Hello,
What a week!
We have been busy with our science, doing an experiment to see if we threw a beanbag or a cushion, which one would go further? We used metre sticks to measure and we all had a throw (under arm) and all stood in the same place to make it a fair test. We found out that the beanbag went further, it was a little bit heavier and easier to throw.
We also did games this week and practised our ball skills. We are getting very good at our ball skills!
We all loved party day, making delicious Easter nests which we had as a special treat the next day. Mr Marvel came to visit us, and we absolutely LOVED it! He was brilliant and we all had a fantastic time. We also ate a delicious cake to say goodbye to Mrs Byrne.
We have been doing lots of lovely Easter art activities this week including; bunny puppets, Easter colouring, egg watercolours, making flowers, printing, making chicks to name but a few.
We also learnt about the Easter story during RE. We made Easter cards and thought about the symbols of Easter (New life/new beginnings) We also had a special RE treat, hot cross buns! We spoke about the different parts of the hot cross bun and what they all meant.
The star award this week is going to Isabelle for always taking pleasure in her learning and always trying her best. Well done Isabelle.
Plop will be flying home with Mrs Carey for a rest and a bath over the Easter holidays.
Today has been a wonderful celebration. We were able to surprise Mrs Byrne with some special presents and cards that we all worked hard to make. We sung some very special songs to show Mrs Byrne how much we love her. We will miss you Mrs Byrne, we hope you have a wonderful retirement and we look forward to you coming to visit us, lots of love from Oak Class xxx
Reminders:
Summer term starts on Tuesday 17th April.
Year One school trip is on Wednesday 18th April.
Easter challenge is to create a scene from your favourite book using a potato as a character. (shoe box)
Have a lovely Easter break and enjoy spending time together, stay safe and see you in the Summer Term!
Love Oak Class
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Friday, 23 March 2018
Eddie the Penguin
Hello,
What a week! We hope you had as much fun as we did watching our Year One play 'Eddie the Penguin Saves the World!' Thank you for the wonderful costumes, they were great. Well done year one on a fantastic production.
We have also been busy with our Maths this week. We have been measuring centimetres using a ruler. We have also been exploring weight and weight objects in grams. We finished our Maths this week by exploring capacity and how many cups filled different size containers.
In English we have been looking at non-fiction texts. We have been reading non-fiction texts and non-chronological reports. We learnt some facts about space and recorded them with subheadings. We then used laptops and computers to find an image on creative commons and print it off and put it in our reports.
In creative writing we thought about a story based around 'space'. We watched some clips from space and used our imagination to create some fantastic stories.
Today has been sports relief day and we have been doing skipping, tennis skills, ball games and dancing together with Beech class. We then went for a run around the playground. We were exhausted! Thank you for your donations.
This weeks star award is going to Brooke for always having a good attitude towards her learning.Well done Brooke.
Plop, our learning owl, is spending the weekend with Noah C. Noah sang beautifully in our year one play, and has persevered with his learning. Well done Noah!
Reminders:
On Monday 26th March - all present and past pupils are welcome to join Mrs Byrne for some cake after school from 3:30-5.
Tuesday 27th March is our Party day and children can come to school in their party clothes (sensible shoes please).
Thursday 29th March - school finishes at 1:30 (End of term).
Have a lovely weekend,
Love Oak Class
What a week! We hope you had as much fun as we did watching our Year One play 'Eddie the Penguin Saves the World!' Thank you for the wonderful costumes, they were great. Well done year one on a fantastic production.
We have also been busy with our Maths this week. We have been measuring centimetres using a ruler. We have also been exploring weight and weight objects in grams. We finished our Maths this week by exploring capacity and how many cups filled different size containers.
In English we have been looking at non-fiction texts. We have been reading non-fiction texts and non-chronological reports. We learnt some facts about space and recorded them with subheadings. We then used laptops and computers to find an image on creative commons and print it off and put it in our reports.
