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Shape Poetry, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Dec 2017 @ 10:07pm
We braved the cold and took our learning outside the other morning to gather inspiration for our shape poetry. We focused on our senses and detail in what we could see to create lists of powerful vocabulary before returning to the class to create a Poem.
Time, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Dec 2017 @ 10:03pm
This week we have been learning more about time. We have used a website game www.teachingtime.co.uk, this is fantastic for matching analogue and digital times. I have asked the children to start with the year 1 game and once they can complete in less than 30 seconds to move on to the next one and so on.
Please support your child with reading the time at home, talking about start and finish times of TV programmes, how long will it be on for? We are leaving at ? The time is now ? How long before we go? etc.
SCIENCE-COLE & LEON , by Miss Reynolds
Date: 6th Dec 2017 @ 2:32pm
Today in science we had to separate: rice, rocks, glitter, metal paperclips and salt-water solution.They had all been mixed together in one plastic container and we had to find a way to separate them.Our group used a magnet to get the paperclips out because they where the only metal thing in there and they would atract to the magnet.To get the glitter out we had to filter it, which was quite hard.To get the rice out we had to use a net to sieve it out.To get the rocks out we used a spoon.To get the salt out of the water we used a tealight to heat up the solution and evaporate the water which left us with the salt.We also made a time lapse of it and put it on the blog so you can see what happend;we realy enjoyed it.
Week Beginning Monday 4th December 2017, by Miss Adamson
Date: 2nd Dec 2017 @ 5:46pm
Hello all :)
I hope that you are enjoying the weekend. Here is what the Meerkats are doing this week:
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English |
We are reading the Babushka story. We will be learning that names of people and places begin with capital letters. We will continue to use conjunctions in sentences. |
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Maths |
We are learning about addition and subtraction within 20. Specifically, we will focus on the job of the equal sign and how the numbers on either side must balance. |
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Phonics |
Mrs Thomson's group will learn au (he caught a fish) and some more split diagraphs - o-e (phone home), u-e (huge brute) and e-e. Miss Adamson's group will learn oy (toy for a boy), ou (shout it out), ir (whirl and twirl) and au (he caught a fish). |
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RE |
We are learning how Christians feel and behave because they believe in God, specifically, we will be learning about the Christmas story. |
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Productions |
On Monday afternoon we will watch the dress rehersal for the Y2/3 production. I will send home scripts this week for the YR/1 produciton - The Bee Musical. I have asked the children what kind of parts they would like and have done my best to accomodate. Let me know if there are any problems! |
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Wedding Day |
On Thursday is our Wedding Day. Children can wear their own clothes and have special wedding lunch. |
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday.
Warm regards,
Miss Adamson
Advent, by Miss Adamson
Date: 1st Dec 2017 @ 9:04pm
Today we opened the first two books in our advent calendar (one for today and one for tomorrow). We also had a special delivery from the North Pole. We suggested some names and wrote shopping lists for what he'll need.
Quarters, by Miss Adamson
Date: 1st Dec 2017 @ 9:01pm
This week we have learned to find a quarter of an object, shape or quantity.
Ladybird addition, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 30th Nov 2017 @ 9:37pm
This week we are finding out about what the ladybird heard. We have had a ladybird challenge in maths. We had to make a ladybird with 1 body 2 wings and add 5 spots to the wings. Then we needed to add a calculation. Some of us were amazing!
Warburtons visit, by Mr Pearson
Date: 30th Nov 2017 @ 9:10pm
The Giraffes enjoyed themselves this morning with the lady from Warburtons.
The hats were the highlight as well as learning about bread, baking and Warburtons company.
Penguins looking good!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 30th Nov 2017 @ 6:42pm
The Penguins had a fab visit today from Warburtons, we learnt some of their history, about eating healthier and made our own "rainbow" sandwich. We had to wash our hands and put on hats to stop germs from spreading. We got to taste our fillings first and then choose, best of all we could eat it!
To help with homework I have photographed some facts and the healthy eating chart.👍
Wednesday learning, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 29th Nov 2017 @ 7:17pm
Today the children enjoyed playing the "cup game" in Maths.Filling up a cup with cubes and then investigating whether their cubes could be divided in to 1/2. 1/3 and a 1/4. If it could they scored 2, 3 or 4 points.
In Science we were thinking about why excercise is important and what happens to our heart rate. We set up different activities, thought about how they would affect our heart rate and then tested it out. Some of the activities definitely got our pulses racing!
