What a busy week!
This week Willow class have been learning about weight. We have been looking at heavier and lighter objects and using weighing scales to explore.
Willow class have been learning about Easter and how other people celebrate in RE. We have made some lovely Easter baskets which we used today to go on a special Easter egg hunt! We also had a special assembly from Rev. Tim today, teaching us about Easter and why we eat Easter eggs and hot cross buns.
This Easter there is a special home learning activity. We have a packet of cress seeds for each child and they are to be planted over the Easter weekend. Can you think of a creative way to plant your cress seeds? They can then be brought back into school on Tuesday 18th April to be judged.
We hope you have a lovely break, and look forward to hearing what you have all been up to!
Friday, 31 March 2017
Friday, 24 March 2017
The Easter story
This week we found out about the Easter story. We read the story and the children shared their knowledge of what Easter is about. The children all did some amazing writing, most now writing their sentences independently.
In PE we have been practising our bunny hops and log rolls. Perhaps you could show your families what these are at home?
We have all made a special gift for our Mum's. We hope all the Mums have a good rest on Sunday.
Our home learning is to find out about Easter and write a sentence. I am looking forward to seeing some lovely sentences all written independently.
In PE we have been practising our bunny hops and log rolls. Perhaps you could show your families what these are at home?
We have all made a special gift for our Mum's. We hope all the Mums have a good rest on Sunday.
Our home learning is to find out about Easter and write a sentence. I am looking forward to seeing some lovely sentences all written independently.
Friday, 17 March 2017
Spring!
This week the weather has been lovely and warm and spring is in the air. We have all made observational paintings of daffodils and I am so pleased with the progress of the children's art work. We have also got some frog spawn in the reception classes and soon we will have tadpoles to watch and feed. We will continue to learn about lifecycles next term.
We had a wonderful session down at Woodlands. The children looked for resources to improve our bug hotel and we made our own faces with natural resources on the top of the logs. Some of us stayed behind and had a lovely afternoon outside in the muddy kitchen, the den making and the sand pit.
We have continued with our learning about subtraction and were pleased to see some very good home learning. In Literacy this week we have been reading poems and learning about the rhythm and the rhyme. Some children had a try at writing their own poems.
This week's home learning is an art competition to design a picture on the theme of 'I love Herts'.
We had a wonderful session down at Woodlands. The children looked for resources to improve our bug hotel and we made our own faces with natural resources on the top of the logs. Some of us stayed behind and had a lovely afternoon outside in the muddy kitchen, the den making and the sand pit.
We have continued with our learning about subtraction and were pleased to see some very good home learning. In Literacy this week we have been reading poems and learning about the rhythm and the rhyme. Some children had a try at writing their own poems.
This week's home learning is an art competition to design a picture on the theme of 'I love Herts'.
Friday, 10 March 2017
Sharing assembly
This morning we put on our sharing assembly for all our parents and carers. We talked about all the wonderful learning we have done this term. We were so proud of all the children who spoke out and sang so well!
This week in Maths we have been learning about subtraction. We sang songs such as ten in the bed to remind us to use the language of take away. We all had a try at writing number sentences and using a range of ways to work out the answers. Our home learning this week is to continue to practise this as some children found they were confusing addition and subtraction.
We have been finding out about space this week. We had some amazing home learning and the children had already learned such a lot. We found out about the planets in our solar system and next week we will be finding out more about stars.
This week in Maths we have been learning about subtraction. We sang songs such as ten in the bed to remind us to use the language of take away. We all had a try at writing number sentences and using a range of ways to work out the answers. Our home learning this week is to continue to practise this as some children found they were confusing addition and subtraction.
We have been finding out about space this week. We had some amazing home learning and the children had already learned such a lot. We found out about the planets in our solar system and next week we will be finding out more about stars.
Friday, 24 February 2017
Scientists!
This week we have had a really exciting week being scientists. 'We did an experiment about sweeties' Luca. 'Be colours' Bibi. 'There was lots of colours' Olivia. 'We put the skittles around the plate and we added water and then all the juice came off the skittles. It looked a rainbow on the plate.' Jessica.
