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Weekly Update 12.01.24
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello and Happy New Year!
It was lovely to welcome so many smiling faces back to school this week. I think after the Christmas holidays the children have definitely recharged their batteries! Everyone has been ready and engaged with our new learning.
In English for this half term we will be looking at Traditional Tales. Cinderella is our first focus text and we have been writing from the perspective of both Cinderella and Prince Charming. We have used role play and thought tracking to support us with writing thought/feeling bubbles for these characters at different points in the story.
In Maths, Year 1 have been consolidating numbers to 20. We have been ordering and comparing numbers using vocabulary such as 'greater than' 'less than' 'equal to'. We did briefly talk about the crocodile symbols (> <) but this will be revisited later in the year. We have finished the week with addition (within 20) as counting on using a number line. Year 2 have been consolidating addition and subtraction. We have been practising the range of strategies that have been taught so far and the children have been using them to solve word problems. Next week we will be starting multiplication and division!
Our Topic for Spring term is called Yeadon Explorers. For our first lesson we spent some time recapping on the 7 continents and the 5 oceans of the world. We listened to the Hopscotch song which are a great way to learn them! Here are the links if you would like to share them at home:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6BE4VcYngQ
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 22.12.23
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
We made it... What a very long first term is has been! The children have really 'given their all' right up until the end but I do think they all need a well deserved rest now.
The children all looked fabulous in their party clothes on Tuesday. We had a great afternoon with a visit from Santa, lots of dancing and games.
On Wednesday we visited St John's Church. 'Rick the Vic' sang some songs with us and shared the story of the first Christmas. The children already knew lots about this after recently doing the 'Inn-Spectors' nativity.
We've finished our week with a nice relaxing day of Christmas crafts and music - The current favourite Christmas song in Lime Tree
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I look forward to welcoming you back in January :)
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 15.12.23
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
This week really has been all about our Christmas performance 'The Inn-Spectors! The children in KS1 did an amazing job during the dress rehearsal and both shows on Wednesday and Thursday. We definitely have some stars in the making destined for show business!
The children have thoroughly enjoyed everything about this performance so thank you all for coming to see the hard work they have put in to making it a fantastic one.
Next week is our final week of the Autumn term and we have lots of exciting things to come...
- Christmas party on Tuesday (another thank you for all the contributions).
- Trip to the St Johns Church and KS1 sports tournament on Wednesday.
- Christmas jumper day on Friday.
Along with lots of other lovely activities to get us in to the Christmas spirit!
Have a nice weekend.
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 08.12.23
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
A very busy week with lots of Christmas performance practice going on! We will be doing the first performance next Wednesday 13th at 2:00pm and the second one will take place on Thursday 14th at 9:30am. We are all extremely excited for you to see all the hard work we have put in to making 'The Inn-Spectors' a fabulous performance.
In English, we have continued with our focus story 'The Emperor of Absurdia'. The children have been planning a diary recount as the Emperor. They have been practising using first person and time words to recount the events of his day in order.
In Maths, Year 1 have moved on to numbers to 20. They have been familiarising themselves with the teen numbers (thinking about what they look like and their value). They have also been attempting some problem solving questions. Year 2 have moved on to subtraction. They have been subtracting from a multiple of 10 and also subtracting across a 10 (looking at how partitioning and finding 10 first will help them).
In Science, the children have been sorting materials based on their properties. The children found that many materials could be sorted in to a lot more than just one property!
On Monday morning a little visitor arrived in Lime Tree... Buddy the Elf. Buddy is a Rufford Park Learner elf and he works very hard! The children have been catching him doing all sorts of activities this week.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 01.12.23
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
December is here and we are all very exciting in Lime Tree :)
We have had a very busy week with lots of Christmas performance practice. All the children in Year 1 and Year 2 should now know what their part will be in the performance. Hopefully lots of you will be doing plenty of practise at home too.
In Art we had a go at recreating a Jackson Pollock style painting. Pollock liked to have large canvas on the floor where he would stand over them and splatter paint to create a 'drip painting'. The children loved this and we did get a little messy but the finished piece looks great!
In Science we have continued to focus on different materials and this week we have looked at properties of materials. The children went on a scavenger hunt around the classroom to try and find as many different properties as they could.
In Topic we looked in the life of Wassily Kandinsky. The children were fascinated to learn that he actually attended the same art school in Munich, Germany as Paul Klee (another artist we have looked at). This lesson will feed in to our next Art lesson which will be all about Kandinsky's concentric circles.
In English we have started our new focus text 'The Emperor of Absurdia' which is about a little boy's extraordinary dreams. The children have been writing character descriptions about the Wardrobe Monster.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill
