2023 - 2024 Cuckoo Class

Class Teacher - Mrs S Bell

Class Teaching Assistant - Mrs S Cross

Our PE day is Thursday. Please ensure children have wellington boots in school for their outdoor learning.

Homework

Spelling shed will be set weekly for children in year 1 linked to the phonics they are learning. Reading five days and week. Please update their reading journal.

Maths

Children should engage with the Numbots website on a weekly basis.

w/c: 15th April 2024

It has been lovely welcoming the children back after the Easter Holiday! They have all come back with a positive attitude towards their learning, with lots of exciting stories about their Easter. 

This week, we have looked at our new book in English 'One Day On Our Blue Planet in The Savannah'. This story is all about a lioness and her cub who live in the African Savannah. The children created their own African animal scene using powder paints and silhouettes. We also looked at a picture from the book and came up with some sentences to describe what the animals were doing using prepositions. 

We have started counting in 2s, 5s and 10s in Maths. 

For Outdoor Learning, the children played a game of 'Tree Bingo' and then used their knowledge of the parts of tree to create their own tree people. 

Friday 9th February 2024

Today in Cuckoo Class the children made 'Wombat Stew' based on our class story. The children had a great time adding raisins for flies, chocolate custard for mud and marshmallows for feathers into their stew. They all worked so well as a team and got to enjoy the tasty stew at the end.

Friday 26th January 2024

Today the children in Cuckoo Class were able to have their cookie party to celebrate them achieving the Key Stage 1 Reading Challenge award for Autumn term!! The children were able to enjoy a nice cookie and some juice or milkshake. We also read a nice story to celebrate how amazing we are at reading. :) 

W/c: 15th January 2024

This week has been a fantastic week! The children have been practising their estimating skills in Maths and were very successful when placing numbers on the number line. It has been amazing to have Mrs Stockley back with the team and the children. We have started our new book 'Wombat Stew' and the children created their own character descriptions of 'Dingo'. 

Reminders: 

• PE day is Thursday- please ensure children have their PE kits in school on Monday
• Please ensure children are reading at least 5 times per week and accessing Spelling Shed and Numbots

Happy New Year! 

Week commencing 2nd January 2023

I am looking forward to seeing the children tomorrow, 4th January 2023. We have go lots of exciting learning organised for the term! I have started attaching the Knowledge Organisers for the term below. Please do speak to me if you have any questions. Please remember that Thursday 5th January will be a PE day.

Week commencing 21st November 2022

We have had an exciting week! The children were brilliant while visiting the library and showed excellent listening skills while listening to the librarian. We are getting ready for Christmas show and we have been going over our dance routine. Letters will be coming out about what the children will need to wear so please don't buy anything special. In maths the children have been revising subtraction stories. 

Here is a link to the overview of the songs for the Christmas show but the songs have been printed and sent home. 

Week commencing 1st November 2022

This week, we have started a new book in English called Rapunzel! It is not the traditional tale but we will be comparing it to the original story. We started thinking about the questions we had about the story and learnt how to use a question mark. In maths, we are continuing with addition and they have started to look at addition fact families. 

In science, we searched for minibeasts in the school grounds and compared all the different types of habitats that they live in.

It will soon be time for the Christmas play and more information will follow regarding this. Next week we will start learning the songs. We will then be learning a dance for the show.

Week commencing 17th October 2022

What a great last week to finish off the first part of the term! The children worked really hard this week.

The children did their very first exciting writing entry! It was based on the well-loved story: Owl Babies. Prior to this week, the children have worked on the whiteboards to build up their confidence but now we are writing in our books. We look forward to seeing what they produce during their next Exciting Writing lesson.

In maths, we looked at odd and even numbers. We did a whole class investigation to see whether it made a difference if the answer was odd or even. What were the two parts? Both even? Both even?  They used part whole models and Numicon to investigate. We have also been working on counting to 20 forwards and backwards.

On Friday, we wrapped up and put our wellies on to investigate the signs of Autumn for our science lesson. 

In English, we finished the book, 'How to Find Gold'. The children wrote a different ending to the story. Instead of burying the treasure again, we had lots of lovely ideas. Including: sharing the gold, making crowns, hiding it in a tree house and going on holiday! Someone even came up with the idea of making a gold snow angel. Next term, we will be sharing a book call Rapunzel but it is not the traditional tale!

I have set homework on EdShed and this will take the children up to the 7th November. They should continue to read. 

We have had a number of children submit their slips to allow them to take home a 100 read book. Please do return these after half term if you would like your child to take home a sharing book that they can choose. 

Have a lovely half term and thank you for your continued support. 

Week commencing 10th October 2022

This week we wrote postcards as Anna from, 'How to Find Gold'.  The children described the adventure that Anna had been on so far and they used capital letters and full stops in our sentences.

In maths we used part whole models to help us with addition.

In science we started to look at animals and classified them. 

History was very exciting because they worked out which weapon would be the best to attack the three different castles. 

The phonics sheet from this week is attached below. 

Week commencing 3rd October 2022

Well done! Our class got the most reads last week! 

The children really enjoyed our science lesson this week. Very enthusiastic while tasting the different food items!  

In history, the children looked at the different jobs in castles. I think most of them would prefer to be either the King or Queen!

In English, the children looked at characteristics of a person who could help Anna and the crocodile find gold.  We then looked at developing our sentences using adjectives to describe that character.

In maths, the chidren have been developing their understanding of greater and less than symbols and ordering numbers from smallest to greatest and greatest to smallest. We continue to use a range of practical equipment including Numicon.

I have attached a phonics sheet below which outlines the words and sounds from this week (week 4). Please do use this to go over these with your children at home. They are more likely to retain information by consistently going over what they have learnt. 

Please note that I have read comments in reading journals regarding phonics books. I will get back to you regarding these points and we can discuss this at parents evening. Thank you for your patience while we develop the use of Little Wandle. We have already seen an impact with their learning. A letter will be given out at parents evening for our '100 reads'. You will need to sign and return this so that children can take a book home for their additional sharing book.

If you would like to read more information about this, please follow the following link: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to seeing you at parents evenings. 

Miss McGee

Week Commencing 26th September 2022

What an amazing week! The children have continued to explore castles and they looked at the different parts of the three different types of castle.  

The children have been really enjoying maths this week. They played various maths games to enable them to understand part whole models. 

In English this week, the children wrote sentences to describe what a character could see underwater. 

In phonics, we revised phase 4. Please find below a useful sheet which you could use to go over what we have done in class.

Science was smelly this week! We used our sense of smell to decide if we liked a particular smell! Next week, we are focusing on taste. This means that the children will be sampling different food items. These will be: marshmallows, dark chocolate, lemon and radish. We will be looking for the children to recognise the following: marshmallow - sweet, lemon - sour, dark chocolate - bitter and radish - sour. Allergies and vegetarians (suitable alternatives will be provided) are noted but please do make me aware if you would not like your child to taste any of the above.

Week Commencing 19th September 2022

This week the children have continued to enjoy our book in English, 'How to Find Gold'. In groups the children designed treasure maps and then wrote directions. 

In maths, the children have been working on their number fluency using number tracks for counting objects.

In science the children have been investigating different senses.  They looked for different objects in the school grounds and then described them. 

The children continue to enjoy learning about castles. They should know that about the three different types of castles: Motte and Bailey, Stone Keep and Concentric castles. 

Please continue to read with the children at home. It is very important as reading enables them to access learning and progress their writing. We are continuing to change their books every morning. 

Phonics: we are continuing our revision for the next two weeks. 

Week Commencing 12th September 

Homework

Spelling shed will be set weekly for children in year 1 linked to the phonics they are learning.

