Pear Tree Class Blog
Pear Tree Class Blog
Weekly Update 9.9.2022
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
We have had a fun-packed first week in Pear Class.
The children have settled well into Year One and I have been very impressed with how quickly they have started to learn our new classroom routines. We have done a lot of writing all about ourselves and have also been recapping our counting up to 10. Each child has also decorated their own fish for our first classroom display, to show how we are all individuals but we all work together in our class.
Our topic this term is 'A Bug's Life' which we will be introducing next week. The children will be learning about minibeasts and their habitats in science, as well as learning about the art of Andy Goldsworthy. Our core text for the first few weeks is 'Owl Babies' before we move on to 'What the Ladybird Heard'. Our curriculum overview can be seen on the Pear Class webpage if you would like more detail about each subject.
Thank you all for making the time to come into class on Wednesday morning for 'Meet the Teacher'. It was lovely to see you all. Some general information points:
The new adventure playground has been build in the KS1 playground. We are looking forward to the children getting a chance to play on this equipment at break times, but please do not allow your children to play on this equipment either before or after school.
Our PE days are Monday and Thursday. Please make sure your child wears a PE kit on these days. Earrings should not be worn on these days and long hair should be tied up.
If you ever have a question feel free to email the Pear email address at: pear@ruffordparkprimary.org.uk
Enjoy the weekend (I am sure you will have some very tired children after this week!) and I look forward to seeing you again on Monday.
Miss Atkinson
Weekly Update 22.7.2022
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
What an eventful final week of term!!
All the children have coped so well this week with the extreme heat and have kept up the fantastic behaviour that they have demonstrated all year.
Thank you for any gifts - never ever expected but greatly appreciated - and for all your support and kind words of thanks.
It has been a joy to teach every single child in Pear Class.
Enjoy the summer and see you again in September!
Miss Atkinson, Miss Peacock and Miss Bird
Weekly Update 15.7.2022
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
We've had another great week in school.
In music, we have played call and response rhythms on the African drums whilst singing Hakuna Matata.
We completed our final full piece of written work in English with the children writing their own set of instructions for how to make African crunch biscuits. The standard of the writing was exceptionally high and all children completed their work independently.
In maths, we recapped our knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes.
All the children thoroughly enjoyed meeting their new class teacher on Wednesday morning and are feeling excited to be going into Year Two after the summer holidays.
Today we spent some time talking about what we have enjoyed most about Year One. A lot of the children said that art was their favourite subject so we spent some extra time looking at famous artists and all the children recreated Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' and coloured them in with oil pastels. Have a look at out artwork below!
Please read the newsletter for details about how we are going to manage with the heatwave on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
Enjoy the weekend and I will see you for our final week of the academic year on Monday!
Miss Atkinson