In creative writing we thought about a story based around 'space'. We watched some clips from space and used our imagination to create some fantastic stories.
Today has been sports relief day and we have been doing skipping, tennis skills, ball games and dancing together with Beech class. We then went for a run around the playground. We were exhausted! Thank you for your donations.
This weeks star award is going to Brooke for always having a good attitude towards her learning.Well done Brooke.
Plop, our learning owl, is spending the weekend with Noah C. Noah sang beautifully in our year one play, and has persevered with his learning. Well done Noah!
Reminders:
On Monday 26th March - all present and past pupils are welcome to join Mrs Byrne for some cake after school from 3:30-5.
Tuesday 27th March is our Party day and children can come to school in their party clothes (sensible shoes please).
Thursday 29th March - school finishes at 1:30 (End of term).
Have a lovely weekend,
Love Oak Class
Friday, 16 March 2018
Science Week
Hello,
A wonderful week of science. We have been learning about the human body and naming internal and external parts of the body. We looked at lungs and ribs, the brain, our bladder and we also learnt that our heart is about the size of our fist.
We used our senses to hear and see things as well as taste different things that were sweet, salty and sour. We felt different things and described them and we had some smelling pots. Some things smelt lovely and fresh like the lemon and mint, some other things smelt quite strong, like the coffee.
In science we also used our DT skills to make our very own reptiles. We made these just using card squares and they were amazing. Some had long legs, some had short legs, others had long bodies, some had baby reptiles! They were all fantastic and we had a great time making them.
In Maths this week we have been looking at number patterns, 2's, 5's and 10's. We are all experts at counting in 10's to 100 and back again but we are still practising our 2's and 5's. We have used number lines, 100 squares, coins, diennes and other maths manipulatives to help us.
We have been hard at work practising our year 1 play, Eddie the Penguin saves the world. Thank you so much for all the costumes that have come in - we had a dress rehearsal today and all the children looked great. We can't wait for you to see it next week.
In Dance we used scarves to create our own dances listening to different styles of music. We thought about how the music made us feel and how we could move our bodies in time to the music.
Unfortunately our photocopier is not working at the moment, so we have been unable to print off the home learning stickers. The home learning is to 'choose a country to research, record facts in your own way'.
This week our star of the week is Ryley for looking after himself and other children.
Plop, our learning owl is flying home Eadie for taking responsibility learning her lines and being fantastic in the rehearsals.
Reminders:
We are performing Eddie and the Penguin on Tuesday 20th March at 14:15.
Parent consultations are taking place on Wednesday 21st March and Thursday 22nd March.
We hope you have a lovely weekend
Love Oak Class
A wonderful week of science. We have been learning about the human body and naming internal and external parts of the body. We looked at lungs and ribs, the brain, our bladder and we also learnt that our heart is about the size of our fist.
We used our senses to hear and see things as well as taste different things that were sweet, salty and sour. We felt different things and described them and we had some smelling pots. Some things smelt lovely and fresh like the lemon and mint, some other things smelt quite strong, like the coffee.
In science we also used our DT skills to make our very own reptiles. We made these just using card squares and they were amazing. Some had long legs, some had short legs, others had long bodies, some had baby reptiles! They were all fantastic and we had a great time making them.
In Maths this week we have been looking at number patterns, 2's, 5's and 10's. We are all experts at counting in 10's to 100 and back again but we are still practising our 2's and 5's. We have used number lines, 100 squares, coins, diennes and other maths manipulatives to help us.
We have been hard at work practising our year 1 play, Eddie the Penguin saves the world. Thank you so much for all the costumes that have come in - we had a dress rehearsal today and all the children looked great. We can't wait for you to see it next week.
In Dance we used scarves to create our own dances listening to different styles of music. We thought about how the music made us feel and how we could move our bodies in time to the music.
Unfortunately our photocopier is not working at the moment, so we have been unable to print off the home learning stickers. The home learning is to 'choose a country to research, record facts in your own way'.
