Our PE days are this term are Wednesday and Friday so come in your school PE kit on these days. Named water bottles should be filled at home and brought in daily. As we may be outside joggers and a sweatshirt may be required.

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Fabulous football skills shown with Miss Scott today.

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We transposed designs onto the clay tiles.  We used our own line drawings.

Busy week in class. We are carrying on learning short multiplication and trying to use our known times tables to hekp us . Please access TTRS to help with this  at home. In English we are enjoying Charlotte's Web and this week wrote charcter descriptions, used prepositions and learnt about headings and subheadings . In History we made fact files about daily life in Ancient Greece and in RE we looked atthe festival of Diwali and what happens on the five main days. 

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Super team work with partners to create our gymnastic routines this afternoon.

Week 4

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Show and tell - super work at home in Science. Experimenting with electrical circuits. 
Up, up and away. Using a motor to turn a wind turbine.

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Art this week involved exploring the ‘inlay’ technique.  We used different coloured clay and in layer it to make a dish.

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Super skills being applied in gymnastics today. We focused on pair work using the stations arranged for us. We used rolls, travel, balance and jumps.

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Presenting and sitting in gymnastics. We have learnt how to add these to our routines.

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Super presentation today with our writing. We have been using frontal adverbials.

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ART: SCULPTURE

Yesterday we started our papier mache project. We are making our own bowl using an artist as inspiration for the design.

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Today in PE we started our new topic - GYMNASTICS. We recapped KS1 work and looked at travelling and balancing. We put these together to create a routine. We added a ‘present’ position at the beginning and end of each routine.

Week commencing 21st November

Thank you to all the parents / carers who attended parents' evenings. It was lovely to meet you all. 

This week in English we started a unit of work using The Lost Happy Endings. We made predictions, wrote similes and metaphors, looked at the difference between fact and opinion and learntt all about reported  speech. In Maths we carried on trying to master up to 3 digit column addition and subtraction, used d the inverse and then started to look at equal groups and arrays  Please use the resources I sent home to help your child master column addition and subtraction as it is vital they understand this  before we move on to written multiplication and vision. I am more than happy to send more resouces home if you want them. Some of us enjoyed watching England in their first world cup game ! In Geography we looked at and compared climate data between Manaus and London. I was so impressed with everyone's presentation of their graphs! In French we continued to learn the names for classroon objects and completed a translation exercise and in PSHE we looked at the difference between bullying and falling out and what we can do to help others. We are all very excited to visit the Gurdwara next week as a key stage.

Week 6

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Exploding the work of Sean Scully. We used our powder paint blocks to create our own collage using his trademark stripes and blocks of colour.

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Working on teams to solve maths problems involving grouping and sharing.

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Investigating MEAT FREE MONDAY

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Dancing - responding to photographs of the weather with Ms Scott. We tried to include stormy and lighter movements in our dance.

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Yellow class created their Writing Toolkits today to help with the writing of their diary entry tomorrow (Hot Write). Their work is based on the book ‘The Secret of Black Rock’.

Week beginning  7th November 

This week saw us carrying on with written addition before reminding ourselves of how we show an exchange in the column methods of both addition and subtraction. Please practise these at home as we all need to get really fluent in these methods. We learnt all about Remembrance Day and took part in creating a whole school display. In Geography as an introduction to our new topic we used atlases to locate the world's rainforests before learning about the different types. In RE we thought about what Sikh's believe and what their three duties are in RE this week.  I was so impressed with everyone's skills in ICT where we used the Paint application to recreate an aerial map. In English we learnt all about relative clauses, adverbials and fronted adverbials and revisited all the main types of punctuation. On Friday we took part in a multi school skipping festival !

