Habitat hunting…
Wow! What a fantastic and very busy first week back for Sycamore class. This week the children have really had the chance to settle into the school routines. In our Science lessons this week we were focusing on habitats and understanding that different animals live in different places. The children were very excited to go […]
Shooting for Success
This week Hawthorn Class learnt about the history of rocket science and we attempted to launch our own rocket using vinegar and bicarbonate of soda! In English we have been recapping how to punctuate speech and in Maths we have been exploring numbers up to 100,000. Learner of the Week: Caleb Star of the Week: […]
Toys of UK Past…
Our first full week back is done and dusted. I’m sure that everyone (including myself and Mrs Kinns) will sleep well this weekend! As part of our History and our English this week, we have been reading the book Major Glad, Major Dizzy. The children then discussed and sorted toys, deciding whether they were toys […]
Getting to know our friends
Junipers have had an amazing week getting to know their new friends. It has been lovely to see them form such lovely friendships. We have been enjoying circle times, activities and games. The children have been learning some initial sounds in phonics each day and have been focusing on recognising their own name in the […]
Terrific Two Days!
WOW! What an amazing first two days Cedar have had! All of the children were so excited on Thursday morning and had clearly missed being in school and seeing their friends. Cedar spent Thursday and Friday laughing, playing and learning together, all whilst trying to get used to a new classroom with new routines. There […]
We have lift off!
This week, Hawthorn pupils have been settling into life in Year 5. It was lovely to see them all so eager to get stuck into some new learning! Pupils discovered that our new topic for Autumn is all about space and they enjoyed starting to explore the famous Apollo 11 moon landing through a newspaper […]
Marvellous Mindsets!
This week, Year 6 have been settling into life in their new class. We have completed an exercise looking at converting fixed mindset statements to growth mindset statements and have also created an ‘All About Me’ poster with features about what makes them unique. Star of the Week– Demi Learner of the Week– Imogen
Diving into learning!
Welcome to Sycamore’s first class blog of the year! The children have taken part in lots of exciting learning over the past two days. The children have thoroughly enjoyed immersing into our new topic all about ‘Living things and their habitats’. The children have not only explored this in our Science lessons but also in […]