Week beginning 27th November, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 27th Nov 2017 @ 4:35pm
This week we are busy putting the final touches to our fabulous production, please send costumes in by the latest, Thursday. We are practising on Thursday in our costumes so the children get used to them and we can see what we still need. Tickets are on sale at the office.
In Maths we continue with our fraction work.
In English we are using our imaginations in some creative writing.
We have our visit from Warburtons on Thursday afternoon.
In Jigsaw lessons we are thinking about what bullying means and how it makes us feel if people are unkind.
In Science we are getting our hearts beating with some excersises and understanding how important excercise is to keeping healthy.
The week ahead, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Nov 2017 @ 10:02pm
Another busy week is planned.
GPS - spelling work,
Reading - finding evidence about one of the main characters in the story.
English - poetry
Maths - reading and writing time. O'clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to, using an analogue and digital clock.
Monday afternoon - Celebration Assembly in church.
Tuesday - Mrs Ainsworth will be teaching the class today, she has lots of amazing activities planned.
Wednesday afternoon - music
Thursday - swimming, water safety, clothes needed again please. This will be our last swimming lesson this term. We will recommence again in January.
Friday afternoon - one group of children will be cooking in the kitchen with Mrs Neilson. Children in the choir will be singing at Longton Methodist church.
We will be continuing to practise our Christmas play, please make sure costumes are in by Wednesday as we will be having a dress rehearsal at the end of the week.
Mrs Catterall
Maths, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Nov 2017 @ 9:47pm
Thank you to all the parents who attended our Fractions session on Wednesday afternoon. Our practical maths continued throughout the week. We had several problems to solve on Friday, the children showed great teamwork and lots of fantastic discussions and explanations.
DT, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Nov 2017 @ 9:42pm
Mrs Neilson's lesson on Friday afternoon was all about Bread. The children found out about different sorts of bread and discovered how to make soda bread and where many of the ingredients come from. Over the next 3 weeks the children will have a go at making bread and a healthy soup to go with it.
Road safety, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Nov 2017 @ 9:39pm
It has been road safety week this week and we have learnt about how we can stay safe on the roads. We found out about the work of 'Brake' and their message of speed down save lives.
Reading, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Nov 2017 @ 9:35pm
We do lots of reading in class. Reading 1 to 1 with an adult, reading in a group, independent reading in order to understand and analyse the text. Earlier in the year the children could choose a Dick King Smith story to read and thoroughly enjoyed it. This week the children had the opportunity to choose a book from the bookcase and read for pleasure, they could choose where they wanted to sit to get comfy and just enjoy reading.
Week Beginning Monday 27th November 2017, by Miss Adamson
Date: 26th Nov 2017 @ 6:33pm
Hello all :)
I hope you have had a peaceful weekend.
Here is what we are doing this week:
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Maths |
We are continuing our work on fractions - finding a quarter of a shape and quantity. |
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English |
We are reading Up and Down, by Oliver Jeffers. In the afternoons, for reading comprehension, we are reading The Emperor's Egg. |
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Phonics |
Mrs Thomson's group are working on split diagraphs, a-e (make a cake) and i-e (nice smile). Miss Adamson's group are learning ay (may I play), ow (blow the snow), ea (a cup of tea) and ie (a colourful tie). |
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Jigsaw |
We are learning how to help if we think someone is being bullied. |
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PE |
We are using jumps, rolls and travelling movements to create our own sequences. |
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Celebration Assembly |
On Monday, we are going to church for celebration assembly at 2pm. Some children will give a brief overview of what we have been learning this term. |
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Trees |
We will be learning about different kinds of trees - deciduous and evergreen. |
I look forward to seeing you next week.
Many thanks,
Miss Adamson
Enterprise, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 26th Nov 2017 @ 3:40pm
We just want to say a big thank you to everyone that bought a cookie or hot chocolate from us on Friday - we had lots of fun making everything, but apparently 80 biscuits wasn't nearly enough! The whole school wanted our delicious treats... Sorry if you missed out! We managed to make a profit of around £50! Thank you very much to Mrs Baller and Mrs Ashcroft for lending a hand too!
Week beginning the 4th December, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 26th Nov 2017 @ 3:33pm
Hello everybody! Hope you've had a lovely weekend! Don't forget this Thursday we are having a special Wedding themed day - if you'd like school dinner that day, you'll need to pay at the office. 
