Welcome to 3SL’s blog. We are really excited about sharing our learning with you throughout the year. Please check back regularly for updates in our learning. If you would like to comment on our learning, please scroll to the bottom of the blog and fill in the boxes. Thank you.

Yorkshire Wild Life Park
Monday 17th June 2019

Animal Enclosures
Friday 14th June 2019

This week in maths, we have been learning about different types of lines- vertical, horizontal, parallel and perpendicular. We also practiced measuring lines in cm and mm. At the end of the week, we used all of our new knowledge to help us designed and make a prototype animal enclosure using pipe cleaners.

Varjak Setting Descriptions
Friday 7th June 2019

Today, we have been writing a setting description making sure that we use prepositions as openers to up-level our sentences. To help us do this, we drew what we thought the world would look like on the other side of the wall (in our class text ‘Varjak Paw’). 

Topic Launch Day
Tuesday 4th June 2019

Today we launched our new topic ‘Splash, Stomp and Soar’. We spent the whole day creating fantastic art work inspired by the expressionist movement. We spent the morning learning a variety of skills and put these to use in the afternoon when creating our Lion King inspired paintings.

 

Time
Thursday 23rd May 2019

Over the past few weeks, we have been learning how to tell the time. Although it is a bit tricky, we are starting to be able to accurately tell the time! We even planned our own parties- making sure we had enough time to fit everything in! To help us work out the duration of things, we used real clocks. Some of us even made our own clocks using a hula hoop, card and some stationary! (This would be super easy to do at home).

The Tour De Yorkshire
Friday 3rd May 2019

Over the past few weeks, we have been learning lots about the Tour de Yorkshire and other similar cycling races. Today, we all had lots of fun riding and scooting around the play ground. In addition to this, we also designed our own bicycles and watched the Tour de Yorkshire live!

Super star in the making!
Friday 26th April 2019

What an absolute super star this girl is! She has taught herself how to play the guitar over the last month and it sounds amazing! If any one else in the class has any hidden talents they are more than welcome to share them with us.

Red Nose Day
Friday 15th March 2019

Science Week
11th-15th March 2019

This week, throughout school, we have been promoting science and all its amazing qualities! We have looked at a different experiment each day followed by a write up of our investigation and findings!

Our favourite experiment was making slime! Even though we didn’t make a successful version of slime it was a lot of fun trying!

World Book Day
Thursday 7th March 2019

Measurements
Wednesday 27th February 2019 

We have been practicing our measuring in Maths this week! We also discovered that everybody in the class has the same length nose (including Miss Lowry and Miss Watson)! We all have a 4cm long nose. As well as this, we found out that some people have one thumb longer than the other!

Human Bar Charts
Friday 8th February 2019

 Today in Maths, we made a very fidgety bar chart!

 

Smarties and Statistics
Thursday 7th February 2019

Today we had a very exciting Maths lesson! We were all given a packet of Smarties to organise into colours. We then used this information to create a bar chart- who knew bar charts could be so exciting?!

 

Viking Heads
Thursday 7th February 2019

Over the past few weeks, we have been thinking about what we think a Viking would look like. Today, we have made 3D models out of clay! It got messy at times (apologies to parents who had to do an early clothes wash this week!) but they look fantastic! Next week, we will be painting them.

Money, Money, Money
Friday 1st February 2019

In Year 3, we have been learning about money this week. To finish off the week, we did a weekly shop! Other than the fact some of us bought 7 tooth brushes(!), it was a successful shopping trip.

Topic Launch Day
Tuesday 8th January 2019

I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas holiday. Year 3 and 4 seem to have turned into Vikings over the holidays! 3SL have enjoyed lots of Viking related activities today which has made us all super excited to learn even more about how the Vikings lived.

We made Thor hammer pendants, acted out a Viking battle, built a long ship and learnt lots of  interesting facts about the Vikings.

Christmas dinner
Tuesday 18th December 2018

There were lots of happy and content faces at dinner time today. What a yummy Christmas dinner!

Christmas in 3SL
Friday 7th December 2018

Christmas has arrived! It looks like Elfis the elf has been busy decorating 3SL last night… it is not the only thing he has been up to though!

So far, Elfis has drawn a huge mustache on Queen Victoria. He must have been up to more mischief last night because Spiderman caught him in his web!

Stay and Learn
Thursday 29th November 2018

Written by IH and ET.

A massive thank you to every one that was able to make it to our stay and learn. It was great to see so many of you in the class room with us! For those of you that weren’t able to make it this time, I hope that this post gives you an insight into what we got up to!

Mindfulness Day
Thursday 22nd November 2018

On Thursday, 3SL learnt all about the importance of mindfulness. In the classroom, we looked at seven aspects of becoming mindful:

1. Letting go
2. Patience
3. Kindness
4. Trust
5. Curiosity
6. Non-judging
7. Acceptance

We discussed how some of these are very hard to do but with lots of practice we can all become better at them. Some of the activities we took part in are photographed below.

Yoga

 

Flower Petals
(Kindness exercise)

Each child was given a set of petals and were asked to hand them out to the other children on their table to write a kind comment about them. Children also had to write a kind comment about themselves. They were then given back their set of petals to read all the kind things that had been said about them.

