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Weekly Update 19.07.24
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
What a busy week!
On Monday we had the KS1 Disco. The children all looked fantastic in their party clothes and had some great fun dancing in bubbles. Let's All Do the Conga!
On Tuesday all children made South African Crunchies. Crunchies are a traditional traybake filled with oats, coconut and flavoured with cinnamon and golden syrup. Everyone had great fun making these and took some home which hopefully they shared... If not and you fancy a bit of baking here is the recipe that we used: https://saltyginger.com/crunchies/
We also had our African Model Exhibition on Tuesday after school - Thank you again for your hard work on these!
We have been out in the sunshine sketching plants and going on a wildlife colour hunt for Science. The children have also written acrostic poems about Africa.
Reports were given to the children on Wednesday - Thank you to those who have already given me the reply slips! It is always lovely to have feedback on them. We will be keeping hold of book bags and reading books from today, these will be returned to the children by their new class teacher in September.
As this is the final Friday of the school year this will be my final blog from Lime Tree. We have had a fantastic year filled with wonderful memories and I wish all the children the very best in their new class next year. Have a fantastic summer holidays and Rufford Park will be here to welcome you back in September :)
Miss Cotterill, Mrs Hand & Mrs Bellwood
Weekly Update 12.07.24
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
This week we have finished our information posters all about the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. The children were all really proud to share their finished posters with each other.
In Maths we have been recapping on 2D shapes and their properties as well as telling the time to 'o' clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to.
In Science we looked at the 3 categories of living, dead or never alive. We discussed the meaning of these words and then the children sorted pictures into the 3 categories.
In DT the children made their own fabulous fruit salads. The children planned these last week and did a great job at following their plan. They really enjoyed the eating part of the lesson too!
Thank you for those of you who have already brought in their Africa homework project. The animals and instruments are looking amazing! These need to be in by Monday 15th.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 05.07.24
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
This week has been full of fun and animals with our Yorkshire Wildlife Park trips.
The children all represented the school fantastically on Tuesday and Wednesday. Their behaviour was amazing!
The animals really put on a show for us with play fighting polar bears, lions playing together with sticks and a brand new baby rhino!
When we were all back together on Thursday we started planning an information poster all about the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. The children have done a fantastic job of advertising the park with their persuasive language.
I hope you all have a restful weekend after a very tiring week!
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 28.06.24
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
It has been another lovely week in Lime Tree :)
We have made the most of the good weather and got outside wherever possible! This week in Science we have looked at microhabitats so we went on a nature walk around the school grounds to try find as many minibeasts as we could. We recorded what we found and where we found them. When we got back to class we discussed our findings.
In English we have been sequencing our new focus text 'Mama Panya's Pancakes' and writing thought/feeling bubbles from different characters perspectives.
As our topic is all about Africa we decided to do some African silhouette paintings which look fantastic. We used water colour to create the sunrise effect and black card for the animals silhouettes.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 21.06.24
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
We have had a fantastic week in Lime Tree.
The highlight of our week really has to be Sports Day. All the children should be immensely proud of their efforts during their races! Everyone showed fantastic determination and super team work. Thank you to everyone who came down and cheered the children on.
We have been busy in Science looking at ocean and woodland habitats. We have been looking at the animals and plants that live in each habitat and discussed why they are suited to that habitat. Some children started to compare all the habitats we have looked at so far as we discovered some animals can actually be suited to more than one habitat.
This week we finished off our art work for the ALPT Art Exhibition which is all about Marine Conservation this year. This work will be displayed in Guiseley Theatre over the weekend.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill
