Our blogs
Snow day, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 3rd Mar 2018 @ 12:11pm
Here are some pictures of us enjoying the snow on Tuesday.
Signs of Spring, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 3rd Mar 2018 @ 12:00pm
We went looking for signs of spring. We wrote a letter to show how we know that spring is coming.
Curling - in reception, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 3rd Mar 2018 @ 9:35am
Reading with parents, grandparents and friends, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 3rd Mar 2018 @ 9:33am
World Book Day, by Mrs Brown
Date: 2nd Mar 2018 @ 7:34pm
Today we have had a good time:
Reading Books
Making a book
Science Experiments
Curling
Writing a story
World Book Day, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 2nd Mar 2018 @ 7:15pm
Thank you to everyone for making today such a great day. It was great to see so many parents and grandparents in school this morning to share a book .
Great fun has been had creating story books for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 based on the book Game of Gnomes.
This afternoon the children have worked with Mrs Atkinson and Mrs Woolley to invent a new winter olympic sport.
In the assesmbly at the end of the day we all enjoyed reading our whole school story. Click on the link to read our amazing work.
Writing Challenge, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 2nd Mar 2018 @ 6:57pm
Thank you to all of the children and teachers for creating such a magnificent story.
Sharing a book - World Book Day 2018, by Mrs Brown
Date: 2nd Mar 2018 @ 6:26pm
Today we have all had a fab time with the winter olympic theme for world book day.
Thank you for joining in and making the day very special. Thank you also for the amazing costumes the chidlren came in today.
Baking bread just like the little red hen, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 28th Feb 2018 @ 1:36pm
Today we made bread and then tasted bread just like the little red hen. It was delicious.
The week ahead - 26th February, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Feb 2018 @ 7:06am
This week
Maths - position and direction, looking at turns, compass directions as well as time.
Reading - comprehension of Olympic themed texts.
Grammar - use of although, when, so as a conjunction.
English - writing focus around the story of the Stone Age Boy.
Topic - children will be working in groups with a specific area of the Stone Age to research and produce a PowerPoint, clothes, recipe book etc to present their findings. (This will be carried out over a few weeks )
Jigsaw - our theme is Healthy Me. This week our focus is on exercise and fitness challenges
P.E. - we are swimming still until the end of this term.
FRIDAY - world book day, our theme is the Winter Olympics. Please see parent mail re what to wear. We will be having a launch assembly in the morning for anyone who wishes to attend.
The weather forecast is for very cold this week. Please ensure the children have coats, hat and gloves.
Here's to another fun and action packed week.
Last weeks fun., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Feb 2018 @ 6:51am
Last week was a busy first week back. We spent a lot of the week focusing on our new topic of the Stone Age.
We looked at 2 stories UG and The Stone Age Boy. We read in pairs, acted it out, wrote diary entries and discovered all about life in the Stone Age. We made our own paint brushes from sticks and other items outside, we made mud paint and then had a go at painting Stone Age animals with it all. It was very tricky as it was cold and windy, it made the experience all the more real.
I wonder what we will be discovering this week.
Hothersall - The correct powerpoint!, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 25th Feb 2018 @ 9:49pm
As some of you have spotted, my name is not Mrs Moxham and it is not 2014, as the last powerpoint would have you believe! All other information is the same though, so if you have already read it, there are no altercations to the actual content of the powerpoint. :) See you tomorrow!
The Week Ahead, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 25th Feb 2018 @ 12:27pm
Here is an outline of some of the things we will be doing in class this week.
English
We are having a potions themed week. We will be reading about potions, making potions and writing about potions
Grammar will be focussing on types of verbs, tenses and conjunctions
spelling this week words ending in ture and possessive apostrophe with plurals
Maths
Our focus is place value, thinking about numbers beyond 1000, decimals to two decimal places, rounding numbers, solving problems and investigating .
Topic
We will continue to develop our Geography skills whilst learning about the Paris Basin region of France
Wider Opps on Wednesday
Orienteering on Thursday morning
Jigsaw
recognise the changing dynamics between
people in different groups, see who takes
on which role, e.g. leader, follower, and
understand the roles I take on in different
situations
be aware of how different people and groups
impact on me and to recognise the people I
most want to be friends with
Friday World Book Day- lots of fun around our theme of The Winter Olympics
RE
Sacrifice - what have people given up to support charities?
Week Beginning Monday 26th February 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 24th Feb 2018 @ 2:17pm
Hello :)
I hope that you are enjoying the sunshine this weekend!
Here is what the Meerkats are doing this week:
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Maths |
We are solving addition and subtraction problems. We will need to use some of our learning about measuring from last week to help us! |
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English |
We are reading Little Red Riding Hood. We are studying the characters and setting. We will also be looking at words with -ed endings and continuing our look at conjunctions. |
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Reading |
Year One is now reading in class four times per week. This means that books will now be changed on a Friday. Please see Parent mail for more information (Monday 26th February 2018) |
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Phonics |
Mrs Thomson's group are working on alternative pronounciations, Mrs Coxhead's group are practising reading and writing phase 5 graphemes in words and sentences. |
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Seasonal Changes |
We are learning about the changes in springtime. We are spotting signs of springs and drawing and painting some of the changes. |
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Jigsaw |
We are learning how to make healthy lifestyle choices. |
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PE |
We are combining our dance sequences from the little pigs and the wolf to create a new dance. |
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World Book Day |
On Friday, it is World Book Day. Children can dress-up in Winter Olympic themed clothes. We are reading Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner. |
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday!