Week beginning 31st October 

This week in class we carried on with addition and subtraction concentrating on the written column method. Please practise this at home if you can. In English we started a wonderful new book The Secret of Black Rock. We made inferences , sequenced the story, wrote expanded noun phrases and finished off the week doing some drama activities based around key points in the story. In PE with NUFC we played team games focussing on developing strategies and with the SSP on Friday we started Dance. We had outdoor learning this week with Mrs Roberts. In history we tried to solve the question about why did the Maya disappear ...we had to sort theories and we took a class vote . Next week we will be starting out Geography  unit based all around the rainforest. In RE we started Sikhism by looking at who founded this religion and where whilst in French we learnt the names of some classroom objects. We have a trainee teacher in class Mr Morris so be sure to say hello if you see him. He will be with us on his placement until just before Christmas. Super effort by all this week .I am so proud of them !     

Welcome back!

I hope you all had a lovely half term.

I am looking forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Love Mrs Thompson 

Week beginning 3rd October 

We have had another super busy week. In French we learnt how to ask and answer the question, 'What is your name?' We are starting to put all our learning  in this unit  together and have short conversations with our friends. In ICT we researched Maya Gods and then used our work to write fact files about them. They were amazing and what wonderful facts everyone found!  In English we planned and wrote about original characters before using a story map to plan our own adventure and mystery story which we will be writing next week . In Maths we finished the place value unit with a range of consolidation activities, counted in 50s and started our new unit of addition and subtraction. In RE we looked at covenants and thought about covenants we could make in our own lives.  I think we all enjoyed PSHE were we are thinking about a learning charter and described our dream teacher and a dream pupil ! I am not sure all the suggestions for no work will make it onto the final charter  I am so proud of everyone !

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our drawings of what we think the Iron Man might have looked like. We used pencil to do preliminary sketches and then pastels to make an enlarged version.

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Today in PE we talked about multi skills. We focused on jumping but added on a balance. Can you think of sports where you may need to balance?

Week beginning 12th September 

It was a reflective week in class and we spent some time looking back at  service and duty shown to us all by our  Queen Elizabeth II. Everyone did some work thinking about all her favourite things. I was so proud of them all.

In English we used a thesaurus, wrote expanded noun phrases , looked at capital letters as a reminder and wrote a character description for a mammoth! In Maths we looked at partitioning 100 in different ways, counting in 100s, representing numbers to 100 and partitioning 1000. We had our first French lesson and investigated the people and country of France, everyone is excited to start learning another language. In history we looked at timeline of the Maya and had a brief introduction to this civilisation. In RE we have started looking at People of God with a retell of the story of Noah. We are so proud of you all and how you are settling back into school and life in KS2! 

Week commencing 5th September

It was so lovely to meet you all!  I have been so impressed with how you all have settled into class this week. It is a very sad time for our country at the moment so please talk to me at any time if you need to.

Week beginning 12th September

To follow 

Week commencing 7th March 

Wow! What a first week back we had ! In maths we quickly revisited pounds and pence from KS1 before moving onto converting between pounds and pence. Most of us know our coins and notes but please help reinforce thsi at home with your child if you can. We will be looking at addin gand subtracting monet, money word problems and giving change next week before moving on so any support at home is invaluable. We started looking at the features of letters and then persuasive letters in English. We are aiming to write to the Prime Minister at the end of this unit so watch this space ! In history this week we had a visit from the hopeless embalmer and had to help her get a Pharaoh ready for the afterlife ! I was amazed at all the wonderful learning! We celebrated World Book day in class using the book, This zoo is not for you!. Amongst lots of aactivities we held as class debate looking at whether zoos are good places for animals to be . We are practising our assembly and can't wait to show it to you all. In French we started a new topic all about pets and in ICT we are looking at using scratch this half term. 

Welcome back Yellow Class !

I cannot believe we are half way through our year together! I hope you have all had a wonderful half term.

Don't forget to bring in pictures of you with your pets, or pets in your family,  for our french display  It will look amazing I am sure.

Remember you should be learning your words for our class assembly next week. I know you will be fantasic, even though Covid made us delay it a couple of weeks. I hope we are all fit and well now. 

