Greater than, less than or equal to
Year 1 have continued their place value unit in maths by thinking about comparing numbers. They have used the terms greater than, less than and equal to as well as using the correct symbols to show this. Well done children.
Super duper you!
Reception have had a super week thinking about what makes them “Super Duper!”
They have learnt four sounds in phonics, showed great team work sorting objects and have even started to try to write some initial sounds. Wow!
Measuring light reflection in science
Today we used lux metres to calculate how much light was reflected off different materials. We used our knowledge of the properties of materials to create scientific predictions and then test our theories.
Basketball fun
Class 2 are working hard on their basketball skills. Shoot, pass, dribble!
Class 3 Geography
In our geography lesson this week class 3 have been studying the Southern Hemisphere. Using atlases and digital technologies we researched the unique and remarkable features that this particular area of the World has to offer. We used our findings and our creativity to produce large posters for…
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.…
Investigating how light works
We have had a fab afternoon investigating light. First of all we played find the object in a darkened room and discovered that dark is the absence of light.Then we completed some self led investigations to find out how light behaved with different materials.
Class 3 Science
This week we have been continuing our investigations into materials. We were given the task of separating a number of different substances. These included a mixture of pasta, rice, sand, salt and paper clips. After working in groups to decide on the steps we would take we used sieving,…
Forest and gardening
The children have had a fantastic start to the new year. They have been very busy planting out in our new sensory garden, which looks and smells wonderful, and have had a lovely time collecting leaves and making an autumn colour chart
A visit from Pep the poet
We had a fab afternoon with Pep the poet. He shared some of his poems and got us all involved in some active poetry. We had some dressed as rapping bubbles and some as pirates.
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…