Researching Christopher Columbus in Cedar

In year two our topic this term is Fantastic Explorers. We are learning about Christopher Colmbus. The children used iPads to research and found out many interesting facts.

"Did you know that Colmbus did not discover America", Summer Rose - this is a common misconception that everyone in Cedar class knows is not true! 

Cedar Star Writer

Congratulations to Olivia Crane who won star writer in Cedar this week. Olivia has been working hard on her sounds and was able to produce a wonderful story about Christopher Columbus. Olivia added lots of adjectives to give her writing more description and make it more exciting! Well done Olivia!

Cedar bake cupcakes

As part of Maths last week the children in Cedar have been baking! 

Last week we studied weight. The children got to weigh out the exact ingredients in order to make their cupcakes! They made sure the scales started on zero, otherwise there might have been some funny looking cakes! 

"It's so sticky!" Alex Kopiec.

"We need to make sure it's accurate" Fayo.

Year 2 Experience: putting up a tent

Year 2 completed their one of their experience this week which was 'Putting Up A Tent'.

The children had to work together, showing one of our four values - reciprocity. 

"I'm pushing it through", Grace.

Once the children had set up the tent, they set up camp inside.

"We've made a door so we are safe", Tyler.

We are looking forward to our next experience, which is to make a collage. 

Pine star writer: Keira

Congratulations to Keira- star writer of the week!

Keira wrote her own version of 'about a bear' and she carefully sounded out her words using her phonic knowledge to help her. She used some excellent vocabulary including adjectives and rhyming words. Great effort, Keira! Keep up the beautiful writing!

Bear Hunt Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the bear hunt and fundraising competition in Pine class. Kyla won the 'highest number of bears found' category, whilst Jessica, Sophia and Indie won prizes for the most amount of sponsorship. Fantastic effort all round!

Here they are in action!

Cedar star writer 22.1

Congratulation to Molly-May Harrop who was awarded star writer this week. Molly-May has been working so hard on her spellings this term and has made so much progress. Well done!

Pine Class Star Writer;Hayden

Congratulations Hayden for winning this week's star writer title! Hayden wrote his own version of the story 'about a bear', which included adjectives and rhyme. Great writing, Hayden!

Resourcefulness in Pine

This term Pine class have been looking at the learning behaviour 'Resourcefulness'. This week, the class looked at the different ways someone might be resourceful with their learning. Specifically, we thought about the use of 'imagining', whereby, children use their imagination and intuition to put themselves through new experiences or explore possibilities. Here the children were using their imaginations to consider new possibilities, and exploring 'what if?' and 'I wonder..." through the use of pictures and words. The children recognised that through their imaginations they could explore new possibilities and by asking questions of themselves they would discover and learn more.

"I wonder how many things I could draw in 10 minutes" Rashid.

"I wonder about how flowers are different colours" Kyla

"What if me and my sister could fly?" Alice.

"I wonder what its like to be a fairy" Kiera.

"What if [monkey] toys could come alive?" Ruben.

"I wonder how I could make a doll. What if the clouds could be turned into a bouncy castle?" Andreea.

Star writer: Mulberry

A big well done to Polina who is this weeks star writer. Polina has been working really hard on improving her writing. Polina always listens and responds to feedback, constantly making her writing better. She sequenced the story independently and discussed it with the teacher.

Keep up the hard work,Polina!

Cedar Star Writer 8.1.16

Congratulations to Chloe Rose Marshall who won star writer for her fantastic use of her Fred sounds when writing an information text/non-chronological report about the classification of animals. Well done!

Congratulations to Cedar

Congratulations to Cedar for winning the attendance award for the Autumn term beating all the other KS1 classes.  For attending school the most Cedar will be going to Kid Space on Tuesday 9 th February in the afternoon. The children are very excited and are hoping to win again this term.

Year 2Learning Challenge

This term we are learning all about famous explorers staring with Christopher Columbus.

The learning challenge is a fantastic way to consolidate your child's understanding of a Topic and they receive a blog post and a certificate. We look forward to sharing your child's super work 

Learning Challenge Year 1

This half term year 1 are looking at 'bears' as part of their topic. Their learning challenge is to learn about the creators of Winnie the Pooh by completing various challenges (pictured).

Star writer Pine Class

Congratulations this week to Jessica who is Pine's star writer! Jessica wrote her version of the story 'going on a bear hunt'. Jessica wrote about going on a rabbit hunt and came up with her own descriptive phrases, ensuring she used adjectives. In her story, we had to cross the 'hot, sandy desert' and the 'big, icy ground'. Lovely choice of locations, Jessica. Keep up the lovely work!

Year 1 and 2 author visit

Year 1 and 2 had a visit from Pauline Stewart author of "What's  in the Pan Man?' And "Under the moon and over the sea". She read some of her stories and we joined in with the actions.

" I loved the pirate poem " John exclaimed. 

" My favourite was the mermaid story " Jessica said " I imagined that me and my mum were mermaids"