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KS1 Homework

Each week, children will bring home a weekly homework sheet and new spellings to learn. We will alternate between Maths and English worksheets.  Homework will be sent out in book bags on Mondays and should be completed and returned by the following Monday. Please send this homework back into school, noting any difficulties your child …

Today, the children got to meet some interesting animals and found out lots of fun facts about them. The animals included: – a very big snake – a very smelly meerkat – a very hairy tarantula – a very wise owl – a very cute tortoise – a very wriggly millipede Ask your children their …

We have been working on our place value knowledge and how to represent two digit numbers in a variety of ways. We used part whole models, ten frames, tens and ones and a written form. Take a look at our work.

KS1 Exit Point – Making pizzas! | 05 Jun 2024

Today saw the end of our fabulous topic ‘We Are What We Eat’. KS! opened their own Italian restaurant complete with music, flags and pizza making! The children were given a broad range of ingredients and they worked together to identify whether the ingredients came from a plant or an animal. They then utilised a …

Eagles used a variety of fruit to make a team fruit salad. We chopped fruit using the bridge and claw method, peeled, mixed and juiced fruit. We created a delicious fruit salad, which we ate outside in the sunshine.  

Our topic this half term is ‘We Are What We Eat.’ As part of our topic work, we are learning about where our food comes from. Today, we visited Morrisons and were shown round by their ‘Community Champion.’ We visited the Market Street and the Butchers, Fishmongers, Cheesemongers, Bakery, Fruit and Vegetable section and we …

In Eagles, we have used clay to create our own dipping bowls. The children rolled and coiled the clay and then used slip to smooth out the pot.  They created their own patterns on their dipping bowls using different tools. When they dried, the children painted them a secondary colour and decorated them with a …

To start our new topic ‘We are what we eat’, Eagles have been exploring seeds.  We tried to sort them before we knew what they were and then put them into three groups: vegetable seeds, fruit seeds and flower seeds. After comparing the different seeds we planted some in seed trays. We planted onions, courgettes, …

Please find attached the Knowledge Organisers for this half term including those for Maths, English, Science and this half term’s topic which is a local geography study. Through this topic we will be learning about the continents/oceans of the world, countries and seas of the UK and then we will be zooming in on our …

Throughout our topic, we have been learning about various structures from around the world (including towers) and have been thinking about what makes them stable. The children have been taught a range of strengthening techniques and today, utilising this key knowledge, they designed and made a freestanding tower. The children attempted this activity 6 weeks …
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