Friday 29th November 2024

We have a great week in Alligator Class.

We very much enjoyed our trip on Monday and the fun continued throughout the week.

In English our Grammar focus this week has been Adverbs, where we have recapped our learning about 'verbs' and then have learnt how to include adverbs in our writing to make it more exciting. We are looking at non-fiction texts and have been reading all about the Arctic and Antarctica.

In Maths we have continued with Addition and Subtraction, looking at how to use inverse operations, double checking our answers and using fact families to support with this.

We enjoyed our football session this week, where we are joined by Football Coach Mrs White. This week we were practising our skills of dribbling and defending. We did this indoors as it was pretty icy outside!!

Friday 22nd November 2024

What a chilly week it has been this week! On Tuesday the children were all very excited to see snow. It was so lovely!

This week we have explored magnetism in our science unit 'forces and magnets.' We have been exploring 'poles' of a magnet and how they push/pull, repel and attract. We are all very excited about our school trip to Aerospace on Tuesday. Thank you to you all for giving your consent for your child to come.

In English we have finished our unit on 'The Invisible Boy.' Today the children wrote their End of Unit Write, writing a letter to Justin from Brian using commas in a list and ambitious vocabulary around emotions. The Alligators are now beginning to take great care in proof checking their writing and checking for mistakes.

It was so lovely to meet you all for parents evening this week. Thank you so much for taking the time to come into school to discuss your child's progress.
 

Friday 15th November 2024

Another brilliant week!

This week we have been recognising Anti-bullying week, taking part in many activities where we have been talking about what bullying is and how we can talk to an adult if we are worried about bullying.

In our PSHE lessons this week we read out some scenarios involving conflict. The children then acted these out, including acting out solutions to resolve conflict. We love acting in Alligator Class!!

In English our grammar focus this week has been 'commas in a list' where we have been listing emotions for our book character Brian, as well as writing shopping lists.

In Maths we have focused on calculation this week, looking at how to add and subtract using the column method. All children have worked incredibly hard on this.

Friday 8th November 2024

Welcome to Term 2 everyone!

We have had a fantastic first week back!

This week in English we have continued our writing unit on 'The Invisible Boy' where we wrote about how Brian's personality has changed throughout the book, as well as his appearance.

In Maths we have revisited Number and Place Value, using manipulatives such as diennes and place value counters.

In our science lessons we have begun our new unit 'Forces and Friction.' On Monday we carried out a friction experiment in teams, testing the friction of different surfaces in the classroom using a toy duplo car.

Next week is it Anti-bullying Week. Children are welcome to wear odd socks on Tuesday to raise awareness. On Friday it is Children in Need where children are welcome to wear non-uniform, if they can with a spotty/yellow theme. Not to worry if children don't have anything yellow and spotty.