Tree Planting

 

Which material makes the best glue?

Oh no! School has a glue stick shortage! Good job Year 2 were on hand to investigate which materials could be used instead! The children tested the following materials:

• wax 
• blue tac
• talc and water
• washing up liquid
• wax and water
• flour and water
• paint

Tour de Yorkshire

2AC thoroughly enjoyed Tour de Yorkshire day. Everyone watched as the women’s race passed through the nearby villages, before having free time to cycle/scoot around the playground. There were some fantastic jersey and bike designs as well!

Lotherton Wildlife World

Year 2 enjoyed a fabulous trip to wildlife world. Whilst there we showed off our knowledge of animals and learnt all about the adaptations that allow them to survive. We even got to see the penguins being fed!

Pen Licence!

A HUGE congratulations to this little star who is the first Year 2 ever to be given a pen licence at ABPS!

Summer 1 – Newsletter

Welcome back! We hope you all enjoyed your Easter celebrations and are refreshed and ready for another term of learning. Below you can find out what Year 2 will be learning about this half term:

Topic: The school topic for this half term is entitled “The Lightbulb Moment”, with KS1 focussing on “Cars”. Our topic lessons will be split between History and DT.  In History, the children will be learning about the lives of Henry Ford, John Boyd Dunlop and Karl Benz and their significance. They will have the opportunity to design, build and evaluate their own moving vehicle. Thank you very much for all the boxes and bottles that have been brought in already.

Literacy: This half term in Literacy, we will be focussing on writing to inform and entertain. All of our learning will be based on our non-fiction book “Cars”. The children will build upon their writing skills to write a non-chronological report and an invention story.

Maths: In Maths this half term we will start by revisiting number and place value, before learning about capacity and position and direction. We will be continuing to practice times tables weekly, with stamps available for those who improve on their highest score. Just a reminder that every child has their own log in to Times Tables Rockstars, which can be used to help practise those tricky times tables. “Hit the Button” (https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button ) is an online game used regularly in class that the children love to play. It not only helps with times tables, but also number bonds, and it is important that the children can instantly recall these facts.

Science: Our topic for this half term is “Everyday Materials”.  The children will be investigating the suitability of everyday materials for different tasks.

PE: During our PE sessions we will focus on Tennis. Both class will have their PE day on a MONDAY. Please ensure that your child has a full PE kit (white polo shirt or tshirt, black or blue shorts and pumps) in school every week. We ask that children do not wear jewellery (earrings/watches) so if your child needs assistance, please remove these before school. We will hopefully be outside for the majority of lessons so please provide suitable clothing.

Other key messages:

• Children will need to bring their book bags each day, containing their planner, reading book and water bottle. Please ensure that these, along with all of your child’s other belongings, are clearly labelled so that they can be easily returned if mislaid.
•   ‘Reading Champions’ will be continuing in school this term. Well done to those children who have been a reading champion so far, but we would love to see even more of you standing up in assembly every week!  We have also been running a competition in each class to encourage more children to read: if every member of the class reads at least once each week, there will be a short party during Golden Time on Friday afternoon. We’re really hoping that this term we will be able to have a party!
• Newsletters and learning updates can be found on the class blogs. Please take the time to have a look and comment!
• Homework will continue to be set weekly, comprising of one Literacy task and one Maths task. Homework will be set on a Wednesday and will need to be returned by the following Monday.
• Please see the PSHCE letter about our topic for this term. Any queries about this please see Mrs Oldroys, Mrs Allanson or Mr Cairns.

We are very excited about all the fantastic learning we have planned in Year Two. If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to ask!

Many thanks,

Miss Cowley, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs Thackray, Mrs Powell and Miss Watson

Hedgehog Houses

2AC had great fun in the woods today building Hedgehog Houses! This practical experience is the first building block for their Big Write this week: writing a set of instructions to build a Hedgehog House. The children were really good at giving and following instructions, so I can’t wait to read their Big Writes at the end of this week!

Den Building

If you went down in the woods today, you’d be sure of a big surprise…

Year 2 had great fun today in Literacy, escaping to the woods to build their very own den! 

New equipment

We have been lucky enough to receive some new equipment in Year 2! These building blocks in particular have already been a massive hit!

The Day of the Barrage Balloon

In Literacy we have been reading the book “Roger’s War”, in which Roger spots an escaped barrage balloon! All of Year 2 came together to act out the day the balloon escaped, right from Roger first spotting a “big shape in the sky that looked like a flying elephant or a whale”, to the moment he struggled to try the steel cable between two sturdy elm trees in a figure of 8. It was amazing to see everyone really getting into it and pulling the most amazing facial expressions to show exactly how they were feeling!

Germs!

In PSHCE this afternoon the children were learning about the importance of hygiene and how germs can be shared if we don’t wash our hands properly. Using glitter for germs worked perfectly as every time the children shook hands, the glitter passed between them, showing how easily “germs” can be spread.

Skipping

Year 2 were fortunate to participate in a skipping workshop this morning. The children learnt how to speed bounce, double bounce, side swing and keep the pot boiling. Later on in the year there will be a Trust skipping competition at Brigshaw so get practising!

