This half term our topic has been ‘Our World.’ Throughout this topic, we have learnt about the seasons, weather and in art, we have looked at the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy. Yesterday, Year 1 visited Harlow Carr Gardens to access a workshop entitled ‘Signs of the season.’ Children explored the grounds, identifying signs of …
Today is World Poetry Day! To help celebrate, School Council have hosted a poetry writing competition. There were lots of amazing entries and they found it incredibly hard to judge! In assembly this morning, 2 winners were announced… Ruby from Herons and Luca from Woodpeckers. A huge well done to everybody that entered! Below are …
This week is British Science Week. We began by reading a story called The Most Important Animal of All . When reading, we talked about how different animals bring different things to our environment and the world around us. As a class, we thought that bees were the most important. We labelled a diagram of …
After a successful term of running ‘Chill Out Tuesday’ for KS2 children, School Council have now swapped their club to allow Reception and KS1 children to attend. So far, it’s been very popular! The children have loved mixing with each other through playing board games, building models, reading, drawing, crafting and dancing (thanks to DJ …
In maths, Year 1 have been comparing and ordering objects and numbers to 20. Take a look at our learning below.
In maths, Year 1 have been learning how to use a number line to 20. We have used various number lines, starting at different numbers, and have used our counting skills to help us. We then progressed to estimating on number lines to 20. Although some of us found this tricky to begin with, we …
Today, Year 1 have continued their work on investigating numbers to 20. See our learning below!
Today in Skylarks, we have looked at a new book, Owl Babies, for our English lessons. We have listened to the story and have discussed the chronological order of events. The children had time to reflect on the feelings of the main characters and how these change from beginning, to middle, to end. They then …
In maths, Year 1 have been learning to read, write, count and investigate numbers to 20. Today, we have focused on representing numbers in various ways and identifying tens and ones. The Year 2’s were fabulous teachers and supported us with our learning!
Today, we have been learning how to recognise and count pounds and pence. The children used different coins and notes to help them. We’re looking forward to next week’s lesson, when we will be working in ‘Skylarks Shop’ to buy and sell different foods using money.