See you all on Monday.

Week commencing 17th January 

This week in English we worked on comparing and contrasting two different but known versions of Cinderella. We are starting to think about what we could 'twist' in our own versions of the story. We also did an extended write all about breakfasts around the world to link to our topic in French and investigated when to use a or an amongst other things. In maths we carried on looking at the 3 and 4 times tables including multiplying and dividing and enjoyed an ICT session on TTRS. Have a look at the photos below of our maths relays! Please,please access these at home to help you learn them!

In RE we thought about what it meant to be Fishers of Men and thought about ways we could do as Jesus asked while in history we learnt all about how Ancient Egyptian society was organised...we all thought we would not have liked to be a slave ! In French we drew and labelled a breakfast scene using all our new vocabulary -I was so impressed by eberyones effforts!  

This week I will be sending home the words for your child to learn for the upcoming class assembly. There is no need for a costume- school uniform will be fine - unless your child really want to make or wear something. Please do not go to any unwarranted expense. Any queries please ask.

Week commencing 10th January

This week in maths we recapped dividing by 2,5,10 before moving onto multiplying and dividing by 3. It is crucial you are using Times Tables Rockstars to help you learn your multiplication tables. I really cannot stress this enough...it will make written methods so much easier for you. Please try and access this for 10 mins every day.  

In English we made predictions about a new text and worked on developing our inference skills as these are needed to help us really progress as amazing readers. We also investigated causal conjunctions and wrote sentences using these and our inferences. I am so proud of all your efforts!

In French we started a new topic entitled 'At the cafe and healthy living!' This week we learnt new vocabulary for drinks we could order as well as investigating breakfasts from all over the world. In RE we are learning about Gospel and thought about how we could be,'fishers of men.' Tuesday saw us enjoying group learning of the Samba drums! Look out for this at our upcoming class assembly  In ICT we are word processing and are learning all about fonts and images at the moment. In History we have started to investigate the world of the Ancient Egyptians... in my opinion one of the greatest  Ancient civilisations. We have an exciting few weeks coming up including a virtual  Egyptian event with the GNM...I am SO excited to share this with you all! Keep up the amazing effort Yellow Class ! 

Week commencing 3rd January

It was so lovely to see you all again ! Your smiles and greetings every morning make me smile !

This week we have started a new topic in Engish - traditional tales and fairy tales. We looked at finding and recognising all those features that tell us it may be a fairy tale before producing some lovely written work about them. In maths we have recapped the 2 and 5 times tables, both multiplication and division facts, and using arrays  before we move on. I really cannot stress the importance of learning all your times tables enough ...it will really help you as we progress through this year. Go back over all those tables from KS1 to make sure you know them as well as looking at your 3 , 4 and 8 x please. We used ICT to start our new unit of word processing and reminded ourselves of some of the functions from KS1. In PE we looked at problem solving and challenge games with NUFC - we worked well as a team . In RE we started looking at Gospel and learn tall about the calling of the first disciples and in PSHE we thought about hopes and dreams and made dream jars.

A super start to the new term! I am so proud of you all.

Week commencing 15th November 

We are still learing about non chronolgical reports in English as we prepare to produce our own all about volcanoes! We enjoyed learning about rhetorical questions. In Maths we are still continuing with addition and subtaction up to 3 digit numbers including developing the written methods. It has been interfaith week and we have been learning all about the Buddhist faith. We held a virtual interactive session with some practising  Buddhists and we had so many fabulous questions for them. Ask your child what they now know !

