We have had an exciting week this week as we had some eggs arrive at school in an incubator and we have watched them hatch. We now have 5 fluffy chicks. We have all done some fantastic writing about the lifecycle of a hen and some of the children have also written their own books about hens and chicks. Some children have also made lifecycle hats.
We now also have some tadpoles in the classroom and we will be able to watch them slowly change into frogs over the next few weeks. Next week we will be going down to forest schools and we will be doing some pond dipping. I wonder what we will find?
We have been learning about subtraction this week. The children explored number rhymes at home and we have been singing them in the classroom. We have practiced working out subtraction problems using a variety of manipulatives.
This weekend our home learning is to draw a picture for the Redbourn In Bloom poster competition. We hope to see some great entries. Have a lovely long weekend!
Friday, 29 April 2016
Friday, 22 April 2016
Welcome Back!
We have all come back excited to share our news of the things we did in the holidays. Lucy, William and Ava borrowed our holiday bears and took them away on holiday. Ava took her bear to Mexico 'I did the bungee jump on my own...he watched it out on the balcony'. Lucy took her bear to 'my Granddad's. I went to the beach as well.' William took his bear to Tenerife. 'I swam in the swimming pool and went to the beach.' We all painted some lovely pictures of the things that we did and we have all done some fantastic writing!
We have been dancing to practise for our May Day celebrations. We all have a partner to do the dance with. We have chosen Isabella and Sam to be our May King and Queen.
Our Home Learning this week to sing songs and rhymes to practice our subtraction. We look forward to singing these next week.
We have been dancing to practise for our May Day celebrations. We all have a partner to do the dance with. We have chosen Isabella and Sam to be our May King and Queen.
Our Home Learning this week to sing songs and rhymes to practice our subtraction. We look forward to singing these next week.
Friday, 1 April 2016
End of term!
We have had a shorter week this week as we all enjoyed a long Easter weekend. The children were keen to talk about what they had done over the weekend and we have had an enjoyable week leading up to the end of term.
In maths we have been learning about capacity. We used language such as full, empty, half full, overflowing, more and less to describe what we could see. The children were also encouraged to compare containers and to estimate quantities. We looked at the measures on the side of measuring containers and talked about that too. Some of the children recalled using measures when cooking so this would be a useful maths activity to do in the holidays. Bath times also lend themselves to exploring capacity.
On Thursday we had an RE day where we compared The Christian celebration of Easter with the Hindu celebration of Holi. We did a range of activities including making palm leaves, writing books and making colourful splatter paintings with chalk and paint. The whole school came together at the end of the day to share all our learning.
Remember to do the Easter Challenge as your Home learning activity and we wish you all an enjoyable and relaxing break.
In maths we have been learning about capacity. We used language such as full, empty, half full, overflowing, more and less to describe what we could see. The children were also encouraged to compare containers and to estimate quantities. We looked at the measures on the side of measuring containers and talked about that too. Some of the children recalled using measures when cooking so this would be a useful maths activity to do in the holidays. Bath times also lend themselves to exploring capacity.
On Thursday we had an RE day where we compared The Christian celebration of Easter with the Hindu celebration of Holi. We did a range of activities including making palm leaves, writing books and making colourful splatter paintings with chalk and paint. The whole school came together at the end of the day to share all our learning.
Remember to do the Easter Challenge as your Home learning activity and we wish you all an enjoyable and relaxing break.
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Easter!
We have had a lovely week this week preparing for Easter and finding out about Easter. We found out about the story of Easter and we all had some hot cross buns to taste. I think all the children will now be able to talk about why we celebrate Easter. We all made Easter baskets this week and then the Easter Bunny came to visit us and we had an Easter egg hunt.
We had a visit to Forest School this week where we did a 'We're going on a Bear Hunt' drama, made homes for the small world wild animals and made dens using fabric sheets and sticks that we found. We also made pretend fires and the children pretended to light them by rubbing sticks together. Jacqueline remembered that she had seen how fire is made on her 'Peter Pan' DVD.
We have a long weekend to enjoy with our families and we are all back at school on Tuesday. Please remember that school finishes at 1.30 pm next Friday.
We had a visit to Forest School this week where we did a 'We're going on a Bear Hunt' drama, made homes for the small world wild animals and made dens using fabric sheets and sticks that we found. We also made pretend fires and the children pretended to light them by rubbing sticks together. Jacqueline remembered that she had seen how fire is made on her 'Peter Pan' DVD.
We have a long weekend to enjoy with our families and we are all back at school on Tuesday. Please remember that school finishes at 1.30 pm next Friday.
Friday, 18 March 2016
Willow Class assembly
We have had a busy week this week. We had our problem solving maths day on Tuesday. We had a problem to solve which was about sharing. We had four sandwiches to share between three teddies and we had to decide what to do with the last sandwich. We had an interesting variety of ways to share the last sandwich with some children chopping it into three and others chopping it into more pieces and sharing it out. Sharing out is a good activity to practice doing at home as this can encourage the beginnings of division and multiplication.
