Friday 4th April 2025

Happy End of term 4. Where does the time go?

This week in Alligator Class we have been incredibly creative. From taking part in a painting art workshop, woodwork and making mazes out of Lego.

In our DT project this week, we followed a design to make a marble maze. In teams we cut wood with Mrs White, measuring what we needed beforehand. Then in teams we made a Lego prototype, testing our design. Then as a team we made wooden marble mazes.

In our science lesson this week we finished our unit on Plants, looking at seed dispersal. In our Geography unit we finished our unit on 'Bristol' looking at the wind turbines in Bristol, learning about renewable energy.

We were lucky enough to visit Year 1 this week, where we have had 10 chicks hatch. We popped down to say hello and hold them. They were adorable!

All of the children have worked very hard this term. They have shown great resilience during assessments, given their all our topic sessions and never given up! They deserve a well earned rest. I hope you all enjoy the sunshine :)

Have a lovely Easter everyone,
Mrs Garland

Friday 28th March 2025

Hey everyone,

Another brilliant week had!!

This week in science we learnt about pollination and acted out the pollination process, followed by drawing a storyboard in our books. We have very much enjoyed our topic this term on 'plants.' Next week we will move on to learn about seed dispersal.

In English we finished our unit on 'Oliver and the Seawigs,' completing an End of Unit Write, writing an explanation text. Here children used subordinating conjunctions, writing in complex sentences.

In our RE lesson this week we learnt about the Jewish festival of Passover. Here we worked in teams and acted out the story of Passover, playing the parts of Moses, The King and God. This was lots of fun.

I hope you all enjoy the sunshine and have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Garland

Friday 21st March 

Afternoon everyone,

This week the Alligators have worked hard in their assessments, applying all they have learnt this year.

On Tuesday we went to the Resound Centre to watch a music concert performed by Eleanor and Gus. Our children showed excellent behaviour and respect during the concert and I couldn't have been prouder of them.

Follow the link below to check out some of the music that we were lucky enough to listen to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXBNM4OrjI

In our science lesson this week we learnt about how seeds are produced, dissecting a flower and labelling its parts.

We were lucky enough to take part today in a Rugby session delivered by the Bristol Bears where we played some games.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Garland

Friday 14th March 

Hello everyone,

This week in Alligator Class we have continued with our dance lessons, where we have been learning different hip hop dance styles. Last week we learnt some street dance moves and had a battle. Today we learnt 'lock in' moves where we learnt a simple routine and performed to each other.

In science this week we have set up an experiment to test 'the conditions needed for plant growth.' We have set up some cress seeds in different materials and will look forward to finding out if our seeds have grown next week.

In our geography lesson this week we explored Avonmouth Docks online and from reading. Next week we will be looking at the Severn Estuary and Severn Bridge.

Next Tuesday afternoon is our trip to watch a music concert at the Resound Centre. Please can I remind you that there will be a later pick up time this day of 3.30pm.

I will look forward to seeing you at parents evening next week. If you are yet to make an appointment, but would like one. Please book through the office.

Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Garland

Friday 7th March 2025

Hi everyone,

It was been an excellent and busy week in Alligator Class.

On Tuesday we visited the Mshed and Bristol Harbourside to carry out some field work studies. Here we answered many questions in teams about the history of Bristol. This was followed by a lovely stroll in the sunshine to the amphitheatre, a spot of lunch, sketching of the boats in the Harbour as well as counting the boats. We had a wonderful day.

Thursday we had lots of fun on World Book Day. The Alligators read our class poem 'My Puppy' out loud in assembly and many of us had fun dressing up.

In our English Unit this week the children have written their first piece of dialogue using speech marks, using characters from our text 'Oliver and the Seawigs.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone,
Mrs Garland

Friday 28th February 2025

Hello everyone,

This week it has been so lovely to see the Sunshine!! We have been lucky enough to have our 'tag rugby' PE lesson outside!

In English we have been learning to write direct speech using inverted commas, also known as speech marks. This can be quite tricky, but as always the Alligators have loved the challenge. We have been writing the dialogue between characters in our new text 'Oliver and the Seawigs.'

In our geography lessons we have began our topic on 'Topographical features' where we have been looking at the City of Bristol through Google maps, as well as OS Maps.

In Science this week we began our new topic on 'Plants.' We started by studying the roots of the plants and learning about their function. This got a little muddy!

On Tuesday it is our School Trip to Bristol Harbourside. Children are to come into school at normal time, dressed in school uniform. If their trainers are more comfortable than their school shoes they are able to wear these. Please remember a packed lunch. Fingers crossed for nice weather.

Next week it is World Book Day on Thursday and your children can come in dressed as their favourite book character. No need to go out and buy anything expensive and children are under no pressure to do so.

Hope the sunshine continues the weekend, enjoy.

Mrs Garland