Week commencing 1st November 

It was lovely to see you all back in class and hear about your half term adventures ! This week saw us continuing with addition and subtraction in maths - we are still using concrete resources to help us with tricky exchanges but are all trying super hard. In English we have finished looking at Shackleton's Journey and I must say we have all learnt so much. I think our highlight was the virtual visit to the Scott Polar Reasearch institute looking at the artefacts and hearing the stories associated with them . All the children wrote an amazing diary entry this week to show their learning which included lots of historical facts! In RE we are starting Incarnation and this week thought about the symbolism of water - we started the lesson outside chalking up descriptive  words that water make us think of and the benefits it gives us - we then 'washed away' words to leave our main ideas. We carried on our learning in class thinking about baptisms and bible stories invloving water. In PE we got very wet with NUFC but still had fun and we started dance with Mrs Roberts on Friday. In Geography we have strated our new unit Tremors and Diasaters! We learnt about the structure of our amazing earth and made the layers using custards , chocolate mousse and cookies ! In French we started learning the names for some french vegetables and told our friends which ones we liked and didn't like .

Week commencing 11th October

This week we were very excited in English to start our new topic of diaries and recounts. We are using the wonderful book Shackleton's journey by William Grill  and started off the week responding to a mysterious advert! We used the suffix - ous words, wrote and responded to open questions in role as we were interviewed for the expedition and used ICT to research the actual 26 crew men. What wonderful learning! I have a very special activity linked to this coming this week  In Maths we started using concrete and pictorial representations to help us model formal column addition. I am so proud of how everyone is trying to master this new skill. In Music we watched  the video from Oliver looking at the song Consider Yourself. We compared this to let your spirit fly and carried out some fun games finding the pulse. In History we looked at Skara Brae, looked at the houses and investigated the midden! We compared life at Skara Brae to Star Carr using Venn Diagrams! In French we undertook a translation exercise from french to english  and vice versa. Everyone showed lots of wonderful ideas and learning!

Week commencing 4th October 2021 

We have had anothe busy week in school. We enjoyed Yoga on Tuesday and are doing so well with our poses and relaxation techniques. In History this week we explored the mystery of Stonehenge, voting to see why we thought it had been built. We all thought it was magnificent ! In maths we started addition and subtraction and are looking forward to learning formal writtem methods over the coming weeks. In English we completed our mystery stories unit by working in groups to collate original ideas, developing plots and story maps before writing and editting our own original stories .They were super ! Well done.

In RE we looked at the importance of sayin gsorry and made a class sorry string . We thought about why sorry can be the hardest word to say. In Music we listened to the Colonel Bogey March and accompanied on our glockenspiels and in ICT we looked at how to send and recieve emails ! PE with NUFC was throwing and catching. Great job this week everyone ! 

Week commencing 27th September

Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended the curriculum evening. It was lovely to meet you all. 

We have  had a super week in class. In English we enjoyed finding vivid verbs and loved the song that can help us to remember what they are. We used modal verbs in our writing and thought about how a character in a piece of text would feel and act. We went outside to use role play to help us step into the character's shoes ! We then  used all our learning so far to improve a piece of text about the Stone Age. In maths we are finishing looking at place value.We had a carousel of activities day where we created huge part- whole models by  partitioning 3 digit numbers, we explored the different ways to represent numbers using place value robots, played place value snakes and ladders and drew mazes for friends to solve by counting in 50s. What super learning! In French we looked at Ca Va and its replies while in ICT we explored why it is important to make strong passwords to keep our information safe. In history we explored Star Carr and looked at artefacts to see what they could tell us about daily life in Mesolithic Britain ! In RE we looked at the story of Moses and the 10 commandments and took a class vote on which commandment we thought was the most important. Amongst other things we thought about why we may need a Makers Manual to help us in our lives today.

Autumn Term 2021

Week 1 (WB: 6th September 2021)

Homework

It is vital we all try and learn our times tables this year. Please do these at home as much as you can.

Reading should be done every night please. It really is the key to all learning 

Topic based homework is set each term- please bring any completed work to school on a Monday.

Everyone has access to Times Tables Rockstars and our French interactive resources via Language Angels. 

I am happy to provide additional resources on handwriting / spellings. You can contact me on the yard, via Mrs Taylor, or by email. Thank you.

