People who help us
Published 26/04/24, by Jo Macrae
This week we have been thinking about all the different people who help us.
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Read MoreSummer Term
Published 18/04/24, by Jo MacraeAlthough it was a short week, it was a busy one.
We settled back into school, checking we all knew the school rules about keeping our equipment tidy, using the phrase:
"Choose it, use it, put it away."
On Thursday we nearly had a talk from the local fire service, but unfortunately they were called away, so they will come and see us another time.
We loved spotting signs of spring in the woodland area. We are very good at spotting minibeasts. We also noticed a couple of nests which we will keep an eye on over the next few weeks.
We are starting to think about people who help us and the children came up with lots of ideas. Our role play has turned into an Opticians and we are testing each other's eyes.
Read MoreHappy Easter
Published 28/03/24, by Jo MacraeOur final week of our second term has flown past.
The adults have been seeing how we are doing with our phonics, and they are all really pleased with everyone's progress. Our writing is also amazing, lots of us remember to use finger spaces now without needing to be reminded.
Thank you to everyone who came to Church for our Easter service despite the wet weather. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
We hope you have a relaxing Easter break and look forward to seeing you in the summer term, when hopefully it will be a bit warmer!
Read MoreSpring
Published 22/03/24, by Jo MacraeThis week we have been thinking about Easter and spring.
We have been learning about the Easter story and why we celebrate Easter.
In our music session we had great fun copying a rhythm on the chime bars, some of us found this quite a challenge.
We managed a dry session in the woodland and noticed lots of new signs of spring. We were watched the whole time by two robins that sang for us.
On Friday, we came to school with our Easter bonnets, and we paraded them during assembly. We had some fantastic creations.
In maths, we have been doing more adding and we are getting really confident writing number calculations.
Read MoreWorld Book Day
Published 08/03/24, by Jo MacraeWe all looked amazing on World Book Day and could talk about who we were.
We have also been learning about the story of the Three Little Pigs. We have been acting it out, building houses and writing parts of the story. The adults are really pleased with our writing and how we are forming our letters.
In maths, we have been learning about + sign, and the words we can use for it. We have been solving calculations using our fingers, cubes and Numicon.
Our tadpoles have been hatching over this week and we are loving watching them develop.
Read MoreDinosaurs
Published 29/02/24, by Jo MacraeThis week we have been doing our learning through the topic of dinosaurs. We have been learning about their sizes and what they eat. We have been measuring the dinosaurs in class using cubes and numberlines and comparing their sizes.
On Thursday we came to school in pyjamas. We thought about what we would need if we slept outside, and how cold and wet we could get at this time of year.
On Friday we found we had a tank of frogspawn in our classroom. We have been very excited looking at it and talking about how they will grow into tadpoles and then frogs.
We are loving our PE lessons, this week we were thinking about different ways of moving.
Read MoreBusy Week!
Published 23/02/24, by Jo MacraeWe returned to school for a very busy week. We learnt about the celebration of Chinese New Year. We made lucky envelopes, learnt how to write Chinese numbers and tried using chopsticks. We also learnt about the story about how the years are associated with different animals.
We also has a visit from a local author and enjoyed hearing her story and working with her afterwards.
We braved the weather and enjoyed a muddy time in the woodland. We saw lots of frogspawn and thoroughly enjoyed jumping in the puddles on the way back to class.
On Friday it was our first PE lesson and we loved it! We found out how to find a space and move round the hall safely.
Read MoreWonderdome and Pancakes!
Published 09/02/24, by Jo MacraeThis week we continued learning about space. We had a fantastic time in the Wonderdome where we pretended to journey into space. We looked at the planets and discovered some were very hot and some were very cold. We saw how the space rockets landed on the moon and mars.
On Friday we celebrated a late Shrove Tuesday (Pancake day). We learnt about how to make them and thought about what toppings we would like on them. We finished the day with us all having a pancake with a choice of toppings.
We have been practising reading all our tricky words in phonics and the digraphs we have learnt since Christmas. Please help us to spot and recognise these in books at home and in signs around us.
Read MoreSpace
Published 02/02/24, by Jo MacraeThis week we have been learning about space. We started by thinking about what we would need if we were travelling into space. We made a rocket in our role play and we have been enjoying going to the moon. We also found out that in space there is no gravity so things float about. We watched a video of how you drink water in space; it was very different from on earth.
In maths we have been learning to say what is one more or one less than a number to 10. We also practised using our sentence starter - I can show this by.....
In phonics we have been learning to read longer words by 'chunking' them into smaller parts then putting them back together. E.g. car / pet - carpet.
Read MoreThe chairs quit!
Published 25/01/24, by Jo MacraeThis week we finished looking at winter. We are still enjoying watching the penguins at the zoo, and find it relaxes us at the end of the day.
Read MorePenguins!
Published 11/01/24, by Jo MacraeThis week we have been learning about penguins. We have been reading the book "Lost and Found" by Oliver Jeffers. You can find out all about the book using the link below.
https://www.oliverjeffers.com/lost-and-found
We have also been watching penguins on webcam. We have given one a name of Flipper as he likes swimming sideways!
https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/penguin-cam/?camID=2458
On Tuesday we had a visit from an author, Christine Chambers, and she read her book to us.
We have learnt 5 more sounds this week in Phonics - oa, oo (as in zoom), oo ( as in book), ar and or
In maths we were practising ordering numbers to 10 or 20, and saying how we know which one would be next.
Read MoreWinter
Published 11/01/24, by Jo MacraeThis week we have been thinking about animals that live in cold places.