That’s not my rocket…
Key stage one have continued their science unit looking at materials and their properties. Today they recreated a page from the well known book, “That’s not my rocket…” Using their materials knowledge they searched for just the right object to match the property they chose.
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Team spirit
Our year 1/2 dodgeball team took part in their first ever dodgeball tournament. 10 schools competed and The Howard children were undefeated going into the final. They earned a well deserved second place!
We are all very proud of the children and the team spirit they showed each other and the…
Maypole dance rehearsals
Class 1 have begun practising for our May Day celebrations. Another fabulous event at The Howard.
What is an ordinal number?
Year one have had great time learning about ordinal numbers. They enjoyed having racing and ordering each other by their finishing positions. We then brought the learning back inside and completed our White Rose fluency tasks and reasoning challenges. Great work year 1!
Building 9 and 10
The children have been learning all about the numbers 9 and 10, how to recognise them, their compositions, counting on and back from 10. They had great fun singing ‘10 little men in a flying saucer’ and acting out the song. They also used different objects to create amounts of 9 and…
Reception investigate materials
The children had a wonderful science lesson learning all about the different materials that could be used to make a boat that floats on water. The experimented with different types of materials to discover which would be the best for their boats. Great work Reception!
Great Fire of London enrichment day
Years one and two had a super ending to their Great Fire of London topic. We went over to Richard Crosse and watched a super theatre performance where life in London during the fire was brought to life. Then we made Tudor houses to form a London street in 1666. Finally the children watched the…
Reception find 9 and 10
We have had lots of fun this morning searching for numbers in our outdoor environment. The children found lots of examples of 9 and 10. Great work Reception!
Drayton manor zoo
Key stage 1 were invited to try out the new education offering from Drayton Manor which enhanced the children’s science learning.
We had a fabulous day exploring the zoo, finding out facts about the animals and learning about the five types of animals: fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and…
Constructing a Playground
In DT this half term the children have been learning about playgrounds, the materials that they are made of and why certain materials are used. As part of our topic the children have had to create a model playground using materials from our classroom. They did a fantastic job. Well done…
Traditional tales
Reception have had surprise visitors in the classroom over the past two weeks. Last Monday they arrived to find a gingerbread man had ran away! They then had lots of fun exploring the traditional tale through reading the story, acting it out, making gingerbread men, decorating them and of course,…
Can plants grow anywhere?
Class 1 have continued their learning about plants by investigating the big question, ‘Can plants grow anywhere?’ They have set up a comparative, fair test and predicted the answer based upon their previous knowledge of what plants need to grow. Great work everyone. Can plants grow anywhere? Time…