Today, the children completed a carousel of practical activities about mass and using grams.
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 …
Today in Herons class, we looked at the key features of a persuasive letter. We discussed the structure of the letter; greeting, opening, argument (reasons), conclusions and signature. We also looked at other features like adjectives, bossy verbs and questions (including rhetorical questions). The children worked in small groups to annotate letters from our class …
In maths, the children were divided into two large groups. Group 1 learned what mass is and how to compare mass using the following words; heavier, heaviest, lighter and lightest. Group 2 were practising their times tables on TTRockstars. Group 1 worked in pairs and chose two different objects to compare. They had to predict …
Today, we explored the emotions of the characters in our class book, The Day the Crayons Quit. We discussed which crayon was the angriest, the happiest and the saddest. We made suggestions on how Duncan could cheer his crayons up. Next, we worked in pairs or groups of 3 and used drama techniques to act …
Thank you to those who have continued to bring in their dead and used batteries over the past few months. We have now collected and recycled just over 15,000 batteries! The competition is about to enter its final week…you have until Friday 30th June to bring in any dead or used batteries that you wish …
Today marked the end of our famous nurses topic and what a day it has been! The children have thoroughly enjoyed ‘Nurses Training School’ and have amazed us with their fantastic costumes and enthusiasm. In the morning, we completed a range of first aid sessions with the children (essential for nurse training), identifying the key …
Yesterday, we started our new English topic, The Day the Crayons Quit. The children listened to the story, which was very amusing! They then worked in small groups to retell and act out the pink crayon’s letter. They developed their oracy skills by using expression to exaggerate parts of the story. Take a look at …
This week, we have been looking at measurement; length and height. First of all, the children worked in table groups to group objects which are smaller than a metre and objects which are bigger than a metre. Next, they worked in groups of 3 to measure objects in the classroom using rulers and metre sticks. …
In science, KS1 have been learning about living things and their habitats. Today, we made the most of the sunshine and spent time outside closely observing animals and plants, including woodlice, daisies and buttercups. In pairs, we sketched our observations, labelled its features and discussed where the living thing was found and why and how …