So far, Year 2 has looked in detail at numbers to 100, with a focus on making tens. They built on this to organise their representations in a place-value chart, placing pieces of equipment under the correct place-value headings. Once the children were comfortable with organising equipment into place value charts and understood the column headings, they began to write numbers into in the correct place and worked on questions in their worksheets.
Welcome to Year Five!
We are going to show you what we have been learning so far in year five, we hope you enjoy it.
In English we wrote a guide on surviving year five. It has everything you need to get yourself through the year without any stress or strain. It also has a list of things you’ll need and how to use them. With rhetorical questions and adventurous language this guide to year five won’t let you down.
We have been decorating our computer folders by using FIFA cards with our face on it and telling people what were good at from one to 100. Each card is unique and different because, we have all chosen stickers about us on them. Once they are printed we can put them on our computing folders for everybody to see!
We hope you have enjoyed our first blog and we are looking forward to seeing you next time!
Ava & Layla
Exploring Our Senses in RE
We have made a fantastic start to our new RE unit, exploring our big question: “What do my senses tell me about the world of religion and belief?”
We began our learning with a fun chocolate investigation, where we explored a bar of chocolate using our different senses. Some children used just one sense at a time, while another lucky volunteer got to experience the chocolate using all five senses!
We talked about what we could see, hear, smell, touch and taste, and thought carefully about how using our senses can change our experiences. We then discovered that in Hinduism, it is believed that using as many senses as possible can help people to have a richer experience when worshipping God.
It was a wonderful way to begin our unit and get us thinking about how our senses can help us understand the world around us, including different religions and beliefs.
And, of course, we ended the lesson by enjoying a piece of chocolate together, using all five of our senses!
A Wonderful Start to Year 1!
What a wonderful start we have all had to Year 1! We have been so impressed by the children’s excellent behaviour, positive attitudes and enthusiasm for learning. They have settled into their new routines beautifully and are already showing us what fantastic learners they can be.
In our Maths focus lessons, we have been exploring how we can sort and group objects by carefully considering their characteristics. We have worked with a range of objects, including cubes, plastic teddies and vehicles, and thought carefully about the different ways we could organise them. We sorted objects by colour, type and size, as well as coming up with our own creative ways to group them.
These activities have helped us to develop our observation, reasoning and classification skills, while encouraging us to explain our thinking and listen to the ideas of others.
We are incredibly proud of the way the children have begun their Year 1 journey and are looking forward to all the exciting learning ahead!
Denmark Day
To celebrate the fact we are called ‘Denmark Class’, we spent the first day back of term learning all about Denmark. We discovered that Denmark has over 400 islands and to say hello, you say “Hej”! We learnt about the flag and created some beautiful bunting for our classroom, as well as making the flag out of Lego…Lego was first created in Denmark after all! We played a version of the medieval Danish game called ‘Barrel Cat’ and named the rescued cats using traditional Viking names. We ended the day listening to the traditional story ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by the Danish author Hans Christian Anderson.
China Class Bee Café – Open for Busy-ness!
This half term, the Reception children have been learning all about bees (and other pollinators) and how important they are to the natural world. We have spent time learning Pie Corbett’s story, ‘The Sleepy Bumblebee’ and have read the A A Milne classic, ‘Winnie the Pooh Saves the Bees’, as well as lots of non-fiction books, and have been observing the bees in our own garden. Having found out that bees are being threatened by the removal of so much of their natural food supply, the children decided we should create our own bee café. With a bit of careful research, we found some pollinator-friendly plants and even created a special bee water station, complete with stepping stones to stop them getting wet. The finishing touch was the addition of some orange chunks for the butterflies! The children also had lots of fun and practised their phonics skills whilst making some posters to let the bees know that their new café is officially open!
Nursery w/b 20.4.26
Our story will be: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Our rhyme of the week will be: Row, row , row your boat
Our maths work will focus on: Giving and taking 1, 2 and 4
We will also be:
- Enjoying an art workshop, courtesy of START studios
- Celebrating World Earth Day by becoming Superhero Planet Protectors
- Building bridges in the garden with crates, boxes, tubing and other large equipment
Nursery w/b 16.3.26
Our story will be: The Extraordinary Gardener
Our rhyme of the week will be: The Farmers’ in his Den
Our maths work will focus on: developing pattern and position work
We will also be: talking about the parts of a plant and how they help the plant to grow and thrive, planting broad beans and continuing to develop are understanding of fruits and vegetables.
We will also be learning about the hijab, worn by Muslims.
Reception w/b 16/03/2026
Our story will be: Tad
Our rhyme of the week will be: Sing a Song of Sixpence
Our maths work will focus on: 3d shapesWe will also be: Learning about frog lifecycles, and looking at Monet’s Water Lilies, creating some of our own art inspired by the series.
Nursery w/b 9.3.26
Our story will be: The Extraordinary Gardener
Our rhyme of the week will be: Mary Mary, quite contrary
Our maths work will focus on: Comparing and sorting collections
We will also be: Talking about colour; colours in the garden, our favourite colours, inventing and creating flowers and plants in craft sessions, discussing what plants need to grow, talking about rainbows, enjoying the outdoors, looking at shadows (weather permitting!).