Reading 

Included in children’s weekly homework is reading for at least 10 minutes, 5 nights a week (this can just be a few pages and doesn’t have to be a whole book). You need to complete their reading record each time they read. We would very much appreciate you listening to your child’s reading/discussing their book with them and request that you sign your child’s reading record book and, if possible, add a comment. This will really help your child to progress in reading and writing. We check reading records on a weekly basis to ensure children are reading regularly. Children will receive awards for reading 25, 50 and 75 times in a term.  Year 1  will be changing their reading books on a daily basis. Please can you make sure your child has their reading record in school every day. If you have any issues or difficulties reading with your child each day then please let us know.

Their book has been carefully matched to their current reading level. If they are reading it with little help, please don’t worry that it’s too easy – they need to develop fluency and confidence in reading.

Listen to them read the book. Remember to give them lots of praise – celebrate their success!

If they can’t read a word, read it to them. After they have finished, talk about the book together to further develop their comprehension!

As well as their reading books, it is important to share other books together.

The link below has some ideas for Year 1 books for shared reading.

Year 1 Reading List

Maths

Children should engage with the Numbots website on a weekly basis.

2021 - 2022

In PSHE this term we have been looking at Relationships, in particular friends. We have been learning about what makes a good friend and how to make new friends. We have also been thinking about what to do when we need help and who to ask for help.

After half term we will be learning about Changing Me. This will involve looking at life cycles, changes since being a baby, differences, growing and learning, coping with change and transition.

19.5.22

This is the video we have been using to learn the Makaton signs for the National Anthem ready for our Jubilee celebrations.

Makaton - GOD SAVE THE QUEEN (National Anthem) - Singing Hands & the Makaton Tutor Choir - YouTube

We have also been looking at evergreen and deciduous trees in science and outdoor learning. Look out for the leaf sheet coming home at the end of the week to help to identify trees when you are out on walks.

10.5.22

We have started to learn a song for the Queen's Jubilee. Sing, written by Gary Barlow.  Apparently it is one of her favourite songs!

Here is the link if you would like to practise at home.

https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=FElItXUgItw

SUMMER TERM 2022

Today, after playing detectives, the children found out that their topic for this term is At The Seaside, with a particular focus on Hunstanton. They used their senses to work out clues such as feeling shells in a feely bag, smelling lavender, listening to seagulls and the sounds of the waves, looking at pictures of the cliffs, and tasting sugary rock.

Updated link for RE this week - it has been brought to our attention that the link isn't working so here is the next link

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/why-did-moses-lead-the-israelites-out-of-egypt-cgu30d 

Please find below the links for afternoon learning and an outdoor learning grid with plenty of activities to keep you going for a few weeks.

Looking forward to seeing you later,

Miss King

Dear Cuckoo learners and carers,

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. 

As you know tomorrow will be the first day for our live, online lessons, so we thought that we would send you a timetable to help you get through the day (see below in 2 formats). Feel free to print out and stick on your fridge to remind you of what is happening. this timetable should be the same for every week that we are in lockdown.

A separate list of afternoon learning links will be posted tomorrow morning.

Please bear with us as there will undoubtedly be teething problems and technical issues as we all get to grips with this new way of learning.

Thank you,

Miss King

Thursday

English – Jack and the Beanstalk Lesson 2           

Maths – Shape and patterns - Lesson 2

Science – Materials Lesson 2

Geography – Seven Continents Lesson 2

Spelling Shed

20 minutes reading

Joe Wicks workout

Wednesday            

English – Jack and the Beanstalk Lesson 1 -https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/jack-and-the-beanstalk-created-story-characters-mood-problems-be6a

Maths – Shape and patterns - Lesson1 - https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/shape-and-patterns-8ccf

Science – Materials - Lesson 1 - https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/materials-de3f

Geography – Seven Continents - Lesson 1- https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/seven-continents-cf8c

Spelling Shed          20 minutes reading

Joe Wicks workout - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBodyCoachTV/playlists

Happy New Year Cuckoos :) 

As you know, 2021 is starting off a little differently, but I am really confident you can be super hero learners at home once again.

Here is our learning for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week.

You can let us know how you got on with your quiz scores on the class blogs, and ask us any questions on the blogs as well. 

Good luck, and have a great first 3 days .    

Miss King

21.7.20

Today is the last day of term! Well done for all of your fantastic hard work! We hope you have a great day doing lots of fun and creative activities https://www.diamondonline.uk/home. Have the best summer holiday!

20.7.20

On the website today, are some fun and creative activities for you to do. Go to the website https://www.diamondonline.uk/home to have a look at these. Well done for all your fantastic hard work whilst you have been at home! Have lots of fun!

17.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write a story.

Maths – Go on NumBots and TT Rockstars.

DT – To make a puppet.

Outside – How about the ‘Water Balloon Pinata’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

16.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write for a purpose.

Maths – To compare durations of time.

PSHE – To create a jar full of things you are looking forward to in the future.

Outside – How about the ‘Sports Day’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

15.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To use descriptive vocabulary.

Maths – To find durations of time.

Art & Design – To draw an observational drawing of a natural object.

Outside – How about the ‘Super Shoes’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

14.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To create and design magic shoes.

Maths – To tell the time in 15 minute intervals (quarter to and quarter past).

Topic – To know how significant people help us.

Outside – How about the ‘Art in the style of Van Gough’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

13.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words ending in ‘ee’ sound using the letter ‘y’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To discuss events in a story.

Maths – To tell the time to the hour and to half the hour.

Science – To explain the life cycle of a plant and what plants need to grow.

Outside – How about the ‘Water Xylophone’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

10.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the website to access your work for today https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Here is an outline of today’s learning activities: -

Phonics – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write a fact file.

Maths – Go on to NumBots or TTRockstars

DT – To design a puppet

Outside – How about the ‘Card Making’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a great day!

9.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To research a topic.

Maths – To name and describe 3D shapes.

PSHE – To understand how to keep ourselves safe.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Vegetable Superhero’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

8.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To describe a character.

Maths – To recognise the lines of symmetry in 2D shapes.

Art & Design – To create shadow art.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Rainbow Bubble Snakes’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

7.7.20

Good Morning! Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To create a character.

Maths – To describe and create shape patterns.

Topic – To know how significant people help us.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Shadow Drawing’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

6.7.20

We hope you all had a lovely weekend. Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘v’ sound using the letters ‘ve’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To answer questions about a text.

Maths – To identify shapes by the number of sides and vertices.

Science – To name, identify and explain the function of parts of a plant.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Bug Hotel’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

3.7.20

We hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. Go directly to the Diamond Online website to access the work. https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

 Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘ch’ sound using the letters ‘tch’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Write a story about a superhero.

Maths – Go onto NumBots or TT Rockstars.

Computing – To know how to keep safe online.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Mud’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a fantastic day!

2.7.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘ch’ sound using the letters ‘tch’

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To write an exciting story.

Maths – To rotate shapes.

PSHE – To know how to make healthy choices.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Giant Bubbles’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

1.7.20

https://www.diamondonline.uk/home

Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘ch’ sound using the letters ‘tch’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Gather ideas for writing.

Maths – To use the language of rotation.

Art & Design – To make insects using natural materials.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Kim’s Game’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a lovely day!

30.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘ch’ sound using the letters ‘tch’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To describe a character using adjectives.

Maths – To be able to give directions.

Topic – To research the life of a significant person.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Cloud Watching’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a lovely day!

29.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – To spell words with the ‘ch’ sound using the letters ‘tch’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To become familiar with a story.

Maths – To describe the position of an object.

Science – To name and identify common plants and trees.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Picture Making’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Have a lovely day!

26.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nouns.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Writing a fact file about lighthouses.

Maths – Go on Numbots or TT Rockstars.

Computing – To know what code and algorithms are.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Picnic lunch’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

25.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nouns.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –To research all about lighthouses.

Maths – Finding different combinations of coins that equal the same amount.

