We had a very interesting week this week finding out about how people did their washing in the olden days. We had some very interesting ideas in our home learning about how we would do our washing if we didn't have a washing machine such as washing our clothes in the bath.
We had a visit from the museum to show us how the Victorians did their washing. The children got into the spirit of things by dressing up as Victorians for the day. Please look at our website to see some pictures.
We read the story of 'Mrs Mopple's Washing Line' and all the children had a go at writing about it. The children are getting better at writing the sounds that they can hear in words. For our maths we continued on with our learning about more and less by taking the washing on and off the line and counting as we did so. Perhaps you could also practise this at home?
Today we have been supporting Children in Need day by dressing up in spots and stripes and bringing our teddies in. We have collected lots of money.
Friday, 18 November 2016
Friday, 11 November 2016
Nursery Rhymes
We have had a fantastic week this week singing lots of nursery rhymes. The children brought in some really lovely home learning and the children were all able to sing their rhyme to the rest of the class.
The children have made paintings of their favourite nursery rhyme and some children have made models. Today some of the children chose to make some spiders in Learning Through Play. They were all wonderful and all different. The children were able to carefully count the legs to make sure that there were eight.
In literacy we had a focus on rhyme and we had a go at writing some rhyming words. We played with the rhyme of Humpty Dumpty and gave it some different endings. In Maths we did some data handling and we found out which nursery rhyme was our favourite. We used the language of more/less/fewer. Perhaps you could continue this on at home.
This week's home learning is to think about what we would do if we didn't have a washing machine. perhaps you could speak to some of your older family to find out what they did.
The children have made paintings of their favourite nursery rhyme and some children have made models. Today some of the children chose to make some spiders in Learning Through Play. They were all wonderful and all different. The children were able to carefully count the legs to make sure that there were eight.
In literacy we had a focus on rhyme and we had a go at writing some rhyming words. We played with the rhyme of Humpty Dumpty and gave it some different endings. In Maths we did some data handling and we found out which nursery rhyme was our favourite. We used the language of more/less/fewer. Perhaps you could continue this on at home.
This week's home learning is to think about what we would do if we didn't have a washing machine. perhaps you could speak to some of your older family to find out what they did.
Friday, 4 November 2016
Autumn Time!
We have had a fantastic few weeks settling in and making new friends and learning new things. We particularly enjoyed our Teddy Bear week when we brought our teddies in and we all did some super writing about them. We read lots of teddy bear stories and had a picnic with our teddies at the end of the week.
This week we have been learning about Autumn and finding out about the Hindu festival of Diwali. We have listened to music by Vivaldi 'The four Seasons' and we have done some dancing. We learned a lovely new song about Autumn and many of the children were singing it as they were raking leaves and sweeping outside.
We read a lovely book called the 'Leaf Man' and some children followed this up with some amazing art work. Lulu's piece was chosen to go into an exhibition at the Harpenden Town Hall.
Next week is 'Nursery Rhyme week' and we will be doing various Nursery Rhyme activities. Home learning this week is to sing nursery rhymes with your child and to draw a picture and label it. We are looking forward to seeing these.
This week we have been learning about Autumn and finding out about the Hindu festival of Diwali. We have listened to music by Vivaldi 'The four Seasons' and we have done some dancing. We learned a lovely new song about Autumn and many of the children were singing it as they were raking leaves and sweeping outside.
We read a lovely book called the 'Leaf Man' and some children followed this up with some amazing art work. Lulu's piece was chosen to go into an exhibition at the Harpenden Town Hall.
Next week is 'Nursery Rhyme week' and we will be doing various Nursery Rhyme activities. Home learning this week is to sing nursery rhymes with your child and to draw a picture and label it. We are looking forward to seeing these.
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Our First Post
Welcome to the Willow class Blog. We will be writing our Blog at the end of every week. We will look at the comments on the Blog once a week so don't worry if your comments are not verified straight away. We will be commenting on our learning and we will also remind you of Home Learning and any extra reminders. We have had an exciting term so far and the children have settled really well into school and are enjoying their learning.
Friday, 1 July 2016
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.
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.
Friday, 24 June 2016
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.
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.
Friday, 17 June 2016
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.
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.
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