This half term, Chestnuts have been learning all about the importance of the digestive system in humans and our teeth. We decided to find out which drinks would cause the most tooth decay. We conducted an investigation by using hard boiled eggs in different liquids and we observed how they changed. We were surprised to find orange juice caused a lot of damage to the egg and we thought this may be because of the acid in it as well as the natural sugars. Water and milk were the best liquids we investigated.
We have had a fabulous and fun filled first half term back at school where we have explored our topic ‘All About Me’. We have been busy reading, writing, completing maths and phonics activities.
In science we have completed lots of experiments using our sensors. We particularly enjoyed seeing the changes that occurred to a fizzy bottle when we added mints. We watched and listened as corn kernels popped into popcorn just like in the book Bear Snores On and we commented on how the changes occurred through heat and the corn expanded.
In art we have been learning all about the primary colours. We have also been learning what colours to mix to make secondary colours. We have explored making art with a variety of materials. We have made amazing rainbow collages using tissue paper. We have also had lots of fun using fruit to create pumpkin prints.
In PE with Adam we have been super speedy and have been practicing running to and around different coloured cones. We have also been jumping in hula hoops and over hurdles.
What a fabulous, fun-filled half term it’s been! We’ve been learning about bears, superheroes, Autumn, and done lots of reading, writing and maths. We’ve also got off to a flying start with our phonics!
Everyone has settled in so well, and we can’t wait to carry on with our learning after half-term!
Outdoor Fun
Fun Phonics
Autumn Art!
Superheroes!
Marvellous Maths!
Wake up, Shake up!
Team work!
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Since Sycamores came back to school in September, their topic has been “The Vikings”.
As part of their history work, they researched Viking longships to produce group posters. Then, in DT, they designed and made model longboats.
This half term Cherries topic has been ‘Magnificent Me!’ We have all settled back into school well and love our new classroom. We enjoy using our own outdoor space to enhance our learning, such as water play or writing with chalks.
In PE with Adam we have been practising running around cones, weaving through cones, running in hula hoops and jumping over hurdles. We are able to complete these very independently.
We have been learning all about plants in Science, labelling their parts, what helps them grow and planting some of our own seeds.
In Art we used a mirror to look at our faces to draw an accurate self-portrait. Our drawings were amazing! Using the correct eye and hair colours and some of us even drew our hairstyles.
We have also loved having Lenny, the school dog, in our class. Our confidence is growing in touching him and some of us love to hold his lead when we take him for a walk.
A fun and busy half term!
We have been very busy in Willows during our first half term back at school.
In History we have been studying the Ancient Egyptians.
We have learnt all about: how important the River Nile was to the Egyptians, the hierarchy that existed within the Ancient Egyptian society, the mummification process, Egyptian Gods and Goddesses and what the Egyptians believed happened to people after death!
The digestive system and teeth has been our science focus for this half term. The children have learnt about how the body digests food and which of our organs are needed to do this.
They carried out their own investigation into tooth decay using hard boiled eggs and different drinks.
Look at our results!
In maths the children have been focussing on place value and then using the four operations to carry out written calculations in their book.
Our class book in English has been The Egyptian Cinderella. This is a retelling of the classic Cinderella story with an Egyptian twist! Poor Rhodopis, the slave, is bossed about by the Egyptian servants that she lives with. When suddenly, one day, she has her beautiful rose-gold slipper stolen by a falcon. Will the Pharaoh return her slipper? Does she have her happily ever after?
The children have really engaged with the story and have been able to write: a character description about Rhodopis, a diary from the perspective of the Egyptian servant girls, a balanced argument about whether Rhodopis has a happily ever after and write their own story based on the events in the book.
We are so impressed with their hard work so far. Roll on next half term Willows!
Miss Tod and Miss Shakesby
This half term the children in Lemons have been developing their running and jumping skills and have been able to navigate around an obstacle course.
They have loved the different challenges they have been given during each lesson. Well done everyone!
Thank you so much to everyone who was able to contribute to our Harvest collection. We collected an amazing amount of food. We had so much food we had to take two cars to drop it all off!!
Thank you to the two lovely children from Oaks class who helped take the food to Hebburn Helps. You were fantastic ambassadors for the school!
We worked together as a top team of detectives to solve the mystery of who stole our pumpkins. We questioned five different suspects and investigated and questioned them until we solved the mystery. We found the guilty culprit and our pumpkins! 
In the afternoon, we went on a detective hunt solving clues to find where the treats were around school. 
This week we have also designed a scary pumpkin face and carved them into an actual pumpkin!