PSHE – Understanding how to stay safe at the seaside.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Seaside Scene’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

24.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nouns.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Writing instructions.

Maths – Recognising and knowing the value of coins.

Art & Design – Creating a textured landscape.

Outdoor – How about the ’Make some Binoculars’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

23.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nous.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Collect ideas for making a picnic lunch.

Maths – Using standard units to measure volume and capacity.

Topic – Compare seaside holidays from the past with ones of today.

Outdoor – How about the ’10 Green Bottles’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

22.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Rules for plural nous.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Answering questions about a text.

Maths – Compare and order volume and capacity.

Science – Plastic pollution.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Snails’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

19.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Writing a story.

Maths – Go onto Numbots or TT Rockstars.

Music – Making music from everyday objects.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Sensory Ice Play’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

18.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English –Retelling part of a story.

Maths – Ordering and comparing mass/weight.

PSHE: Relationships

Outdoor – How about the ‘Camping’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

17.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Planning the retell of the ending of the story.

Maths – Estimate and measure in mass/weight.

Art & Design: Texture hunt.

Outdoor – How about the ‘Making a Paintbrush’ activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

16.6.20

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Good Morning! Go straight to the website to access the work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Book Review.

Maths – Ordering and comparing lengths and height.

Geography: Features of a coastline.

Outdoor – How about the Ruler of the Garden activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

15.6.20

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Good Morning! We hope you all had a great weekend! Go straight to the website to access your work. Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – adding the suffixes ‘ed’ and ‘ing’.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Becoming familiar with a new story.

Maths – Estimating and measuring length and height.

Science: Designing and making a boat that will float.

Outdoor – How about the Garden Pictures activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a lovely day!

12.6.20

Good Morning! Here is an outline of your activities for today:-

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Use descriptive language in a story.

Maths – Go onto Numbots or TT Rockstars

PSE: Listening and responding to music.

Outdoor – How about the Pebble Toss activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Please remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! Have a fantastic day and have a lovely weekend!

11.6.20

We hope you all had a great day yesterday. Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To write facts based on research.

Maths – Writing numbers in numerals and words.

PSE: To talk confidently about talents.

Outdoor – How about the Instruments activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a fantastic day!

10.6.20

We hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. Here is an outline of today’s work.

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – To research a chosen topic.

Maths – Following number sequences.

Art – Investigating colour.

Outdoor – How about the Tree Leaves activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a fantastic day!

9.6.20

We hope you all had a great day yesterday and enjoyed the learning using the online website. Here is an outline of today’s work. Take your time using the website as this is a different way of learning.

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading.

English – Using descriptive language to describe a beach.

Maths – Ordering objects and numbers to 100.

History – Comparing past and present beaches.

Outdoor – How about the Stone Keeper activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a fantastic day!

8.6.20

We hope you all had a fantastic weekend! This week, you will be carrying out your learning using the work set on the ‘Diamond Online’. There are two options for how you can access the work for this week. There is the digital newsletter, which has been uploaded up onto the class pages, or you can now start to use the website which has gone live for Year 1 and 2 this week. Here is the link https://www.diamondonline.uk/home. You will need to click on the ‘Learning’ tab on the left of the website to access your work. Using the website may take some getting use to! Please take your time and have an explore of it with an adult. The digital newsletter is there for you this week if you feel using the website is a little tricky. If you click on the ‘How to use the Online School’ tab on the left, there are videos to help show you how it all works, and you can watch these with an adult. Here is an outline of the work for today: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – Answering questions about the story.

Maths – Comparing objects and numbers to 100.

Science- Identifying properties of materials

Outdoor – How about the Natural Rubbings Activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

8.6.20

We hope you all had a fantastic weekend! This week, you will be carrying out your learning using the work set on the ‘Diamond Online’. There are two options for how you can access the work for this week. There is the digital newsletter, which has been uploaded up onto the class pages, or you can now start to use the website which has gone live for Year 1 and 2 this week. Here is the link https://www.diamondonline.uk/home. You will need to click on the ‘Learning’ tab on the left of the website to access your work. Using the website may take some getting use to! Please take your time and have an explore of it with an adult. The digital newsletter is there for you this week if you feel using the website is a little tricky. If you click on the ‘How to use the Online School’ tab on the left, there are videos to help show you how it all works, and you can watch these with an adult. Here is an outline of the work for today: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ee’ alternative sound.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – Answering questions about the story.

Maths – Comparing objects and numbers to 100.

Science- Identifying properties of materials

Outdoor – How about the Natural Rubbings Activity? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

5.6.20

Good Morning! We hope you had a lovely day yesterday!

Here is an outline of today’s work for the Diamond Online digital newsletter: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – Writing your own story about a mermaid.

Maths – Go on Numbots or TT Rockstars

Music- Make an instrument ready for next week’s assembly. If you have already made one, you could practise playing it.

Outdoor – How about making a minibeast hunt? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day  and enjoy the weekend!

4.6.20

Good Morning! We hope you had a lovely day yesterday!

Here is an outline of today’s work for the Diamond Online digital newsletter: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – Writing a description about the mermaid you drew yesterday.

Maths – Focusing on 1 more or 1 less

PSE- drawing a picture about a time you have found something tricky and worked at worked hard at trying to overcome it.

Outdoor – How about making a kite? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

3.6.20

Good Morning! We hope you had a lovely day yesterday!

Here is an outline of today’s work for the Diamond Online digital newsletter: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – You will be drawing a picture of the mermaid and using exciting vocabulary to describe her.

Maths – Focusing on tens and ones using addition.

Art  - mark making

Outdoor – How about making a stone tower? Or pick whichever activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

2.6.20

Good Morning! We hope you had a lovely day yesterday!

Here is an outline of today’s work for the Diamond Online digital newsletter: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – You will continue to look at the book ‘The Singing Mermaid’ and writing some questions that you would like to ask. What do you need to remember when writing questions?

Maths – You will be looking at the value of a 2-digit number.

Geography  - Looking at the human and physical features of a beach.

Outdoor - How about making a collage with garden materials? Or pick whichever outdoor activity you like!

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog. Have a great day!

Good Morning Cuckoos!

We hope you have all had a lovely half term! The Diamond Online digital newsletter is above this post. It contains a series of lessons each day. Towards the bottom of the newsletter, there are additional activities that can be done during the week which include an assembly link and a link to Springwatch live wildlife cam! 

Please refer to the Diamond digital newsletter for today’s work. Here is an outline of today’s work: -

Spelling – Focusing on the ‘ai’ alternative sound. Follow the link on the newsletter.

Reading – 20 minutes of reading

English – You will be looking at a lovely book called ‘The Singing Mermaid’ by Julia Donaldson (link on the newsletter). As you are listening to the story, think about what your favourite part is.

Maths – Focusing on place value of numbers. What could you draw to help you?

Science  - looking at different materials that you can find around your house. Think about their names and the different ways you could group these materials.

Outdoor activity - How about playing a game of noughts and crosses using sticks and stones? Or pick whichever outdoor activity you like! 

Remember to share what you have been doing on the blog! As many of the Class Teachers are now in school, they may not be able to respond straight away to your blog posts, but they will do as soon as they can. 

Friday 22nd May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 5 

Indoor Activity - Activity 5 – Write 5 questions 

Outdoor Activity – Activity 5 – Blindfold safari 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.   

Thursday 21st May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 4 

Indoor Activity - Activity 4 – How many ways can you make and show the number 16? 

Outdoor Activity – Activity 4 – Ball run challenge 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Topic - Introduction to Grace Darling Video  

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/modules/t2_music_search/dynamics/video_grace_inv.html?source=search-all-all-all-all&source-keywords=Grace%20Darling 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Wednesday 20th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 3 

Indoor Activity- Activity 3 – Design your own Joe Wicks workout 

Outdoor Activity - Activity 3 – Create an obstacle course 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Vocabulary Ninja - compass – Draw a picture of a compass (2) 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.   

