Final week of Term 5

It was an action-packed final week of term! We performed a retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk to family and friends on Thursday morning. We also had an opportunity to show off our Learning Diaries afterwards. On Friday we had a wonderful time dancing with the rest of the school and eating our lunch outside (with a Royal visit) as part of our Jubilee Celebrations.

Jubilee preparations

On Friday afternoon we joined forces with the rest of the school for a 'mix-up' session.  Its purpose was to make decorations ready for our Jubilee street party next week (weather permitting!).  As usual this turned out to be a delightful time, with older children supporting the younger ones and a general sense of calm spread around the Reception classroom.

Some letters and notes went home today - the 'Zoo Trip' letter and a note about homework for half term.  Please let us know if you did not find these in your child's book bag!

Shapes, games and planting our beans

We have been looking at different shapes and had a chance to make models of 3D shapes as well as also do water paintings and collages of 2D shapes. Eban's mum came in and played a fun game called 'What's The Time Mr Wolf' that helped us with our numbers. We also planted our sprouting beans outside to see if they would carry on growing and made some plant  animal models out of pipe cleaners. What a busy week! 

Plants

This week we have been doing more work on plants: we have been looking at the non-fiction book 'My Bean Diary' and examining the stages of growing a bean, we have made plant pictures and labelled the key parts, we have noticed some spurts of growth in our own beans (some have grown out of their bags!) and we have made pictures using seeds.  Our water area had bubbles added to it which made for some good bubble beards, and we were able to finally spend some time in the sunny outdoor area after all the rain we have been having.

Spring Walk

This week we have been on a Spring walk to Gores Marsh playground. We noticed and talked about different signs of Spring such as buds, new flowers and changing colours. Some of us have also made some blossom pictures and written about the walk. We have continued learning and exploring the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. When we have retold the story we are using some fantastic language and learning about sequencing the events of the tale.

Welcome Back

Welcome back everybody to the first Summer Term. Most of the week has been spent dodging the heavy showers but we have begun our new topic on Plants by doing some amazing homework which we have enjoyed showing to our class mates. We have started to learn some actions to the traditional story of Jack and the Beanstalk and also begun a large display for the classroom. On Friday we will say goodbye to the year 6 children who are spending a week at Treginnis Farm in W Wales.

Don't forget next Tuesday we hope to walk to Gores Marsh Park - weather permitting!

Happy Easter

Our last week of term has been busy. The children enjoyed their Easter Bonnet Parade and it was great to see so many parents etc in the audience. Thanks for all the lovely comments you left. On Thursday we visited the Life Bus and were entertained by Sam and Harold the Giraffe, finding out all about how and why we need to stay healthy and what happens to our bodies when we exercise. Thursday afternoon was party time as the children had won all their class marbles. We were impressed by their good behaviour throughout. We hope you all have a lovely holiday and that the sun shines on us all! See you on April 16th.

Beebots

At last! A reasonably quiet week with nice weather so the children were able to spend a lot of time outside. We had fun playing with the Beebot programmable toys this week, making them go in all different directions and making tracks for them to travel down.

Don't forget your Easter hats for next Wednesday 28 March. Parents and Carers are invited to join us in the Hall for a Parade of bonnets, some songs and then there will be an opportunity to share Learning Diaries with your child.

Science Week

Another incredibly busy week! The whole school took part in many different Science activities to celebrate 'Science week', culminating in a fun 'mix-up' session on Friday afternoon where children from all classes mixed into smaller groups to work on different experiments together. Also this week, Reception were treated to a visit from a visually impaired lady and her guide dog which was very interesting. We also had an 'Airport Day' on Thursday. We made passports and were issued with boarding cards. Once on board we enjoyed eating our 'aeroplane meal' which we had prepared earlier that day. Again, much fun was had by all and thanks to Mrs Gregory for organising such a successful event.

Bike week

We have had lots of fun this week riding our own bikes and scooters in the school playground. We used the traffic equipment to set up roadways, zebra crossings and other obstacles to practise our manoeuvring skills with great success. The playground became a bike repair shop too as children 'mended' their bikes and scooters with the different tools. We talked about the need for safety, checking helmets were securely fastenend and brakes in good working order. We drew careful observational drawings of Ms Redpath's bike and learnt a song about 5 wonky bicycles.
Next week is Science Week so look forward to trying out some fun experiments!

Messages from outer space

The children were thrilled this week to receive a message from Zadara, an alien from another planet, who had written asking for details about themselves. Many pictures and messages have been sent back and, on Friday, another message came asking for help to solve a 'moon rock weighing' problem. Several children had a go at solving this challenge too. We also enjoyed ourselves celebrating World Book Day and thanks to Freddie's mum for coming in to read with the children. Finally, the class won the 'Golden Lunch Box' for great behaviour in the dining room this week and were awarded with a 10 minute bubble party! Well done!
Don't forget your bikes or scooters next week.