Holidays
We’ve kicked off with our new Big Topic, ‘Holidays’ by delving into suitcases and guessing where we’ll be going.
Mr Owen and I each brought our suitcases packed for a particular holiday and, from the evidence we gathered, we guessed where each person was heading and thought about who we’d most like to go with and why.
Mr Owen’s suitcase
As Mr Owen had scarf, hat, gloves and four pairs of socks, we decided he was heading somewhere cold. He’d packed his walking boots, a waterproof coat and he didn’t pack his passport.
Not many people wanted to join him on his holiday!
Miss Rushbrooke’s suitcase
Miss Rushrooke’s also contained walking boots but these were accompanied by insect repellent and an insect hat. We thought she might be going walking in the jungle. She had sun cream and beach-wear, too, and had packed a snorkel, camera and… her passport. 
Lots of Y5 wanted to join Miss Rushbrooke on her holiday. I wonder why?
We’ll be exploring a UK break and a holiday abroad through this topic and these cases give us clues as to where we’ll be going.
To help at home, discuss what they children know (and don’t know) about different countries. Can they find them on a map or tell you what continent they’re in. Do they know whether it’s hot or cold and why this is given their location (poles and equator). We’ll also be discussing currencies in maths and the different time zones across the world.
A note on the spellings from last week
The spellings were given before phonics groups had been set. Both year 1 and 2 were set the same spellings for this week so do not worry if your child found these spellings challenging. As phonics groups have now been set up, spellings will be based on sounds from the phonics group which your child is in.
Welcome!
Welcome to Reception Class!
Following our series of home-visits, we’d like to say thank you all for welcoming us into your homes. It was lovely to meet you all and get to know your child a little bit more.
We hope you’re as excited as we are about this new chapter in your child’s life and hope you’ve been provided with all the information you need. As always, please ask if you are not sure about anything.
The children will all begin this week, with the last children arriving on Thursday.
After your first day, school will begin at 8.50am and finish at 3.15pm. Please bring your child into the classroom and help them in the different learning areas to have a go at a learning challenge. Take this time to look at your child’s learning journey.
We try to get the children to be as independent as possible early on, so please let them hang their coat up and sort themselves out while you wait in the classroom.
At 3.15pm, please wait at the gate to the Reception outdoor area to collect your child.
See you soon!
Y1 dance moves…
Yesterday we had a fantastic dance lesson delivered by Mr Lynch. This was the most popular dance move!
Aerial Art
This afternoon, we’ve created a huge version of the Sky-God from our class novel using some of the repeated patterns we made earlier in the week.
Poetry Week
In English, we’ve been learning at alliteration, similes and onomatopoeia. We’ve also been looking at different types of poetry and approaches to creating poems. Here are two of our class poems:
The Field
Green, colossal, wavy grass,
big, pointy bushes.
Giant trees,
wind howling.
Invisible wind blowing through the grass,
you can see the green, gloomy grass.
Bright, blue sky,
the windy, wild air.
Feel the fresh air,
bright, yellow, sky high sun,
feels peaceful, no noise.
Big, fluffy, floating clouds,
Long, blue sky.
The playground
The sky is as blue as sea water.
The brown wall is like wood.
The wall is a beach.
The sun is shining and gold.
The ground is as hard as a stone fish.
The clouds are as white and fluffy as snow.
The weather is as hot as steaming sand.
The air is like nothing.
Finding synonyms…
This morning in our English lesson, we’ve been finding synonyms for some common adjectives.
A synonym is a word or phrase which means the same or nearly the same as another word or phrase.
Great first lot of homework
What a great start to homework this year!
To design/create a ‘Lost Thing’
Our bottle top collection
Shaun Tan, the main character and author of our topic book ‘The Lost Thing’, spends his time collecting bottle tops. He kindly shared with us a picture of his collection at the front of his book. He’s managed to collect a whole range of weird and wonderful designs so we decided to create a collection of our own to rival his.
We’ll reveal our whole collection very soon…
Counting
Look at the great counting we’ve been doing…
