Robot Inventors

3rd December 2023A Malone

This week we are exploring robots as part of our Marvellous Machines topic. We read the book ‘No-Bot, The Robot With No Bottom’, and looked at some photographs of real robots.

Then we designed and built some junk model robots. We have put them on display, and next we will talk about how we could improve them further, and make adaptations to them.

We worked really hard independently and with our friends, talking about what we were doing and exploring different methods and techniques. If something didn’t work, we tried doing it another way! Teamwork makes the dream work!

“Break the Rules Day” for Children in Need

23rd November 2023G Mills

On Friday 18th November, School Council arranged “Break the Rules Day” to raise money for Children in Need.

School Council established a list of rules which could be broken, designed a poster to be displayed around school and promoted the day across social media.

The whole school had lots of fun breaking the rules and we raised nearly £250, which was donated to Children in Need.

Here are some photographs showing the excitement around school…

Our Week in Acorns

23rd November 2023A Malone

This week in Acorns we have been listening to, talking about and performing music. We explored different kinds of instruments and the sounds they make, and then played along with the beat of different songs. It was great fun!

We also began learning more digraphs in phonics, exploring words containing ‘sh’ and ‘ch’. In Maths we have been finding one more and one less using equipment to help us, such as number shapes and ten frames. We enjoyed finding one more using ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ story, and finding one less by singing ‘Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer’.

In English we have read some stories about ‘Mrs Armitage’ by Quentin Blake, which links to our Marvellous Machines topic. We have enjoyed exploring different types of vehicles and finding out how they work.

Fun in Mindfulness Club

23rd November 2023A Malone

This week in Mindfulness Club we enjoyed using the new ‘balance snake’. We had to remove our shoes and focus on staying balanced as we walked along the snake. We had great fun but it was quite tricky!

 

We also did some mindful colouring, concentrated on solving wordsearches, and listened to some lovely relaxing music with beautiful underwater images.

Acorns Shop

14th November 2023A Malone

This week in Mathematics we are exploring the numbers 4 and 5, looking for them in the environment and representing them in different ways.

We decided to set up a shop and used 1p coins to make different amounts. We sorted all of the items we wanted to sell. talking about why they belonged in each section of the shop, then we made price labels for the items. Some items were more than 5p, so we carefully counted out the right number of coins to make each amount.

We’ve even started to create a cafe within our shop, so customers can have a drink and snack when they finish their shopping!

 

 

Making a sign

 

Making price tags

 

Let’s go shopping!

 

Careful counting

Outdoor Learning in Acorns

7th November 2023A Malone

Exploring the mud kitchen

 

Leaf soup, yum!

 

Sand cakes in the oven! We counted 12.

 

Working together to collect some water

 

Making up stories together

 

Playing on our ‘computers’ on the ‘train’

 

 

 

 

Our Week in Acorns

25th October 2023A Malone

We finished off our work on the Three Little Pigs by designing and making their houses.

We did some fabulous writing in phonics, saying the words and writing down the letters.

In Maths we rolled dice and said the number, then counted out objects to match.

We also practised using ten frames to represent numbers.

This Week in Rowans

22nd October 2023A Barnes

A fantastic week in Rowans! In Maths, the children in reception have explored the composition of numbers to 3 whilst the children in year one have compared groups by matching and also explored fewer, more and the same. In Phonics, the reception children have learnt the phoneme +n and practiced blending CVC words. The children in year one have learnt the diagraph +ai and practiced reading and writing words.

In Science and Art, the children have explored space and learnt all about the planets. The children had to follow instructions to each colour one of the planets using makers and filter paper, they then used a spray bottle to make the colour run to make beautiful planets. Well done everyone!