Robins have had a great time outdoors around the school firepit. Miss Bartle described it as ‘ having a wildly happy time!! Perfect…

 

Larks have impressed me this week as writers with their riddles. They enjoyed working together to share ideas before independently getting on with their own riddles about animals, superheroes and objects around their classroom. Mrs Lewandowski enjoyed trying to guess the riddles- as did Mr Dougall during their Teams meeting on Friday afternoon. Brilliant!

Swifts have been making Minotaur soup… if you find you need the recipe see Miss Callender! They are continuing to enjoy their outdoor PE sessions too- catching and throwing skills this week.

 

Owls enjoyed their local visit to Bowes Museum this week to support their creative topic. They also enjoyed an outdoor hunt looking for information to fin out about the Christmas Truce. They have also as artists, been using pastels to recreate Van Gogh’s ‘Field of Poppies’

 

Robins have been exploring Pollock Art with pumpkins this week and they were then inspired to use this method using umbrellas too. They told Mrs T that they were ‘firework artists!’ How amazing- I love them Robins.

Our Year 1 children have also worked independently this week using some of our new natural resources in maths to make calculations and represent using different objects. Fantastic.

Larks enjoyed playing Lotto this week in their French with Mrs Lewandowski. Tres Bien!!

This week in the Swifts we have been learning about our digestion and investigating the intestines using socks, bread and coca cola! They have been learning about punctuation and vocabulary within instruction writing – as a result they made jam sandwiches.

Owls have enjoyed their time this week in the outdoor classroom making trench stew- looks delicious Owls! They have also completed their trenches in design and technology- Mrs Porter and the children are very proud of the finished designed. Well done Owls- a very creative week of History.

Robins: Melody

Larks: Alfie

Swifts: Theo

Owls: Kitty

Congratulations Stars!

Robins have ‘nailed it!!’ What a fabulous week they have all had… a local visit to collect autumn treasures, transient art with their collection, colour matching and take a look a the wonderful writing in Year! I loved reading your autumn poems Robins… well done. Thanks also to Mrs T for collecting some autumn treasures from her own garden… whilst it was still dark and in her dressing gown!! That’s dedication for you!!!

Larks enjoyed their online safety crosswords this week and know all about keeping safe online at home and at school.

Swifts classroom turned into a newsroom this week… Good Morning Britain!! Reporting from Crete that there was a Minotaur on the loose!!! Mrs Fells had fun making the ‘TV’ for our presenters!! They also enjoyed an outdoor maths lesson working collaboratively to explore number bonds.

Trenches part 2!! Owls have added to their trench designs this week and have included fire steps, sandbags and dugouts. So creative, and using a range of art and design skills too. Have a look at the Propaganda posters too… well done Owls.

Robins: Ben

Larks: Amber

Swifts: Joshua D

Owls: Martha

Congratulations boys and girls… keep shining like the Stars you are!

Robins enjoyed tasting new fruits this week as part of National Healthy Eating Week. They made the most of the fruit hamper that was kindly donated from Morrisons in Barnard Castle.

 

Larks had an indoor PE session this week working on balance. Look at the concentration on some of those faces! Lovely to see some super maths work too looking at partitioning numbers and using loose objects. Pasta is always a favourite.

Swifts Class have continued to impress with their number and place value knowledge. They also enjoyed creating their clay pots/vases linking to their Greek topic. They used a range of skills such as moulding and shaping the clay… making mess and memories!! I am looking forward to sharing with you the finished art work.

 

Owls have had fun this week in their art/topic sessions making their WW2 trenches. Thank you to everybody for bringing in their baby photographs too, Mrs Porter and the children  had good fun trying to work out who was who… including staff photos!

 

Robins: Harry

Larks: Connie

Swifts: Sophie

Owls: Charlotte R

Congratulations Stars… keep shining like the stars that you are!

Robins

Robins have had another super week and have had yet another unexpected visitor!! They have enjoyed spending time in the new cosy corner too. It is not quite finished but they already love it… especially the story chair! Some beautiful transient artwork too… so creative Robins!

Larks

Larks have continued to enjoy much of their learning outdoors this week. Some fabulous phonics and spelling going on and also investigating two digit numbers using part/part whole methods. Fantastic!

Swifts

 

Swifts have been getting creative in their maths learning this week and using loose parts to make their own Roman numerals.

Owls

Meet Jimmy!!! A scaled collage of the human skeleton… a new addition to the Owls class!!!