Hello,
We have had a lovely day, starting with our May Day celebrations today. We felt very lucky that the rain stayed away for our performance this morning. We all looked fantastic in our smart clothes. Well done Isabelle and Daniel on being our May Queen and King, you did a great job!
We enjoyed our dance called 'buttered peas' and we hope you did too. We also liked watching the other children do their dances and thought they all did really well. We loved watching the may pole dancing in Year Two, and we look forward to doing the may pole next year.
In Maths this week we have been doubling. We used different way to double, arrays, repeated addition and multiplication. We know that double 6 is 12 or 6+6=12 or 2 x 6 = 12.
We enjoyed doubling a recipe, making a fruit salad.
In English we carried on our work on explanations. We looked at two ramps and explained why one went down the ramp quicker than the other one. We used words like steeper, lower, faster and slower.
Today we also did a piece of creative writing. We all came up with our own idea and wrote an adventure, some with flying cars, or houses, or tree. Some of us went to chocolate land, some went to hamster land and some of us went to Portugal or Scotland!
This week has been walk to school week. Lots of us have walked to school, or come on scooter or bike. On Wednesday some of us walked with Mrs Carey from the common. It has been really good for our environment and our health!
This week Plop is having a rest and a bath and will fly home with Mrs Carey.
The star award this week goes to someone who has overcome something they found tricky. They did a fantastic job at being May King, well done Daniel!
We hope you all have a lovely half term.
Love Oak Class
Reminders:
Home learning is to keep a weather chart of wherever you are!
Monday 4th June is an inset day - school will start on the Tuesday 5th June.
Coin challenge starts on Tuesday 5th June.
Friday 25 May 2018
Friday 18 May 2018
A week of experiments!
Hello,
We have been doing lots of different experiments this week in Oak Class!
At the beginning of the week we looked at forces and thought about how different things move. We tested cars and balls going down ramps with different materials, we also thought about how bikes and scooters move and how this changes when there's a hill or slope.
The second experiment we did today was following up our original paper water lily test by changing the conditions. We tested a cardboard lily, a paper lily in hot water and a paper lily in milk. We found out that the cardboard lily still opened by was slower to get wet, the hot water soaked the paper and it eventually sunk, the water lily on the milk floated for a long time! We thought it might be because milk is thicker than water or it might have different things in it that water does not.
In English we have been look at explanations and we wrote our own explanation of 'How does a Hot Air Balloon fly?' We used time connectives like; First, next, finally and drew pictures with our explanations. We also learnt that hot air rises.
During Maths we have been looking at multiplication. We have been doing this by practising our repeated addition and also by using arrays. We are continuing to count in 2's to help us. Next week we will be looking at multiplication and doubles.
This week in PE we practised our May Day dance called 'buttered peas'. We are looking forward to performing this next Friday morning at 9:10 and we look forward to seeing some of you there.
Home learning this week is to design a poster for our 'Summer Sizzler'. This is to be done on the paper provided as it has to be a set size. All entries have to be back in school by Thursday 24th May. The summer sizzler will be taking place on the 30th June and we hope to see you there.
We have been working hard on our phonics this week, looking at real words and monster words, or made up words. We all enjoy playing a game called buried treasure and would like it play it at home aswell. Here is the link to the game: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
Picnic on pluto and Dragons den are also good games to practise phonics.
Plop this week will be flying home with Ethan. Ethan works so hard in everything he does and always tries his best. Well done Ethan!
The star award this week is going to Olivia who is taking risk and applying her learning. Well done Olivia!
We hope you have a lovely weekend! And Good Luck if you are doing the Fun Run!
Reminders:
Wednesday 23rd - Walk to school from the common at 8:30
Thursday 24th at 2pm - Community Tea (May Day practise)
Friday 25th at 9:10 is May Day Celebrations - we hope to see you there!
Term end at the usual time of 3:15 on Friday the 24th May
Thank you!
Love Oak Class
We have been doing lots of different experiments this week in Oak Class!
At the beginning of the week we looked at forces and thought about how different things move. We tested cars and balls going down ramps with different materials, we also thought about how bikes and scooters move and how this changes when there's a hill or slope.
The second experiment we did today was following up our original paper water lily test by changing the conditions. We tested a cardboard lily, a paper lily in hot water and a paper lily in milk. We found out that the cardboard lily still opened by was slower to get wet, the hot water soaked the paper and it eventually sunk, the water lily on the milk floated for a long time! We thought it might be because milk is thicker than water or it might have different things in it that water does not.
In English we have been look at explanations and we wrote our own explanation of 'How does a Hot Air Balloon fly?' We used time connectives like; First, next, finally and drew pictures with our explanations. We also learnt that hot air rises.