Tuesday 19th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 2 

Indoor Activity - Activity 2 – Write an acrostic poem 

Outdoor Activity- Activity 2 – Cardboard foot 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Good Morning. Please find attached a suggested set of activities for the day. If you would prefer to choose your own, then this is fine. Please find the following documents above: Vocabulary Ninja, Maths and Spelling Activities and Indoor and Outdoor Activity Home Learning Grids. Please share what you have been up to on the blog. 

Monday 18th May 2020 

Reading - 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes 

White Rose – Summer Week 3 (w/c 4th May)- Day 1 

Indoor Activity - Activity 1 – Write a fact sheet about an animal 

Outdoor Activity - Activity 1 – Observational drawing 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Vocabulary Ninja- compass – write a sentence using this word (1) 

Friday 15th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 5 

 Indoor Activity - Activity 9 or 10 – Hot seating or create your own game 

Outdoor Activity – Activity 9 or 10 – Ice escape or shadow pictures 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.   

Thursday 14th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 4 

 Indoor Activity - Activity 8 – Indoor camping 

Outdoor Activity- Activity 8 – Create your own museum of natural treasures 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Topic - Lucy and Tom at the Seaside story https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/video/item1070591/grade1/module1067404/index.html 

Activity to go with Lucy and Tom at the Seaside https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item325027/grade1/module1067404/index.html 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.   

Wednesday 13th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 3 

 Indoor Activity - Activity 7 – Learn your full name, your birthday and your address 

Outdoor Activity – Activity – Magic wands 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Vocabulary Ninja- erosion – Draw a picture to represent the word erosion (2) 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.   

Tuesday 12th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 2 

 Indoor Activity - Activity 6 – Make your own musical instrument 

Outdoor Activity- Activity 6 – Build a mini den for a bear 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.   

Monday 11th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 2 (w/c 27th April) - Day 1 

Indoor Activity- Activity 5 – Write a story 

Outdoor Activity- Activity 5 – Mini beast hunt 

Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Vocabulary Ninja- erosion – write a sentence using this word (1) 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Thursday 7th May 2020 - The final set of activities for the week.

Reading- 10 minutes of reading
Spelling Shed – 15 minutes
Numbots/ Maths Shed - 30 minutes
White Rose Maths - Summer Week 1 (w/c 20th April) - Day 3
Indoor Activity - Activity 4 – How many ways can you make and show the number 12?
Outdoor Activity – Activity 4 – What’s this critter thinking?
Letter join - Spend 15 minutes on letter join.
Topic - Beach Vocabulary https://central.espresso.co.uk/…/item1067…/grade1/index.html
Activity to go with Beach Vocabulary https://central.espresso.co.uk/…/g…/module1067404/index.html

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.

Enjoy VE Day however you choose to spend it!

Wednesday 6th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/ Maths Shed  - 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 1 (w/c 20th April) - Day 3 

Indoor Activity- Activity 3 – Design your own perfect cupcake 

Outdoor Activity - Activity 3 – Outdoor masterpieces  

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Vocabulary Ninja - pier – Draw a picture of a pier (2) 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog.   

Tuesday 5th May 2020 

Reading- 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes 

White Rose Maths - Summer Week 1 (w/c 20th April) - Day 2 

Indoor Activity - Activity 2 - Seasons 

Outdoor Activity- Activity 2 – Explore and make a map 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Good Morning. Please find attached a suggested set of activities for the day. If you would prefer to choose your own, then this is fine. Please find the following documents above: Vocabulary Ninja, Maths and Spelling Activities and Indoor and Outdoor Activity Home Learning Grids. Please share what you have been up to on the blog. 

Monday 4th May 2020 

Reading - 10 minutes of reading 

Spelling Shed – 15 minutes 

Numbots/Maths Shed – 30 minutes 

White Rose – Summer Week 1 (w/c 20th April) - Day 1 

Indoor Activity - Activity 1 – Create your own animal 

Outdoor Activity - Activity 1 – Sensory and texture walk 

Letter join- Spend 15 minutes on letter join. 

Vocabulary Ninja- pier – write a sentence using this word (1)

Monday 27th April

Good Morning! We hope that you’ve had a good weekend and enjoyed the sunny weather.

The activity sheets remain the same as last week. You may continue to choose one activity from each section if you wish to. Why don’t you have a look at, ‘The Beach – Magic Grandad,’ to discover more about the Seaside. Please keep sharing what you have been up to on the blog. We love to see this.

If you are practising your handwriting please take a look at the Letterjoin website to make sure you are forming your letters correctly and remember in Year 1 we don't join our letters.

The website is https://www.letterjoin.co.uk/ 

user name: roundhouse_2 

password: letterjoin

Wednesday 22nd April

Good Morning Cuckoo Parents! We hope you’ve enjoyed the activities so far this week! Thank you for sharing on the blog what you have been up to. You can continue with the same structure for your child, as outlined on Monday, if this is working for your child. If you would like, you can continue your trip to the Seaside and take a look at, ‘Seaside Entertainment – Magic Grandad.’ Please keep sharing on the blog! We love to see what you have been doing. Hope you all have a lovely day. Remember to have a look at our YouTube channel - The Round House Storytellers. Stay safe. Miss King :D

Monday 20th April

Good Morning! We hope that you all had a lovely Easter break. Please have a look at the Maths and Spelling Activities Monday 20th April to Friday 1st May task sheet as well as the indoor and outdoor learning activities (posted above). If you want some structure for your child, then you can choose one task per day from the indoor and outdoor activity sheets as well as completing one Maths activity and one phonics activity. There are also some topic introduction links. If you would like, have a look at the first link to start the Seaside topic ‘Barnaby Goes to the Seaside’ We would love to see what you have been doing so please share what you have been up to on the blog. If you are not able to access Numbots, please let your class teacher know. This is a fantastic resource for the children to use independently.

Wednesday 1st April

Today is Reward Day

Congratulations on your Spring Term full of learning, fabulous behaviour and hard work ...  both at school and at home.  

We are incredibly proud of you and your families.

Today is a day filled with some magic and fun .... enjoy !!

Magician Nick Barnes has recorded a special magic show to watch while we are staying safe at home ... Here it is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLaQCNB8J9o

If you want to learn some fun magic tricks to perform for your family ... here are some ideas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2tDK9wfCYs

Have the best day! Lots of love

Miss King :D

Date - Tuesday 31st March 

Good Morning!  

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 

Spelling Shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task. 

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled ’Nouns’ 

Practice reading and writing your word walls. 

Maths - Adding and subtraction up to 10 -https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item742676/grade1/module736870/index.html 

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes. 

Please have a look through your Knowledge Organisers and write down some facts about Neil Armstrong. Try to make it look exciting – can you add pictures around your facts? 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. Let us know how you are getting with Numbots. 

Miss King and Mrs Gregorious 

Date - Monday 30th March  

Good Morning!  

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 

Spelling Shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task. 

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet entitled ‘Add the Capital Letters 2’. 

Practice reading and writing your word walls. 

Maths - Unknown numbers up to 10 -https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item742669/grade1/module736870/index.html 

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes. 

We have set another Kahoot quiz for you to do, this time it’s about Christopher Columbus. Follow the link below or got to Kahoot and use the code 0144146 

https://kahoot.it/challenge/0144146?challenge-id=6f1637e2-488c-40dd-b56d-67ae37a499c2_1585493841634 

This week the Art in The Windows theme is the sunshine so if you get a moment for some art try to create a beautiful sun to put with your rainbow in your window. Try to use different materials if you can. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog, remember not to post photos with you in them, we may not be able to approve them. 

