Rowan class spent the morning learning about how to light a mini fire safely. They used a flint and steel to make a spark, they fluffed up their cotton wool to allow the oxygen to flow through it and then tried to transfer the speak onto the cotton wool. They made sure the timing fire was contained and safe and watched it carefully until it went out.
As it was an extremely hot week, we moved from our usual Forest School site to a shady area beneath a canopy. To help keep everyone cool, most of the activities were water-based.
The children enjoyed mark-making on the ground using ice cubes and paintbrushes with water. Miss Hines kindly brought water balloons, which were a big hit. They also had lots of fun shaking a tarpaulin with water on top, creating a refreshing shower of water droplets.
The children took part in a barefoot trail, exploring different natural materials such as sand, leaves, conkers and water with their feet. They enjoyed describing the different textures and sensations.
Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!
Mulberry
E for Excellence:Ethan
Star Writer: Devansh
Reflectiveness:Robert
Resourcefulness:Luca
Resilience: Zara
Reciprocity:Archie
Pine
E for Excellence: George
Star Writer: Tiya
Reflectiveness: Amelia
Resourcefulness: Sienna-Rae
Resilience: Kotryna
Reciprocity: Nevaeh
Rowan
E for Excellence: Isaac
Star Writer: David
Resourcefulness:Eliza
Resilience: Aadhav
Teacher Happy: Anisa
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Resilience - These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.
Reciprocity - These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others.
Reflectiveness - These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.
Resourcefulness - These pupils have been curious about their learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.
This week in Literacy, our young writers plunged into the wonderful world of storytelling as we explored the rescue of the whale in the Story of The snail and the whale, focusing on sequencing events, adverbs of time, and becoming adjective detectives.
The children "uplevelled" everyday adjectives like big, small, sad, and happy into much more exciting vocabulary!
Once the children knew the sequence of the story, it was time to write sentences about it. The children did a fantastic job of orally rehearsing their sentences out loud before using their time adverbs to bring their writing to life!
This week in Maths, the children have been learning about unitising, which is an important skill for recognising the value of coins and preparing to work with money.
To support this learning, the children used pre-money counters in our class shop. They practised grouping and counting the counters to "buy" different items, helping them understand that one object can represent a value, just like a coin.
Next week, we will begin learning about money, where the children will apply their understanding of unitising to recognise coins, count amounts, and make simple purchases. You can support your child at home by looking at different coins together and talking about their values.
This week in Science, our Year 1 children explored where our food comes from and the journey it takes from farm to fork. They learned that food can come from plants or animals and discovered the different stages involved in getting food from farms to our plates.
Well done Year 1 for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work!
Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!
Walnut
E for Excellence: Liza
Star Writer: Elisa
Reflectiveness: Stefania
Beech
E for Excellence: Chloe
Star Writer: Shahaan
Trackers: Chloe
Apricot
E for Excellence: Leighton
Star Writer: Rayan
Resourcefulness: Andrew
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Resilience - These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.
Reciprocity - These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others.
Reflectiveness - These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.
Resourcefulness - These pupils have been curious about their learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.
We would just like to say a huge thank you to all the children for how resilient they have been during this heatwave. They have continued to work hard and have hardly complained at all (unlike us adults! 😊).
We have been doing our best to keep everyone as cool as possible by enjoying water play and spending time under our lovely big trees, where we can enjoy the shade and fresh air.
Well done, everyone – we’re so proud of you!
Dear Parent/Carers,
Due to the hot weather, we will be extending our water play activities in Year 1 and Year 2 over the next two days.
If possible, please send your child in with a named change of clothes and a pair of spare shoes for tomorrow and Friday as some children may get wet during these activities.
Many thanks for your support!
