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We’ve been learning all about absorbent materials this afternoon and how astronauts were Maximum Absorbency Garments (giant nappies!) whilst in their space suits.  They children experimented with different materials, testing their absorbency to determine which would be best in for making the…

The children have been listening to music that tells a story and have created their own storyboards, thinking about which instruments will work best to depict each section of their story.  Next week they will be using the instruments to turn their drawings into music!

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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This afternoon with one of our parent helpers, we had a quick tidy up of the outdoor classroom, weeding, labelling the vegetable beds and watering. We also found quite a lot of minibeasts enjoying our outdoor space! 
 

Wow! The children have been exploring colour mixing and adding black and white to experiment with tone and shade. They produced some thoughtful and dramatic skies, inspired by the work of William Turner.

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. 
 

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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…

We have just read about a terrifying creature in our Iron Man story, the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon. During our Whole Class Reading session today, we used our visualisation skills to draw what we imagine the creature to look like, using evidence from the text. 
 

The children tested their sense of touch today as they felt different fabrics and tried to match them to the ones on our feely board.  Then we took our learning outside and described why ‘that’s not my rocket’ as we found different materials to make its body out of.

The children had a wonderfully calming R.E. Lesson this afternoon, learning all about the importance of meditation in the Sikhi faith. 

In art, we have been learning how to create a watercolour wash to look like water. We used our big brushes for this and thought hard about the shadows. 

We then added a detailed tree into our picture using a small brush. 

We did lots of colour mixing in our palette. 

We’ve been learning all about primary and secondary colours this afternoon. We painted our colour wheels, mixing our own secondary colours!