Week commencing 14th June

This week saw us continuing learning to tell the time. We looked at the 24hr clock, measured time in seconds, found and compared durations and found start and end times. In English we spent a week looking at villians including making word walls and letting our imaginations go wild to help us finish off the week writing a new villianous character description to add to Fantastic Mr Fox! In RE we looked at the main beliefs of Sikhism and in Geography we used 4 and 6 figure grid references to find places in our local area. I am so impressed with everyones learning! We enjoyed athletics in PE and even ran the 100m ! We may have future olympic champions in our midst! It is hot so remember your sunscreen! We enjoyed french using il and elle s'appelle and even showed off our amazing translating skills and in music enjoyed listening to the Queen of Sheba and finding the pulse.Our 3d sculptures are coming along in art!  I am so proud of you all !

Week commencing 7th June 

It has been so lovely to see you all  this week . I have loved hearing all about your half term adventures!

This week we have focused on telling the time in maths starting with revising days in each month before moving onto hours, 5 minutes and minutes. Please support you child at home by asking them the time as often as you can . In English we are looking at classic stories from imaginary worlds based upon Fantastic Mr Fox. The childen loved seeing my battered , yellow copy from my childhood which cost all of 65p! We have explored the first three chapters looking at seetings and characters. Next week we will be doing a lot of work buiding up word walls and devising our own villainous charcters to join the story ! In RE we have started to look at Sikhism and learnt all about the life and teachings of Guru Nanak. We enjoyed geography where we are starting a local area study . This week saw us drawing some amazing sketch maps ! In French we are learning all about the family and this weekwe learnt some new vocabulary. Music saw us revisiting some of our songs from this year and critiquing a piece of medieval music! We all agreed it was very different! In ICT  we are starting to plan a presentation thinking back on our whole year in Year 3. I am so proud of you all !

Week commencing 17th May 

KS2 enjoyed a royal visit this week from a 'virtual' King Alfred The Great to consolidate our learning on the Anglo Saxons. It was really good fun and we all learnt lots more about him. He could only stay with us for a short while as he was watching the cakes 

In maths we have continued with fractions including finding equivalent fractions. This has proved tricky but we all kept trying. In English we devised our own calligram  and then used ICT to create them. They were anmazing ! We also read and recited poems and learnt how to use the possessive apostrophe. In ICT we used Scratch and this week learnt how to use the repetition command to draw all sorts of shapes. In French we learnt how to say and write some plant adaptations. I think our favourite involved the Venus Fly Trap! In PSHE we made some wondeful appreciation streamers and carried on with printing in Art. Our cricket skills continue to improve with our PE sesions.

Week commencing 10th May 

We have had another busy week. I am so proud of you all! Here are a just a few snippets of what we have been up to!

In English this week we wrote our own mystery stories which were amazing before moving onto shape poems. We started by investiogating calligrams, discussing, reading and writing our own. We thought about why some peple may think they are not poems but works of art. We all articulated our preference.In Maths we carried on with fractions inlcuding looking at tenths,decimals and fractions of an amount . We used ICT to plot fractions on a number line. In History we found a starnge mound had appreared in our school and examined the artefacts found in it while we learnt all about the mystery of Sutton Hoo. We used the artefacts to try and determine just who was buried in the grave ! In french we learnt how to write and say the adaptations some animals have to live in their habitats whilst in RE we thought about the parable of the Mustard Seed and what it tells us about the Kingdom of God. 

Week commencing 3rd May 

This week in class we continued with fractions in maths including revivisting some Year 2 learning. We investigated unit and non unit fractions, looked at equivalence of halves and quarters , counted in fractions and investigated making the whole. Please continue to work on maths activities at home as this will really benefit your child. In English we used alliteration, collated ideas for our own mystery story and wrote our story map/ plot to help us next week. We also wrote our own biography linking to the learning we had done in  French around Jacques Cousteau. In history we explored Viking beliefs including the nine worlds and their gods whilst in RE we explored the role of the Church. In Music we are continuing to look at the body of work by the Beatles. We enjoyed PE with the SSP and tennis with NUFC ! 