 Stay and Learn

It was fantastic to welcome so many extra adults into class today as part of stay and learn. In readiness for writing our harvest poems, the children (and adults) were busy using their senses to describe all things harvest/Autumn!

Rugby Grand Final!

Final fever has hit ABPS! Who will win on Sunday? 2AC reckon it will be Castleford!

What do plants need in order to grow?

Our topic in Science this half term is “Helping plants grow well”. Year 2 decided to conduct an experiment to see what plants need in order to grow. After planting each plant, they were all placed in different locations, depending on the conditions.

1. Classroom windowsill, regularly watered (water, light and warmth).
2. Classroom windowsill, no water (light and warmth).
3. Outside the main building, regularly watered (light and water).
4. In a dark cupboard in the classroom, regularly watered (water and warmth).

WW2 Day

KS1 were transported back in time for WW2 day. Everyone got the chance to try their hand at code breaking (morse code), singing and dancing to WW2 songs and drawing WW2 artifacts.

Marvellous Maths

The children were tasked with finding different ways to represent their number… challenge accepted!

Newsletter – Autumn 1

Welcome to Year 2! We hope you all had lovely summer holidays – we can’t wait to hear all about them! Below you can find out what Year 2 will be learning about this half term:

Topic: The school topic for this half term is entitled “War and Peace”, which will focus on World War Two. Our topic lessons will be split between History and DT.  In History, the children will be learning about key events of the war, what Allerton Bywater was like during WW2 and the role of the home guard. In DT, we will be looking at the effect WW2 had on the availability of certain foods. The children will be learning about rationing and how to bake war-time favourites.

Literacy: This half term in Literacy, we will be focussing on writing to entertain. All of our learning will be based on the book “Roger’s War” by Robert Swindell. During our lessons, the children will learn how to write a setting description for Roger’s party and a diary entry about “the day of the barrage balloon”. We will also be spending some time looking at Harvest poetry.

Maths: In Maths this half term we will be focussing on “Number”, including writing numbers in numeral and word form, place value and addition and subtraction problems. We will also spend time focussing on our 2, 5 and 10 times tables. We are excited to start using Times Tables Rocks to help us.

Science: Our topic for this half term is “Helping Plants Grow Well”. The children will learn to identify a variety of common plants and trees, as well as finding out what plants need to grow and stay healthy. Alongside this, the children will have the opportunity to plant, and then observe, seeds, bulbs and plants as they grow.

PE: During our PE sessions we will focus on Netball. Both class will have their PE day on a MONDAY. Please ensure that your child has a full PE kit (white polo shirt or tshirt, black or blue shorts and pumps) in school every week. We ask that children do not wear jewellery (earrings/watches) so if your child needs assistance, please remove these before school.

Other key messages:

• Children will need to bring their book bags each day, containing their planner, reading book and water bottle. Please ensure that these, along with all of your child’s other belongings, are clearly labelled so that they can be easily returned if mislaid.
• All children in Year 2 are required to bring a pair of black pumps to wear inside in order to minimise mess on the carpets. These shoes will be left in school overnight to avoid any issues with forgetting them each morning.

• ‘Reading Champions’ will be continuing in school this year. To be in with a chance of winning, we ask that children read at home every night, even if it is only a couple of pages of their school book, and that parents/guardians/older siblings sign planners accordingly. As well as reading their school books, the Year 2 team love to hear that children have been reading their own books – do let us know if your child has a particular favourite that we can discuss with them!
• Newsletters and learning updates can be found on the class blogs. Please take the time to have a look and comment!
• Homework will begin next week, comprising of one Literacy task and one Maths task. Homework will be set on a Wednesday and will need to be returned by the following Monday.

We are very excited about all the fantastic learning we have planned in Year Two. If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to ask!

Many thanks,

Miss Cowley, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs Thackray and Miss Watson

First week back

I have been amazed this week with how well the children have transitioned into Year 2! Everyone has been trying their hardest, despite being faced with some quite tricky work. I can’t wait to have a fantastic year and I know the children are looking forward to what lies ahead as well.

Welcome to 1CH’s blog. We are really excited to share all our learning with you. Please check our blog regularly to find out what we have being doing. If you would like to leave us a comment please scroll to the end of our blog and fill in the boxes below.

Sports day

With sports day fast approaching 1CH have been practicing their races!

Capacity and Weight

23.06.17 This week we have been learning about capacity and weight. The children had to measure out sand in grams and kilograms to make some new enclosures for the animals at London zoo. Then they had to make potions for Gandalf, carefully measuring in millilitres and litres. We had great fun!

Sunflowers

19.06.17 Today we planted sunflower seeds as part of a Science topic ‘Summer’. Over the next couple of weeks the children will be watering them and watching them grow!

Who’s will be the tallest?

Geography

In geography we are learning about the Caribbean ready for our Carnival day at the end of the term. This week we had a look at some ‘physical features’ from around the world. In one activity we matched up words such as valley, vegetation and ocean with the correct picture.

Clay

A big thank you to Miss Hamilton for making clay pots with us, we thoroughly enjoyed it!

Golden Time

19.05.17 During golden time today Miss Harrison brought in her archery bow and arrows. We had great fun holding it and asking lots of questions!