The whole day will be centred around the theme of different types of weddings - it's going to be great!
This week will look like this:
English: Script writing
GPS: Inventing words & word class
Maths: Negative numbers and Roman numerals
Science: Irreversible changes & Reversible changes assessment experiment
Computing: Coding and Debugging
PSHE: Jigsaw - different cultures
R.E: Christian stories
French: Family
PE: Beyond Sport (Monday)
If you have any artefacts/special skills/holiday pics etc. that would help us with our learning - please feel free to volunteer them! We would love to have some visitors to our class this year and learning always works best when it is contextualised!
Week beginning the 27th November, by Miss Reynolds
Date: 26th Nov 2017 @ 3:33pm
Don't forget that we are taking an Athletics team to Priory on Tuesday - if you haven't already returned your permission slip, please bring that in Monday! If there are any parents that would be available to take some children to and from Priory, that would be very much appreciated. We are leaving at 9am and returning around midday.
Also, I forgot to put a blog post up about homework, but just so you know, English - Lets keep working on those spellings with Spellodrome! If you don't have access to a computer, then you can do it at school. You need to write 5 sentences with any 5 words from Spellodrome. We'll be having a test on the stage 3 list Wednesday next week. Maths is the grid method multiplication sheet that we wrote as a class - you must do a minimum of any 4 of those questions, but I am expecting most of you to be able to do most of them!
This week will look like this:
English: Reading comprehension skills
GPS: Inventing words & word class
Maths: Consolidation week - a week of reviewing and deepening our understanding in various areas of Maths, particularly reasoning skills. Found this fun little website for improving all areas of Maths. You just need to provide an email address so it can keep track of your prgoress for you, but it's absolutely free. It also has a Reading section, but I haven't had chance to explore that yet - give it a go and tell me what you think!
Science: Irreversible changes
D.T: Evaluating our Enterprise biscuits
Computing: Coding and Debugging
PSHE: Jigsaw - different cultures
R.E: Christian stories
French: Family
PE: Dance (Tuesday) and Beyond Sport (Monday)
If you have any artefacts/special skills/holiday pics etc. that would help us with our learning - please feel free to volunteer them! We would love to have some visitors to our class this year and learning always works best when it is contextualised!
Continents, Celebration Assembly and Words, by Miss Adamson
Date: 24th Nov 2017 @ 4:45pm
Hello :)
I hope you've had a lovely week!
We had a watch of a quick video about the names of the seven continents this afternoon.
Also, we coloured baubles to go on the Christmas tree at Booths - keep an eye out for them.
A handful of children have a few words to learn for celebration assembly on Monday afternoon. I hope it's not too onerous! Some children were a little dissapointed that they didn't have any words. However, we will begin practising for our production with Reception soon and many more children will have speaking parts. We will try to ensure all children who want to speak will get an opportunity at some point throughout the year.
Most children have been bringing their words (piece of paper in poly pocket) to school for reading/spelling check on Friday morning. Please could these come to school in blue book bags on Fridays. Sorry that wasn't clear.
Last thing, if you have made a recycled Christmas tree decoration, please bring it in for Thursday 30th November - St Andrew's Day!
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Adamson
Survival!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th Nov 2017 @ 4:05pm
The Penguins were stranded on a desert island this afternoon and had to think what they would miss, what would make them happy and what they would absolutely need to survive. They had to write a note asking for things and ssend it out in the sea in a bottle and hope that someone would find it.
Yesterday we looked at road safety and discussed things we should do to keep safe around roads and crossing the road.
Hop you all have a lovely weekend 😀👍
Maths in the Giraffes , by Mr Pearson
Date: 24th Nov 2017 @ 9:49am
A practical lesson on equivalent fractions.
Fraction fun, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Nov 2017 @ 7:13pm
We had fun this afternoon with fractions, we folded paper in different ways to show halves and quarters. Next we shared "sweets" between different numbers of children and used different grids, we even found a quarter of 48! Last but not least we had to choose whether we would rather eat half or a quarter of a chocolate bar and explain why. Then we could eat half but had to take half home. A big thank you to those parents and grandparents who were able to make it, a copy of notes and example questions will be coming home tomorrow in the homework bags.
We also had fun and did some really amazing thinking finding fractions of amounts on Tuesday. Our challenge was to find different ways of making half - we came up with some really clever ideas👍
