In today’s maths lesson, Herons spent some time sorting various number sentences into true or false piles. We used cubes to help us and were able to support our answers by showing the inverse.
To begin our new topic, All Dressed Up, we looked at different types of materials that could be woven. As a class, we wove paper to create a pattern. The task was tricky but the concentration was impressive!
Today all of KS1 took part in their first Muddy Puddles day of the year. We spent the day outside taking part in lots of different activities. With Miss Elliott we linked our learning to maths and drew around ourselves and then measured how many leaves long we were. With Miss Bell, Mrs Chavda and …
For our ‘Hooray Let’s Go On Holiday’ exit point, Skylarks and Herons held an art gallery to showcase all of their recent artwork. They showcased their use of charcoal, pencil and pastel, alongside techniques such as pointillism. KS2 children, teachers and Mrs Finley all enjoyed visiting the art gallery and asked the artists lots of …
This week, Herons have been learning about and celebrating Black History Month. Firstly, we enjoyed watching a virtual performance, called Come An’ See Anansi, created by Bigfoot Arts Education. We then talked about key figures today and in history who have achieved great things. Lots of the children enjoyed revisiting information about Mary Seacole’s life and …
Lovely, leafy science | 15 Oct 2021
KS1 learnt the difference between deciduous and evergreen trees this week and spent some time trying to identify leaves from different trees such as oak, sycamore, beech, hawthorn, elm, horse chestnut, pine and holly. Meeting Dee and Sid, our friendly puppets, helped them to remember the word deciduous, which is a very tricky word! If …
This morning, we continued working on developing our partition skills using a place value chart. We practically split numbers into different combinations of tens and ones using apparatus. Some pupils noticed a pattern and began to mentally partition numbers in lots of different combinations.
Worry Wizard Workshop – Herons | 08 Oct 2021
This week, we were joined by Jane and Sonny to learn about worries. We learnt that it’s ok to have worries and that it’s also great to share our worries with others! We also learnt lots about how to look after ourselves and each other to keep our well-being positive.
Eagles, Skylarks and Herons have been learning about common garden plants this week and looking closely at petals and leaves. Here are a few photos of them in action.
Today, the children learnt strategies for partitioning numbers in different ways. We began by using concrete resources to represent the tens and ones, then started drawing the tens and ones ourself.