--- title: "Blog Author: Mrs Powles" url: "https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/author/kpowles" school: "The Howard Primary School" --- # Blog Author: Mrs Powles 11 September 2026 #### [Rapping visitors](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-09-11-12-31-rapping-visitors) Yesterday we had a visit from Asian Reeves, an actress and singer who works closely with The Great Imagining! Together we thought about climate change and the effects of global warming. Together we created a rap and a beat made from our combined ideas! [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-09-11-12-31-rapping-visitors) 11 September 2026 #### [Excellent English](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-09-11-12-27-excellent-english-1) Today we have been hot seating. We put ourselves in the position of Rhodopis, the character from our class text and answers questions as her. We thought about how she may be feeling and the different things she has been experiencing. [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-09-11-12-27-excellent-english-1) [![Image of A week of eruptions! ](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_7215.jpeg)](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-07-08-15-48-a-week-of-eruptions) 8 July 2026 #### [A week of eruptions! ](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-07-08-15-48-a-week-of-eruptions) Class 1 have thoroughly enjoyed learning all about Volcanoes this week. They have completed lots of activities in the classroom linked to volcanoes including, crafting, painting, drawing and building. During our Literacy sessions we have used the information book, ‘Volcanoes and Earthquakes’ to… [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-07-08-15-48-a-week-of-eruptions) [![Image of Exploring Seas, Oceans and watching our class caterpillar’s grow](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_6953.jpeg)](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-06-17-14-41-exploring-seas-oceans-and-watching-our-class-caterpillar-s-grow) 17 June 2026 #### [Exploring Seas, Oceans and watching our class caterpillar’s grow](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-06-17-14-41-exploring-seas-oceans-and-watching-our-class-caterpillar-s-grow) What a lovely time we have had so far in Class 1 this week! We have been learning all about how important our seas and oceans are, how we can take care of the environment and how the oceans are different all over the world. Here are a few photons of our week so far. We have also loved… [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-06-17-14-41-exploring-seas-oceans-and-watching-our-class-caterpillar-s-grow) [![Image of Class 1 visit the Arboretum and find Stickman!](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_6800.jpeg)](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-06-09-16-41-class-1-visit-the-arboretum-and-find-stickman) 9 June 2026 #### [Class 1 visit the Arboretum and find Stickman!](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-06-09-16-41-class-1-visit-the-arboretum-and-find-stickman) What a fabulous day we have had at the Arboretum! The children have been absolute superstars throughout the entire day and we had had so many comments from the staff and general public telling us how wonderful they all are! Well done Class 1, we are so proud of you and it has been a pleasure to… [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-06-09-16-41-class-1-visit-the-arboretum-and-find-stickman) [![Image of Patterns, patterns, patterns! ](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_6719.jpeg)](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-05-12-16-07-patterns-patterns-patterns) 12 May 2026 #### [Patterns, patterns, patterns! ](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-05-12-16-07-patterns-patterns-patterns) We have had lots of fun so far this week in Maths, exploring 3d shapes and patterns. The children have shown that they can all recognise repeated patterns and have been very creative making in their own. Take a look at our fabulous repeated patterns. Great work everyone! [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-05-12-16-07-patterns-patterns-patterns) [![Image of Fabulous Phonics](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_6712.jpeg)](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-05-12-16-05-fabulous-phonics) 12 May 2026 #### [Fabulous Phonics](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-05-12-16-05-fabulous-phonics) This week in Class 1 we have been perfecting our skills when reading and writing the ‘air’ and ‘ear’ trigraphs. The children have been fantastic at reading the words, writing lists and then using them in sentences. Well done Class 1! [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-05-12-16-05-fabulous-phonics) [![Image of A walk to our local church ](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_6634.jpeg)](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-04-30-16-02-a-walk-to-our-local-church) 30 April 2026 #### [A walk to our local church ](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-04-30-16-02-a-walk-to-our-local-church) In RE this half term the children have been learning all about what happens in a church. Today the children walked down to the church and completed some beautiful sketches of the building. They talked about the outside features of the church as they added the detail to their sketches. Lovely work… [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-04-30-16-02-a-walk-to-our-local-church) [![Image of Paddington Week](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_6613.jpeg)](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-04-29-15-56-paddington-week) 29 April 2026 #### [Paddington Week](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-04-29-15-56-paddington-week) We had a fabulous time during our Paddington themed week. The children completed activities about London, wrote about Paddington Bear and the best part of the week… making Marmalade sandwiches! YUM! The children worked together to follow a set of instructions about how to make a Paddington… [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-04-29-15-56-paddington-week) 15 April 2026 #### [Gruffalo Week](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-04-15-14-19-gruffalo-week) We have had a fabulous time in Class 1 this week. We have kick started our new topic of ‘Our favourite authors’ by reading The Gruffalo. We have had lots of fun doing activities linked to the book, our favourite being ‘Gruffalo Crumble’. The children had lots of fun with Ms Carter making Gruffalo… [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-04-15-14-19-gruffalo-week) [![Image of Easter week ](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/image(13).jpg)](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-03-25-16-47-easter-week) 25 March 2026 #### [Easter week ](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-03-25-16-47-easter-week) We have had a wonderful week in Class 1 completing lots of activities linked to Easter. We have read the story ‘We’re going on an egg hunt’, written sentences about the book, made chocolate Easter nests, written some instructions about how to make them, learned about spring animals and written… [Continue reading](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-03-25-16-47-easter-week) [![Image of Class 1 Special Spring Hunt](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_6214(1).jpeg)](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-03-23-14-40-class-1-special-spring-hunt) 23 March 2026 #### [Class 1 Special Spring Hunt](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2026-03-23-14-40-class-1-special-spring-hunt) Our beautiful spring walk with our fabulous children. 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