We have had a very busy last week of term. The children worked incredibly hard on learning their poem ‘The Little Seed’ and did a marvellous job during our poetry recital. It was so lovely to see the children stand in front of their peers across the school and all their grownups and confidently read out their poem. Well done Chestnut Class!
 
We have started looking at fractions this week, including find a half and quarter of shapes and objects and Reception have been exploring sharing in equal groups.
 
Year 1 have read to the end of their story where the eggs have finally hatched! The children have written congratulations cards using exclamations and learnt how to write a review of the story for someone who is wanting to read The Odd Egg.
Reception created some beautiful big hotel pictures, drawing and labelling all the creatures that they might see in a big hotel.
 
We finished our habitats unit this week by looking at the rainforest habitat. The children have learnt about the 4 layers of the rainforests and the different species that could live there. In Geography, we have looked at the importance of the ocean and ways it can benefit the world.
 
We enjoyed some sunny weather in forest school alongside acorn class and in our blue area. We also had an exciting visit where the children got to sample lots of different and new fruit or vegetables. This was a lovely addition to our being healthy topic in PSHE were we have talked about what being healthy means and looking at a balanced diet. On Tuesday, the children created lunches that had to consider of all the different food groups.
 
Have a lovely restful half term!
 
Miss Warwick and the Team 

Chestnut class have looked at habitats and the environment including growing in lots of different ways this week.
 
We have started to look at frog life cycles this week, learning all about the 4 stages and labelling their own frog life style cycle pictures. We have enjoyed drawing club this week reading The Tiny Seed and coming up with adventures the seeds might go on, some were flown across the world by a bird,  ended up growing on a desert island and some ended up in the ocean with turtles, sharks and jelly fish!
 
In Geography, we have dived into the 5 layers of the oceans, identifying and writing key facts about each zone. The children have really been enjoying learning about the oceans and seas this half term across lots of subjects.
 
In science, we looked at microhabitats; what they are, where we might find them and what living things we could find in each microhabitats. We then spent the afternoon in Forest school drawing and looking at the different microhabitats we have in school.
 
Year 1 have been loving their literacy story, The Odd Egg. They have worked extremely hard this week, writing in role of the different birds in the story, creating awards for the World’s Best Egg and writing a letter of advice to Duck. They were very excited when they received a letter back from Duck thanking them for their support and advice.
 
In Maths, Reception recapped measuring and doubles and year 1 have also recapped doubling while continuing learning about multiplication and division, sharing and making equal groups.
 
A reminder that with warm weather, please ensure that your child brings a hat, sun cream and water bottle to school every day, with everything named.
 
Enjoy your weekend
Miss Warwick and the Team 

Despite it being another short week, we have still had a busy week.
 
Year 1 started the week by standing in assembly and very proudly sharing all the knowledge and passion for protecting our local rivers in front of the whole school. I was very impressed with all their hard work and how they stood up and spoke in front of everyone with confidence.
 
We have begun our new story in literacy, The Odd Egg and we are loving it so far. Year 1 have enjoyed describing different eggs and predicting what might hatch out of them. We are also excited to find out what happens to the egg the duck has found.
 
Reception have looked at butterfly life cycles this week, recreating the cycles and looking at the hungry caterpillar in drawing club. They have completed some great writing along with their caterpillar pictures.
 
We have looked at the characteristics living things this week using MRS GREN to help us remember. We then joined Beech class in forest school to see if we could find different living things. We enjoyed time with Beech and Acorn children in forest school. In Geography, we have solidified our knowledge of the 5 oceans, using a song to help us.
 
Reception are continuing to build confidence with their number bonds to 10 in maths and year 1 have been learning about arrays and making equal groups.
 
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Warwick and Team

We have had a busy week in Chestnut Class this week, looking at habitats across the week. Reception have used the small world animals and tuff trays to create the desert, oceans and mini beast garden. We have looked at the 5 oceans of the world and all the creatures, animals and living things that live there. 
 
We are keeping a close eye on our bean’s that were planted last week and making sure we are looking after them the correct way. We are hoping to see some changes to them next week, fingers crossed! 
 
Reception have drawn the castle for the giant from the story Jack and Beanstalk, complete with swimming pools, unicorn guards and robots! They have also been working on their handwriting, labelling mini beast pictures and throughout drawing club and phonics.
 
Year 1 have written their campaigns for looking after the River Taw. They have listed some important facts as well as using command words to write sentences informing everyone how they can look after our local rivers. We are hoping to show off all our hard work in assembly next Tuesday for the rest of the school.
 
In maths, year 1 have started multiplication and division beginning with counting in 2s, 10s, 5s, and recognising equal groups. While reception have worked hard with Abbie on their number bonds and number addition.
 
In RE we looked at what makes a positive world changer and what qualities they would need. The children created a drawing of a person they thought could make a difference to our world, labelling why and we got creative in music, using body percussion and movement to follow the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
 
We have enjoyed the sunshine this week as much as we can while staying safe. Please make sure your child comes to school with a water bottle, sunhat and suncream, all named.
 
Have lovely weekend and enjoy the warm weather!
Miss Warwick and Team