Year 1 were very excited on Friday because they got to play some djembe drums that Miss Cliff delivered! They have been learning about Sub- Saharan African music in their music lessons this term and having these drums really brought the music to life
Miss Hedges ran out of time before Half Term to add this to the blog.
In Base 8 the children were learning about what plants need to grow and have enjoyed creating their own experiment to see whether their beans will grow without soil.
Butterflies!
As you know Reception have been learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar and over half term we had some very exciting news! The caterpillars became butterflies!
The children were all very excited to see them in the butterfly garden and this morning we took them to the forest at the back of our school and watched them fly away!
Year 2 have been using daisies this morning for an interesting Maths Investigation.
Eden and Isabella explained to me what they were doing to find out the answer.
The children were all working hard and looking forward to analysing the results later on in the lesson.
Year Two made the most of a sunny day to plant some seeds outside. We look forward to watching how they grow. The boys in the first video will tell you a bit more about what is happening!
The Rainhill Trials was an important competition run in October 1829 to test George Stephenson’s argument that locomotives would provide the best motive power for the nearly completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Stephenson’s Rocket was the only locomotive to complete the trials, and was declared the winner.
Base 8 have loved learning about the Rainhill Trials and in challenge time designed and made their own steam engines before recreating the competition in school.
Reception are looking at the life cycle of a butterfly and we have a butterfly garden in the classroom.
The children are very excited to watch all the changes.
Alina tells us a bit more about it in her video.
Base 8 have enjoyed learning all about the Muslim festival of Eid this which is the celebration that comes at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan .
After 8 weeks of home learning, Orianna from Reception wanted to share her last week at home with you.
Oriana dressed up for World Book Day as Golidlocks (her sister was tinker Bell and Marley was Fantastic Mr Fox!)
She made a vegetable cow and pig and we also played number splat (up to 20), jelly Phonics, fun with coloured ice (melting) painting, we talked about 3D and 2D shapes too, also about doubling and practiced all of her phase 3 and 4 phonics using sensory rice and lego we also practiced phase 2,3 4 and 5 tricky words. We also listened to some fairy stories whilst we had fun.
Oriana said her favourite home learning has been making a 3D castle and robot, baking bread like the little red hen and gingerbread men, Phonics jelly and sensory play, going out for walks and playing on her scooter, making dens, painting, celebrating Chinese New year by making a huge dragon, playing with paper boats and watching them float and having lots of snuggles with mommy, daddy and her baby brother Marley and little sister Luccia. (, as well as today’s activities I have included a collage of all of the highlights of Oriana’s home learning)
Thank you Oriana for sharing this with us – you have done so many things and these photos are a lovely memory of your time in homeschool!
We are all really glad to see you back in school though!
James sent in some photos of his phonics practice with Duplo. Thank you James!
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