In our topic work this week we looked at animal skeletons and then created our own using art straws. Great work Acorns!
In Cookery Club this week we made Chocolate Chip Rock Buns. We worked really well together, reading and following the recipe. Everyone worked as a team to weigh, measure and mix the ingredients. The rock buns smelled and looked delicious!
This week the children have worked really hard to recognize words that rhyme. We read together silly rhyming stories that made the children giggle such as ‘Oi dog’ then we have completed interactive rhyming games, puzzles and worksheets. We also looked at Monarchs in history which they all found very interesting when placing them on a timeline.
This week Birches created their own abstract art after looking at examples. We chose a pencil portrait and traced it, selecting certain lines to create an abstract effect. We’ve been quite impressed by the results!
Cherries had a fantastic day at Arbeia, the Roman Fort, in South Shields.
We have learned lots about the Romans and what went on at the fort over 1000 years ago. We loved digging for artefacts and deciding what each item would have been used for.
Everyone was so well behaved and made us all so proud of their listening and hard work.
Team Cherries
Hawthorns have ordered the monarchs of the past on a timeline. We noticed there were more in some time periods than others and suggested reasons why this might be.
Our current maths focus is ‘To 20 and beyond!’, where we are learning about counting, building and exploring patterns of numbers beyond 10.
This week we have been investigating adding ones to groups of ten, enabling us to build numbers from 11 to 20. Everyone has worked super hard to explore, explain and discuss what they have found out. Well done Acorns!
“One group of ten and 7 more is 17.”
“I have got a tower of ten. I need 5 more cubes to make 15. 10 and 5 is 15.”
Our new topic in Acorns is Animal Safari. In this topic we will be learning about all the incredible animals that live around the world. We will explore and compare animal habitats, and investigate animals in the local environment.
We will learn how to care for pets, and find out what all animals need to grow, survive and stay happy and healthy.
Our role play area is in the process of becoming a veterinary surgery –
We’ve explored online games about how to look after animals –
We made posters about taking care of pets –
We drew pictures of our favourite animals and labelled them –
We can’t wait to find out more and become animal experts!
South Tyneside Attendance Team have informed school of the changes to Penalty Notice fines from 19th August 2024.
Our school will be implementing these changes, in accordance with LA and Governmental policy from the above date.
The main changes are –
• the number of unauthorised absences to 10 unauthorised absences (5 days) in the most recent 10 school week period.
• the number of penalty notices that can be issued to a parent in respect of the same individual child to 2 within a 3-year period.
• It increases the amount of the penalty notice from £120 to £160 (if paid within 28 days) and £60 to £80 (if paid within 21 days) for the first penalty notice issued to a parent in respect of the same individual child in a 3-year period.
• It sets the amount of any second penalty notice issued to the same parent in respect of the same individual child within 3 years of the date the first penalty notice was issued to £160 to be paid within 28 days. No discount is offered.
• Further absences will proceed for prosecution in the Magistrate Court for the same parent in respect of the same child within 3 years of the date of the first penalty was issued.
Further information can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/
Or you can email [email protected]
At the end of our ‘Ready, Steady Grow’ topic, we had a challenge to complete! We read the story ‘Penny Pig’s Super Salad’, and talked about the importance of eating a healthy, varied diet. Then we explored salad ingredients and identified which ones we would like to try.
Everyone helped to peel, chop and mix the vegetables and then we all created our own ‘super salad’. We also challenged ourselves to try something new, and everyone tried at least one new vegetable! Well done Acorns!