Week commencing 26th April 

This week in English we have described settings trying to always incorporate WOW vocabulary, learnt about reguar and irregular past tense verbs and we finished the week holding a class debate! Everyone tried so hard and I was super impressed with the arguments and counter arugements they presented. In Maths we are continuing with fractions and this week looked at equal parts, finding half and thirds and enjoyed fraction stations in class ! We took part in an activity linked to money to mark the birthday of Captain Tom on Friday . In French we learnt all about the life of Jacque Cousteau. We loved the song Calypso  named after his boat! In RE we used role play to think about how Christians would act according to the Holy Spirit and compared these to how people would act if they were ' looking after number one.'  In ICT we are continuing to look at Scratch and this week learnt the pen up and pen down commands. We enjoyed our throwing and catching session with NUFC and PE with the SSP on Friday too !

Week commencing 19th April

This week in Maths we have been focussing on measurement learning all about adding and subtracting lengths and perimeter. In English we continue to usethe book Stone Age Boy and this week saw us devising story maps and writing and editing character descriptions. We are all trying really hard to make our writing detailed and enjoyable to read

In French we learnt how to identify and pronounce some key habitats in the world . There were some really tricky words but we had great fun! In RE we are continuing our work on Kingdom of God and this week saw us thinking about the church as a body and linking that thought to our own actions and behaviours. In history we learn tall about the Vikings attack on Lindisfarne. It was so lovely to see all the children so interested. I am sure wehave budding historians in our class. PE with NUFC saw us throwing and catching and Walter thecat did not join us this week as he usually does We enjoyed listening to and learning about the Yellow Submarine by the Beatles in Music. We played lots of active games find the pulse !

Week commencing 12th April 

It was lovely to see you all and hear about your holidays!

This week we have started mystery stories in English using the wonderful book, Stone Age Boy. We made predictions, used adverbs and fronted adverbials and wrote our own sequel to the story. In Maths we are looking at measurement and managed to get outside for a lesson to compare lengths! We are doing spellings  and handwriting every day now and are trying really hard! In RE we started Kingdom of God by looking at the story of Pentecost. In history we learnt all about the Anglo Saxons- where they came from and why. Ask your children about it ...I think you will be amazed at their knowledgeIn French we have started looking at habitats and this week learnt how to say, and write, what animals and plants need to survive. In Music we listened to and appraised Blackbird by the Beatles. We made wondeful links to prior learning about the Civil Rights Movement. In ICT we are looking at Scratch Jr and in Science we have started sound . Busy and fantastic week in class! Well done everyone. 

Week commencing 15th March

Everyone tried so hard this week! We had such a lot going on including some quizzes, cricket taster session, PE with NUFC  and a week of DT. We learnt all about mazes and labyrinths...ask us what the difference is ! We designed our own and used our maths skills to work out the lengths of the straws we needed to make the walls before building our own maze games!

Week commencing 8th March 

It was so lovely to see you all and for us to all be back in class together.  We spent some lessons  using the book, Here we are by Oliver Jeffers, reflecting and thinking about how it feels to be all in class again. I know everyone has loved being with their friends again even though we all said it felt a bit strange at first. You have all been amazing ! I am so proud of you all. 

Hello!

I cannot tell you how excited we are to welcome everyone back into class. We have all missed you !

