As our Exit Point to our ‘Toys’ topic, KS1 visited Abbey House Museum. We wanted to learn more about old and new toys and Abbey House Museum have a fantastic toy museum which we could explore. After embarking on a very exciting coach trip (always a highlight) we spent the day accessing toy workshops, exploring …
As part of our topic learning, the children have been learning about the evolution of toys. We have focused on 3 centuries from the 19th century through to present day. We used a simple timeline to identify which elements of this time were ‘within living memory’ and ‘beyond living memory.’ We learnt that in the …
In Maths, we have been learning about place value and have been comparing numbers within 10. Using the vocabulary of ‘greater than’ and ‘fewer than’, the children sorted numbers accordingly. Some children completed a dominoes investigation whereas others had to pick up an amount of objects and, using their mathematical skills, identify which image had …
Today, our Year 2 children used their knowledge on place value to add multiples of 10 to a number. The children worked with practical apparatus initially and once they were confident, moved on to adding using pictorial representations. The children demonstrated a fantastic understanding of our learning and impressed us with their enthusiasm.
As part of our work on Oracy (speaking and listening), the children have been developing their ability to ‘Be A Speaker.’ We have focused on the key stills of speaking – giving eye contact, speaking in full sentences, speaking clearly and for the Year 2s, also using hand gestures. To practise these key skills, the …
As part of our work on place value, the children had been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Today, the children were using practical resources to support them in counting in 3s. The children worked in pairs to play a board game where they had to continue various number sequences. It was lovely to see …
On Monday, Tranmere was transformed into the Great British Bake Off tent at bread week! We created our own rainforest inspired bread, which included chocolate. Some of us chose chocolate chips and others chose grated chocolate. One group even chose cocoa powder. We also added other ingredients such as orange, cinnamon and lemon. The recipe …
Today, Herons completed various activities that supported their oracy development. We watched videos of good examples, Miss Bell showed what a bad one would look like and we played games to improve our sentences, how clear we spoke and tried hard to give eye contact. It was great to see everyone improve throughout the day …
Today Doves went outside to examine artefacts. They had to use their detective skills to try and work out what the item was, who would use it and what materials were used. There were also other challenges to solve including writing their name in runes and a quiz to answer. We will check our thoughts …
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 …