Newspapers

19.05.17 This week in Literacy we have been learning about newspapers. Next Thursday we will be writing our own newspaper report about Hansel and Gretel. To get ready for this we read the story and performed it in groups to the rest of the class!

Temple Newsam

10.05.17 1CH and 1GH had a fantastic day at Temple Newsam! We had a tour around the house, made crowns, drew objects from the house and made clay animal heads. 

Reading Champions

08.05.17 WE ARE THE READING CHAMPIONS! Well done 1CH!

Traditional tales

09.05.17 For the previous two weeks we have read the stories, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We have discussed the features of traditional tales and now the children have created their own characters and setting, ready to write a traditional tale on Friday.

Multi-skills at Brigshaw

A huge well done to the children that took part in the multi-skills competition at Brigshaw. You impressed us with your determination, skill and attitude. Best of all, we came 2nd out of 7 schools!

Topic Launch Day – Florence Nightingale

21.04.17 Year 1 and 2 spent today learning about Florence Nightingale. They made dresses and soldiers costumes, drew and labelled pictures of Florence, practiced first aid and made lamps. 

Summer 1 Newsletter

 

Hedgehog Houses

30.03.17 This term we have been learning all about animals and what they need to survive. Today, we talked about Hedgehogs and made some Hedgehog houses. 

Red Nose Day

Thank you for everyone’s contributions on Red Nose Day!

Science Week

Science week was great fun! We attempted to make slime but unfortunately it didn’t work, we discussed why it didn’t work then some children had a go at home! Then we investigated what happens when you add oil, food colouring and washing  up liquid to water. We were amazed that the oil stayed at the top! We also made posters all about change and watched a video called ‘Pantosaurous’.

Pantosaurous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn6AVSZk008

Bird Feeders

09.03.17 Today we had great fun making bird feeders. We put lard, raisins, peanuts, bird seed and cheese into a bowl then mixed it all together and put it into a cup ready the hang outside for the birds. The children thought the lard was really stinky!

World Book Day

02.03.17 We had a fabulous world book day, I loved all the costumes and we read some amazing books.

David Attenborough

In topic we have been learning all bout David Attenborough. We went outside and practiced being explorers just like him! Miss Harrison gave us a card and we had to go find the items. 

Works of Art!

Length and Height

Coach Clayton

19.01.17 We love Coach Clayton! In Coach Claytons P.E lessons we get to try out 6 activities in teams. These activities involve lots of different skills such as kicking, throwing, catching and jumping.

Base 10

17.01.17 In Maths we have been learning about Base 10. We are making sure that we know what 10 looks like so that we can work with lots of other numbers like 55 which is made up of 5 tens and 5 ones.

Topic Launch Day

We had great fun dressing up for topic launch day today. We made pirate boats, designed and created fish, played pirate games and made treasure maps!

Spring 1 Newsletter

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back, I hope you enjoyed the Christmas break.

What’s coming up this term?

Literacy – This half term we will be focusing on our narrative ‘Class Three All at Sea’ and our non-narrative writing non-chronological reports. We will be reading ‘Class Three All at Sea’ and focusing on the theme ‘Defeating the Enemy’, then we will write a non-chronological report based on pirates! Finally, we will spend time on seaside poetry, which will help to develop speaking and listening skills.

Numeracy – Over the Spring 1 half term we will be covering time, place value, addition and subtraction and measurement. Our time work will involve telling the time to the hour and half past the hour. We will also be looking at recognising and using language relating to dates including days of the week, weeks, months and years. In addition to this, the children will be measuring and recording time whilst solving practical problems. During our place value and number work we will be revisiting numbers to 20 then exploring numbers to 40. Finally, the children will be exploring length and height and will begin to use measuring equipment and record information.

Mathsletics is a fantastic website were the children can practice all these skills, please ask if you are not sure of your child’s log on details.

Science – Our science unit over this half term is Animals including Humans. The children will learn to identify and classify animals including humans. They will be looking at carnivores, herbivores and omnivores as well as main animal groups such as amphibians and mammals. In addition to this, the children will be performing simple tests and using the information to answer simple questions.

RE –  What does it mean to be part of a church or a mosque?

PE– Coach Clayton.  PE will be on a Thursday, please provide a fully named indoor and outdoor PE kit. We would also ask that children with pierced ears come to school with them taken out.

Topic- The whole school topic is ‘River Deep, Mountain High’. This will have a focus on Geography, looking at the world’s Oceans. The children will name and locate the world’s five oceans, use compass directions, use globes and aerial photographs to identify continent locations and use atlases and globes to identify oceans.

Art- Our Art focus this term is ‘Painting’. The children will be exploring the work of Klee, Klimt and Hockney. We will be mixing colours, exploring how to make our colours lighter and darker and use the paint to develop ideas, experiences and imagination. The children will be using a variety of tools and brush sizes to paint on different surfaces, recording their work in a sketch book.

Phonics- Phonics is a very important part of Year 1 as the children will complete a phonics screening (or phonics challenge as we say to the children) at the start of June. If you have any questions or concerns about the screening please do not hesitate to ask. The www.phonicsplay.co.uk  website is an excellent fun revision tool children can use.