This week remember PE kits on Wednesday and Friday and if you have any reading books at home please remember to bring them back as well. No big bags are needed, just a water bottle. Mr Reeson has sent all your adults a welcome back letter containing all the information you need to know. So, I will see you all on  Monday 

The children took part in a variety of tasks over the morning.  These included:

*Creating a new hedge     *Clearing the Reflection area and planting bulbs   * Planting trees

Week commencing 30th November 

Thank you to all of you who booked a virtual parents evening.It was lovely talking to you all. This week in mths we have been consolidating formal written methods or addition and subtaction up to 3 digits incuding an exchange. We also used dice to develop our reasoning skills! In English we started playscripts by making a prediction what the play we are looking at may be about. We identified features, planned character descriptions and started to think about how play scripts may differ from narrative. In Geography we produced a class mind map of issues that are threatening our rainforests and designed posters.We now know how complex solving the issue of deforestation is but we understand some things we can do to play our part. In RE we learnt about the Holy Trinity and used the example of water, ice and steam to try and understand this tricky concept! We enjoyed dancing to various songs as usual and PE with NUFC. In science we used Xrays to identify bones in the skeleton of various animals. Everyone is trying so hard . I am so proud of you all!

Week commencing 30th November

This week saw us finishing off our poems on a theme unit. We learnt all about adverbs, used a dictionary and planned and wrote some wonderful list poems all about being thankful. They were wonderful! In maths we are continuing developing our fluency with 2 and 3 digit numbers using formal written methods of addition and subtraction. In RE we learnt all about the work of the Salvation Army and held a virtual Q and A with Mr and Mrs Clarke from the Bedlington  Branch. We can't thank them enough for joining us and answering all our questions. In Geography this week we learnt all about the daily lives of the indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest. We used deduction skills and interrogated photographs tio help us think about the food, clothes , activities and transport etc. French was hilarious as we held a tasting session to help us learn Je n'aime and Je n'aime pas. I think the lemon and limes were the winners .  All the scripts and words for our class performance have gone home but they do need to be in school every day as we prepare ! 

Week commencing 16th November

Wow ! What a week in class! The highlight was an outdoor rainforest survival workshop with Wilderness Outdoor Education. We made fire, water filters and ate edible insects! I was so proud of everyone! In English we are continuing with Poems based on festivals and celebratiions. This week we extended sentences using WOW adjectives and vivid verbs. We learnt all about Diwali and wrote, edit and improved our own acrostic poems. We did comprehension tasks and VIPERS tasks as well. In Maths we are continuing to develop fluency with addition and subtraction. In Science we investigated food labels and were shocked at how much sugar and salt can be in some foods! In RE we thought about faith and linked it to our own lives. There were some super thoughtful and mature ideas. In Geography we learnt all about the layers in the rainforest.....the work the class produced was amazing! In French we wrote recipes for  our own fruit salads using all the words we know and adding some french verbs! keep it up Yellow class ...you are all amazing! 

Week commencing 9th November

What a super week we have had. In English we read and perfomed poems and wrote some wonderful poems based on Harvest and Remebrance Day. We considered all the sacrifices people have made, and continue to make, for us and produced some thoughtful pieces of writing. In maths we are continuing with addition and subtraction moving up to working with 3-digit numbers. In ICT we started drawing using shapes and lines . We based this on an aerial photograph of Lancaster Park. We were super at spotting shapes and images. In Music we are learning the glockenspiel! In PE we linked to Remembrance day and enjoyed learning some of the old style dances including the Lambeth Walk! With NUFC we played attack and defence games. We are continuing our discovery into the Rainforest and this week we produced some great work all about the climate.We even plotted and drew our own graphs. I am so so proud of you all !   

Week commencing 2nd November 

We had a busy first week back! In maths we started learning column addition as a formal written method. I was so pleased with the effort from everyone! Well done ! In English we learnt about paragraphs and planned our own recount using a skeleton planning frame. We then finished off our recount topic writing our own acccount of the journey of the River Wansbeck from its source to the sea. It was lovely learning all about our local river! In RE we learnt all about the story of Abraham as we start to think about People of God. If you check out our Twitter feed you will be able to see what we did in Geography and French Rainforests and the fruits! In PE we did attack and invasion games and dance whilst in ICT we are starting drawin gand publishing and all managed to log on and open word documents in readiness for our work next week. 

Welcome back Yellow Class !

I hope you all had a lovely half term. I am looking forward to seeing you all and hearing all your news!

