We are only one line away from completing our Autumn poem. This is what we have so far… Colourful leaves falling down, Delicate berries hanging on a tree, Broken twigs lying on the ground, Spiky pine cones hiding in my pocket, Hungry squirrel hunting for food, ????????????????????????????????????? I wonder what…

This afternoon the class received a challenge to make a bulb light up using only one bulb, two wires and a battery pack. After a few attempts and different ideas one group succeeded in only 18 minutes. By the end of the lesson all five groups had completed the task….

This week we are writing a very seasonal Autumn poem. We have used images and things we found outside as a stimulus. We are using an adjective, noun and verb writing frame to help. Can you remember the line you created? Throughout the week we will be adding extra lines…

Today we ventured to the library in the school minibus. We discussed why we use the library and how important it is to look after our library books. Then we read a library book about when class 2 visited the zoo. Can you remember which creature was the focus of…

What an amazing literacy lesson today! We used our questions to hot seat different children in role. Mr Banham was really impressed with our questioning techniques and responses in character. I was really impressed with our focus and concentration. We listened to each other and responded with effective questions based…

The Y1 scientists have been exploring round school this afternoon using the iPads to record sources of light. Can you remember which objects we took photographs of? We discussed where we get light from. What can you tell me about these different objects? Why are these objects different? Don’t forget…

In Literacy we are using the short film ‘Baboon on the Moon’ as a stimulus for writing and speaking and listening. Initially we listened to the film, making predictions from what we could hear then we discussed how the baboon feels living all alone on the moon. Then we began…

This morning we eventually got to show our time machines to the rest of the class. We then came up with questions to ask each group. Here is a selection of the questions – Why is the engine on top? How does it travel through time? Where does the time…

On Friday we finished painting our time machine models. We decided they looked much better after a second coat. We will be evaluating our completed time machines this coming week. Please call in and see how fantastic they look!

After casting the play last week we met today and began reading through the script. So the long journey begins and tomorrow we should begin working through each scene. Let’s keep each other updated how rehearsals are progressing and how the dreaded line learning is going!