Welcome Back

Chestnut Class have had a great first week back. We have been adapting to new routines and new staff. The children have worked extremely hard and coped well with the changes.

Abbie and Rachel worked incredibly hard on Monday to get everything ready for our return on Tuesday. Thank you so much!

Our topic of Space began this week during snack on Tuesday when a mysterious bag was left in Chestnut classroom, the children discovered it belonged to Astrid who would love to be an astronaut one day and had left all her star gazing things in our classroom. The story Astro Girl and its main character Astrid will be the centre of our Literacy learning over the next few weeks.
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We have also enjoyed doing Drawing Club this week, reading We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and creating our own stories.

In DT, we will be making Ferris Wheels and this week, the children conducted an experiment to predict which materials would make the Ferris wheel spin the best. We then tested and used this to begin designing what our Ferris wheels will look like.

In Maths, Reception have been working really hard on their number bonds to 5 and number formation. Abbie was extremely impressed with their number writing this week. Year 1 have been using lots of manipulatives this week to build their knowledge of 10s and 1s within 20.

Miss Brooking will be teaching in Chestnut class every Friday, we are very grateful to have her as part of our team.

I have had a lovely week, it has been so nice getting to know all the children in Chestnut class again and I am looking forward to our term ahead.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Warwick, Abbie, Lizzie and Rachel