Thank you to the Y1 parents who came to our Maths Morning on Monday. The parents and the children really enjoyed learning together. Please follow and like us:
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Making our Christingles!
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Beebots!
We used our learning from Numeracy last week in our computing lesson this week. We had to programme the beebot to get to the bin to put his rubbish in and call in to see some of the animals in the story on the way! Please follow and like us:
Christingle Service
After a lot of rain we decided to hold our Christingle service in school this morning, thank you to Reverend Diane Etchell for attending our service from St Mary’s Church, we are so sorry we were unable to make it. The children did a wonderful job of explaining the meaning of Christingle and sang beautifully. […]
Christmas Fayre
Thank you to Mrs Baum, Mrs Dowell and the PTA for organsing such a wonderful Christmas Fayre. We managed to raise a huge £697.24 and we still have a couple of receipts to add up. Y6B did a fabulous job of running the stalls and getting into the Christmas spirit with Mrs Tunks. Thank you to […]
Let the Festivities Begin
Last night our amazing staff worked extremely hard to bring the school to life and start to enjoy the festive season. The children have created some fabulous art work linked to our Christmas productions and our Site manager Mr Clark has done an excellent job with our Christmas trees with the help of his son. […]
Outdoor Maths in 1/2WH
We became human beebots yesterday! We had to use directional language to ‘programme’ our friends to get from one place to another. It was certainly a little chilly but we enjoyed taking our learning outside. Please follow and like us:
Immersive Reading in 1/2WH
Group 5 used the story ‘Another Fine Mess’ and the masks to predict how a character would feel. Mrs Thompson helped the children to improve their language choices. Please follow and like us:
Promoting ‘kind words’ in 1/2WH
The children loved writing a kind message or word on the back of their friends! When we looked at what had been written the children said they felt ‘happy, proud and pleased to have so many friends!’ Well done 1/2WH, you thought of some lovely things to say! Please follow and like us:
Mrs Ann Foxley Johnson
Another fabulous day with Mrs FJ, thank you so much for the excellent family learning sessions. I know the parents and children got so much from it and felt that we are addressing many issues around Anti Bullying. The children also enjoyed the sessions on conflict and resolution. Thinking about how they could resolve issues […]
Church Visit
Today we walked down to the church with everyone from our school. It was so much fun! We went to lay our poppies to pay our respects to all of the soldiers from the war. Please follow and like us:
KS1 Art Club
Have a look at some of the fantastic outcomes the KS1 Art Club have produced this term. We have collaged with leaves to make animal pictures, used watercolours to produce leaf pictures, used crayon and ink to produce fruit artwork and produced autumn tree pictures using our hands, fingerprints and paint! Please follow and like […]
Finding Quarters
In Maths this week we have been finding quarters. We used playdough, iced buns, paper, cups of sand and building blocks to show how we can find quarters of different objects. Please follow and like us:
Celebrating Diwali
This afternoon in 1S we celebrated Diwali. We listened to the story of Rama and Sita, made diva lamps using clay and listened to Hindu music. It was lots of fun, we enjoyed learning about different cultures and their celebrations. Please follow and like us:
Author Visit
Today we had a visit from an author in school, it was very exciting! We listened to how the author created the character Granny Norbag. He signed our books and told us about new exciting stories he is currently writing. We really enjoyed it. Please follow and like us:
Halving Objects and Numbers
This week in Maths we have been finding half of two digit and one digit numbers. Please follow and like us:
Our Litter Pick
Last week we arranged with the local council to do a litter pick in our local area. We invited someone who works for the council into school and he discussed the issues around litter and recycling. The council provided us with litter pickers, bags and vis vests and we loved it! The children collected so […]
Home Learning in 1/2WH
Look at the fantastic efforts of Home Learning from our children and parents! Our topic this term is ‘What a wonderful world’. The children have made models using recycled materials, globes made out of paper mache and balloons, tasted food from around the world and visited the library to research a country of their choice. […]
KS1 Litter Pick
Our key stage one children have been out and about in the local community picking litter, they were supported by many of our parents and grandparents. The council provided us with a range of equipment and spoke to the children about how they can help clean up the local environment. The children had such a […]
Exploring our senses
In science we have been exploring our senses. We felt a smooth conker, smelt sweet perfume and strong coffee, heard birds singing and cars beeping and looked at optical illusions. Please follow and like us:
Literacy in Year 1
This week in literacy we have been learning how to write instructions. On Monday we made a fruit salad which we are going to write our very own instructions for. Lots of us tried kiwi for the first time, it was yummy! Please follow and like us:
Our Visit to Longshaw
The children enjoyed our visit to Longshaw. We learnt all about our natural environment and recycling linked with this terms topic ‘What makes our world wonderful?’. We went hunting for minibeasts, found lots of different types of leaves, made plant pots from recycled materials in the kitchen garden and went on a hunt for materials […]
Applying our phonics skills in our Guided Reading follow up task
The children in1/2WH love using the ‘character’ phoneme spotters in their Guided Reading book. Look at all the words they found! Excellent phoneme spotting skills guys! Please follow and like us:
Our visit to Longshaw Estate
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Maths in Y1S
This week in Maths we are learning how to add 2 numbers together. We used different Maths equipment to support our learning. Please follow and like us:
Maths in Y1S
In our first week in Y1 we went outside for Maths and used chalk to draw our own number lines. Please follow and like us:
Applying our counting skills.
Today we used the counting skills from last week to add 2 numbers together. Some children added a 2 digit number to a single digit number using numicon. Max was great at counting in tens and ones! Please follow and like us:
Human number lines!
Drawing our own number lines and counting backwards and forwards as we jumped. We are getting better at counting backwards! Please follow and like us:
Improving our language by using adjectives.
In Literacy we have been reading ‘Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish’. We found dinosaurs in the sand pit and picked the adjective cards that we could use to describe them to a partner. Please follow and like us:
Transition 1S
In Y1S during our transition week we have practised our number bonds to 10 using counters. Please follow and like us: