Reception Butterflies

7th July 2022K Richardson

As part of our previous theme ‘What on earth?’ and then linking into our current theme ‘Over the Rainbow’  Reception were very lucky to look after some caterpillars.  We investigated the life cycle and then watched out caterpillars grow, change to the chrysalis stage and then finally our beautiful butterflies emerged! We observed them for a day or two and fed them fruit, when they were ready, we let them go free!  Some of them flew off straight away, but one of them stayed as it seemed to like sitting with one of our girls!

Magical Music in Year 4

30th June 2022M Reilly

This week we have been learning about traditional Celtic music. The children have learned about ancient Celtic instruments as well as creating their own percussion based compositions.

Christians Charities

30th June 2022M Reilly

As part of our RE week, we have been learning about how Christian people help each other . We learnt about different Christian charities and how they help people.

 

1 Red and diversity week.

30th June 2022L Chisholm

1 Red and the rest of the school took part in Diversity Week.  We looked at how we were all different and that we like different things, that the whole world has many cultures and beliefs and that we should be accepting and inclusive to all.

Mathematical Map Makers in 2 Red

30th June 2022L Phillips

This week in Maths 2 Red have been learning about position and direction. To get us started with some key vocabulary we followed the Cha Cha Slide. We then added extra vocabulary such as quarter, half and full turns, and clockwise and anticlockwise – connecting this all back to previous learning about time and fractions to help us. We had great fun writing instructions for our stick person, Robin, to them around our map ensuring we talked like true mathematicians!

3 Red’s fantastic fraction!

17th June 2022L Martin

This week in maths we have been looking at fractions of amounts and equivalent fractions. The children worked really hard to gain a clear understanding of fractions of amounts before moving on to more complex equivalent fractions.

As part of our Path to Success way of learning, the children ‘played’ with it today.

 

Year 1 and 7 Red on the best trip ever!

17th June 2022L Chisholm

Year 1 and 7 Red went on a trip to the Centre For Life in Newcastle as part of our theme of Light and Dark.  In the scientific part of the visit we experimented with moving cogs, built rockets, researched how astronauts live out in space (including how they go to the toilet!) and manned a space station. We also visited the planetarium and watched the story of Little Bear and saw all the constellations in our skies. In our geographical section of our trip we looked at animals from different continents and were able to name the continents and discover what the habitat is like on each continent.  We then went into the play zone where we were able to create structures, shadows and role play.  We had an amazing day and our behaviour was exemplary!  We are so proud of you all!

 

Reception Great British Bake Off!

17th June 2022K Richardson

This week during our theme ‘What on earth?’ we have been looking at small things. Then Reception used the story ‘Little Red Hen’ to support some of our learning. We decided to make some bread, the smell of baking bread was amazing and it tasted delicious! We certainly have some contenders for Great British Bake Off!