Thank you so much to all our wonderful parents for coming into Woodpecker class and spending the morning with the children. They absolutely loved completing the escape room with you. I know secretively you all loved it too! 😂 When you left, the children loved eating their popping candy prize. Thanks for your support this …
Today, we went outside on a scavenger hunt for different plants, animals and objects. Woodpeckers worked in small groups to find and identify different things on their sheet (birds, leaves, clouds, rocks, mushrooms and many more) and they had to take their own photos. Below are a selection of those photos – enjoy! Can you …
In our reading lessons, we have been studying The Iron Man. This week, we worked in small groups to act out different scenes from the book. The children created freeze frames to start their scene and we used thought tracking to find out how different characters and objects were feeling. They then used movement, expressions …
This morning, Woodpeckers were learning how to add and subtract 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s. They completed three different practical activities including: 1. Matching – the children had four sets of cards (add 10s, add 100s, subtract 10s and subtract 100s). They had to work in partners to match the number sentence with the correct …
In Woodpeckers, we have been doing some practical Maths to finish our place value unit. Year 3 were completing a range of activities including, ordering numbers, comparing numbers, finding more or less and partitioning numbers. Year 4 were learning how to use Roman numerals and were creating these using lollipop sticks.
This morning, we have been looking at measuring using centimetres and metres. We discussed that there are 100cm in 1m. The class partnered up to measure different objects in our classroom using a 30cm ruler. If objects were slightly bigger than the ruler, we used our finger as a marker and measured the other part …
In Year 2, we have been learning to recognise and tell the time (o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to). The children have used clocks to show different times, played board games to read different times and have played bingo where they have had to draw different times on a clock. Year 2 are …
Before half term, Herons planted a variety of different seeds including; spinach, pea and spring onion. We have cared for these plants by giving them plenty of water and sun. We have now had the opportunity to plant them outside as they needed more space to grow.
In English, Herons have been looking at the key features of non-chronological texts. We spent time looking at a variety of different books to identify key features such as: headings, facts, paragraphs, questions etc. The children enjoyed learning new information about different animals and insects. We finished off our lesson by watching a short clip …
Herons have taken part in the Penny Investigation. They had to see how many drops of water they could get on a penny. Once, they did this they tried again to see if they could beat their score. We discussed how doing smaller drops each time would mean we would do more drops. The children …