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16 June 2022

Class 1 summer 2 Week 2

What a busy week! We had fun on Monday being pirates.

Next week we will be looking at underwater sea creatures. We began this week by watching a video on jelly fish and then made jelly fish to hang up in the classroom. The children have asked if we can look at sharks, dolphins, seals and…

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9 June 2022

Summer 2 Class 1 Week 1

Shiver me timbers! Ship Ahoy! We be pirates this week, so watch out! We be looking for treasure.

This week we have been learning about Pirates. We have done some lovely writing about what the pirates could see through their telescope. The children have made maps and drawn an X to mark the spot!…

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12 May 2022

Class 1 Summer-Week 3

We have had an exciting couple of weeks learning about animals. The children have learnt about what pets need to be healthy and happy. This week we have written about safari animals. The children have enjoyed playing in cardboard boats and using binoculars to spot the wild animals.

In math, the…

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28 April 2022

Class 1 Summer term Week 1

Can you spot our dragonflies and frogs in the pictures?
We have been finding out about what creatures can be found in and around our ponds.

We have also talked about water safety! We know that it is important to be accompanied by an adult when near water. I have introduced a chat box giving…

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6 April 2022

Class 1 spring 2 Week 6

Class 1 have enjoyed a busy week preparing for the Easter service. 
The children have been making Easter chicks and bunnies as well as completing Easter themed math activities.

The children have done some fantastic writing about an Easter egg hunt.

The reception team would like to wish all…

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1 April 2022

Class 1 spring 2 week 5

This week we have learnt about the life cycle of a hen. The children have used sentences to describe each stage.

Today the children measured their sunflowers and recorded their height on a measuring chart.

In math, the children have been learning about patterns. They explored the school…

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23 March 2022

Class 1 spring 2 week 4

This week we have been busy preparing for our Mothers’ Day service. I have been really impressed with how well the children have sat in the hall and joined in so enthusiastically with the singing.

In English we read about ‘Tad’ and how he grew into a frog. He made a giant leap of faith to…

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17 March 2022

Class 1 spring 2 week 3

It’s all been about worms this week!

The children have planted sunflower seeds and we are hoping they have started growing so that we can measure them and find out later in the year which group have the tallest sunflower!

We have found out about why worms are so important. We have read…

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10 March 2022

Class 1 spring 2 week 2

This week we have read The Hungry Caterpillar.

We have enjoyed making caterpillars using our fine motor skills and they are now crawling all over the classroom!!!

We have done some fantastic writing about the life cycle of a butterfly and have also focused on rhyming words.

In number we…

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3 March 2022

Spring 2 Class 1- week 1

What a fun packed week! Great pancake flipping!
We have enjoyed sharing the Wolf’s Pancakes and writing sentences with capital letters and full stops. 

In math we have studied numbers 8, 9 and 10. We discovered that 8 is quite tricky and we might need to practise this at home and think about a…

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17 February 2022

Class 1 Spring 1 Week 7

The Boy Who Cried Wolf has been our theme for the week! 
The children also listened to ‘Whopper’ and ‘Stop Telling Fibs!’ We hope the children have learnt the importance of telling the truth!
We are really proud of the sentence work the children have been doing. 
In math, the children have…

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10 February 2022

Class 1 Spring 1-Week 6

This week we have tried NOT to be a Scallywag like the wolves in David Melling's story! We have spoken about good hygiene and how having great manners is respectful.

The children have written sentences about good manners. We really enjoyed the story.

In maths we have looked at ways of making…

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