Finally, a message from Mr Hall -  

I have set up usernames and passwords for TT Rockstars and Numbots for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. They are the same for both apps.  

Their username is the first 2 letters of their forename and the first 2 letters of their surname. eg. Joe Bloggs username is 'jobl' 

Password: abc 

Year 1 - Encourage children to play Numbots on this website  https://play.ttrockstars.com/numbots/dashboard 

Any questions we are checking our emails and Facebook every day.  

Thanks, 

Miss King and Mrs Gregorious 

Date – Friday 27th March 

Good Morning!  

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 

Spelling Shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task. 

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled Crossword Puzzles. 

Practice reading and writing your word walls. 

Maths - Addition facts up to 20 - https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item742161/grade1/module736870/index.html 

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes. 

Please have a look through your Knowledge Organisers and design a poster about the life of Sir Robert Falcon Scott. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth 

Date – Thursday 26th March 2020

Good Morning!

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes

Spelling shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task 

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled Add the Capital Letters: 1

Practice reading and writing your first word wall. Can you write 5 sentences using different words from your word wall? Remember your capital letters and full stops.

Maths - More than, less than - https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item454466/grade1/module736870/index.html

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes.

How many star jumps can you do in 30 seconds? How many times can you write your name in 30 seconds? How many times can you jump up and down in 30 seconds?

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on your blog.

Love Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth

Date – Wednesday 25th April 

Good Morning!  Happy Wednesday. I hope the sun stays shining for us - make the most of it and get yourself outside for some fun today!

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 

Spelling shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task - Phonics Phase 4 CVCC words using Phase 3 graphemes 

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet starting at ‘their’ and finishing with ‘into’. 

Practice reading and writing your word wall 1 and write sentences using 5 of the words. 

Maths - Lotto addition and subtraction to 10 - https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item470659/grade1/module736870/index.html 

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes. 

As an extra challenge try the Kahoot quiz on Amelia Earhart. Follow the link below or go to https://kahoot.com/ and select PLAY from the top right corner, you will then be prompted for a code - 0266614   

https://kahoot.it/challenge/0266614?challenge-id=6f1637e2-488c-40dd-b56d-67ae37a499c2_1585051837274 

We are hoping to do more of these if it works – you have until Friday evening to take part in this challenge! 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth 

Date – Tuesday 24th March  

Good Morning! Hope that you are all well.

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes. 

Spelling shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task. Phonics phase 4 CVCC words. 

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled high frequency words starting with ‘be’ ending with ‘which 

Maths - Darts total to 20 - https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item464849/grade1/module736870/index.html 

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes. 

Please have a look through your knowledge organisers and write 5 facts about Christopher Columbus. 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on the blog. 

Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth 

Date – Monday 23rd March 2020 

Good Morning! Happy Monday. Hope you enjoy your first day at home.  

Reading – Please ensure that you are reading for 20 – 30 minutes 

Spelling shed – Please go onto your spelling shed and complete the set daily task - Phonics Phase 4 CVCC words 

Handwriting – Please complete the sheet titled High Frequency Words starting with ‘the’ ending with ‘at’ 

Practice reading and writing your first word wall. Can you write 5 sentences using different words from your word wall? Remember your capital letters and full stops. 

Maths - Using Mathematical Symbols -  https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/activity/item742131/grade1/module736870/index.html 

Maths Shed – Enjoy playing for 30 minutes. 

Can you create your own rainbow and display it in your windows at home for others to see. Remember to use your colour mixing skills if you are painting to make different colours. Try and create your rainbow using different materials. Have fun! 

We look forward to seeing your completed tasks. Please share what you have been doing on your blog. We are looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations around Loves Farm!  

Love Miss King, Mrs Gregorious, Miss Cooper and Miss Blyth 

Welcome to Cuckoo class - it is a great place to be!

P.E days are Monday so please make sure children have their P.E kits in school and earrings are removed.

Homework will go home on a Thursday and needs to be handed in the following Tuesday.

Cuckoos have been incredible readers so far so please keep up the hard work and keep reading for 10 mins at home every day. Magazines, recipes, game manuals, signs, cereal boxes and many more are ALL still reading!

Cuckoo class have been working very hard. Last week we had a great week. In English the children have explored the setting of underwater. They labelled the nouns and used adjectives to describe what they could see and feel. They then wrote these up into sentences.They have been writing some fantastic sentences and I have been very impressed!

In Maths, the children have been continuing to explore numbers and how to use a number line. They really enjoyed using the numicon to show numbers that are greater than or less than and drawing the symbols on the table.

In Science, we have continued to explore our senses, focusing on hearing and smelling. The children smelt different pots and had to work out what was in each pot. Some of the smells were more pleasant than others!

 In English, the children have started looking at the story, ‘How to Find Gold.’ We read the first page and thought about the characters Anna and Crocodile. The children came up with some fantastic adjectives to describe their appearance and personality and then they wrote these into sentences. Some children were even able to write a sentence with two adjectives in separated by a comma!

In Maths, the children have been thinking about the sequencing of numbers. The children have looked at different representations and filled in missing numbers.

Our first science lesson took us on a exploration of the human body. We thought about our external body parts, where they are located and what they are used for. This has led us nicely to next weeks lesson where we will start to further explore our 5 senses.

P.E continues to be on Monday afternoon.

Year 1 have been working really hard over the past few weeks. In English we have been using 'The Way Back Home.' The children have been using this book to write their own story based on what happens within this text. We have been looking at including similes in our writing as well as thinking carefully about the vocabulary we are using to make sure we are writing effective sentences. The children have all been writing some fantastic sentences and I have been very impressed.

In Maths, we have been learning all about money. The children have been learning about the different coins and how much each is worth. They have then also been making different amount using the different coins.

In Science, the children are learning all about plants. We set up an experiment to see where plants grow best. The children used what they have learnt about what plants need in order to grow to set up their own experiments. They had to think carefully about where they wanted their plants to be in order to test how they grow best - with/without sunlight, with/without water and with/without soil. The children then predicted what they thought would happen. We are looking forward to finding out the results!

In English, the children have finished their book ‘How to find Gold.’ We discussed our favourite parts of the story and wrote them down on strips of paper. We then used these to create poems as a group.

In Maths, the children have been continuing their learning about place value. The children have been looking at ordering and comparing numbers using greater than, less than and equal too. They were applying this new maths vocabulary in solving some problems.

 In Science, we have continued our topic of Seasonal change. The children were looking at how animals adapt in different seasons. They were learning about which animals hibernate.

W/B 15/10/18

First we must apologise for not keeping you up to date - sometimes we just run out of time!
We have been very busy over the last few weeks. We have been making numbers using objects and representing numbers on bead strings. Then we used our whole-part models to show number sentences. We used the Mighty Writer to help us compose sentences that we then attempted to write. We also had an Art Day with Mr Cornell where we learnt about colour mixing and sketching.
This week we have been making numbers outside with Blackbird Class.

What a fantastic start to Year 1. The children in Cuckoo class have been working really hard so far this term. In Maths, we have been looking at different numbers and how they are made up. The children have been using practical resources to support their learning. In English, we have been reading 'Aliens love Underpants,' the children have been writing their own sentences about the story and dramatising different sections. 

Our topic this term is Castles. The children are thoroughly enjoying learning all about the different features of a castle, finding out about artefacts and much more in our ICE zone.