Week commencing 5th October

This week we have enjoyed a lot of fun activities. In Yoga we all learnt the warrior pose....I was so impressed by everyone! We can really tell our core stability is improving. In Maths we have looked at comparing objects and numbers using our increasing knowledge of place value. We will be moving onto addiion and subtraction next week. In English we finished our fairy tale topic by planning and writing our own twisted fairy tale. Everyone tried really hard. In History we looked at Maya gods and goddesses. Ask your child what they can remember. They were a scary bunch we thought! In RE we thought about the importance of saying sorry and used the words of the Elton John song to think about why it is sometimes really hard to say sorry. In Music we listened to Ode to Joy by Beethoven and compared it to Lean on Me. We spotted lots of different instruments in the orchestra.In ICT we looked at all the different ways we can communicate online and devised a class rap. In science we have planted our wildflower bombs so we are looking forward to Spring and summer to see the riot of colours hopefully .We also had cricket and PE ! A busy but super week!

Week commencing 28th September

This week in English we have been synonym detectives finding exciting words to use in our writing. We also looked at a paragraph based on Golilocks and the Three Bears where I had forgotten all my  punctuation! We were super at spotting my mistakes and addin gall the correc tpunctuation in. We have started to plan our our twisted fairy tale which we will be writing nect week as we finish this unit of work. We had to twist Red Riding Hood. there are some super ideas ! In Maths we are continuing with plave value looking at 1, 10, 100 more and less, numbe rlines to 100 and comparing objects.  In RE we looked at The Fall and thought about why this is important to Christians. In French we learnt our number 1-10 and some of us even knew 1-20! In Music we continued with our Gospel theme listening and appraising Amazing Grace by Elvis. In PE with NUFc we carried on with football skils and played some great games. We also did yoga and learn tthe triangle pose! In ICT we looked at emails and decided if we would open them or not. We wrote our own emaisl to a friend thinking about all we had learnt. In history we learn tall about daily life in Ancient Maya. We decided we are glad we are not slaves then as chances are we would be sacrificed!  A super week ! Well done everyone !

Week commencing 21st September

What a busy week in school! In English we have been working on using WOW vocabulary to describe a variety of fairy tale settings and charcaters. Everyone tried really hard and produced some wonderful work. In Maths we have been looking at number lines and continuing with place value calculating 1, 10, 100 more and less. In RE we looked at the ten commandments and thought about which one we thought was the most important. We are continuing to look at online safety in ICT and this week thought about why we need passwords. We have enjoyed Pe with NUFC and the schools soprt partnership as well as Yoga and cricket. We are a fit bunch! In Science we are continuing to look at Living things and their habitats and in histry we are enjoying learning about the marvellous Maya. This week we investigated some ancient artefacts and tried to work out what they could tell us about the Maya. 

Week commencing 7th September 

It has been so lovely to welcome you all into class and get to know you all. I am so proud of all of you as you have all been amazing getting to grips with lots of new procedures! Well done Yellow Class.

We have been busy this week. We have enjoyed yoga, cricket multi skills and games with NUFC. We have started our work based around Fairy Tales in English by identifying the features of a fairy tale. We are reading the Iron Man by Ted Hughes in class so we have based some guided reading work around the first chapter. We are all excited to see how the story develops. We have done a lot of PSHE around the theme of, Being Back Together. We thought of what good things we can enjoy at school and I must say pizza rolls came out a lot of times! The ymust be delicious in school ! In Maths we have recapped some work on place value and will be progressing with this over the next couple of weeks. We have enjoyed cjhallenging each other in times tables wars and everyone should now have their Times Tables Rockstars log ins. Please use this fun way to help you learn them.

In Science we have looked at the characteristics of living things as we start Living things and their Habitats. Ask your child about Mrs Nerg! We have also started music and ICT where we are lookingat internet safety and RE where we learnt about the Creation story.

I am so proud of each and every one of you !