This week our star of the week is Ryley for looking after himself and other children.
Plop, our learning owl is flying home Eadie for taking responsibility learning her lines and being fantastic in the rehearsals.
Reminders:
We are performing Eddie and the Penguin on Tuesday 20th March at 14:15.
Parent consultations are taking place on Wednesday 21st March and Thursday 22nd March.
We hope you have a lovely weekend
Love Oak Class
Friday, 9 March 2018
Book week and fun in space
Hello,
We have had a lot of fun today as we got our treat after earning 40 marbles! So we spent some time together having a piece of cake and watching a short film. We have worked hard and really deserved it!
Because of the snow day last week, we missed our book day, so today we have been wearing our character hats, and they are all amazing. We have some fantastic artists in Oak class.
During Maths we have been focusing on money, recognising the coins and working on making different amounts. We wrote number sentences adding different amounts of money together and also had fun in a shop buying some different items and thinking about all the different ways we could make a different amount.
In English this week we have been looking at non-fiction books. We thought about the different features; contents page, index, labels and captions and the content of the books. We also looked at a non-chronological report. This is a report (information) that is not in the right order.
We had an amazing time on Thursday afternoon at the astrology workshop, where we travelled through space and looked at the stars, some of them were in different shapes. We learnt in takes 4 days to get to the moon. We also saw the northern lights as well as exploring rocks from a volcano.
This weeks star award is going to Luella for taking responsibility in the mornings. Well done Luella!
Our learning owl plop is flying home with Jessica for always trying her best and for her lovely presentation. Well done Jessica!
Next Week:
Film night on Friday 16th from 5;15-6:15
Fun run designs entry closes on Monday 12th
We hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Love Oak Class
We have had a lot of fun today as we got our treat after earning 40 marbles! So we spent some time together having a piece of cake and watching a short film. We have worked hard and really deserved it!
Because of the snow day last week, we missed our book day, so today we have been wearing our character hats, and they are all amazing. We have some fantastic artists in Oak class.
During Maths we have been focusing on money, recognising the coins and working on making different amounts. We wrote number sentences adding different amounts of money together and also had fun in a shop buying some different items and thinking about all the different ways we could make a different amount.
In English this week we have been looking at non-fiction books. We thought about the different features; contents page, index, labels and captions and the content of the books. We also looked at a non-chronological report. This is a report (information) that is not in the right order.
We had an amazing time on Thursday afternoon at the astrology workshop, where we travelled through space and looked at the stars, some of them were in different shapes. We learnt in takes 4 days to get to the moon. We also saw the northern lights as well as exploring rocks from a volcano.
This weeks star award is going to Luella for taking responsibility in the mornings. Well done Luella!
Our learning owl plop is flying home with Jessica for always trying her best and for her lovely presentation. Well done Jessica!
Next Week:
Film night on Friday 16th from 5;15-6:15
Fun run designs entry closes on Monday 12th
We hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Love Oak Class
Friday, 23 February 2018
Welcome back to a lovely week!
Hello,
What a lovely first week back. We have been very busy.
We have seen some amazing work this week in English. We have all been authors. After reading lots of Katie Morag stories, we made a story plan and created our own Katie Morag story. There were some amazing adventures that Katie went on and the most fantastic work was produced by all children showing great persevering skills.
In Maths we have been working on word problems, both addition and subtraction. We read the question and thought about what the important information was. We then wrote the number sentence and also use jottings (dots) to help us work out the answer.
We also explored addition with dominoes and recorded information in pairs, we loved this activity!
In Topic we have been learning all about Poland, we learnt the capital city is Warsaw, we know that they money they use is called zloty and Benjamin helped us pronounce 'yes' which is 'tak' and 'no' which is 'nie'. We also tried a Polish snack called paluszki which are like pretzel sticks. They were yummy!
In PE we were practising our chest pass, our bounce pass and our over head pass with a partner. Some of us still do not have a PE kit in school, please remember this next week as we do PE every Monday and Friday.
