of opaque and transparent. They were set a challenge from NASA to find the best material for curtains to block out the sun on their next space mission. What fun we had exploring this question!
Shapes, shapes, shapes!
Reception have had a super week exploring 2D shapes. They have identified the number of sides of common 2D shapes, explored shapes that have been rotated and applied their knowledge to make tangram pictures. Fabulous work!
Which materials float and which materials sink?
Reception have continued their science learning studying the oceans. Today they have thought about which objects might float and which objects might sink. They talked about the materials the objects were made of and made predictions before testing them out. Super science work…
Which materials are absorbent?
Years 1 & 2 have been investigating the question “Which materials are absorbent?” They learnt how to conduct a fair test, interpret results and make a conclusion. Super science work everyone!