Reading- Please could you bring the reading books, planners and book bags to school every day. We will read with each child at least once a week and the children will change their books, this may not be on the same day every week. We also listen to the children read during guided reading sessions.

Homework- Homework will be given out every Wednesday and should be returned on a Monday.

Computing- There are many popular websites available:

www.mathszone.co.uk  www.phonicsplay.co.uk  www.bbcbitesize.co.uk

During computing sessions we discuss internet safety, teaching the children how to keep themselves safe on the internet, not to divulge personal information and where to go to for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies. We ask that you continue this at home. This half term we will be learning about the internet and programmes such as SMART notebook. At the end of the topic the children will be using the internet and SMART to create a fact file about pirates.

Reminders-

Please can all the children’s belongings be named, including pumps.

Please remember earrings should be gold or silver studs.

Please ensure water bottles only contain water, as juice attracts ants.

We are available to speak to in the mornings and at the end of the day if you have any concerns or worries.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Our New Science Topic – Animals including Humans

03.01.17 What a fantastic first day back! We started our new science topic this afternoon called ‘Animals including Humans’. We had great fun drawing around our bodies and labeling our body parts.

Christmas Fair

Thank you to everyone that attended the Christmas fair. The glitter tattoos were our favourite! Ho Ho Ho!

Christmas Pantomime

1CH had a fantastic time at the pantomime in Leeds. We found it really funny when Mr Hopes went up on stage!

Christmas Food

To finish of our DT topic we made Christmas ginger biscuits and vegetable soup. The children said that is tasted yummy and wanted more of the soup!

Yummy Jam Sandwiches!

24.11.16 This morning we had great fun following instructions to make our own jam sandwiches, then we ate them! Yummy!

Stay and Learn

22.11.16 A big thank you to all the adults who came to stay and learn. We had a fabulous time showing you our literacy learning.

Following Instructions

21.11.16 This week we started our new literacy topic all about instructions! Today we played a game were we had to draw a picture then give our friend instructions to draw the same picture.

Children in Need

Thank you for your kind donations. We thoroughly enjoyed dressing up, learning about a girl called Alana, writing letters and colouring pudsey bears!

Drama

11.11.16 In Literacy we have been reading ‘The Three Little Pigs’. On Monday the children rehearsed and acted out the story in front on the class. All groups performed brilliantly and confidently re-told the story. Well done 1CH!

Counting in 5’s

11.11.16 This week in maths we have been exploring counting in multiples of 5. On Thursday, the children had to work out how many £5 notes they needed to pay for a £25 football ticket. Great maths work 1CH!

Autumn 2 Newsletter

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back, I hope you enjoyed the October break.

What’s coming up this term?

Literacy – This half term we will be focusing on our narrative, The Three Little Pigs, and our non-narrative, writing instructions. We will be reading The Three Little Pigs and focusing on the theme ‘Defeating the Enemy’, then we will write instructions linked to Christmas food. Finally, we will spend time on Christmas poetry, which will help to develop speaking and listening skills.

Numeracy – Over the Autumn 2 half term we will be covering place value and addition and subtraction. Our place value work will involve counting, reading and writing numbers up to and beyond 20. We will also be continuing our work on counting in multiples of 2 and 5. Our addition and subtraction work will focus on number bonds to 20, reading and writing mathematical statements and solving addition and subtraction problems. Mathsletics is a fantastic website were the children can practice all these skills, please ask if you are not sure of your child’s log on details.

Science – Our science unit over this half term is Everyday Materials. The children will learn to distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made. We will be identifying different materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock. Then we will be describing the simple properties of these materials and comparing them.

RE – Why do we celebrate special occasions?

PE– Gymnastics.  PE will be on a Wednesday, please provide a fully named indoor and outdoor PE kit. We would also ask that children with pierced ears come to school with them taken out.

Topic- The whole school topic is ‘A Step Back In Time’. This will have a focus on History, looking at timelines and key events within living memory. Our final timeline that we will create will be of Queen Victoria, looking at the key events in her life.

DT- Our Design and Technology focus this term is ‘Christmas Themed Food’. The children will be exploring how to eat healthy, where food comes from and how certain foods are made. At the end of the topic the children will be cooking and trying some Christmas themed food!

Phonics- Phonics is a very important part of Year 1 as the children will complete a phonics screening (or phonics challenge as we say to the children) at the start of June. If you have any questions or concerns about the screening please do not hesitate to ask. The www.phonicsplay.co.uk  website is an excellent fun revision tool children can use.

Reading- Please could you bring the reading books, planners and book bags to school every day. We will read with each child at least once a week and the children will change their books, this may not be on the same day every week. We also listen to the children read during guided reading sessions.

Homework- Homework will be given out every Wednesday and should be returned on a Monday.

Computing- There are many popular websites available: www.mathszone.co.uk www.phonicsplay.co.uk  www.bbcbitesize.co.uk

During computing sessions we discuss internet safety, teaching the children how to keep themselves safe on the internet, not to divulge personal information and where to go to for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies. We ask that you continue this at home. This half term we will be learning about algorithms, what they are and how they are implemented as programs on digital devices.

