We hope that everyone had an enjoyable and restful Easter break. We loved hearing about what everyone got up to during the holidays. The children shared their memories with the rest of the class and some children wrote or drew pictures about what they enjoyed doing. 

This week we have been learning about people who help us. We had fire fighters in to visit us, but unfortunately they were called out for an emergency! This was a shame but we look forward to them coming back in with their fire engine in a couple of weeks time. Cherry Class decided to create a fire station role play area. Lots of the children helped with the ideas and putting this together. They have enjoyed acting in role as fire fighters. 

Some children have been doing some fantastic writing of captions about fire fighters and others have been reading a range of non-fiction texts about people who help us to find out more. In the next 2 weeks we will be learning about lots more people who help us and their jobs. Please sign up to come in to talk to the children if you have a profession who helps us. 

In phonics we have moved onto phase 4. This includes all the sounds we have learnt up to this point, with new blends. We have been reading the words such as tent, help and chunk. We have also learnt the new tricky words: have, like, so, said. Can you spot any of these words in your reading or library books? Can you have a go at spelling these words at home?

In Maths we have continued our learning about addition. We have solved addition number sentences using concrete resources. Can you add amounts together within 10? 

In the woodland area we noticed lots of seasonal changes, including the lovely bluebells which have grown. We learnt about nests and how different birds use different resources to make their nests. The children worked in groups to make nests using natural resources. 

What a busy week back at school! I hope you have a restful and fun weekend and I look forward to seeing you all next week. 

We have had a very busy week in Cherry Class! We have been learning all about spring time. We have explored signs of spring in our woodland area, written captions about spring photos and have used different materials to create spring flower/ blossom pictures. We have had discussions about seasonal changes and have compared spring to the other seasons which we have learnt about. We have been making petal potions and describing what we can see and smell. 

We have learnt about animals and their young, matched these and found out the names of some of them. 

We have been practising threading skills and developing our fine motor accuracy by making bracelets and necklaces for our friends. 

In Maths, we have continued to learn about addition. We have used concrete resources to solve addition problems. Some children have written their own addition number sentences. We have been using the phrase 'prove it to me' to encourage children to demonstrate how they found the answer.  

In our role play area we have had a hairdressers. The children have all enjoyed taking a trip to the hairdressers and acting in role. 

On Friday, the children wore Easter bonnets to school and we had an Easter bonnet parade during worship time. In RE we have been learning about the Easter story. We ended the week with the Easter fair after school. 

What a busy week in Cherry Class! 

We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday. The children loved dressing up as their favourite book characters and coming dressed up in their costumes. The children shared their costumes with the class and told everyone which book they were from. We read a range of stories, some children acting in role as their characters and others made their own books. 

We have begun a focus on traditional tales this week, linking to World Book Day. We have been retelling the story 'Little Red Riding Hood'. The children have been enjoying retelling the story in our 'Grandma's house' role play area. 

In Maths this week we have been learning about number bonds within and to 10. The children have been using concrete resources to make these number bonds and have also been writing number sentences or talking number sentences to go along with them. 

Our tadpoles have grown so much! The children continue to be fascinated by these. The children have been describing them and making scientific observations, drawing and describing what they can see changing. 

This week in Cherry Class we have been learning all about 'Chinese New Year'. The children have been acting as visitors, chefs and waitors at our Chinese resturant/ take away. They have been learning about Chinese New Year celebrations, including the zodiac animals, Chinese cuisine, lantern craft and red money envelopes. 

We have read a range of stories and non-fiction texts about Chinese New year - including the story of 'The Great Race'. The children have enjoyed writing menus, order forms, lists of the zodiac animals and captions about pictures for the Chinese New Year. 

In maths we have been deepening our knowledge around the place value of numbers 1-10. We have been recognising missing numbers and using our knowledge of one more and one less to help us. We have also learnt the names of common 2D shapes and recognised them in everyday objects. 

The children loved the trip to the woodland this week were we found so much frogspawn! On our visit next week, we will be collecting a small amount of frogspawn to observe in our classroom - afterwards we will be returning it to the pond. 

In phonics, the children have been continuing to revise the sounds they have learnt. Please continue to read with your child reguarly to help support them with their reading development. 

We look forward to another exciting week next week and can't wait to share our learning with you. 

In Cherry Class this week we had a very exciting arrival of a space rocket in our role play area. The children have loved acting in role as astronauts, going on space missions and exploring the universe. 

We have been finding out lots of facts about space, including how many planets there are, what some names of planets are and how astronauts float in space. Ask your child if they can tell you some of the facts that we have learnt this week. 

We have enjoyed reading many space themed texts including 'Field trip to the Moon', non-fiction texts about space and our new favourite 'Aliens love underpants!'. The children designed a new pair of pants for the aliens and some children wrote adjectives to describe them. Other children wrote a letter to the aliens about their new pants. We have also written within our environment- including lists of what we would take on a space adventure and labels for a space rocket. 

The children have been learning about counting on and back in Maths. We have been finding one less than numbers within 10. 

In phonics we have reviewed the sounds that we know and have been reading longer words such as laptop and hammer. 

We are very excited for our visitors from the Wonderdome next week.

This week in Cherry Class we have been learning about penguins.