Category : Class Blogs
Reception Phonics
This week we have been learning the following phonemes l/ll/ss. The sounds will be sent out for the children to be practising to hear the phoneme, say the phoneme and then write the grapheme.
The children are really starting to learn and retain those sounds but will need support to blend those sounds together. Have a go at the green words and the more they hear those sounds being blended the easier it will become.
Thanks
Mrs Wallace and Mrs Jones x
Year 1 Phonics Family Learning
Year 1 staff would like to invite you to our Phonics Family Learning event! The event will take place on Thursday 27th November 9:00am-10:00am. The session will be a live phonics lesson taught by Miss Schön or Miss Rodgers. You are invited to join your child in their phonics lesson so that you can understand how your child learns phonics in school.
Unfortunately we are unable to cater for younger siblings at this event as this will be the children’s daily phonics lesson.
The school hall will be open from 8:30am for hot drinks. Please access school via the hall. We ask that you arrive on time for a 9am start so as not to disrupt the children’s lesson with late arrivals.
We hope you can join us! Please let us know if you can make it or not by filling out the Google form below. This will help us to effectively plan for the number of adults planning to attend.
Thank you,
Miss Schön and Miss Rodgers
key stage 1 community crew
We had so many celebrations today and certificates handed out! As always, well done to our fabulous stewards, HOWL point winners, healthy choices award winners, tt rock stars and numbots winners! You are all doing such an amazing job! I wanted to say a huge well done to Mia- our very first sparkly pencil winner…I am so impressed with your handwriting! Well done to Crew Rodgers for getting their first attendance award…absolutely amazing! Finally well done to our fantastic crew champions…we hope your grown ups are just as proud of you as we are!
Have a lovely weekend! X x
Year 4 Spellings
Crew Jackson – Evolution
This week, Year 6 have been learning all about Charles Darwin’s fascinating theory of evolution, focusing on his famous studies of finches from the Galápagos Islands in South America. To build their background knowledge, the children explored how Darwin discovered that the finches’ beaks had adapted over time to help them eat different types of food. They then became scientists themselves, using a range of equipment to mimic different beak shapes and testing how effective they were at picking up various “foods” such as rice, elastic bands, and pasta. By comparing results, the children concluded which “beak” worked best for each food type, just as Darwin had observed. To finish, they sketched drawings of the finches beaks, recording the type of beak and the food each bird ate—bringing Darwin’s discoveries to life in a fun and hands-on way!
Year 3 – A special visit from Specsavers
Today, Year 3 were treated to a visit by two lovely ladies from Specsavers in Thorne. They told us all about how our eyes work and why somebody might need glasses. Did you know … our eyes actually see things upside down?
Remember – if you think your eyesight might be a little blurry, whether from a distance or close up, then get yourself down to Specsavers for an eye test!
Crew Knowles – Reading Fluency
This week, Crew Knowles have enjoyed reading all about the Gunpowder Plot and learning why we celebrate Bonfire Night. We have practised our reading fluency through paired reading and carefully critiquing each other against our fluency strategies.
Nursery – POL reminder
Nursery POL – Teddy Bears picnic
Wednesday 12th November 10:15-11am in the school hall (parents to enter via Nursery door)
Bring along a morning picnic and your favourite Teddy Bear to enjoy with your child to celebrate their learning from our expedition ‘How are we the same or different’.
We look forward to seeing you there
The Nursery Team
KS1 Phonics
This week we have started our new phonics groups based on our latest phonics assessments. Your child will have been placed in a group that best matches their individual needs.
On Friday your child will bring home their latest phonics report which states which group your child has been placed in.
In Mrs Clay’s group the children have been remembering the /ee/ sound. Mrs Clay has been really impressed with the children’s effort and confidence in phonics over the past few weeks!
In Miss Rodgers group we are revising the sounds and red words we have already learned. We have been reading our consolidation book. We are focussing on improving our reading fluency.
In Miss Schön’s group this week we are working on confidence building and filling the gaps in our learning. We have been practising sounds/words we are finding tricky. It has been so lovely to see that already children are noticing their own personal progress! We will also be working on our reading fluency skills so that we can become confident readers.
In Mrs Leggott’s group we have moved on to the next sound in our learning. We are also learning how to answer reading comprehension questions.
Class 7 RE- nature and religion
Class 7 continued learning about Hindu stories and how the River Ganges was like a mother, as it helped the world grow through care and nourishment, with the help of Shiva. We created posters to show how the earth cares for us!
