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We have blasted off into our Let’s Move topic. The children were excited to find their very own maths rocket and p p p pirate Pete’s ship in the classroom. Take a look at all the exciting things we have been doing this week. 

Well done to our music group that put together this fantastic piece of music. We were very impressed with your composition and amazing concentration.

This week we have been discussing journeys we have been on and the places we travel. We have drawn the places that we go to on a map of our area. We enjoyed reading The Naughty Bus and have talked about the different ways that we can travel. We have been role-playing in our new red bus and using…

This week we have been learning to use positional language and follow positional language directions. We had fun playing the beanbag game. We listened carefully to the directions and placed the beanbags in the right positions. We then took turns to give and follow positional language instructions.…

This week in PE, we have been improving our dribbling and push passing skills in hockey. We are now using only one side of our stick and we are getting quicker at moving the ball. Next week we are going to be focusing on improving our control and aiming.

This week in our computing lessons, we have been recapping what we know about spreadsheets and their basic functions. We have also been learning about calcullating answers using formulas. We now know how to use the shortcuts for adding (+) subtracting (-), multiplying (*) and dividing (/)…

We have been very busy in nursery this week. We have started exploring our new topic ‘Let’s Move’ where we began to talk about different types of transport. We made our own vehicles using 2D shapes. 

This week we have introduced our ‘Chatty Chest’ which is a fun activity to promote…

We spent time discussing Remembrance Day. We held a minute silence and took part in our own poppy factory. 

This week in Year 1 and 2, we have been thinking about Remembrance Day and why we wear a poppy. This morning, Year 2 have written a super acrostic poem all about Remembrance. 

Remember the people that died in war. 
Entered the battlefield.
Many soldiers fought for their country.
Everybody…

This week we have been learning about and enjoying the work of Eric Carle.

We enjoyed looking at a selection of Eric Carle books and learning about how he created his fabulous art work!

Eric Carle uses collage to create his illustrations. He does this by painting sheets of paper and…

The children enjoyed a fun filled Room on the Broom activity week. We acted out the story in our role play area, explored rhyming words and loved finding the spooky objects in the slime. 

This week we have been designing and making finger puppets.  We are all very proud of our puppets.