Carol singing
This morning, we sang our hearts out at Marks and Spencer’s. The weather was awful but it wasn’t a match for our Christmas spirit!
Thanks to all the parents and family who came to watch and sing along!
Paper chain competition
Today, the class have had to work cooperatively in teams to try to produce the longest paper chain. There were lots of enterprise skills on show as children assigned themselves specific roles and divided them into sub-teams.
The winning team were the Snakes who managed to make a paper chain that was five and a half metres in length!
Happy Christmas!
A very busy term is coming to an end. Thank you for your support with the Christmas performance; the children worked really hard practising lines and songs and without your help this wouldn’t happen.
It has been a long and tiring term but what a successful one. All of the children have made an excellent start to Year 1 and we have seen changes in them all since September. Here are some examples of fantastic progress:
- Nico, Owen and Oliver have impressed us with their maths skills
- Abi has settled really well and has made lots of new friends
- Zak and Neive have tried really hard to make positive choices and have shown they have a real sense of humour
- Brandon has shown excellent learning behaviour
- Sam is coming into school every day with a smile on his face
The transition from Foundation Stage to Year 1 is a big change but the children have taken it in their stride with very few hiccups and have had a very successful term in Year 1.
We hope you have a relaxing break over Christmas and we will see you in the New Year ready for even more learning!
Happy Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We have reached the end of the children’s first, very busy, exciting term at Moortown Primary School! All of the children are settled and happy and are making excellent progress in all areas of their learning and development.
These are just some of the ways the children have impressed us this term:
- Isaac, Manpreet, Noorpreet and Sachpreet are blending and reading brilliantly
- Dylan and Isaiah have been keen to learn by always listening and trying
- Kai, Pia, Grace and Gabby have made excellent choices all term and shown they know how to learn
- Filip has impressed us by overcoming his shyness to communicate more confidently with children and adults
- Ishaan, Farai, Josh and Ismail have been constructing amazing buildings and models
- Nicky and Lori have taught us a lot about trucks
- Thomas, Albert and Ethan have shown great imagination in their play and story-telling
- Lewis and Phoebe have shown amazing creativity with their pattern-making and drawings
- Alex and Ripley have wowed us with their maths
- Ben, Martha, Humairah and Mia have been great members of the class by being kind and helpful to adults and other children
- Karam has been polite and caring
- Theo has made us laugh with his great sense of humour.
We hope all the children are back to full strength and ready to enjoy the last week of term and the Christmas party.
Have a great break and see you next year!
14 December 2012
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 19 December.
I can show what I have learnt about time.
We’ve been learning to tell the time and find time intervals this week so the children are tasked with showing me what they have learnt!
They could:
- Create a game.
- Make a clock and ask and answer some questions.
- Use a timetable (TV magazine, bus timetable) to ask and answer some questions.
- Match a time in words to a clock showing the same time.
What an action-packed week!
A busy week rehearsing for the Christmas performance meant that some much needed fresh air and physical exercise were needed. Some great fun outside in the front playground…
…and some balancing in PE.
This is a good chance to remind you that children must have their PE kits in school every Tuesday and Thursday.
More yoga
Yoga
We were lucky to be visited by Yogabugs who taught us some circus-themed yoga moves. I was very impressed by a lot of the children’s balancing skills!
- Stretching tall
Dance
We visited Allerton Grange to take part in a dance workshop. Take a look at some of the moves we learnt!
Building!
There was great excitement this week when our new building blocks arrived. We definitely have some budding engineers in our class! Take a look at some of the fantastic construction that went on.
Block play is beneficial in Reception for a variety of reasons including:
- exploring mathematical concepts such as shape, size, length, weight and symmetry.
- investigating science concepts, including gravity, balance, stability and cause and effect.
- language and vocabulary are increased.
- children’s confidence in decision making is enhanced.
- coordination develops so eyes and hands and small and large muscles work together. This prepares children for success in reading and writing.
And of course, it’s fun!