W/B 25/09/17 We have had another busy week in Cuckoos!
 In English we have focused on describing the different settings and characters in our book and used these amazing adjectives in sentences. This links nicely to our new challenge whereby everyday we are learning a new interesting word which the children have to try and use in their work! If they have mentioned to you about becomming 'Vocabulary Ninjas' this is what they mean. We think it's an exciting and motivating way for children to develop their knowledge and use of vocabulary.
In Maths we have continued learning about Place Value and how a number is made from tens and ones, whether a number has 1 or 2 digits and the value of these digits. We have used resources such as dienes and cubes to support this learning.
In Science we are continuing our Senses topic and focused on sight. This included learning about and labelling an eye and discussing how some people cannot see. We carried out an activity whereby one child was blindfolded and another had to support them walk around the room. We also did some number writing on the playground whilst blindfolded and compared it to our number formation when we can see. The children discussed actually how it was difficult to do tasks without being able to see and how our sight is one of our key senses.

Photos will follow tomorrow but I accidently left my camera at school!

I just want to say a huge thank you for continuing to read daily with your children. Just 10 minutes a day everyday develops their fluency and improves their reading ability overall.

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are looking forward to another fun filled week of learning! 😁

Cuckoo Class have had a brilliant first week. We have enjoyed two science experiments using coca cola and mentos to create a huge explosion! We also used milk, food colouring and fairy liquid to create colour patterns. We had an exciting maths session creating number bond paper chains and have started to explore facts about Wales for our Ice Zone work. Cuckoo Class enjoyed meeting Forest Ian and his owl, collecting lots of different leaves. It was very exciting to make tree clay faces and learn exciting facts about the owl. We finished the week by decorating biscuits and even mixing our own icing!

Fantastic work this week in Cuckoo Class. Writing sentences and exploring fractions! Also trying to remember the order of the months of the year!
Today was the busiest day of the week with Children in Need day and a visit from Wood Green as well. Wood Green came to talk to us about looking after our pets and some of us even stroked a mouse.
Chloe was really happy to win the Teddy Bear Competition.

Well Cuckoo Class have had a busy week - still finding out about those underpant stealing aliens but this time they are saving the world from a meteorite. The children decided that they weren't saving us just their supply of underpants. 

In Maths we have been ordering numbers and finding out about 1 more and 1 less. We used numicon to represent the numbers as well. We have also been using underpants to create our own addition and subtraction problems.

Welcome back to all the new Cuckoo's. 

We have already been working hard learning about rainbows and colour mixing, and deciding who we would be if we were characters from The Wizard of Oz.

Today the children had their first chance to visit the ICE zones and were really excited to see the Explorers theme. Every child will visit the ICE zone at least once a day, often twice, and will learn about geography, history, RE, art and music, along with the chance to use the outside area.

Please remember our PE days are currently Tuesday for Dance and Friday for Outdoor Games. All earrings must be removed for PE. We are also taking part in the 'One Mile Walk Challenge' everyday. 

Since half term we have had great fun in Cuckoo Class. We have started learning all about Africa in Literacy and in the ICE Zone. In the ICE zone we are currently on safari in Tanzania on the African Savanna.

In Literacy we are reading 'Lila and the Secret of Rain' which is about a little girl who lives in Kenya. Lila wishes it would rain because it has been so hot and dry. Ask your children to tell you what happens.

In Maths we have used the outside area to create Block Graphswith our favourite colours. We have also been learning all about fractions. We made 'pizza' and shared the pepperoni slices equally into halves and quarters; some of us even tried thirds. Then we tried working out fractions of food to feed wild animals; some of us tried to work out eighths and what three quarters would be.

We have had another busy week in Cuckoo Class.

In Maths we have been exploring place value and ordering numbers. We made 2-digit numbers and identified the tens and units in each one; some of us even made 3-digit numbers and identified the hundreds.
In Science we have begun to look at flight and to investigate what can and what can't fly. We also thought about why things can fly.
In Literacy we are looking at non-fiction texts, focusing on '10 Things I can do to help my world'. The children have been thinking about different ways to look after the planet and how they can save water and energy. If they come home and ask you to turn off the lights and taps you will know why!

What a busy half term we have had in cuckoo class!
In Literacy we have read the story of the 3 litle pigs and looked at different versions, including The Three Horrid Little Pigs. We wrote our own versions of the stories and letters to the wolf from the pigs and then his replies.
In Maths we have been learning about Money, Weight and also begun to look at Time. Please encourage your child to look at the clocks at home, especiallywhen it is o'clock and half past, to reinforce what they already know.
In Science we have been working on everyday materials, learning about man made and natural, suitability for building houses and finally some floating and sinking. Floating and sinking is great to try out in the bath.
Hope you all have a lovely half term.

Welcome back to all  of cuckoo class - I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break. Thank you for all the lovely Christmas presents I received, I felt very lucky.

We had an excellent week last week learning all about our new topic, Castles. It has already captured the imagination of some children.

We are all looking forward to having some fun with the topic starting on Tuesday with our History off the Page castles day on Tuesday. I look forward to seeing all your fantastic mediaeval costumes.

P.E. This term will be on Monday and Wednesday.

Cuckoo (Y1) Week ending 12th December:

It has been a busy week for Cuckoo class. We have taken part in the KS1 nativity of The Grumpy Sheep. All the children worked really hard at their star dance and looked really beautiful, remembering when to stand and what to do.

In Literacy we have looked at Aliens Love Panta Claus and children have generated story maps to help retell the story, making possible changes for our upcoming writing week. As Christmas is getting closer, we all made elf hats for our Christmas Lunch, which was a great event and all the children loved the meal.

Next week is the final week of term. We would like you to check the cloakroom for any missing clothes, and to ensure that our cloakrooms and classes are clear of personal items (e.g. coats, hats, scarves, PE kits) to ensure that nothing gets lost or misplaced for the new year.

Welcome to Cuckoo Class - Year 1 at Round House School.

Our teacher is Mrs McDonnell. Every week, we will write something about our class to share with you what we have been learning about in school.

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11th July

Children enjoyed our music lesson this week and were able to create their own tunes to accompany a scene.

In literacy we continued our work on our poetry unit and children were able to write some great alliterations.

In numeracy we continued investigating 3-D shapes and are moving on to data handling.

Children have also been practicing for our sports day and are really looking forward to taking part in it on Friday.

4th July

This week in numeracy the children have been naming 3-D shapes and investigating their properties. We determined how many edges, faces and vertices each shape had and children used these to describe the shapes.

In literacy we started our ‘Poetry on a Theme’ unit of work. Our focus is on the seaside and the children created beautiful sandcastle pictures which they then covered with amazing adjectives and fabulous similes. We also looked at Acrostic poems and the children wrote their own poems for ‘Shells’, ‘Driftwood’, ‘Sea’ and ‘Beach’.   Below is an example of some of their great ideas.

Driftwood

Dead wood, long and stripy

Ruff and heavy, bumpy and pointy

I love walking on it

Full of holes

Touch it, pick it

Wavy and curvy

Over the waves it floats

On the stones it lays

Drifting away on the vast sea it goes

Children also had a special Tennis session which they enjoyed very much. We had some great servers and children were encouraged to try and keep the volley going. 

27th June

Children in Cuckoo class have been busy this week planning and writing their recounts. They sequenced the events, used ordinal words and came up with some fantastic adjectives to describe their experiences.

In numeracy children continued to apply their mathematical knowledge to solve additions of single digit numbers to 2-digit numbers.

In science we continued to investigate sound and the different ways we use it. Children decided what sounds give us pleasure such as music; information such as news read on the radio; or warning such as a fire alarm.

20th June

This week in numeracy children applied their mathematical knowledge to problem-solve. They used additions, subtractions, doubling, having and data handling to produce accurate answers to some tricky questions.

In literacy we continued our work on our recounts. Children read different recounts and identified key features such as the use of past tense and ordinal words. They also practiced the use of past tense by changing sentences from present to past tense. 

In science we listened to more sounds and children had to guess the scenario for an audio clip. They then used their vocals and other sounds created with their hands and feet to produce sounds for the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We had stamping feet, clapping hands, whooshing and cricking sounds, scrapping sounds and lots more.