Reminders-

Please can all the children’s belongings be named, including pumps.

Please remember earrings should be gold or silver studs.

Please ensure water bottles only contain water, as juice attracts ants.

We are available to speak to in the mornings and at the end of the day if you have any concerns or worries.

Don’t forget to look at our BLOG to see what we have been doing.

Thank you for your continuing support.

Miss Harrison and Mrs Powell.

Maths Challenge

03.11.16 In maths today we have been learning about how to identify and represent number. Some of the children had a tricky maths challenge to work out, see if you can work it out too.

There are three buckets, a red, a blue and a purple one.

20 balls are shared between the three buckets.

There are 3 more balls in the red than the blue.

There is one less in the purple than the red.

All the buckets have more than 4 balls in them.

How many balls are in each bucket?

Topic Launch Day

02.11.16 Our topic launch day was fantastic! The children’s costumes were brilliant and they all said they loved the activities. The children played with some Victorian games, made Victorian dresses, experienced a Victorian classroom, baked a Victoria sponge cake and drew some Victorian portraits. What a busy day!

Amazing Artists

13.10.16 We had a super art lesson this afternoon. Miss Harrison told us about a special year 1CH competition to see who could use what they have learnt to draw an amazing picture! Well done year 1, keep up the hard work.

Number Bonds

13.10.16 In maths this week we have been learning about number bonds to 10 and 20! Some children worked with Mrs Powell today and practiced their number bonds using numicon. Ask us how many different ways we can make 20!

Harvest Church

12.10.16 We had a fantastic time at church singing our harvest songs and reading some of our poems. A big thank you to all the parents who came to watch us! When we got back to class we got 3 stamps each for making lots of right choices!

Reading our harvest poems

11.10.16 Today, we shared our harvest poems with the class. We learnt about re-reading what we had wrote and we made sure that everyone could hear our fantastic poems. Well done year 1!

Reading Champions

10.10.16 Well done to our reading champions this week! We didn’t win the trophy this week but we will try again next week! Remember, read everyday and get your adult at home to sign your planner and you will be a reading champion!

Trees

10.10.16 In Science today we were learning all about trees. We went on a leaf hunt and talked about deciduous and evergreen trees. 

Stay and Learn

04.10.16 Thank you to all the adults who came to stay and learn. We had a fabulous time sharing our maths learning with you!

Meet Teddy!

In 1CH on a Friday we celebrate right choices that have been made during the week. Miss Harrison and Mrs Powell then choose a star of the week! As a special treat, the star of the week gets to take home Teddy for the weekend. Teddy comes with a knitted blanket, a note book, a pencil case and a toothbrush. If your child comes home with Teddy, please encourage them to write what they have done with Teddy at the weekend. 

Thank you for returning the home school agreements. The blog will now be updated regularly. Check back to see what we have been learning! 

First Day in 1CH

06.09.16 Our first day was very fun and packed full of lovely learning! We sang songs, learnt about Investors in Pupils and started our new science topic ‘Helping Plants Grow Well’. Thank you for your hard work on the first day Year 1!

Golden Day

We had a lovely day together celebrating Golden Day. Thank you for all the support and friendship you have given us this year. Please remember to come back and say hello.

Euro 2016

The whole school celebrated Euro 2016, we came to school dressed in our football kits and spent the whole day engaged in footballing activities.

Flamingo Land

On Thursday we went to Flamingo Land. The children really enjoyed the day and found out all about the Rain forest habitat. All the adults commented on the children’s excellent behavior.

Stay and Learn

Thank you to everyone who came to our stay and learn session. We really enjoyed showing you around our classroom and working with you.

Cafe Visit

On Tuesday we went for a walk to the cafe. As we walked we listened to the birds, looked at the different cars and read the signs as we passed. When we got to the cafe we bought a drink and a bun and sat outside in the sunshine to enjoy it.

 

 Year 6 helpers

We are very lucky to have the year 6 children coming to our classroom every afternoon to help us with our learning.

Cafe visit

Yesterday we organised a bun sale to raise funds for our cafe visit next week. We made the buns, decorated them and then sold them to our parents. Lets hope the ones we buy at the cafe are as nice as the ones we sold!

Doubling and halving

Over the last two weeks we have been looking at doubling and halving. The children doubled amounts of items and then we halved shapes and fruit.  

Three little pigs

We have really enjoyed listening to the story of the Three Little Pigs. We chose our favourite part to write about and retold the story using puppets. We then had a go at ‘hot seating’ where we pretended we were one of the characters from the story and our friends asked us questions.

Big pedal

For the last two weeks we have been taking part in the ‘Big Pedal’. Everyday we have recorded how many children and adults come to school on their bikes or scooters. We have finished the week coming dressed as Super Heroes.

Cafe

In our classroom we have a cafe to work in, we have to work out who is the customer, who is the chef and who is the waiter or waitress. We written a letter to Mr Cairns asking if we can go to the cafe and use real money to buy some refreshments.

Time

This week we have been finding different ways of measuring time. We went for a walk around school and this is what we found,

Capacity

We have been looking at capacity, filling containers and working out estimating how much sand or water will fit into each container. We them looked at the different sized containers and discussed which would hold the most and the least.

