21/7/23

To celebrate a brilliant year in Owl Class we had a fantastic Beach Day! During the morning we created our own beaches/coastlines. We decided what geographical features would be on our beach and which human features we wanted to create using junk modelling. In the afternoon we enjoyed doing beach themed activities such as a role play ice-cream parlour, a sand pit, volley ball and limbo. We finished the day with a refreshing ice lolly. 

7/7/23

This week we have started our Talk For Writing unit based on The Pirate-Cruncher. We created freeze-frames and puppets of the characters. We then started to change parts of the story, including the monster. The children came up with some brilliant alternatives to a monster, including aliens, dragons, and a giant eye ball! We then created a story strip for our new versions. In Maths we have been learning about time, measurements of time and telling the time to the hour. In Topic we explored historical seaside entertainment, including Punch and Judy shows. We then created our own split-pin puppets, and performed a show. 

23/6/23

This week we had our exciting trip to Dinosaur Golf! We had a lot of fun practising our golf skills, learning about different dinosaurs and adding up our scores. We have also had Sports Day on Friday. The Superhero race was definitely our favourite!

In school, we wrote our persuasive letters to Mrs Swain (Headteacher), asking if we could have a Beach Day at the end of term. In Maths we have explored money, looking at different coins and their value. We have also continued to practise our Scratch skills in Computing, and were learning how to write the most efficient code/programs. 

16/6/23

This week in Maths we have continued exploring place value to 100. We have been finding one more and one less using dienes and counting on a number line. In English we have been studying persuasive techniques and have planned a persuasive letter to Mrs Swain (Headteacher) to ask if we can have a Beach Day at the of term. We have also been discovering what the British Seaside was like in the past and comparing it to the present day. In RE we looked at the Jewish Synagogue's discussing the different rituals and practices. 

9/6/23

We finished our Dinosaur Discovery topic by making salt dough fossils. We practised our measuring and mixing skills. We then started this half term's topic of Charming Coastlines, exploring the different features of a typical British coastline. In English we practised our independent writing. We wrote a recount about our half term and wrote a new ending for an episode of our favourite TV show. In Maths we have been exploring place value up to 100, including counting and partitioning numbers. In Computing we started our progamming unit using Scratch Jr. 

19/5/23

This week we have been exploring the features of a Newspaper article and planning our own article about the extinction of the Dinosaurs. In Maths we have been recognising and finding quarters of shapes, objects and quantities. We had an exciting time in Forest School as we were cooking popcorn on the fire! The highlight of our week though, was having our Dinosaur scavenger hunt on the village green as our Topic lesson. We used our map field work skills to locate the different Dinosaur's hidden across the green.

12/5/23

We have been exploring halves in Maths. To begin with we recognised and found halves of shapes and objects. We then progressed onto recognising and finding half of a quantity. In English we wrote Dinosaur Limmerick Poems using different rhyming words. For Topic this week, we created Dinosaurs in the style of Henri Matisse using 2D shapes. Finally, we had a fantastic Science lesson where we created habitats for Mini-Beasts in old shoe boxes. 

5/5/23

We have completed our Dinosaur DT project this week. The children did a fantastic job bringing their dinosaurs to life by painting and decorating them. We also evaluated the project, writing about what went well, what was challenging and what we would change for next time. This week in Maths, we have been exploring sharing and grouping. 

28/4/23

This week we carried on our English and DT unit of work. We wrote up our Junk Model Dinosaur instructions following the plans we had created. We then learnt how to use different joining techniques for constructing our designs. Next, we started to create our Dinosaurs using the different pieces of recycling that we had collected from home. Finally, we paper mached our creations ready to be painted next week. They are looking fantastic already!

We were also lucky enough to be visited by a Mobile Planetarium as a conclusion to last half term's topic of Spectacular Space. We were able to experience different parts of our solar system and watched a story about a dog who wanted to go to the moon!