13th June

In numeracy children have been working on finding the difference, doubling and halving numbers to 10 and subtracting 1-digit number from a 2-digit numbers. 

In literacy we have now begun working on our recounts of our trip to Hunstanton. Children sequenced photos from our trip and acted out the various activities. We thought of some great adjectives to describe what we did and used ordinal words.

In science we have begun our new unit of Sound and Hearing. Children went on a sound hunt around the school and were able to find many sounds such as tweeting birds and ringing phones. We also explored different musical instruments and children were able to make their own tunes.

6th June

This week in numeracy we focused on doubling and halving numbers and finding the difference by counting on. In Literacy we started looking at the seaside in preparation for our trip on Friday. We read the story of Billy’s Bucket and children were able to use their fantastic imagination to produce some great ideas of what was in their buckets. We also researched facts about the seaside using books and the internet. These were used to produce leaflets. Our science focus this half term is on Sound and Hearing. This week children were introduced to the topic and they were able to identify many sounds in their environment as we went on a sound hunt.

23rd May

This week in literacy children wrote their non-fiction information page on their chosen sea animal and compiled it into a non-fiction book adding contents, Index and Glossary pages. In numeracy we have been finding number facts to numbers to 10 and also investigation inverse operations.  In science we carried on with our investigation on what plants need to grow.  In addition searched our school grounds for different types of plants and tried to identify them.

16th May

This week in literacy the children have chosen a specific sea creature that they want to find information about. They have written questions about their habitats, appearance and diet; making sure they use the correct punctuation. They then looked in non-fiction books and on the internet to find the answers to their questions and collated these on a mind map. In numeracy this week we have been looking at adding and subtracting 10 and ordering two digit numbers from the smallest to the largest. In science the children reviewed the progress of our experiment from last week and also planted some cress and mustard seeds.

9th May

This week in literacy we continued our work on Information Text. We discussed features of non-fiction books and the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Children were able to locate headings, sub-headings and captions and we discussed how the layout supports us as readers. Children were also able to located contents, glossary and index pages and we discussed their purpose.

In numeracy our focus is on understanding numbers and calculating. This week we looked at subtraction and how we can use number lines to count back to find the answers. We also ordered numbers and investigated patterns.

In science we are conducting an experiment to determine what plants need to grow. Children planted sunflower seeds in different conditions to find out whether plants need air, light, water and soil to grow or could they still grow without one of these. Children also predicted what the results will be. In the next few weeks we will monitor our plant and record our results.

1st May

This week in literacy we started our new unit of work ‘Information Texts’. We have begun to look at the Galapagos Islands and some of the wonderful animals that live there.  We read the story ‘We’re sailing to the Galapagos’ which introduces the various animals and children were able to list those and order them using ordinal words such as first, next and after.

In numeracy our focus is on data handling. Children identified odd and even numbers and were able to sort those into Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams.

Our science focus is growing plant. Children looked at various types of plants this week. They drew them and labelled their parts. We also began to discuss the purpose various parts of the plant have such as for example, the roots which secure the plant in the ground and transfer water from the soil.

4th April

This week in literacy we planned and wrote our own traditional tales. First children plotted the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ along a story journey template as they drew key event of the story. They then made changes to characters and added sentence openers and adjectives to help them with their story writing. Children used these wonderful plans to write their own fantastic versions of the story. Well done Cuckoos!

In numeracy we looked at doubles to 10 and how we can record these as additions. Some children were also able to look at the inverse operation and found halves.

28th March

We had a lovely morning on Tuesday walking to St Mary’s Church in town. Father Paul talked to us about the history and features of the church. He also gave us the opportunity to look around and sketch different parts of the church, Including the stained glass windows, Poppy heads, font etc.
In Literacy the children have written a wanted poster for ‘Jack’ in ‘Jack and the beanstalk’. Thinking about different adjectives, connectives and punctuation they can use to make it more interesting.

21st March

This week in literacy we continued with our focus on traditional tales. We read the story of Jack and The Beanstalk and children had opportunities to retell the story with actions.  We further investigated key features such as common sentence openers, characters that are good and ones that are bad and children had to decide who their favourite character was and give reasons.

In numeracy children were exploring different coins and their value. They were then asked to use the coins to pay for variously priced items encouraging them to find different ways of making the same amounts.

14th March

What a busy week we had! In literacy children planned and wrote their recount. We also began our new unit of work ‘Traditional Tales’. In the next few weeks we will be reading a range of traditional tales and investigating key features.

In numeracy we focused on describing simple patterns and relationships involving numbers or shapes. Children were able to create patterns using shapes, beads and dominoes and were able to discuss these.

In science we continued to investigate forces and children were able to explore pushes and pulls using hoops, balls, skipping ropes and the trim-trail. They recorded their findings identifying the forces used and used arrows to show the direction of the forces.

7th March

This week we continued our work on A Diary of a Wombat. Children were able to describe the naughty things the Wombat does to get carrots and generated lots of great adjectives. We talk about the way the text was organised into days of the week and also how each day was further sectioned into morning, afternoon, evening and night; giving us a chronological recount of the events that took place.  

In numeracy we have been busy describing shape properties such as straight or curved sides and number of corners. Some children were also able to sort shapes to given criteria as well as think of their own criteria to sort them out.

In science our term focus is on forces and this week we began looking at pushes and pulls.

28th February

Welcome back Cuckoos. I hope you had a great half term break.

This week we began our new unit of work ‘Recounts and diaries’. We read the story ‘Diary of a Wombat’ and children were able to describe the Wombat and began to discuss the structure of the book. Some children were also able to take on the role of the Wombat as they wrote a ‘Wombat dream’.  

In Numeracy the focus is on partitioning numbers into tens and units. We are using numicon and dines to give children a clear idea of place value.

We also had a chance to visit the Book Fair. Children were very excited to see all the books.

14th February

Yet again a fantastic week in Cuckoo class! This week we had amazing mathematicians in our class as children were busy solving various problems ranging from simple addition and subtraction sentences to word problems. They also had lots of opportunities for independent writing and we had some fantastic beginnings to some promising stories.

10th February 

A big thank you to all the parents who were able to come and visit our Ice Zone. The children do love it and learn so much as they engross themselves in the different activities.

7th February

Another fantastic week Cuckoos! This week in literacy the children have written their own stories, based on ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’. They planned their stories into beginning middle and generated some great vocabulary to support their story writing. They were then able to use some fantastic sentence openers, exciting adjectives and extended their sentences using connectives.  We now have some brilliant stories which include elephants, lions crocodiles and many other animals coming to tea. In numeracy we have been looking at our number bonds to 10 and some children found some number bonds to 20. In science we looked at materials and their suitability to make different objects in relation to their properties.

Well done to all the children climbing up our book worm! It’s great to see so many of you are reading at home at list four times a week. Keep it up. 

31th January

In numeracy this week we have continued to look at subtraction, we have used number lines to help us subtract two digit numbers. Some children were able to subtract two digit numbers from two digit numbers and solve word problems. In literacy we have looked at different adjectives we could use to describe the tiger in our story ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’. Then we looked at how to plan our own story based on it. We also thought about the different connectives we could use, and what could happen in the beginning, middle and end of our stories. In science we continued exploring the properties of materials and looked at their suitability for different purposes.

24th January

This week in numeracy we explored number fact to 10. For example, children had to find all addition that total 8 and some were able to find all subtraction fact too. We also ordered numbers bfrom smallest to largest and worked on our understanding of subtraction as taking away.

In literacy children wrote their own poems based on the Gingerman story. We had some fantastic rhymes as well use of language patterns. We also began a new unit of work and are reading the story of The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

In science we are continuing to investigate the properties of materials and are beginning to reason why different materials would be used for different purposes.

