NEWS & EVENTS BLOG

<p>Year 6 transferred their science and maths knowledge into PE. They looked at the different muscles they needed to use to complete the triple jump (hop, skip and jump). They then used metre rulers to measure the distances they jumped &#8211; trying to beat their score the next time.</p>

<p>Today we began our Maths topic of Money in Year 3. We introduced the topic by taking part in a Money Carousel. We thought about using practical resources to recognize coins, work out certain amounts, find change and even tried a bit of reasoning.</p>

<p>Reception class loved our focus book Handa&#8217;s Surprise! As part of our learning the children worked in groups to sequence the story, developing their team work and comprehension skills: The children had the opportunity to taste the seven delicious fruits in the story: Using this experience the children were then able to write sentences to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week we started our maths topic on Fractions. We started off our learning by using lots of concrete resources to explore how fractions work. We thought about naming fractions, the language of fractions and thinking about fractions of amounts and equivalent fractions.  &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p>Today we took part in a measurement carousel in class. We used our own rulers to think about measuring objects in our classroom. We also began thinking about the difference between, mm, cm and m. We worked on holding our rulers carefully so we could read our measurements accurately.</p>

<p>This week we have been looking at properties of 3D shapes and doubling and halving. We had lots of fun on Friday working with concrete and pictorial resources to revise these concepts and learn some new ones!</p>

<p>Following a practical in which we looked at the effects of different liquids on an eggshell (simulating their effects on teeth), Year 4 wanted to extend their investigation. Following suggestions from Peace and Harley, we will now test the effects of different amounts of sugar in a water solution. Using our maths skills from year [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This morning we had lots of fun in Year 3 taking part in a Grouping and Sharing Carousel. This is to consolidate our knowledge when grouping and sharing before moving onto formal division next week. We grouped and shared lots of concrete objects such as toy dinosaurs, playing cards, counters and dominoes. We also looked [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We have been continuing with our Year 3 key performance indicators in maths this week. This week we are revising time facts from Year 2. We matched up time facts cards, played minute past the hour dominoes and o’clock dice games.</p>

<p>Reception used autumnal objects to create repeating patterns and then drew their own patterns to demonstrate their understanding. Well done, Reception!</p>

<p>Reception have been sorting objects into categories. In this activity the children sorted objects by colour and counted the objects with 1-1 correspondence. Super work Reception!</p>

<p>In Year 3, we are continuing to look at our maths key performance indicators. This week, we have been making sure we are confident with recognise place value up to 9,999. We did this by using dominoes and dice and working in groups. We each selected a domino, or rolled dice, to make the biggest [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Today in Year 3 we have been revising some of the Year 2 Maths Key Performance Indicators (KPI&#8217;s), which are key maths skills we should have as we move into KS2. We had fun using dominoes to have a go at doubling and halving, choosing different dominoes, selecting the numbers they show and doubling or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week we have been revising our number bonds to 10, 20 and 100. We have been using a variety of concrete resources to remind ourselves of our learning from KS1. We particularly enjoyed using tens frames to find the difference when adding numbers together to make 10. We could then use this knowledge and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week Reception have been learning about doubles. They used tens frames and counts to practically work out double facts to 10. Lots of children were able to instantly recall doubles to 10. Some children even continued their learning in their play by independently writing double calculations &nbsp; !</p>

<p>Reception have been learning about patterns. They hunted for patterns in the outdoor area and found lots of repeating, stripes and shape patterns: We also looked closely at natural patterns in tree trunks and logs and created their own observational drawings as well as investigating patterns in honeycomb and representing the pattern using printing techniques. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Reception enjoyed learning about Easter which is a very special time in the Church&#8217;s calendar! They created repeating patterns on Easter eggs: The Easter egg hunt was lots of fun: The children and families created wonderful egg designs for the school competition: Look at the wonderful cards we made in the creative area for our [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Wednesday Key Stage 1 took part in a practical maths morning about money. We played lots of games and did puzzles about money. We had lots of fun and we learnt a lot about money and about turn taking in games.</p>

<p>Today we got involved in an exciting science workshop with Technology Tom! We explored magnetism to fit in with our current topic. Tom demonstrated a few different experiments to us that showed just how powerful magnets are! These demonstrations included; a magnet fishing game, a compass demonstration and a demonstration which showed how magnets attract [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week Nursery and Reception Class celebrated World Book Day by focusing on the story &#8216;The Smeds and The Smoos&#8217; by Julia Donaldson &amp; Axel Scheffler.   The Nursery children dressed up in blue like the Smoo characters in the story and the Reception children dressed in red like the Smeds. We took part in [&hellip;]</p>