Skylarks

Each week, children will bring home a weekly homework sheet and new spellings to learn. We will alternate between Maths and English worksheets.  Homework will be sent out in book bags on Mondays and should be completed and returned by the following Monday. Please send this homework back into school, noting any difficulties your child …

Please find attached the Knowledge Organisers for this half term including those for Maths, English, Science and this half term’s topic which is Toys. Also attached below is this half term’s homework grid linked to our topic work. On here you will find a variety of homework options. We kindly ask that each child tries …

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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 …

In KS1, we have been designing and making our own toy cars. The purpose was to design and make a functional and appealing toy car which would carry a Lego figure. Our toy cars had to have a chassis, four wheels, two axles and a body. We used card, sellotape, glue, paper, wooden wheels and dowels. …

Following on from their work in Reception, the children in Year 1 have a daily ‘shared reader’ lesson. Through these lessons, the children have a book for the week which focuses on the key sound being delivered in phonics lessons. The children read chorally, in pairs and develop their understanding of the text through comprehension. …

In maths today, the children in Years 1 and 2 have been learning about place value. Year 1 have been finding one less and Year 2 have been identifying tens and ones in a two digit number. The children have thoroughly enjoyed their practical maths session today where they utilised concrete apparatus to help them …

In Maths today, the Year 1 children have been representing numbers to 10 in different ways. Having been given a picture, the children had to accurately count the number of objects, record the number, build it and draw it. The children thoroughly enjoyed investigating their numbers and did a fantastic job of working independently. Well …

In art today, the children have been identifying the 3 primary colours – red, blue and yellow. Using these colours, the children then went on to mix the secondary colours – orange, purple and green. The children loved to experiment and recognised that whilst they were all mixing together the same colours, they were all …

Today Skylarks worked individually or in small groups to act out a scene from the story of The Tiger Who Came to Tea. They used words and phrases that they could remember from the book and improvised some of their own. They practiced and then performed for the rest of the class. Super work Skylarks!

The children in Skylarks have had fun with The Tiger Who Came to Tea this week. They started by looking carefully at the cover of the book for clues as to what might happen in the story. Next, they listened to the story, discussing what was happening on each page and answering a variety of …

Skylarks learnt that a landmark is something that stands out in an area e.g. a building, bridge, lake, river, sculpture – or something else. They might be special because they are big, nice to look at or really old. We listened to the story of ‘Katie in London’ which featured lots of landmarks and had …

Today, the children got to meet some interesting animals and found out lots of fun facts about them. The animals included: – a very big snake – a very smelly meerkat – a very hairy tarantula – a very wise owl – a very cute tortoise – a very wriggly millipede Ask your children their …

Skylarks Year 2s have moved onto length and height in maths and over the last few days they have been putting their measuring skills to the test, measuring a range of objects in cm and m. The children enjoyed exploring our school, measuring desks, tables, cupboards and so much more. Here we are in action!

As part of our Geography unit this half term, the children have been learning about the Continents of the World. Last week, the children learnt that there are 7 Continents and began to locate them in Atlases, on globes and on Google Earth too! The children have learnt a fantastic song to help them remember …

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 …

Skylarks predicted how many drops of water they thought would fit on a penny. Their guesses were between 7 and 9 drops. They then carried out an experiment using a pipette to put drops of water onto a penny. They were quite surprised by their results! would fit on a penny and

Skylarks looked at non – fiction books today and tried to find the features of non-chronological reports. They discovered, titles, sub-titles, contents pages, glossaries, diagrams, photographs and more. They listened to a song to help them remember the features. A song always helps!

    Today, Vision Education re-visited Tranmere to hold their Unsung Hero Awards Ceremony. Over the past few weeks, lots of children (and adults) have been spotted showing ‘hero behaviours’ both in school and within their wider community, and today, they received some certificates and awards in recognition of this. Dylan in Kingfishers also recieved …

Today saw the end of our fabulous topic ‘We Are What We Eat’. KS! opened their own Italian restaurant complete with music, flags and pizza making! The children were given a broad range of ingredients and they worked together to identify whether the ingredients came from a plant or an animal. They then utilised a …

Today, School Council have been busy setting up some alternative provisions on both the KS1 and KS2 playgrounds. Between now and summer, when the weather is nice, the team will be providing a small chess and colouring area for the children to enjoy.

As part of our topic work, the children have been completing observational drawings of different fruits. Today, the children used pencils to sketch their fruit before carefully selecting and then colouring it using colouring pencils. All of the children did a fantastic job and impressed us with their concentration and engagement. Well done Eagles!  

We have been learning that our food comes from plants or animals. In out topic lesson, the children worked in pairs to sort a range of foods according to where they come from. It was wonderful to hear the children’s discussions and ideas as they worked well together. We then looked at different animals and …

Our topic this half term is ‘We Are What We Eat.’ As part of our topic work, we are learning about where our food comes from. Today, we visited Morrisons and were shown round by their ‘Community Champion.’ We visited the Market Street and the Butchers, Fishmongers, Cheesemongers, Bakery, Fruit and Vegetable section and we …

Today, the children kicked off our fantastic new topic by learning about where our food comes from. Working in our outside area, the children explored seeds. They compared different seeds before planting a range of vegetables in seed trays. We planted cabbage, turnips, kale, spinach and a range of herbs to add to our growing …

After leaving our clay pots to dry, it was time to paint them. We decided which secondary colour we would like them to be (green, orange or purple) and mixed primary colours to created these colours. We painted our dipping pots and can’t wait to use them! They look great!

Skylarks used clay to create their own dipping bowls. They rolled and coiled the clay and used slip and smoothing tools to attach the coils together. When they are dry they will mix primary colours to create secondary colours to paint them. The pots have already received lots of admiring glances from members of staff. …

Today, KS1 completed their Muddy Puddles day for the Summer term. Thankfully the weather stayed dry (on the whole) and we were able to spend the day outside exploring a range of engaging and exciting activities. Throughout the day, the children explored 3 activities. They included ‘Gone with the Wind’; an activity based on the …