Hello,
What a fantastic week we have had!
We started out with the story 'The Train Ride'. We read this together, acted it out and thought about the repeated phrases and rhyming words. We all had a go at rewriting the story, and all of our work was brilliant!
In art this week we have spent some time learning about the artist Claude Monet. He was a french impressionist artist. We look carefully at his painting 'The Water Lily Pond' and created our own water lilies with collage and careful tearing, folding and cutting skills. The results were amazing, we just had to put them all up on display and make our own water lily pond which is beautiful.
In Maths we have been using some of the skills we have learnt to try and solve some maths problems. We looked at different combinations, ordering money values, identified shapes as well as odd and even numbers.
On Friday we were wearing our own sports clothes to school for the fun run which is coming up on Saturday the 19th May. We hope to see lots of you there - it's always such an exciting event.
We also got Paddington in our celebration assembly today for best attendance! Well done Oak!
This weeks star award has gone to George Burgess for making good choices and trying his ebst with his learning, Well done George!
Plop our learning owl will be flying home with McKenzie for persevering with her learning and being pleased for her friends. Well done McKenzie!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Love Oak Class
Saturday, 28 April 2018
Friday, 20 April 2018
Redbourn Primary School and our school trip!
Hello,
What a lovely week back!
We started our week with the Upper school in an assembly with our new headteacher Mrs Hinchliffe. We all managed to fit in the Upper school hall and learnt that Mrs Hinchliffe has two daughters, a dog and two chickens!
On Wednesday we went on our school trip to Buckinghamshire Railway Centre for our new topic this term which is 'All Aboard!'. It was a beautifully sunny day and we travelled on a double-decker bus. When we got there we boarded an amazing steam train. We sat on bouncy seats and went forwards and backwards. We also went around the museum and looked at old trains and got to look inside. After lunch we went on a miniature train around a track and through a tunnel, it was fantastic!
The next day we all did some fantastic writing about our trip. We thought about what we did first, and put the events in order, adding detail. We compared our writing to some writing we had done earlier and the year and we could all see how much progress we had made.
Today we have thought about different number combinations in Maths. We had to choose 3 numbers that added up to 12. We had to find 10 different ways. We also looked at different colour combinations.
We had a special snack that was made for us by PIPS group - jams sandwiches! We all enjoyed them. After lunch today we went out onto the field for the 'opening ceremony' for Redbourn Primary School. We heard from an MP, there was a town crier (who we thought looked like a pirate!) and Mrs Hinchliffe our new headteacher. A tree was planted in between both schools.
This week the star award has gone to Lulu for being so sensible on the school trip and making good choices. Well done Lulu!
The learning owl Plop is going home with Margarita who always has a fantastic attitude to her learning and is always a good role model. Well done Margarita!
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Love Oak Class
Reminders:
Please bring in your PE kits - we will continue to have PE indoor and outdoor on Mondays and Fridays.
Next week is 'Big Pedal' week - if you can, try walking, scooting or cycling to school.
What a lovely week back!
We started our week with the Upper school in an assembly with our new headteacher Mrs Hinchliffe. We all managed to fit in the Upper school hall and learnt that Mrs Hinchliffe has two daughters, a dog and two chickens!
On Wednesday we went on our school trip to Buckinghamshire Railway Centre for our new topic this term which is 'All Aboard!'. It was a beautifully sunny day and we travelled on a double-decker bus. When we got there we boarded an amazing steam train. We sat on bouncy seats and went forwards and backwards. We also went around the museum and looked at old trains and got to look inside. After lunch we went on a miniature train around a track and through a tunnel, it was fantastic!
The next day we all did some fantastic writing about our trip. We thought about what we did first, and put the events in order, adding detail. We compared our writing to some writing we had done earlier and the year and we could all see how much progress we had made.
Today we have thought about different number combinations in Maths. We had to choose 3 numbers that added up to 12. We had to find 10 different ways. We also looked at different colour combinations.
We had a special snack that was made for us by PIPS group - jams sandwiches! We all enjoyed them. After lunch today we went out onto the field for the 'opening ceremony' for Redbourn Primary School. We heard from an MP, there was a town crier (who we thought looked like a pirate!) and Mrs Hinchliffe our new headteacher. A tree was planted in between both schools.
This week the star award has gone to Lulu for being so sensible on the school trip and making good choices. Well done Lulu!
The learning owl Plop is going home with Margarita who always has a fantastic attitude to her learning and is always a good role model. Well done Margarita!
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Love Oak Class
Reminders:
Please bring in your PE kits - we will continue to have PE indoor and outdoor on Mondays and Fridays.
Next week is 'Big Pedal' week - if you can, try walking, scooting or cycling to school.
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Goodbye Mrs Byrne!
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
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
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
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