Trim Trail Fun on a Friday!
This afternoon, after such an amazing week in class, Class 1 enjoyed their afternoon snack on the grass in the shade and then had a bonus treat of working together to complete the trim trail. All the children worked well to help and encourage each other and enjoyed showing Mrs Philp their skills!
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Stained glass window creations
In RE this week, we continued to explore churches. We looked at lots of different churches around the world and saw how they can vary in size and design. We spoke about how important churches are to Christians and discussed what different types of celebrations we have been to in church.
We…
Enjoying maths in the sunshine!
This week, we have continued to explore numbers up to 20 and have got amazing at recognising what each teen number is made up of using our numicon.
This afternoon we had a fantastic maths lesson outside using our bodies. We warmed up with a counting activity and then played a game. When Mrs…
Our visit to explore St Stephens
This afternoon, Class 1 had such a lovely visit to St Stephen’s. Father Neale kindly showed us all the different features of a church and showed us what happens at the altar and font during some services. We also got to sit in the pews where our grown ups normally sit.
Father Neale also…
Exploring teen numbers in the sunshine!
This afternoon, we enjoyed our maths session in our outdoor classroom. We have been exploring the teen numbers 11, 12 and 13 this week and noticing how teen numbers are made up of 1 ten and then a certain number of 1’s.
Today each child was given a number up to 13 and asked to go and get…
Science - Caterpillar Life Cycles
Class 1 were learning all about lifestyle cycles today in our Science lesson. The children then made their own lifecycle of a caterpillar. We are all very excited to watch our class caterpillars go through their life-cycle. The children made predictions of what would happen next.
What a lovely time we’ve had in our outdoor area
What a lovely time Class 1 have had this afternoon working with their friends and parent helpers to help tidy our outdoor classroom and plant some plants. Our outdoor classroom looks fantastic!
Thank you to all the parent helpers who came to join us!
We are looking forward to see how…
Our school church
The question we are exploring this half term in our RE sessions is ‘What happens in a church?’
Today, we talked about how lucky we are to have our church, St Stephen’s so close to our school and to be part of the church community. We talked about all the different celebrations we have…
We have caterpillars!
Class 1 have received their very own caterpillars this week. They arrived in a special box sent by some important scientists, they have asked us to look after them and observe them as they grow. We have been asked to keep a Caterpillar diary to keep track of the changes that happen. Today we each…
Our Easter Flower Cross
This week to finish our RE topic finding out why Christians put a cross in an Easter garden, we have heard the story of the Easter weekend and found out why Easter Sunday is such an exciting time for Christians.
We then worked together to create our own flower cross before going to perform…
3D shape Obstacle challenge!
This week in maths, Class 1 have been finding out about 3D Shapes. We have found out their different names and talked about each shape’s distinct properties. We have printed with the shapes onto an Easter egg template to find out the different 2D shapes they make.
Today, Class 1 took on the 3D…
Creating butterflies in maths!
This week in maths, Class 1 have continued to be number explorers and today have been challenging their number skills by exploring doubling.
The children created their own double butterflies using our numicon and then used the numicon to help recognise the double. The children then either…