17th January

This week the children have continued to look at poems and rhymes, identifying the different patterns and rhyming words in each poem. We have also looked at ‘The Gingerbread Man’ story; the children have acted out the story changing the characters. Instead of cows and horses we have scary sharks and sly alligators.

In numeracy we have been looking at money, learning all of the different coins and how to add them together, the children used numicon to help support them with this. We also looked at solving money problems, for example ‘I had 20p, I bought a pen for 5p, how much change did I get?’ the children really enjoyed linking it to real life situations and we even had a shop in our classroom.

In Science we have started our topic on ‘Materials’ the children had the opportunity to explore various materials and continues to identify some of their properties such as hard, soft, transparent or flexible.

10th January

Welcome back Cuckoos. We hope you had a fantastic break.

This week children had the opportunity to read different poems and perform some of them. We explored pattern and rhyme and identified some features of poems.

Our numeracy focus was division. Children used practical activities to find halves of shapes and numbers. We also began to look at quarters and how we can find a quarter of a shape.

This half term our science focus is Materials. Children had the opportunity to explore various materials and started to identify some of their properties such as hard, soft, transparent or flexible.

20th December

This week children completed their poetry unit writing their own Christmas themed poems. We had some fantastic adjectives and wonderful poems using their senses to describe the things they liked.

We also had our reward day. Children had a fantastic day full of creative activities and a surprise visit from a magician. We continued our celebrations with a fun Christmas party and other Christmas activities.

A big thank you to all the children in Cuckoo class for all their hard work this term. I hope you all have an amazing Christmas break.

13th December

This week children carried on with our Senses Poetry Unit. We continued generating adjectives and also learnt what similes were and how they can be used. Children were able to write some fantastic similes such as ‘My Christmas tree is as sparkly as a diamond.’ and ‘My snowman is as white as the moon’. In numeracy we focused on finding doubles in various ways using numicon shapes, dice and domino.

We also had two fantastic performances of our Christmas play Born in a Barn. Well done children, you were amazing! 

6th December

This week in literacy we began our poetry unit of work. Children explored their senses as they looked at the decorated Christmas tree and Christmas lights; touched tinsel; smelt the Christmas pudding; listened to Christmas songs and tasted some mince pies . They then generated a fantastic bank of adjectives to describe the items in relation to each of the senses. Some examples include ‘sweet smelling Christmas pudding’, ‘delicious mince pie’ and ‘bright, sparkly lights’.

We also explored the poem ‘That’s What I Like’ by Janice Johnston. Children were able to identify which sense each verse focused on and recognised some of the rhymes. They then practiced and performed one of their chosen verses.

Children have also been rehearsing their songs and dances for the upcoming Christmas play.

29th Nobember

This week children created story journeys and wrote their own stories based on ‘Handa’s Surprise’. They were able to use the repeating pattern language as well as some fantastic adjectives in their writing. In numeracy we reviewed our learning so far. Children had to apply their knowledge of numbers and number facts, calculating, shape and measure and data handling to solve practical problems. Great work Cuckoos! Keep it up.

We have been practicing our songs and dances for the Christmas play. We have great singers and dancers in our class. Well done Cuckoos!

22nd November

This week our literacy focus was to identify the repeating language patterns in our Handa’s Surprise story. Children told the story with actions and acted it out using masks. They then had to identify which phrases repeated throughout the story and wrote some of those out. In maths we focused on positional language. Children had to describe their position using correct vocabulary such as next to, above, on top and between. We also learned how to read an analogue clock to the hour and half past. Our science focus is Light and Dark. This week children demonstrated their understanding by drawing picture of a street at night. They had to consider how the light would shine out of the windows, street lights or cars.

15th November
 

This week children had to choose which of the fruits we tasted last week they would put in their basket. They used our fantastic collection of adjectives to produce some fantastic sentences. In maths we focused on measuring length and using balance to compare weight. Children were able to find objects that were longer and shorter than a metre and were able to sort objects from lightest to heaviest.

8th November
 

This week children were able to practically sort different items to a given set of criteria and also were able to suggest their own criteria for sorting and grouping. We also created some 3-D block graphs and children were able to answer many questions. In Literacy we started a new unit of work with a focus on the Handa's Surprise story. Children enjoyed a fantastic fruit tasting session and were able to describe the fruit using some fantastic words.

25th October

This week Cuckoo class wrote lots of instructions in our literacy sessions. Children made jam sandwiches and ate them! They then wrote instructions for making these using ordinal words and bossy words. In numeracy we looked and 2-D and 3-D shapes and their features. Children were able to name shapes, sort them to different criteria and go on a shape search around the class.

We also had a fantastic time at Longsands Sports Multiskills Festival. Wow what a week.

Have a fantastic half term break. 

 

18th October
 

Children in Cuckoo class have been working very hard and have managed to produce some great work. They wrote instruction to how to make a Diwali lamp and used lots of bossy words. We also had some fabulous math work! Children worked on number bonds to ten and found out what was ten more or ten less than a given number using 100 squares and bead strings. In addition we looked at patterns and children were able to create some beautiful ones. In science we were thinking about healthy eating and children were able to think of many examples of food that was healthy for us. Fantastic work Cuckoos!

11th October
 

Wow! What a fantastic week we had in Cuckoo class. In science children were able to match animal adult photos to baby photos and name them. We also looked at the different stages of growth and children compared what we could do at each stage. In numeracy we have been busy estimating, using our skills to problem-solve and also looking at pairs of numbers that total 10. Our literacy sessions have been focused on instructions. Children followed instructions playing Simon says and had to give instructions to their friends to draw animals. Children were able to build a great bank of ‘bossy’ words.  The following session children had to use our ‘bossy’ words to give instructions to their friends so they could make a snow man using playdough. We had some fantastic instructions.        
                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                

4th October

What another fantastic week in Cuckoo class. We have been learning how to solve addition and subtraction problems in numeracy, using counters, Numicon, bead strings and number lines. In literacy the children have been writing sentences; and what a fabulous job they have done. We are using finger space spiders and Kung Foo punctuation to help us remember our capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. I’m sure the children will teach you!
In the shared area this week the children have become detectives, trying to solve the mystery of the missing biscuits! It turns out that a polar bear has been coming to the ice cave at night!!
 

27th September

This week in Literacy we looked at ‘Where’s My Teddy?’ story. Children retold parts of the story in their own words, sequenced the story and wrote some fantastic sentences. Our Maths focus was on recognising numerals as well as counting reliably and ordering numbers. In Science children created great collages of a Victorian boy and girl and labelled outer body parts. We also had great fun learning how to sing ‘head, shoulders, knees and toes’ to the tune of ‘London Bridge’.

Children also enjoyed going to the new shared area this week. They engaged in various activities such as using the Victorian house learning about the lives of people in Victorian time; building with large wooden blocks and junk modelling. They also had many opportunities to go outside and explore a range of outdoor activities. Some children found mini-beasts and discussed their habitat.

20th September

This week we continued with our theme of The Blue Balloon story.  Children had the opportunity to re-enact the story with action and play with their own balloons. They then created their own books to tell their very own balloon adventure. The children were very excited when we ended our week with some balloon modelling.

13th September

This week children had the opportunity to explore The Blue Balloon story. We told the story with actions, made puppets and painted some magnificent balloons using different brush techniques. We also had a fantastic Street Dance session where children learnt different dance moves and compiled those to create a dance sequence. We had an amazing end to our week with our Victorian day. Children became servants in the big house. They explored different rooms in the downstairs and upstairs parts of the house and were able to take on some of the roles servants would have taken in the olden days.
 

6th September

This week we have been settling back into school life and finding out where things are in our new classroom. We have spent a lot of time thinking about our holidays and sharing our exciting Summer news with our talking partners. Everyone seems to have been really busy and made the most of the days off!

We have talked as a class about what the school rules are and what we need to help us learn.

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