This afternoon we have welcomed a new member of Oak class. We are very happy to have Barney in our class and look forward to him starting on Monday.
This week Plop has been so impressed with the amazing writing that has been happening in Oak class and he was very happy to see that Jake has really persevered and improved his writing. Well done Jake.
The star award this week is going to someone that shows that he is a good friend by supporting others. Well done Cai.
Reminders:
Next week is Book Week so you can bring in your favourite book from home to keep in school all week.
On Friday next week, you can bring in a cushion from home as we are going to be reading as a whole school in the hall.
There is no art club next week, this will resume as normal the week after.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
Love Oak Class
What a lovely first week back. We have been very busy.
We have seen some amazing work this week in English. We have all been authors. After reading lots of Katie Morag stories, we made a story plan and created our own Katie Morag story. There were some amazing adventures that Katie went on and the most fantastic work was produced by all children showing great persevering skills.
In Maths we have been working on word problems, both addition and subtraction. We read the question and thought about what the important information was. We then wrote the number sentence and also use jottings (dots) to help us work out the answer.
We also explored addition with dominoes and recorded information in pairs, we loved this activity!
In Topic we have been learning all about Poland, we learnt the capital city is Warsaw, we know that they money they use is called zloty and Benjamin helped us pronounce 'yes' which is 'tak' and 'no' which is 'nie'. We also tried a Polish snack called paluszki which are like pretzel sticks. They were yummy!
In PE we were practising our chest pass, our bounce pass and our over head pass with a partner. Some of us still do not have a PE kit in school, please remember this next week as we do PE every Monday and Friday.
This afternoon we have welcomed a new member of Oak class. We are very happy to have Barney in our class and look forward to him starting on Monday.
This week Plop has been so impressed with the amazing writing that has been happening in Oak class and he was very happy to see that Jake has really persevered and improved his writing. Well done Jake.
The star award this week is going to someone that shows that he is a good friend by supporting others. Well done Cai.
Reminders:
Next week is Book Week so you can bring in your favourite book from home to keep in school all week.
On Friday next week, you can bring in a cushion from home as we are going to be reading as a whole school in the hall.
There is no art club next week, this will resume as normal the week after.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
Love Oak Class
Friday, 9 February 2018
Our netball week!
Hello,
We have had a very energetic week in Oak class!
On Thursday we had a netball workshop where we worked on different ball skills. We are now experts in chest passes, over head passes and bounce passes. We had a great time with the game on coaches.
On Tuesday is was safer internet day. We thought about how to keep safe on the internet and what to do if we needed help. We also learnt a song to help us keep safe.
We also thought about what kind words and unkind words do. We did an experiment with two apples, we were kind to one apple, and not kind to another. When we cut the apple open, the one that we were kind to looked lovely on the inside and the one we were unkind to was bashed and bruised on the inside.
Oak class have been working hard on their presentation in English this week. We are reading Katie Morag and writing descriptive sentences, but we are taking our time, not rushing and we are using our best presentation. Some fantastic work has been produced!
In Maths this week, we have been doing subtraction sums. There are lots of different ways you can say - for example; minus, take away, less, fewer than, subtract. We used this to complete some subtraction sums in Maths, some more fantastic work that Oak Class produced!
In celebration assembly we got Paddington this week for the best attendance! Well done Oak class!
Plop is having a much needed rest over half term. However the star award this week is going to Miley for being brave and doing well when facing a challenge.
We hope you have a lovely half term, enjoy the break and get lots of rest.
Love Oak Class
Reminders:
School begins on Monday 19th February
No game on Thursday 22nd February
We have had a very energetic week in Oak class!
On Thursday we had a netball workshop where we worked on different ball skills. We are now experts in chest passes, over head passes and bounce passes. We had a great time with the game on coaches.
On Tuesday is was safer internet day. We thought about how to keep safe on the internet and what to do if we needed help. We also learnt a song to help us keep safe.
