Summer 2

It is the last half-term of the school year! It's a really busy half-term too! Our new topic for this half term is: 

Life in our village

Please follow the links below to the half-term letter and topic plan:

During RE lessons last half term, the children decided that they wanted to help people that were less fortunate than themselves. They decided that they would like to do a cake sale to raise money for the 'Toilet Twinning' charity to ensure that people in developing countries have a clean toilet to access. 

The children were thrilled to have raised enough money to twin with two toilets as well as being able to donate some money to 'Water Aid' to ensure that people have clean water to drink. 

In maths this week (w/b 1st June) the children in reception have been learning more about teen numbers. They have been looking at what a teen number is made from thinking about them being a ten and more. We have used arrow cards, bead strings, Numicon, tens frames and base 10 to make numbers in lots of different ways. 

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On July 1st, we went on a class trip to 'Top Barn Farm' in Worcester. We had a great time playing outside with our friends. We went on an amazing tractor ride around the farm where we could see the animals and crops growing. We collected eggs from the very friendly chickens and even managed to pick them up! We had great fun playing on the playground, in the willow, the castle and on the huge tractor tyres. We got to feed the goats, donkeys, pigs, sheep and chickens. 

 

Summer 1

Welcome back to school after the Easter holidays! We are excited about our new half-term of learning. Our new topic is 'The Victorians' where we will be learning all about children in this time period and our very own Victorian school building. Please follow the links below to the half-term letter and topic plan:

We spent some time exploring Victorian artefacts. We tried to work out what they were used for and what the modern version would be today. 

We then had a go at using some of these items. We found out that it was hard work to wash clothes in the Victorian times!

On Tuesday 28th April, members of the 'Messy Church' community came into school to work with us. We spent a lovely afternoon thinking all about treasure. We heard Bible stories, made crafts, completed activities, sang songs and enjoyed a snack together. We would like to thank the volunteers who came into school to help with this fantastic event. 

On Friday 8th May we had a Victorian School day. We dressed up and brought a penny to school to enjoy a day in the life of a Victorian child from over 100 years ago. We compared our whole class photo with one from 1898 taken in exactly the same spot!

We completed lots of activities including handwriting thinking about 'hooks' and 'hangers' and telling stories using Punch and Judy. 

We ended the day with learning how to sing the National Anthem to Queen Victoria and with a PE lesson in an old fashioned style!