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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
Weekly Update 7.7.2022
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
We have had a fun week in Pear Class.
The children baked some African inspired biscuits with Mrs Darley. They all had lots of fun and hopefully you have enjoyed eating the biscuits at home!
On Wednesday we celebrated Sports Day. Well done to all the children for taking part and showing a fantastic sporting attitude. We had some very tired children on Wednesday afternoon!
In maths we have spent some time recapping how to measure using rulers. In topic we have used the atlases to find different countries in Africa and describe their location using the compass points north, east, west and south.
Just a reminder that the Key Stage Two performance of Emil and the Detectives will be taking place on Thursday 14th July at 6:30pm - 8:00pm at Yeadon Town Hall with tickets being £3 each if you would like to go an watch. Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/yeadon-town-hall-cic/emil-and-the-detectives-rufford-park-primary-school/e-mzodzm
The Key Stage One school disco will also be on Wednesday 20th July. If your child would like to attend please make sure that you return their permission slip before this date.
Enjoy the sunny weather this weekend!
Miss Atkinson
Weekly Update 1.7.2022
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
This week has gone by so quickly!
In computing the children explored Scratch Junior on the new school iPads. Scratch is a useful app to introduce children to the concepts of algorithms, programming and coding. The children used what they have been learning in science to create their own animal scene. I heard some good conversations about which animals live in which habitats and the children demonstrated good problem solving skills when our algorithms didn't always work as expected!
In art, the children have created some beautiful African sunset pictures using watercolours and black card silhouettes. I was very impressed with the attention to detail that all the children showed when cutting out their silhouettes.
In English we have started reading our new book which is 'Mama Panya's Pancakes'. The children enjoyed making predictions about what they thought would happen next in the story and have also written their own invitation to a pancake party, inspired by the book.
Sports Day will now be taking place on Wednesday 6th July from 10:30 - 12:00 (cross your fingers for drier weather!) so please make sure your child wears their PE kit on this day.
Please also remember that your child's homework project for the next few weeks is to create a model of an African animal or African musical instrument. These need to be in school by Wednesday 13th July. Please do not send models into school before this date.
Enjoy the weekend,
Miss Atkinson