We also thought about what kind words and unkind words do. We did an experiment with two apples, we were kind to one apple, and not kind to another. When we cut the apple open, the one that we were kind to looked lovely on the inside and the one we were unkind to was bashed and bruised on the inside.
Oak class have been working hard on their presentation in English this week. We are reading Katie Morag and writing descriptive sentences, but we are taking our time, not rushing and we are using our best presentation. Some fantastic work has been produced!
In Maths this week, we have been doing subtraction sums. There are lots of different ways you can say - for example; minus, take away, less, fewer than, subtract. We used this to complete some subtraction sums in Maths, some more fantastic work that Oak Class produced!
In celebration assembly we got Paddington this week for the best attendance! Well done Oak class!
Plop is having a much needed rest over half term. However the star award this week is going to Miley for being brave and doing well when facing a challenge.
We hope you have a lovely half term, enjoy the break and get lots of rest.
Love Oak Class
Reminders:
School begins on Monday 19th February
No game on Thursday 22nd February
Friday, 2 February 2018
Number Day!
Hello,
There are lots of things we would like to tell you about this week!
We have been reading and exploring Katie Morag books in English this week, we have been getting to know the characters making predictions about the story. We will be continuing with Katie Morag next week.
We also found out in Topic where Katie Morag comes from. An Island off the coast of Scotland called the Isle of Struay (fictional) but it is filmed on the Isle of Cole which is also off the coast of Scotland. We pretended we went for s trip and made postcards about the Island.
It has been number day today, and all week we have been focusing on numbers up to 20. We have been doing numbers bonds and exploring the 100 square. Today for number day we all had to buy a special snack (gingerbread man) and find the right change. We then looked at all of the numbers on our clothes and made a number line. Our number line went from 1 - 2030!
We also had a class discussion about money, why it's important and why we need it.
In computing we have been continuing with our beebots and inputting algorithms, we all had a go and chased a stone around a map. It was great!
On Thursday, we were lucky enough to take part in the dancing stars workshop. We loved it, especially the warm up!
Thank you to the Mum's that helped with cooking this week - we had fun and made some delicious fajita pizzas.
This weeks star award is going to Noah B for being a good listener, always doing the right thing and having a good attitude. Well done Noah!
This week Plop our learning owl is flying home with Luca. Luca has shown some fantastic independent work and persevered with his writing. Well done Luca!
Reminders:
School finishes at the usual time of 3:15pm on Friday 9th February.
We hope to see some of you at the disco tonight. Have a lovely weekend.
There are lots of things we would like to tell you about this week!
We have been reading and exploring Katie Morag books in English this week, we have been getting to know the characters making predictions about the story. We will be continuing with Katie Morag next week.
We also found out in Topic where Katie Morag comes from. An Island off the coast of Scotland called the Isle of Struay (fictional) but it is filmed on the Isle of Cole which is also off the coast of Scotland. We pretended we went for s trip and made postcards about the Island.
It has been number day today, and all week we have been focusing on numbers up to 20. We have been doing numbers bonds and exploring the 100 square. Today for number day we all had to buy a special snack (gingerbread man) and find the right change. We then looked at all of the numbers on our clothes and made a number line. Our number line went from 1 - 2030!
We also had a class discussion about money, why it's important and why we need it.
In computing we have been continuing with our beebots and inputting algorithms, we all had a go and chased a stone around a map. It was great!
On Thursday, we were lucky enough to take part in the dancing stars workshop. We loved it, especially the warm up!
Thank you to the Mum's that helped with cooking this week - we had fun and made some delicious fajita pizzas.
This weeks star award is going to Noah B for being a good listener, always doing the right thing and having a good attitude. Well done Noah!
This week Plop our learning owl is flying home with Luca. Luca has shown some fantastic independent work and persevered with his writing. Well done Luca!
Reminders:
School finishes at the usual time of 3:15pm on Friday 9th February.
We hope to see some of you at the disco tonight. Have a lovely weekend.
Oak Class x
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