Pear Tree Class Blog
Pear Tree Class Blog
Weekly Update 17.11.2022
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
The children have enjoyed a slightly shorter week at school.
The biggest news of this week is that Pear Tree won the first week of Aslan's Reading Challenge! The children are enjoying have Aslan in the reading area this week. Thank you for your support at home and keep up with the reading so that we can hopefully have him in the reading area again next week.
In maths we have continued learning about subtraction and have been solving subtraction number sentences by using the number line and counters and ten frames.
In English the children wrote their own recount of the Florence Nightingale workshop (or what they did at the weekend if they missed the workshop!). The children used 'ed' words to write in the past tense.
Enjoy the weekend (let's hope for better weather!) and I will see you again on Monday.
Miss Atkinson
Weeky Update 11.11.2022
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
We have had a fun-filled week in Pear Tree.
One of the biggest highlights has been the Florence Nightingale workshop that happened on Tuesday afternoon. The children enjoyed pretending to be nurses and porters and gave Scutari hospital a very good clean. They also worked in small groups to talk about which items would be found in the dirty hospital and the clean hospital. Florence Nightingale brought in some boxes of different smells which the children had to sort into clean or dirty which prompted a lot of extreme reactions!
On Wednesday afternoon Pear Tree were also taught a street dance class by a dance specialist from Leeds Rhinos. The dance teacher was very impressed with the children's ability to remember the whole dance routine, as well as their ability to add their own individual flair to the dance steps.
Please make sure you are reading lots at home. The winner of the first Aslan Reading Challenge will be announced on Tuesday 15th October and all the children want to win Aslan for our class.
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Atkinson
Weekly Update 4.11.2022
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
I hope you all had an enjoyable and peaceful half term. The children have all settled back into our school routines as if they had never been away and have enjoyed sharing what they got up to in the holidays with all of us at school.
In PE this week the children have enjoyed creating their own jungle dances with a partner. I was so impressed with how well the children communicated and shared their ideas to create some wonderful dance routines - it was like being transported to the jungle!
In English we have been learning about instructions and the children have been writing their own command sentences using bossy words. The children also followed a set of instructions to make their own Florence Nightingale lamp. Next week the children will be writing their own set of instructions for how to make a lamp, inspired by Florence Nightingale.
In history we have continued to learn about Florence Nightingale and about what Scutari Hospital was like before Florence arrived. The children were all very shocked to learn how dirty the hospital was!
The children earnt their class reward this week, for tidying up the classroom in less than two minutes on at least 20 different occasions. As their treat they chose to go on the trim trail near the Key Stage Two playground, which they all loved.
We are starting a reading challenge in Key Stage One to encourage reading at home. For the first three reads at home your child will receive one point and for each additional read above this they will get one point. If we get the most points in Key Stage One we will have Aslan the lion visit our reading area for a week. The children would love to win so please make sure you are reading as much as possible at home - ideally every day.
We have also sent home the first piece of homework today. Please make sure this homework is completed and back in school by Thursday 10th November.
From next week, our new PE days are Monday and Wednesday. On Wednesdays the children will be taught a street dance lesson by a specialist dance teacher which I am sure all the children will love.
Thank you for all your support and I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Miss Atkinson