Children in Reception love to play splat with phonics sounds, key words and numbers. So last week the children were busy practising their cutting and creative skills by making their own ‘splatter’. They then had a go at making their own word cards and sound cards to play with.
On Friday, we had our first speaking and listening lesson! This involved considering what made a good listener and a fantastic speaker. We looked at the importance of eye contact and keeping quiet when it’s someone else’s turn. Our topic of discussion was related to our book The BFG. We Read more…
Class 13 have been learning about equivalent fractions. They used till rolls to make fractions, then looked for fractions which are equivalent.
In Class 3 we have been comparing amounts by identifying if they are greater than, less than or equal . We learnt the symbols (<, >, =) and challenged our partners to use the correct symbol when comparing objects.
Nursery have been experimenting with the different musical instruments and they worked together to make a rock band. The children banged, tapped and stroked the different instruments to hear what sounds the instruments made and then they played the instruments together singing along to different nursery rhymes.
On Friday afternoon Class 13 had a training session with coaches from Rochdale Hornets. They practiced passing the ball and worked together as teams.
In Class 12 today, we got pretty messy creating 8 model versions of the planets in the solar system. We had to work as a team and each take a role in covering the balloons in newspaper. First layer finished, watch this space to see the finish products.
We have had a fantastic first day in Class 9. We spent the morning getting to know our classmates and teachers as well as working in groups to decide what rules and expectations we should have in our classroom. In the afternoon we assigned class jobs and worked as a Read more…
During the course of the Year our PLT members have been looking into the importance of recycling. A few facts stood out to us: 1. It takes hundreds of Years for plastic to decompose when not recycled 2. Bottle tops are currently not recycled in our area 3. There is Read more…
This week, class 11 were given the challenge of designing Andy making their own board game. The game had to have a theme, instructions which their class mates could follow and a purpose or aim. Miss Bishop was really impressed by their team work, creative thinking and imaginative ideas. Today Read more…