Mrs Coxhead
Update: Projects, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 23rd Feb 2018 @ 3:55pm
Apparently we don't have projects this term! Sorry! Of course, you're always welcome to make something and show us if you want, but it's not expected.
Sorry for confusion!
Miss R
Thursday evening, by Miss Leigh
Date: 22nd Feb 2018 @ 10:19pm
Sleeping lions or a power nap?
It’s a little after 10pm and all the children are tucked up in bed, the lights are out (except for the fantastic star light in the elephant’s room) and the children are sleeping.
Bright and early start tomorrow then 3 activities before heading home.
Exhausted after our busy day, by Miss Leigh
Date: 22nd Feb 2018 @ 7:32pm
Wow. What an amazing day we have had. So many of the tribe have steppe day out of their confort zone, tried something new and been genuine superstars. We have even been praised on our manners!
Thursday lunch, by Miss Leigh
Date: 22nd Feb 2018 @ 1:48pm
After our filling breakfast we’ve spent the morning around the centre. Activities have included canoeing, knights quest, archery and zip line. Here we are ready for our afternoon.
Our first week all about animals., by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 21st Feb 2018 @ 8:22pm
This half term we are learning all about animals. We have been thinking about pets this week and also baby animals. In maths we continue to count but we have been learning about money x
Wednesday at Robin Wood, by Miss Leigh
Date: 21st Feb 2018 @ 8:05pm
We have had a busy day so far. The children are all settled in their groups and enjoyed various activities...some have asked if they can go to bed already.
Here are just a couple of photos from the day. We will post more tomorrow. Fingers crossed for a good nights sleep.
First week back! by leon and oliver b, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 21st Feb 2018 @ 2:58pm
On Monday which was are first day back from half-term we found out what are new topics were.In the afternoon we had Mrs Ainsworth and we did some PSHE.On Tuesday we did fraction maths , grammar monster spelling test and after we had to do some reading a group read with Mrs Woolley , the rest do tasks . in the afternoon we did history about great thinkers like: Michael Angelo,Leonardo DA Vinci and Avicenna. Today in the morning we did lots of jobs till break and then we did more monster spelling and guided reading we did some English about a scientists called professor branestawm and we made a short paragraph about him going back to a 3 year old party. In the afternoon we did D.T (design and technology) we finished of are pouches........ TO BE CONTINUED {next week}
A few bits and bobs, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 21st Feb 2018 @ 7:51am
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely half term and feel ready for the next five weeks. Just a few things that are going on:
- We're going to Priory tomorrow for a taster day - we'll be doing P.E, Food Tech, Art and Science. We've been asked to go in our P.E kit, so if it isn't already in school, can you please send it in tomorrow.
- I'm still missing quite a few medical forms for the Hothersall Lodge trip - if you need another one they are available on the blog, or I can give you paper copy if you pop into school at some point.
- Hothersall lodge trip is fast approaching! Please check the kit-list in preparation. I've been made aware that the powerpoint I put up is the old version and I will update it again this evening because I can't for the life of me find where I've saved the updated one now!
- Our topic for this half term is 'Inventors and Inventions' - we'll be looking at great thinker, inventors and scientists throughout the ages with a particular focus on the Golden Age of Islam and 8th century Baghdad. We'll be looking at forces in Science and in D.T we will be looking at cams and cogs. For projects, you could research an inventor in depth and create a booklet, draw schematics for your own invention, or even create a prototype for your own creation!
Welcome back, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Feb 2018 @ 9:32pm
I hope you have all had an enjoyable half term.
The Giraffes have made a great start to the new term and have made me feel very welcome.
They have been working hard and showing me how fantastic they are.
Finding out about plants, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 20th Feb 2018 @ 5:01pm
This afternoon we started our Science topic on plants, we drew what we thought a plant was and then went outside to take photos withour iPads to find plants around school. We learnt that there are lots of other plants like trees and hedges and bushes.
In Maths we have been learning about multiplication linking it to arrays and repeated addition.
in English we are reading all about stories set on farms we looked at different types of farms and what buildings there are on farms.We enjoyed the story of Farmer Duck.
Week Beginning Monday 19th February 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 13th Feb 2018 @ 7:55pm
Hello :)
I hope that you had a wonderful break celebrating Shrove Tuesday, St Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year. Here is the plan for this week:
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English |
We are reading the story of Hansel and Gretel. We will use conjunctions and learn about the prefix 'un'. |
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Maths |
We are measuring! We will measure length/height using a ruler and we will have a go at measuring mass/weight. |
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Phonics |
We are doing some more assessments from last half-term. While that's going on we'll review some of the phase 5 sounds we have done up until now. |
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PE |
We are dancing to Flight of the Bumblebee, as Little Pigs who are afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. |
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Jigsaw |
We are launching our Healthy Me topic. We'll have a look at the difference between healthy and unhealthy and find some ways to keep healthy. |
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History |
We are learning about important events that have happened in our lifetimes. We will also compare birthdays today with birthdays that happened in the past (1930s). |
I have attached the topic letter for this half-term to our class page. Please take a look.
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday,
Mrs Coxhead