Many thanks to parents who came to the meeting last year about the New National Curriculum 2014 and the new assessment systems that schools will now be using. If you were unable to attend this meeting please take time to read the documents given out on the evening, which are linked below. It is important that…
Reverend Mark from Kenton Parish Church was kind enough to come in to visit Cherry and Willow class. He helped launch our topic “Magic and Mystery”. We were shown lots of illusions and tricks. Miss Coleman even assisted with one of the tricks! Check out our pictures below…. 1,2,3 upsee daisy!
In Willow class we have been leaning how to perform magic tricks. Check out our new magic trick activity table!
We have been working on our fine motor skills in Willow. Our New Finger gym activity helps us to develop strong, flexible fingers, hands and arms. It promotes better hand-eye co-ordinations, differentiated movement and manual dexterity. This week’s activity is: Can you match the magic gems to the correct number using the tweezers?
In Literacy we have been reading the book “Professor Puffendorf secret potions” by Robin Tzannes. We have been designing and making our very own potions in our new Potion Laboratory. We will also be learning lots about capacity in numeracy!
During the autumn term, Cherry Class enjoyed lots of learning in Maths. We mainly focused on the number system and shape and space.In shape and space, the children learnt all about the properties of 3D shapes. Here are some photographs showing them hard at work!
Happy New Year Everyone! We hope you have had a restful break and are looking forward to the New year! This term our topic is Magic and Mystery, here are some of the things that we will be getting up to over the next few weeks!
This term in art we have been looking at the famous artist Andy Goldsworthy. We were set a challenge to create a sculpture in the style of his work using shells, sticks, leaves and stones. Check out our lovely creations! [easingsliderpro id=”5″]
We have had a fantastic trip to Exeter Cathedral, we went on a hunt to find clues which told the Christmas story. Making decorations was lots of fun too! [easingsliderpro id=”6″]
For those parents and carers who were unable to attend our successful maths evening for parents we have a guide to the stages involved in written calculations available to download. Please click here to download our guide to written calculations in Maths. We hope you find it useful. It takes you through the concepts and stages…