Category : Class Blogs
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!
Class 7 pop art!
Today, Class 7 have continued working on their pop art and created some beautiful work that will go towards our final product!
Class 8 are artists!!!
Class 8 have been learning all about pop art and some of the famous pop artists, such as Andy Warhol.
The children then used some of the pop art printing styles and bright colours to create their own medals in this style. They look fabulous and will be great on our product at the key stage 1 presentation of learning.
well done class 8!
Crew Jackson – RE
This week in RE we talked about happiness and contentment. We discussed what makes us happy and when we feel content. As part of the lesson we enjoyed listening to music and thought about about how the songs made us feel. We finished the lesson by creating a happiness tree.
