This week in Rowan’s the children listened to the story of Sharing a Shell. In art the children used air dry clay to make their own shells, they look fabulous! In phonics the children have been learning all about the +ng sound. In maths the children have explored the composition of numbers from 11 to 15, composed and decomposed 2d shape in pictures and have explored making doubles with the dice pattern. In P.E the children practiced throwing the ball into a target to score points. In science and D.T the children learnt about the wind and made a kite, they had lots of fun testing the kites to see if they would fly!
12.06.23-16.06.23
This week we have spent lots of time outdoors and created a classroom outside and we did most of our science and history work out there. In science we built houses and then tested to see if they would hold up in the wind and rain. The paper straw house did not survive.
Recently we have been very interested in London so to move on we had a French afternoon and looked at Paris. We looked at all of the landmarks, found it on the map and even tried some French food.
This week, in history, Chestnuts have been researching ancient Egypt as part of our topic.
We have found out lots of new information about:
- Egyptian art;
- Egyptian architecture;
- Inventions;
- Writing;
- How they built cities;
- How they used water from the River Nile.
We worked as groups to answer lots of questions and present our research on huge posters.
Birches class have had fun during golden time doing dancing, completing jigsaws and playing with trains. 
This week in Hawthorns the children were asked to bring in an object that best represents them. We then worked hard to develop our observation skills to sketch the object. Have a look at Hawthorns in action!
We decorated our crowns and made flags using tissue paper for the Coronation party.
02.05.23-05.05.23
On Tuesday Hollies visited Hedworth Park. We loved playing on all of the equipment however, the slide and swings were our favourite. We have completed lots of maths and English jobs including telling the time, making patterns and counting to 100.
In topic this week we have been looking at the Crown Jewels that King Charles will wear at the coronation. We have also made flags and our own crowns for the occasion.
24.4.23 – 28.4.23
This week in Rowan’s class we learnt a new sound +y. The children have practiced blending, spelling and writing words that include the sound +y. The children have also continued to consolidate their understanding of GPCs. In maths we have have explored the one more than and one less than relationship between consecutive numbers, explored 3D shapes and made comparisons between the capacity of liquid. In Understanding the World we explored animals that are from hot and cold climates. In Expressive Arts and Design we made snakes using mouldable clay and bubble wrap to make the snake print!
