Wow - a whole week has gone already! We've had another busy day, with lots of small group work focusing on teamwork and communication! Today's maths challenge was about recognising patterns. We also now have four resident dragons in the class! Our Class Rules are all agreed and our 'Good to be Green' system is working well! Hopefully the pictures [...]
In one of the blog post this week Mr Thomas wrote about our SEAL topic 'New Beginnings'. As it was my first Friday with class 4 we decided to think about how we can work well together in our new beginning as the NEW class 4. So.... the children had to work together in teams to build a tower using just straws and masking [...]
Interesting piece about when you should use 'hands up' in the classroom. We're right behind this; already doing what they describe. It ensures that many and different children are expected to answer, it promotes children's discussions and as Professor Wiliam says, it gets some children surprised that the quiet ones (who don't like putting their hands up) do know quite [...]
Another fun-filled day today in Class 1 with more dinosaur roaring, making pasta hair, making play doh dinosaurs, finding dinosaur bones and teeth in the dinosaur den and serving customers in the fish and chip shop! Some of the children even impressed me with their number knowledge today - clearly they have been doing lots of counting over the summer! [...]
Well done Class 2 - what a lovely day we've had! Don't forget to tell your 'grown ups' what we've been doing. There's a couple of pictures below to remind you all! Quotes about our day: Elsie -' magnificent' Kitty and Martha - 'super' Abigail - 'a great day' Micah - 'excellent' Samson and Jacob - 'epic' Dante - 'a [...]
We had a great morning in Class 1, exploring the classroom and dressing up (and roaring) like dinosaurs! (The roaring might explain the sore throat your child may have come home with!) In the afternoon we even found some dinosaurs exploring the dinosaur den, if you look closely you may see their tails poking out... or was it just the [...]
Welcome Back! My assembly this morning was all about being nervous on your first day back but also being nervous about trying new things. You’ve got to try because if you succeed you’ll be happy, and if you fail, well… you’ve learnt! Have a look at the assembly presentation on our blog! We’ll be trying to increase our use of [...]
It's the start of the school year... welcome back to those returning and hello to our new parents! Each term we focus on an aspect of our SEAL curriculum which is based on Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning. This term we start with 'New Beginnings.' This theme offers children the opportunity to see themselves as valued individuals within a community, [...]
Ah, that's where the bags of play sand go each term! However (not much of a keen eye needed) you'll also notice the amount of rotten wood around Class 1's decking area. Sad for the HUGE frog that's just been re-homed in the nature area and also the bank balance as we were only expecting a small amount of decking [...]