Easter 2016

We have been very busy this Easter decorating eggs for the Easter competition, having an Easter egg hunt and writing together about our Easter eggs.  

Sport relief

Today we all came dressed in sport gear. We took part in lots of sporting activities and had great fun!

Planting Sunflowers

We have started planting our Sunflowers this week. On Thursday we will bring them home to continue growing in their pots before you can plant them in your gardens. If anyone has some spare seeds they would like to donate to use we would really like to grow different flowers for our school garden.

Reading

Every week we take a list to Monday morning assembly of the children who have read five times at home. Mr Cairns reads out all the children’s names and gives the trophy to the class with the most readers. We are very pleased we have won the trophy for the second week and are all going to try read five times so we can win again.

Music

Every Wednesday morning we have singing with all the KS1 children and F2H. This half term we are really lucky because we also have Miss Duff on an afternoon to teach us music.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

In literacy we have been sequencing the pictures to retell the Hungry Caterpillar story. All the children are excited to retell the story to you on parents evening.

Maths

This half term we are concentrating on counting on and back, using + and – and sequencing familiar events. We started to add using jelly babies but the children weren’t really impressed when Mr Hopes and I took away by eating the jelly babies 🙂

British Gas 

During the Easter holidays the British Gas team will be digging the road up in front of school, they came into assembly to tell use what will be happening and how to keep ourselves safe.

World Book Day

We all came to school today dressed as our favorite book characters. We brought our book to share with our friends. Polly liked reading her book with Daisy, Seth said he liked reading his book with Mr Hopes, Joel’s favorite part was sharing his Moshi Monster book with Harvey, Zac liked colouring in a picture of an Alien and Amelia said thank you for all the fun on World Book  day.

Snow! 

We were very excited when we came to school and it started snowing, so excited in fact we all put our coats on and went outside to play in it!

PE

It was our last session with coach Clayton this week. He said he had been really impressed with our attitude to learning and ‘have a go’ attitude. I know I have really enjoyed the sessions and I hope the children have told you how much fun we have had and how much we have learnt.

Stay and Learn

We had our second stay and learn session this week. It was lovely to see so many parents and grandparents sharing our learning with us. Our next session is Tuesday 24th May.

Chinese New Year

To celebrate  Chinese New Year we have listened to the story, made red envelopes, coloured pictures and celebrated by eating Chinese food. If you ask us we can retell the story and say which animals year we are in now.

Ambulance visit

We were very lucky this week to have Helen and Sharon bring an ambulance to show us. They talked to us about their clothing and equipment first and then took us outside to look inside the ambulance. As they left they turned the lights and siren on for us.

PE

25.1.16 We have enjoyed our fourth session with coach Clayton and are really developing our ball control skills. See what you think.

Weighing

In maths we have been looking at weighing. We started by using the balancing scales to work out which items were heaviest and which were lightest. When we had mastered this we moved onto using the numicon and finding ways to make the scales balance by adding two numbers together. This was very tricky but we stuck at it and worked it out.

Smartie Penguin

This week we have been learning about Smartie penguin and the problems he encountered with his new computer. We have discussed internet safety and what the children should do if they encounter a problem. If you want to read the story with them please go to: http://kidsmart.org.uk/teachers/ks1/sources/index.htm

Key words

Both Mr Hopes and myself have been really impressed with the children’s key word reading. We can tell you are enjoying learning the words together at home. This is having a positive impact on the children’s reading as they are now starting to have greater fluency when reading.

Handa’s Surprise

In our literacy sessions we have been reading the story Handa’s Surprise. We can retell the story and tell you what the surprise was!

Positional language

18.1.16 This week we have been using positional language. All the children have been following the instructions and moving themselves next to, in-front of, behind, under or over each other. We then had a go at instruction our friends which was very funny to watch!

Repeating patterns

In maths this week we are looking at repeating patterns. We are following the patterns and then designing our own repeating patterns.

Team work!

This week Mr Cairns gave us a challenge, he gave us a tunnel to construct but didn’t give us any instructions or a picture to follow! We had to work together to construct the tunnel. It was a challenge but we were very pleased with the end result.

Year 6 reading buddies

Every morning the year six reading buddies miss their playtime to come in and listen to us read or read us a story. We really enjoy this time.

11.1.16      PE with coach Clayton

This week in PE we were working on our ball skills. Coach Clayton showed us how to bounce the ball and catch it using different apparatus. 

