As part of our work on place value, the children have been learning to use and recognise the symbols <, > and = associated with less than, greater than and equal to. Today, they utilised practical apparatus to help them show that a range of given statements were true. As they were working, they used …
As part of our topic work, Eagles have been learning about the world around them. Today we have been learning about Physical Geography features (made by nature) and Human Geography features (made by humans). We identified beaches, seas, oceans, cliffs and mountains as examples of Physical Geography features and harbours, ports, cities and towns as …
In Eagles this week, the children have been learning how to find one more and one less than a number to 10. Today, the children played a board game with their partner. When they landed on a number, they had to find one less than the number given. They could choose whether they used practical …
Today we visited the beach! Only through meditation but the children thoroughly enjoyed the experience of hearing the waves crashing against the shore, the seagulls squawking and imagining their feet walking on the warm sand. As a class, we then discussed all of the activities that we might get up to when we are at …
This half term, our topic is “Hooray, Let’s Go On Holiday!” To excite the children about their learning, we start each new topic with an entry point – a fun and exciting activity which brings the learning to life.Today, the children opened up their own travel agents and practised role playing the roles of the …
This half term, we are working on our knowledge of place value. Today, the children were sorting objects into groups. They could choose to sort the objects by colour, shape or size. Some children were challenging themselves and were attempting to sort a variety of objects in lots of different ways. Well done Eagles!
The new Eagles class have settled in brilliantly! They have all grown so much over the Summer and are ready for the next step in their learning journey – Year 1.So far, the children have impressed us with their brilliant listening, ability to follow instructions and team work. What a great start to the year!
This half term we have been learning about the history of our local area – Guiseley. Jacob from Codswallop came in to teach the children about a famous local figure – Abraham Moon. Abraham Moon founded Moon’s Mills which is now known internationally for the quality fabric it produces. We started off the session by …
This year our school council have been incredibly busy. They’ve held story writing, poetry and design competitions, helped the school save energy and stay tidy, rescued a sea-turtle, made bird feeders, hosted Chill Out Tuesdays, collected for the food bank, recycled thousands of batteries for Duracell’s Big Battery Hunt, met the Mayor of Leeds…and so …
The Big Battery Hunt is over! A HUGE well done and thank you to everyone who has contributed to the competition. So many of you have brought in THOUSANDS of dead and used batteries, and so many of you have done a fantastic job of helping us to count and recycle these too. Overall, we …