We explored kaleidoscopes and we all had a go at making one. 'We cut out the bit through the plate and then we made a hole in the cup and then decorated it.' Eadie. 'We put some sparkles on and then we put some cling film over it. We turned the cup round and then you could see the sparkles move inside and you could see patterns.' Luella
In Maths we have been learning about doubling. 'We are learning to add' Bibi. 'It means adding a number and the same amount as that number.' Florence.
Next week is Book Week and we have got lots of exciting activities to do. Our Home Learning is to write about our favourite book.
We explored kaleidoscopes and we all had a go at making one. 'We cut out the bit through the plate and then we made a hole in the cup and then decorated it.' Eadie. 'We put some sparkles on and then we put some cling film over it. We turned the cup round and then you could see the sparkles move inside and you could see patterns.' Luella
In Maths we have been learning about doubling. 'We are learning to add' Bibi. 'It means adding a number and the same amount as that number.' Florence.
Next week is Book Week and we have got lots of exciting activities to do. Our Home Learning is to write about our favourite book.
Friday, 10 February 2017
William Morris
We have had a lovely week this week finding out about William Morris. The children had looked at William Morris for their home learning and many children had looked at the patterns and had a go at drawing them.
We took the pattern of 'The Strawberry thief' as the starting point for our week. We talked about what this meant and what the birds were doing and we looked at pictures of strawberries, strawberry plants and their flowers. Through the week we all drew and painted our own birds and we made collage and printed flowers. Some children had a go at making strawberries out of felt and stitched the seeds on. The final display is really special and is on our web site to look at.
We had our Woodlands session during the week and we made dens, but all had a go at making a bird feeder. We watched film of birds feeding off feeders to gain an understanding of how birds feed.
We have been learning about addition in maths and have done a range of activities to further our understanding of this. The addition machine in our maths area proved particularly popular. See the picture on our web site.
We hope you have an enjoyable half term and look forward to seeing which of the possible 33 ideas you did for your home learning.
We took the pattern of 'The Strawberry thief' as the starting point for our week. We talked about what this meant and what the birds were doing and we looked at pictures of strawberries, strawberry plants and their flowers. Through the week we all drew and painted our own birds and we made collage and printed flowers. Some children had a go at making strawberries out of felt and stitched the seeds on. The final display is really special and is on our web site to look at.
We had our Woodlands session during the week and we made dens, but all had a go at making a bird feeder. We watched film of birds feeding off feeders to gain an understanding of how birds feed.
We have been learning about addition in maths and have done a range of activities to further our understanding of this. The addition machine in our maths area proved particularly popular. See the picture on our web site.
We hope you have an enjoyable half term and look forward to seeing which of the possible 33 ideas you did for your home learning.
Friday, 27 January 2017
Rainbow Fish
We used the story of The Rainbow Fish as a starting point to our learning this week. We thought of ways to describe the Rainbow Fish. 'The Rainbow Fish is very sparkly and gold.' He has shiny scales' Luca. We all did some writing about the rainbow fish and used words to describe him.
'We've got the small world with the Rainbow Fish in.' Jessica. 'I pretended that the Rainbow Fish was very nice and gave them some scales.' McKenzie. 'There are big fish and it is long.' Noah.
We all made beautiful water colour paintings of The Rainbow Fish. They look lovely on our wall.
We used the story during our circle time to talk about being a good friend.
This weekend's home learning will be to join in with the RSPB bird watch. Find details on their web site.
'We've got the small world with the Rainbow Fish in.' Jessica. 'I pretended that the Rainbow Fish was very nice and gave them some scales.' McKenzie. 'There are big fish and it is long.' Noah.
We all made beautiful water colour paintings of The Rainbow Fish. They look lovely on our wall.
We used the story during our circle time to talk about being a good friend.
This weekend's home learning will be to join in with the RSPB bird watch. Find details on their web site.
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