What we have been learning this week ...
Nursery:
This week's nursery rhyme is 'Five Currant Buns in a Baker's Shop'. The children have enjoyed role playing this rhyme by being a currant bun, a buyer or being a baker.
In Maths, we have started our new topic 'Matching', where the children have had to match buttons, wellies and build a tower to match a picture. This will continue next week, so I wonder if your child could help you at home by matching socks in the washing basket, or shoes on the shoe rack.
A big thank you to all the parents that helped to complete their child's 'All about Me' booklet for our display and for sending in the family photos.
Reception
This week we have been reading 'Superkid' and thinking about the magical adventure he goes on in his school. We have been drawing, mark making and writing using our phonics skills, whilst also remembering the correct letter formation. In RE, we have been thinking about all the things we are thankful for and put together a beautiful prayer to God.
Year 1:
This week we thought about families and celebrations in RE. We considered the importance of our families and talked about events and celebrations we have attended. In English, we carried on reading our story 'The King's Pants'. We drew the story on a story map. Then we designed our own pants and wrote sentences using adjectives. In Maths, we have explored comparing objects and numbers. We made caterpillars using beads to compare which had the fewest beads and the most beads.
Year 2:
This week we have been exploring poetry in English, creating kennings about penguins and writing poems inspired by our senses. In Maths, we focused on adding and subtracting, exploring number bonds to 10 and related fact families. In Science, we learnt about the needs of amphibians and reptiles, while in Geography we discovered what life is like for people living in the Arctic. In RE, we reflected on how Mary might have felt on her journey to Egypt and discussed ways we can live in the image of God.
Year 3:
Year 3 have been busy this week enjoying poetry! We took part in an online workshop and have read a special book exploring rhyming for poetry week. In Maths, the children have been exploring adding and subtracting tens from bigger numbers. We continued to read our book 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark'. While reading, we looked at the different characters and their feelings. We have also shared our favourite Bible stories and shared how the message from them helps us to follow in God's footsteps.
Year 3/4:
We have been enjoying Poetry Week in year 4. Not only have we been reading different forms of poetry, we have been writing our own too. We have written about a magical doorway and a patio area of our garden. We also attended a live lesson by performance poet Tomfoolery. In Maths, we have started our topic on Addition and Subtraction by looking at column methods. In RE, we have researched the work that Cafod does across the world and have started a new topic entitled 'Jesus, Light of the World'.
Year 5:
For National Poetry Week, we have been learning a different poem each day and having a go at writing our own poems in our English lessons. In Maths, we have been learning how to answer multiple-step addition and subtraction questions. In Reading, we have continued to read Kensuke's Kingdom and have explored the relationship between Michael and Kensuke. In RE, we have started our Baptism topic by learning about how John might have felt when he baptised Jesus. In Science, we have evaluated our science experiment. In Geography, we looked at the similarities and differences between different places where people might want to live in Mexico.
Year 6:
This week we have started a new non-fiction unit in English about animals. In Maths, we have practised multiplication methods. In Reading, we have continued with Brightstorm. In RE, we looked at the story of Esther. In PSHE, we watched Paradise Street and thought about some changes that take place during puberty. In PE, we practised dribbling and passing in Handball and Football. In Computing, we looked at Brute Force Hacking. In Geography, we looked at The Great Wall of China and in Science we looked at classifying plants and identifying trees.
