Class 1

We used out interactive board to draw pictures for our Father's day cards. We know how to select colours, rub out mistakes, change the drawing tool and use the flood fill tool.

We had a fantastic time on our school trip to Bolsover castle. We sat on a throne and rode a horse and learned all about how life in the castle used to be. We walked around the castle and could see the great view from the battlements! We enjoyed a picnic lunch in the sunshine and then even had sometime to play in the castle playground pretending we were the knights and royalty form the past. 

We found an extraordinary egg in our classroom and decided that it must belong to a dinosaur or a dragon!. We learnt about different animals that lay eggs and then made some more of our own. Ours are mostly dinosaur eggs!

Summer Term Two

Wow! We are into the final term already! Let's hope the sun shines and we can have lots of fun outside. Our Themes for this term are Castles for Topic work and Dinosaurs for Science. It's going to be a busy term!

We have been learning to count in twos and the Year One children are learning the two times tables. It's really nice to practise in the sunshine!

Welcome back to school after the Easter break. The children have had a great first week learning about the life cycle of butterflies. We have been really excited to use the new interactive board which we have used to sing songs, watch 'The Hungry Caterpillar' and play some games. 

The children have also been rock stars this week, performing songs on our outdoor stage and playing a range of instruments.

Pirate Day!

Pirate Day was amazing and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The children had fun using their imagination to build a pirate ship, walk the plank and scrub the decks. We read and followed clues to find the treasure and all of the children made a handprint pirate. We used the I-pad to make our pirate selves and the children wrote their name and a description of their pirate personality. Some children made telescopes and treasure maps and there were lots of messages in bottles floating around. Well done everybody! A very busy day with lots of learning through play!

We worked hard to prepare for our assembly about Australia. We learnt about native Australian animals, the Australian flag and Aboriginal art. 

Welcome back after the half term holiday. Please find below our Spring Term Two newsletter and the ECaT forms for Week One.

We enjoyed our bird watching yesterday. We went into the orchard and were as quiet as possible to see what different birds came near by. We were able to spot some blackbirds, pigeons and a magpie!

We have had some new water channel stands that we have used to balance guttering, making fantastic ramps and pathways. This is great for our water play but we have been problem solving to find the best ramps and roads for cars too.

We have been learning about the weather and the seasons. The Year One children have made weather vanes to find out which direction the wind is blowing and rain gauges to measure the rainfall. Unfortunately it wasn't very windy on the days we tested our weather vanes. We are waiting for a really windy day! The children particularly enjoyed using a compass to find which direction north was. Maybe soon, we will get to explore the snow!

The children really enjoyed using the hammers and nails. We were practising using a pincer grip to hold the nail and careful co-ordination to hit the nail with the hammer. The children also used the hammer to remove the nails from the wood ready to use next time. Well done everyone, great Funky Fingers!

Happy New Year! The children have come back to school excited and ready for a new term. Please find below our class newsletter and the topic overviews for both EYFS and Year One.

It's Christmas!!

We are ready for our Nativity performances, all dressed in our costumes. 

Class One have been busy getting ready for Christmas. We have played in our Santa's Grotto, wrapping presents and writing cards. To prepare for the Christmas Fayre we have made Christmas decorations and reindeer food to sell on our stall. 

The children have learnt about road safety this week. We have talked about safe places to cross the road and how we should 'Stop, Look and Listen' when crossing the road. 

The children enjoyed role playing crossing the road using a zebra crossing and some scooters as the traffic. We had a lolly-pop person stopping the traffic and pedestrians waiting for a safe time to cross.

We made bird feeders by threading Cheerios onto pipe cleaners which we hung onto the trees. We also made them by rubbing lard into pine cones and rolling them in bird seed. They were very messy, but the birds will love them!

We had lots of fun playing on the climbing equipment and using our bikes and trikes. We are learning to put the helmets on independently to keep us safe and how to negotiate the bikes around obstacles and each other.

Thank you to all who were able to attend the Phonics meeting on Tuesday. Please find below notes that I made for the meeting and the link to a Read, Write Inc video which models how each pure sound is pronounced.

We have been learning in the orchard! We made homes for dinosaurs, completed a garden hunt and looked at some books about Autumn.

During week one we completed art work for Take One Picture. The children in FS2 painted something that they could see in the painting of 'Penelope and the Suitors.' We talked about how Penelope was weaving and the Year One children used a paper loom and strips of paper to have a go at weaving themselves!

Welcome to Class One's page. The children in this class are taught by Mrs Curtis on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and by Mrs Barratt on Thursday and Friday. Our teaching assistant is Mrs Pywell.