Class 1

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…

This week has been about how Chinese people celebrate Chinese New Year!

We have a had a fantastic time making lanterns and dragons.

We talked about tigers and then the children had a go at colouring pictures of tigers, trying hard to keep within the lines and colouring neatly.

In math,…

This week we have read 'Little Red Riding Hood'. The nursery children prepared Little Red Riding Hood's basket, developing their descriptive language by describing the contents. Reception re-told the main events and made a story map.

On Tuesday we had a fantastic math day, focusing on the…

Wow what a busy week!

In English we have listened to the story 'Lost & Found'

We have written simple sentences about Antarctica animals and have enjoyed drawing them.

We have focused specifically on Penguins and have made models of them for our Antarctic display.

The children used the…

This week our focus was on woodland animals and where they make their homes  in the woods. We talked about hibernating animals too.

Our main text was 'The Gruffalo' and the children enjoyed making some accompanying sounds with musical instruments for the description of the Gruffalo.

In…

What a lovely time I have had teaching nursery and reception this week!

We have started our new topic 'Into the woods' and 'winter time' and have been talked about winter weather and how to keep ourselves safe during winter time. We have started looking at what creatures live in the woods and…

This we have had a festive filled week celebrating all things Christmas! We read the classic Christmas story of ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ and discussed the true meaning of Christmas. We have also watched a pantomime, made decorations for our class Christmas party, had the party and had a…

We have had a busy week in Class 1, so much so that not many pictures were taken this week! We have continued our topic of ‘Sparkle, Shine, Celebrate!’ by focusing on the amazing book ‘Stick Man’. The children have really enjoyed learning about this book and Christmas. We had a hot chocolate and…

We have had a jolly week in Class 1! We continued our topic of ‘Sparkle, Shine, Celebrate!’ by focusing on ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’. The children have loved this book and they are definitely getting excited for Christmas, particularly with the snow this week! The class have written letters to…

We have had a busy week in Class 1! This week we have continued our topic of ‘Sparkle, Shine, Celebrate!’ by learning about Thanksgiving. We used the poem ‘Over the River, Through the Wood’ to learn about the different traditions of Thanksgiving in America. The children have also learnt about…

What another lovely week in Class 1! We have continued our learning of ‘Sparkle, Shine, Celebrate!’ by celebrating kindness this week in line with Anti-bullying Week. We used the book ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ to help us learn about different ways of showing kindness. This week we have also…

We have had a fun week in Class 1! We have furthered our learning on our topic of ‘Sparkle, Shine, Celebrate!’ by learning about birthday celebrations using the focus book of ‘Kipper’s Birthday’. On Monday, Kipper sent Class 1 a letter asking them to help him write a birthday wish list, then…