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Weekly Update 12.05.23
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
Another short week has flown by. It has been a different week for us in Lime Tree with the Year 2's having to do some special jobs and the Year 1's having to work with different adults during the morning session. I want to thank all of the children for being flexible with this change and being positive in every situation.
Due to the slightly different time table this week, the class has been working separately on English. Year 1's have created a new member of the Jolly Rogers family and have written character descriptions. After reading them, it seems we have some very fierce grandma's in Dull-on-Sea!
As part of our 'message in the bottle' topic we have been looking at the world map. The children are now confident with the seven continents and five oceans. We have learnt two songs to help us remember them.
In Science, we have looked at animal offspring and how some offspring is different to others. Some are born looking like their adults and some look completely different, but they go through a metamorphosis process.
Thank you to everyone who has already contributed resources for our DT project! These need to be in school by Monday please.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 05.05.23
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
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We have had a new 'imaginary' member of Lime Tree class... Jim Lad a pirate from the Jolly Rogers family. This has been a great writing stimulus for recounts about what Jim Lad got up to while at Rufford Park. We have seen some amazing, imaginative writing from al of the children!
In Maths we have had another recap week. Year 2 revisited addition and subtraction methods, making different amounts with coins and reading scales. Year 1 looked at fact families, addition missing number problems and subtraction missing number problems.
In Science we had a very interesting lesson! We did a 'Whose Poo? investigation where children had to examine 3 different (fake) poo's closely and identify/predict what diet the animal it belonged to had. This was a great way to solidify the 3 animal diets; Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores.
To finish our week and celebrate the upcoming coronation the children had a special lunch and in the classroom we had an afternoon of fun 'royal' themed activities.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 28.04.23
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
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This week has been another manic one in Lime Tree Class with lots going on.
In English we have continued with our focus text 'The Pirates Next Door'. It is a fabulous story and the children have really enjoyed reading and exploring ideas with their writing. This week we have written letters as angry neighbours to the council insisting that the Jolly Rogers must leave because of the chaos they are causing in Dull-on-Sea.
In Maths both Year 1 and 2 have been revisiting and consolidated the different addition and subtraction methods we have covered this year. We have also been working on our number bonds to 10 and thinking how we could use them to help us solve greater number bonds.
In Science we have been looking at the 5 animal groups and comparing them by identifying the different features and characteristics.
It is not long until the Year 2's will be attending the Skipping Festival so we have spent some of our PE time practising. In today's lesson we have had another visit from the dance coach which is something to look forward to on a Friday!
Have a lovely (extra long) weekend!
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 21.04.23
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello!
It was lovely to welcome everyone back on Monday with smiling faces. The children have all been fantastic 'Rufford Park Learners' this week, by being eager and ready to start all of our new learning.
Our topic this half term is 'Message in a Bottle'. We have been looking at famous explorers such as Christopher Columbus, we looked at the positive and negative impact he had.
Continuing with this theme in English we looked at a new focus text 'The Pirates Next Door'. The children have written recounts using time words about when Matilda met her new next door neighbours the Jolly Rogers.
In Science our focus for the summer term is 'All About Animals'. For our first lesson we looked at how scientist can sort animals in to 5 groups based on their features (Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Fish).
For our PE lessons on Fridays we have a special Dance coach coming in to take our sessions. The children really enjoyed the first visit today from Northern Arts.
A big thank you to those of you who did lots of reading over the holidays! It is so important, reading enables us to discover new facts and to learn but also opens us up to a world of new ideas, stories and opportunities :)
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 31.03.23
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
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I can not believe how quickly the end of this term has come... We are already 2/3 of the way through the school year!
I just want to say a massive thank you to each of the children in my class for making the first year of my career such a positive one. They all come to school with a big smile every day and give everything their best effort.
Lime Tree have worked super hard right up to the end. In Maths we have finished our final week on Money by comparing values and making different amounts. In English we have been writing character descriptions of Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf. We have also created WANTED posters for the terrifying, criminal Wolf. In Science we revisited our cress experiment which clearly proved that for plants to grown healthy and strong they need light, water, the right temperature and time. In Art we have created some pop art portraits of the monarchs we have been looking at during our topic lessons.
The week ended on a high with the children completing the 'Egg Scramble' in the hall and each child finding their own Easter egg. We have decided to send 2 books home for the easter holidays so you have plenty to read. After the holidays our PE days will be Wednesday (instead of Tuesday) and Friday. Please make sure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days.
I hope you all have a lovely break and I look forward to welcoming you all back on Monday the 17th April.
Miss Cotterill