Today, Year 2 have been thinking about people who might need help or support in their community and this afternoon we have continued being local superheroes by visiting care homes to meet residents and share cards and pictures with them. Some of the children from Class 7 enjoyed a visit to Adeline House and it was really special to watch them engage with the elderly residents and to see the joy they brought to the home – well done boys and girls, you should be so proud of yourselves!
What a great first impression from the new Year 3s. They have been kind, funny and eager to learn about space and more specifically Yuri Gagarin – the first man to go into space. The new Y3s have worked hard on understanding his life and have also created some artwork based on planets!
What an amazing afternoon we had today celebrating the end of our final expedition with our families and carers. Our school hall was packed out with family members who came to listen to the children present their life journey so far, and to marvel at the children’s writing skills as they shared their very own space themed books. The children have worked long and hard on producing the stories, illustrations and front covers. What lovely keepsakes to cherish and, in years to come, look back with fond memories of their time in year 1. We sure will miss you all!
We would also like to give a huge shout out to the staff that helped us serve refreshments today and to Mrs Clay, Miss Cooper, Mrs Roe and Faith, and everyone else who helped to edit, draft, draw, colour, cut, stick and assemble the books. It was a mammoth task but I’m sure you will agree, totally worth it.
Finally to all parents and carers who took the time to attend our celebration today. Events like these could not go ahead without your support and for this we send out a massive thank you!
Look out J. K. Rowling! Year one are coming to get you!
Miss Rodgers and Miss Schon x
As part of our last expedition in year one we have been studying the work of space artist Peter Thorpe. We held a gallery walk and critiqued some of his pieces before planning and drafting our own. Our mini expedition culminated today with our final drafts, coloured brightly with oil pastels. Below are just some of the amazing work the children have done.
Awesome job guys!
Next week we will be practising for our sports day (12th July!). Please could you send your children with a PE kit and a bottle of water every day!
Thank you! – KS1 team.
We want to show you all of our hard work and amazing achievements outside of our classroom. We’ve got some fantastic footballers, I hope they remember me when they are on the England squad!!! We also have some wonderfully hard working children who have chosen to spend their time at home doing some great home learning, we had our very own amazing authors, some super swimmers and delightful dancers. Class 8 are full of hard working children and we love to celebrate each others achievements. Well done everyone!
The children have absolutely blown us away with the hard work and dedication they have put into their phonics learning this year and this weeks phonics check proved that the hard work really has payed off. Miss Schon, Miss Cooper, Mrs Clay and I are over the moon with the effort you have all put in and we hope you all enjoyed your ice lolly treat in the sunshine!
As part of our second case study in our expedition we are re-writing the story of Man in the Moon. The children are telling the story from the point of view of the aliens and used some amazing adjectives, fantastic conjunctions and wonderful punctuation to write the first part of the story this morning…and this was only the first draft! I cannot wait to see your final drafts after editing and improving tomorrow.
Great job!
In crew this morning we played a game of what 3 words?. This is an opportunity for the children to think about 3 words that describe who they are. A difficult enough concept for an adult let alone a crew of 20 five and six year olds. The children did amazingly well though, and came up with some really insightful adjectives to describe their personalities. I was pleased to see that nearly all the children described themselves as happy, with kind coming a close second. Other words were beautiful, friendly, hardworking and helpful.
I couldn’t agree more guys…and one more word I would like to add to describe you all…AWESOME!
To re hook the children back into our expedition we looked at satellite images of the effects of climate change on the polar ice regions. We discussed global warming and the children made some excellent suggestions of the small changes they could make that would help to cut down the emissions that are causing the ice to melt and sea levels to rise.
Take a look at these fantastic posters the children produced to raise awareness of climate change.
Fantastic job guys!
