Back with a Bang!

10th January 2025N Sikka

1 Red have returned to school after the Christmas break very keen and eager to learn. In maths the children have working on place value within 20 and have been playing independently with a range of resources to support their learning. In Learning Means the World our new theme is ‘Never Eat Shredded Wheat.’ We have been using a compass to plot and navigate points around the world and looking at the seven different continents and the countries within each one. We have used lots of role play to support our learning in both LMTW and English around the theme of pirates. The children have really enjoyed this aspect of learning and are linking it to other aspects of the curriculum and within their independent work. In PE we are exploring dance using our bodies to embrace rhythm and movement.

Geography with singing!

10th January 2025Ashley Clark

Today in our geography lesson, we looked at the 7 continents and the 5 oceans. We learned two songs to help us remember all of the continents and oceans. We then were able to identify where the continents are on the map and as a challenge, we located the oceans. If you ask us, we will be able to sing you our songs!

RE Day in Reception

10th December 2024K Richardson

Today we talked about the Christmas story. We asked who knew the characters, who they were and which character was the most important in the story of Christmas . We discussed  which parts the children in Reception are playing in our performance and how Christians often recreate the story in their church at Christmas. Some of the children then recreated the story and built a stable and others decided to paint the nativity scene.

 

Christmas Celebrations have started in 2 Blue!

10th December 2024L Chisholm

Our R.E. day this term looked at how light is used as a symbol in all religions. Diwali with the lamps,  Hanukkah with the Menorah, and Christianity with advent.  We found that Christianity uses light as a representation of hope and joy.  We made a Christingle and talked about what each part represented.  The orange = the world, the ribbon = Gods love, the candle = Jesus, the sticks = the four seasons and the sweet treats = all of Gods creations.  We enjoyed creating our Christingle and were excited to bring them home to talk about them with our grown ups.

Journalists of the future!

9th December 2024L Chisholm

In 2 blue this week we have been using computers and texts to research our favourite hero from our theme ‘Zero To Hero’. We wrote down all of the information we thought was important.  We then went to the computer suite where we were shown how to use ‘Word’ to produce our writing.  We were then taught how to change the size, type and colour of the font and how to search for, and insert a picture of our hero.  We really enjoyed using these skills to make our work more interesting.

The Northern Lights!

9th December 2024N Sikka

In One Red and One BLue this week we have been learning all about the Aurora in Learning Means the World. The children created beautiful pictures in their Art lesson to create the ‘Northern Lights’. They used different coloured pastels to rub and create beautiful representation of the night sky colourful explosions.

Greetings from around the world!

5th December 2024N Sikka

This week in LMTW we have been looking at links with other countries. The children were asked if they had any family or friends who lived in different countries, then they talked to each other about them. We shared various greetings from other countries such as ‘ola’, ‘bonjour’, ‘guten tag’ and ‘namaste’. The children had great fun working in partners greeting each other in different languages. We also looked at the world map to see where some of our family and friends lived.