During Maths we have been looking at multiplication. We have been doing this by practising our repeated addition and also by using arrays. We are continuing to count in 2's to help us. Next week we will be looking at multiplication and doubles.
This week in PE we practised our May Day dance called 'buttered peas'. We are looking forward to performing this next Friday morning at 9:10 and we look forward to seeing some of you there.
Home learning this week is to design a poster for our 'Summer Sizzler'. This is to be done on the paper provided as it has to be a set size. All entries have to be back in school by Thursday 24th May. The summer sizzler will be taking place on the 30th June and we hope to see you there.
We have been working hard on our phonics this week, looking at real words and monster words, or made up words. We all enjoy playing a game called buried treasure and would like it play it at home aswell. Here is the link to the game: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
Picnic on pluto and Dragons den are also good games to practise phonics.
Plop this week will be flying home with Ethan. Ethan works so hard in everything he does and always tries his best. Well done Ethan!
The star award this week is going to Olivia who is taking risk and applying her learning. Well done Olivia!
We hope you have a lovely weekend! And Good Luck if you are doing the Fun Run!
Reminders:
Wednesday 23rd - Walk to school from the common at 8:30
Thursday 24th at 2pm - Community Tea (May Day practise)
Friday 25th at 9:10 is May Day Celebrations - we hope to see you there!
Term end at the usual time of 3:15 on Friday the 24th May
Thank you!
Love Oak Class
Friday 4 May 2018
Ice Cream Treat!
Hello,
Another lovely week in Oak class!
We have been practising our May Day dance in PE this week - the music is quite fast so we're focusing on our moves to begin with.
We have also been outside in games, practising our netball skills. We have been practising our passing skills with a partner as well as our footwork, we did a great job.
In English we have been looking at poems this week focusing on poems about trains and some of the poems we looked at had repeated phrases, some had alliteration and adjectives. We imagined a train that went through Redbourn and what we might see.
In Maths we have been learning all about division. We know that 'divide' means to share. We have been sharing things into groups of two and some of us challenged to share numbers into groups of 3. There has been some amazing Maths this week.
Today we carried out a science experiment. We had some paper lily's that were folded and we had to make predictions, thinking about what would happen when we placed the paper lily's in a tray of water. Some of us thought it might sink as it wasn't waterproof, some thought it might float as it was light. We actually observed that the paper lily's unfolded when they touched the water. They did eventually sink to the bottom.
We earned 50 marbles last week, so as a treat, today we had an ice cream party. We had a cone and a scoop of vanilla ice cream and got to choose some toppings. We had our ice cream outside on the story benches and listened to a lovely story.
What a fantastic week! This week the star award goes to Gabriel for having a great attitude towards his learning and always trying his best. Well done Gabriel.
Plop, our learning owl is going home with George C. George has shown some brilliant thinking and contributed well in all lesson. He has persevered with his learning and is showing independence. Well done George!
We hope you have a lovely long weekend, we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
Love Oak Class
Reminders:
Bank holiday Monday - 7th May
School photos - Wenesday 9th May
Lower school disco - Friday 11th May
Another lovely week in Oak class!
We have been practising our May Day dance in PE this week - the music is quite fast so we're focusing on our moves to begin with.
We have also been outside in games, practising our netball skills. We have been practising our passing skills with a partner as well as our footwork, we did a great job.
In English we have been looking at poems this week focusing on poems about trains and some of the poems we looked at had repeated phrases, some had alliteration and adjectives. We imagined a train that went through Redbourn and what we might see.
In Maths we have been learning all about division. We know that 'divide' means to share. We have been sharing things into groups of two and some of us challenged to share numbers into groups of 3. There has been some amazing Maths this week.
Today we carried out a science experiment. We had some paper lily's that were folded and we had to make predictions, thinking about what would happen when we placed the paper lily's in a tray of water. Some of us thought it might sink as it wasn't waterproof, some thought it might float as it was light. We actually observed that the paper lily's unfolded when they touched the water. They did eventually sink to the bottom.
We earned 50 marbles last week, so as a treat, today we had an ice cream party. We had a cone and a scoop of vanilla ice cream and got to choose some toppings. We had our ice cream outside on the story benches and listened to a lovely story.
What a fantastic week! This week the star award goes to Gabriel for having a great attitude towards his learning and always trying his best. Well done Gabriel.
Plop, our learning owl is going home with George C. George has shown some brilliant thinking and contributed well in all lesson. He has persevered with his learning and is showing independence. Well done George!
We hope you have a lovely long weekend, we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
Love Oak Class
Reminders:
Bank holiday Monday - 7th May
School photos - Wenesday 9th May
Lower school disco - Friday 11th May
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