Newsletter

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back after our Christmas break. We hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year! Topic– This half term our topic is ‘All Around the World. We will be learning about different places around the world, who lives there and how they live. If anyone creates any pieces of work or has any photos relating to this topic at home, we would greatly appreciate it if they could be brought in and shared with the class. Mathematics– In maths we will be looking at 2D and 3D shapes. We will be learning to recognise them and describe their properties. When you are out with your child why not play a shape spotting game and tell us how many different shapes you can find? Phonics– Phonics takes place every morning with your child. We will continue to introduce the Children to the sounds and use these to segment and blend words. All of these skills help them in their reading and writing. If you want to continue this learning at home www.phonicsplay.co.uk is an excellent website for fun games. Please ask us which phase your child is using. Key Words – We will continue to send home children’s high frequency words, ‘Key Words’ that they need to learn in reception.  The children need to know these words off by heart as they are tricky to sound out. Learning these words will increase their fluency and make reading more enjoyable. Reading- We will still be changing reading books on a Monday and Friday. It is important that your child brings their planner and reading book into school every-day. When reading with your child we play simple games with them to develop their skills. Some of the games we play are; find the word, guess the ending and what’s happening. If you need any ideas please look on page 97 in their planners. We respectfully ask that water bottles are not carried in book bags as we have had a few books damaged from leaking water bottles. Don’t forget children who read five times a week at home get entered into the special reading draw each Monday. Planners– Please will you record in their planner when you read with your child at home to let us know how they have done with their reading; this is very positive for your child as we can work on things they have struggled with at home or we can celebrate the extra learning they do. P.E– We are very lucky to be starting our P.E lessons with Coach Clayton this half term. They will be every Monday morning and the children will need their P.E kit at school. Each week the children will need: dark coloured shorts, a white t-shirt and pumps. If you know your child struggles to dress and undress themselves please could you encourage them to practice this at home. All earrings should be removed before PE. If your child has recently had their ears pierced, please could you provide tape to cover the earrings. Uniform- Please make sure that all items of uniform are labeled clearly in a place your child recognises. As you can appreciate it is very difficult to match the child with their missing belongings if it is not clearly labeled and we appreciate that uniforms cost a lot of money and we want to make sure that they are returned to the rightful owner. Show and Tell- Every Friday we will be having a short show and tell session. The children who are allowed to bring in something to share will be informed on Thursday. This will work on a rota so that every child has a chance to join in. Thank you for your time. If you have any questions please come and speak to us at the beginning or end of the school day.

Welcome back to 2016

We started back this morning with PE with coach Clayton, it was fantastic! We can’t wait for next weeks session.

Christmas 2015

Wow we have been really busy during December! We started December with our nativity, ‘A little Bird told me’, where we all had words to say and sang the songs beautifully. We went to watch, ‘Robin Hood and Babes in the Wood’ at Leeds City Varieties. We had to shout as the villains appeared and ended by dancing in the aisles! Molly arranged a scoot to school week and for those who participated she gave us tinsel and decorations to make our scooters look Christmassy.  We made stars and reindeer food to sell at the Christmas fair and lots of us went to see Santa. Everyone walked to church and listened to the Christmas message and sang our favourite Christmas songs. During poetry assembly we all stood up and recited a Christmas poem to the rest of school. For our Christmas dinner we sat with all the KS1 and F2 children and ate together whilst listening to Christmas songs and we finished December with our class party, playing traditional party games and eating party food. I’m sure you will agree we need a break! Enjoy Christmas and remember your PE Kits for coach Clayton on Monday 4th January.

Scoot to school

For the next two weeks we are encouraging children to come to school on their scooters, bikes or walking. Everyday we will keep a tally and at the end of the two weeks the children who cycle, scoot or walk to school will be entered into the prize draw.

Heroes and Superheroes

As part of our topic we arranged for the Police, Ambulance and Fire brigade to come and talk to us. We wrote questions to ask them and had fun trying on their uniforms. Unfortunately the ambulance broke down on the way but we are hoping they can come another time.

Bubbles

Outside we all tried to make the biggest bubble. We looked around for things to use to make our bubbles. Joshua made massive bubbles with the hoop.

Building

In the shared area the boys built Centre Parks. They worked out who was doing which jobs and discussed at each stage what they needed next. It was a fantastic team effort.

Children in Need

Today we all came to school dressed as super heroes. I’m sure you agree we look fantastic! Even the staff dressed up as their heroes!

Maths

This week we have been looking at one more and one less. On Wednesday we had a bus where we counted the children on the bus and when the bus stopped we added passengers or took them away and worked out how many people were left on the bus.

Diwali

We learnt about Hindu and Sikhs and how they have a festival of light called Diwali.

Rememberence

11.11.15 On Wednesday we all went onto the playground take part in the 2 minutes silence. In class we made our own poppies to wear and made a poppy biscuit to take home.

Bonfire Celebrations

We have been very excited discussing our bonfire experiences. In school we painted firework pictures, wrote about the bonfires and made ‘sparkler’ biscuits.

Halloween dress up day

Today we all came to school dressed in our Halloween costumes. Have a look and see if you can spot yourself!

Trim Trail

Harvest Festival

We were all very excited when we went to Harvest Festival at St Mary’s Church. We sang our favourite song ‘Big Red Combine Harvester’ to our adults and listened to the Yr6’s reading their poetry.

Stay and Learn

On Tuesday we had our first stay and learn session. I asked the children what they had enjoyed. Here are a few things they said, Alfie H- “Grandma made light sabers with me.” Harvey- “Drawing with my dad.” Bella- ” Painting with my mum and Daisy.” Joshua- “Making wrist bands.” Tommy- “reading Suddenly to my dad.” Joel R- “Getting my mum wet in the water!” Mason- ” building a castle and playing football with my mum.” We hope you can join us for the next one.

We have all settled well into F2T.

Have a look at what we have been learning,

Look how smart we all look in our uniforms.