Superworm!

This week we have been finding out all about worms. We had great fun digging in the plot looking for worms and then we made a wormery so that we can observe the way worms live. We found out that worms have 5 hearts!
We have read the story of 'Superworm' by Julia Donaldson and we all did some writing. Some of us made up our own super hero character and used wow words to describe them.
We had a problem solving day on Friday and the children really concentrated on the problem which was to look for patterns and to see how many different caterpillars they could make using four colours. We had a fun workshop with the 'Game on' coaches where we all had a go at a variety of PE activities such as shot put. On Tuesday afternoon we found some dry weather and did our sports day activities with Lime class. Look out for photos on our web site and in our class book at open evening.

Healthy Living

This week we had a Healthy Living week. We had a visit from the school nurses when we found out all about looking after our teeth and keeping our hands clean. We talked about how we can keep our teeth healthy and we learned how to wash our hands.
We all had a go at making a strawberry and banana smoothie. We talked about eating healthily. We all had a try at drinking the smoothie and most children really enjoyed it. Perhaps you could have a try at making different smooties at home.
We had a visit from a fire engine and the fire men talked to us about fire safety and what we should do if there is a fire. He told the children that if they don't have a fire alarm a fireman could come to the house and fit one for free. Mrs Fairclough tried on the uniform and then we all had a try sitting in the fire engine.
We were very sad that we had to cancel our sports day, but we are hoping to run the activities within a school day at a later date.

Green Day

We had a lovely week last week. We had three little froglets in our tank when we got back from the holidays and we walked down to the pond and released them there. We are hoping that they will grow into adults so we can have tadpoles in our pond in the future.
We continued with our Lifecycles theme by finding out more about the lifecycle of a butterfly. We talked about symmetry in Maths and we made symmetrical butterfly paintings.
On Friday we had a trip to the zoo. We had a Lifecycles workshop where we were able to handle some artefacts and also stroke a snake. The man was very impressed with our knowledge. We were very lucky at the zoo as an elephant had been born that day and we were able to see it in the field with it's family. We had a really lovely day.
This week it was Green Day. We all came into school dressed in green and made donations to the hedgehog hospital. We had all the lights and computers switched off for the day and we had packed lunch at lunch time. At the end of the day we raised out new green flag. We all made a kite and had a lovely time flying them on the field. Did anyone fly their kite at home? Perhaps you could go to the park with your kite on the weekend. Please bring in pictures if you do!
Our sharing assembly was very successful. We had some lovely comments from the teachers and a wonderful letter from Maple class in Year 2 which said that we 'all spoke really clearly and your singing was marvellous.' I'm sure all the parents agree that the children did a fantastic job. 

May Time!

Wow! Wasn't our dance amazing! We have put some pictures on the web site. We were so lucky to have a lovely warm sunny morning for our dancing and the children did so well with the singing.
This week we have been gardening. We have planted out sunflowers, beans, tomatoes and marigolds. Everything is beginning to grow and the children are very excited. We now have a froglet in our tank!
It will be good to see that our plants have grown over the holidays. We wish you all a relaxing and enjoyable break and look forward to hearing all your news when you get back!

Jack and The Beanstalk

We have had an enjoyable week reading the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have done some amazing writing. Some children have managed to retell the story in their own words and have made some fantastic books. We talked about 'wow' words and used words to describe the giant and Jack. Some children included wow words in their writing. Our beans are beginning to grow in the classroom and in our green house outside. Hopefully we will have beans to eat when we come back in September!
This week we have been learning about weight. We have used Maths language to describe weight and we have also used the compare bears and the Numicon to explore number and weight. Next week we will be weighing different items using grams.
next week we will be dancing on Thursday and Friday. Our dance is really coming on well and the children are looking forward to showing it and celebrating May day. Our home work is to find out about May Day, draw a picture and write a sentence.

Time

We have been learning about time in Maths this week. We looked at pictures and sequenced them and talked about what time we did those thinks such as when we go to bed. We have explored clocks and we have talked about the hands. We read the story of 'The Bad tempered ladybird' and we put our clocks to the correct time. We have used sand timers to explore how much we can do in a minute. For example jumping up and down, singing a song etc. Perhaps you could continue to explore some of these themes at home.
We have learned about how to plant a bean and we have all planted our own. We talked about what plants need to grow and we wrote about how to plant a seed using 'bossy' words. We will watch them to see if they grow.
In computing we have looked at the 2create 'super story' programme. Several children have had a go at writing their own books and we have had some great results.
Our home learning this week is to explore weighing as we will be learning about weight in Maths next week.

Feathers!

Our chicks grew very quickly this week and have already got feathers. We have continued to observe them all of this week and we all felt sad when they had to go home to the farm. We have had an exciting and informative week.
We had a lovely session at forest schools. The children did three activities; pond dipping, muddy kitchen and making Andy Goldsworthy pictures with natural found materials. We were lucky enough to find three newts in the pond. The children made some fantastic natural pictures which included faces and a three dimensional tripod.
We have continued to learn about subtraction and some of us have been practicing it in Learning Through Play.
Our home Learning this week is to play games outside. The weather is expected to be nice so we are looking forward to finding out what you have all done!