Our sharing assembly took place on Friday. Thank you to all the parents who attended the assembly and I think you will all agree that the children did a brilliant job. We all have some work to do to be as good as Rio on the hula hoop! It was also sports relief on Friday and we all ran around both playgrounds three times. We were all very proud to have kept up and completed the run and thank you to everyone who has contributed to this very important cause.
This weekend we have not sent the home learning books home as we would like you to complete a sharing assembly sheet with your child instead.
Our sharing assembly took place on Friday. Thank you to all the parents who attended the assembly and I think you will all agree that the children did a brilliant job. We all have some work to do to be as good as Rio on the hula hoop! It was also sports relief on Friday and we all ran around both playgrounds three times. We were all very proud to have kept up and completed the run and thank you to everyone who has contributed to this very important cause.
This weekend we have not sent the home learning books home as we would like you to complete a sharing assembly sheet with your child instead.
Friday, 11 March 2016
Road safety
We have had a very busy week this week. On Monday we all went for a walk around the village. We looked at the houses and buildings, we looked for numbers and words and we used directional language. As we crossed the road we learned about how to be safe. We have learned a song to help us to be safe on the roads.
Later on in the week we had a road safety workshop. Hannah came from Hertfordshire county Council to talk to our parents and carers and the children about being safe on the roads. We sang our song and we all had a go at crossing the road safely with a grown up.
We have been finding out about the artist Stephen Wiltshire. We looked at his amazing drawings on the internet and we have had a try at carefully drawing pictures of our houses and some of the buildings we saw on our walk.
This week we have also been learning about money. We have named and sorted the coins and have talked about their colours and shapes. we have got a hairdresser shop in our role-play and a toy shop in our maths area and we have been playing shops and using the money.
Next week we will be thinking about Easter and we will be practising for our sharing assembly which will be on the 18th March.
Later on in the week we had a road safety workshop. Hannah came from Hertfordshire county Council to talk to our parents and carers and the children about being safe on the roads. We sang our song and we all had a go at crossing the road safely with a grown up.
We have been finding out about the artist Stephen Wiltshire. We looked at his amazing drawings on the internet and we have had a try at carefully drawing pictures of our houses and some of the buildings we saw on our walk.
This week we have also been learning about money. We have named and sorted the coins and have talked about their colours and shapes. we have got a hairdresser shop in our role-play and a toy shop in our maths area and we have been playing shops and using the money.
Next week we will be thinking about Easter and we will be practising for our sharing assembly which will be on the 18th March.
Friday, 4 March 2016
Book Week!
This week has been Book Week and we have had a fantastic week. We have read lots of books and we decided to have a Julia Donaldson focus and lots of children brought their books in. Eden brought in the book 'Paper Dolls' and that gave us the idea of making our own paper doll chains.
We had a session called 'take one picture' and we chose a picture from 'The Gorilla' by Anthony Brown. The children did some amazing follow up activities including using their imagination to write about what might happen next, painting some illustrations and making clay gorillas.
On Thursday we had a session with the Year 3 children in the junior school. We had a session called 'Take one book' and we chose 'Where the Wild Things Are'. We read the story with Year 3 and then we did some follow up activities in our classrooms. We have made an amazing collage, some puppets, and some books. At the end of the day we shared our work with Year 3 and watched their drama.
We use books as a starting point for our maths and did some interesting problem solving and practiced talking about numbers more and less.
Our dress up day was a great success and we enjoyed reading some of the stories that the children brought in. We have put some photos on the website. The teachers dressed up as 'Where's Wally'. Can you find them?
Next week we are thinking about road safety, directional language and money. We will be going on a trip around the village and we will be having a road safety work shop on Thursday morning. The parents are invited to the assembly at 9.20 am.
We had a session called 'take one picture' and we chose a picture from 'The Gorilla' by Anthony Brown. The children did some amazing follow up activities including using their imagination to write about what might happen next, painting some illustrations and making clay gorillas.
On Thursday we had a session with the Year 3 children in the junior school. We had a session called 'Take one book' and we chose 'Where the Wild Things Are'. We read the story with Year 3 and then we did some follow up activities in our classrooms. We have made an amazing collage, some puppets, and some books. At the end of the day we shared our work with Year 3 and watched their drama.
We use books as a starting point for our maths and did some interesting problem solving and practiced talking about numbers more and less.
Our dress up day was a great success and we enjoyed reading some of the stories that the children brought in. We have put some photos on the website. The teachers dressed up as 'Where's Wally'. Can you find them?
Next week we are thinking about road safety, directional language and money. We will be going on a trip around the village and we will be having a road safety work shop on Thursday morning. The parents are invited to the assembly at 9.20 am.
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