We had our Road Safety Roadshow come into school today!  The children were taught a song that said "Stop, Look and Listen".  The session was highly engaging and the children learned many things about Road Safety.

Please can you continue these conversations about Road Safety to keep our children safe :)

Clive from Emazdad came to school today to give us a Safety Roadshow came to see us today. The children learned all about road safety and the things to watch out for whilst out and about.

He mentioned the benefits of wearing an item that reflects on our clothing as the evenings draw in and the mornings are darker for longer.

He will be visiting us again to help us celebrate our 40th birthday. Watch out for the magic show!

Wednesday 25th September

We have had another lovely week!  In English, the children wrote a letter to Grandma from the Wolf, apologising for all of the crimes that he had committed!!

In maths, we are on our last leg of the place value unit and learning the number line to 100 (YR2) and the number line to 1000 (YR3).  

For science, Year 3 pupils learned about Endoskeletons and Exoskeletons and which animals have no skeleton at all!  They sorted them into groups!

For Art, the children have been learning all about the famous artist Jasper Johns and recreated his art piece "Numbers in Color" which was painted in 1958!  They really enjoyed this today!

For History, the children learned all about a Victorian classroom and made comparisons to our classroom now.  They will be going back in time and writing a letter to a Victorian child to tell them all of the things that will change in the future!

What we've been doing!

We have had another great week in Foundation / Year 1!

In English, we have continued our learning on ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt.’ The children have loved learning this book and we know the story very well now! We have been sequencing the story with pictures. Foundation have been writing a sound they have learnt in phonics to match the picture and Year 1 have started writing words to match.

In Maths, Foundation have been sorting and matching objects. They have been making sets and thought about what objects match in each set. Year 1 have been continuing their place value unit of numbers up to 10. We are also continuing to practise counting in 2s in the classroom.

In the wider curriculum, Year 1 have been learning about their bodies in science. This week, we learnt about our ears and hearing. We have thought about how we hear and what it would be like if we couldn’t. We did this through learning a little bit of sign language, including the first letter of our names. Foundation have been exploring all about themselves in our provision inside and outside. They have been finger painting faces, mark making and using blocks to build.

Raffle tickets have gone home for our celebration on the 4th October. We are really looking forward to this and will begin making preparations for this in the next week!

Have a great week.

Foundation / Year 1 Team

Slate and Chalk

As part of our Victorian topic, the children have been learning about what school was like then compared to now.

Some of them were shocked to find out the punishments children had back then. Ask them what else they found out.

We completed a Venn Diagram in our books and then took part in rote learning of our times tables. Finally, we tried writing on slate with chalk to practise our handwriting and spelling. 

Luckily, nobody got the dunce's hat!

Forest School

This week year three and four went for a wander along the bridle way to collect some foliage as we wanted to make some natural clay tiles.
They looked for leaves with prominent veins which would help to make a clearer imprint on clay. Luckily, they found a wonderful variety along with some interesting seed heads. Once back on the field the children spread out their collected treasures and began by breaking off a small handful of the air-dry clay to knead in their hands until it is soft and pliable. Adding a few drops of water to the clay with there fingertips if it began to crack. They pinched out the clay and then gently rolled it out until about 5 mm thick. The children placed some foliage onto the clay and firmly rolled it in to imprint the pattern onto the clay, making sure that they didn’t press too hard and distort the shape. Watching the children’s delight as they peeled away the foliage to reveal a pattern was a pleasure. The children enjoyed some free time to create little birds and animals. Working with clay is an invaluable experience for sensory development, motor skills, self esteem, and self expression, problem solving skills, discipline, and pride. Clay also has a uniquely therapeutic quality that often settles and calm children; it keeps their attention for a considerable time. Clay is a unique art medium because it is highly responsive to touch and very forgiving. As soon as children are given clay, they immediately begin to mould and shape it. They become aware that they are in charge and have influence over the medium as it is quick to respond to their fingers. The feeling that they are in command of the clay gives children the confidence to try any project which opens the door to greater self expression and imagination. Clay also allows a child to learn to repair mistakes and therefore not be afraid to make them. Making mistakes is essential for self improvement but can be difficult and even an obstacle for some children. The forgiving quality of clay, and therefore the ability to readily fix mistakes, gives a child a sense of control over their project’s success which improves self esteem and self expression as they realise that mistakes are not going to stop their progress

What a wonderful start to Year 3!  The children have settled into KS2 life superbly and we are proud of their positive attitudes towards the challenge.

English
We have begun our English learning journey with the fiction text ‘The Beasties’. The children have been learning about lots of Year 3 skills for writing as well as consolidating lots which were learnt in Key Stage 1.  They are getting ready for their first Key Stage 2 big writes next week and we can't wait to read their versions of The Beasties! 

Maths

In Maths, the children are coming to an end of the Place Value unit and have enjoyed working with concrete Base 10 equipment as well as Place Value Counters when exploring numbers to 1000. 

Best wishes, 
The Year Three Team

This term, Class 2 are travelling back in time to the prehistoric Stone Age. We were amazed to learn that some cave art has survived millions of years and still exist today! We enjoyed creating our own cave art style drawings, using charcoal to sketch animals and chalk to create our own hand art. Watch this space for our upcoming cave paintings. 

A fantastic start!

It has been an amazing start to Year 2. Well done and thank you to all pupils for such a fantastic start to a brand new academic year. We have been very busy already getting stuck in to our History topic for the half term; “How have significant people shaped our world?”. So far, we have studied Florence Nightingale, Muhammad Ali and Mary Anning.

In English, we have been writing about the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff and have had lots of fun innovating the story to make our very own versions which vary from Three Cheeky Chimps to Three Merry Mermaids! Take a look at just one of the fabulous examples of extended writing. We are very proud of all of the children.

A reminder that Home Learning is sent home every Monday. Please ensure your child brings their Home Learning book into school with them so that we can update it. On a Monday, we also change reading books and visit the school library. If you have any library books at home from last year, please do send them in with your child. Each child’s Home Learning book has also been updated with their Numbots log in details for practice at home.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Year 2 Team

A spot of cricket anyone?

This week, Talland class have been incredibly busy with not one, but two, extra PE sessions this week. We are immensely lucky to have 'Cricket Chris' instructing us as part of the 'Time to Shine' program. After an assembly introducing the basic physical and life skills we would be covering, we began with catching and bowling this week. The progress the children have made, even in a couple of hours, has been vast - who knows, we may have a future England player in our midst!

In art, we are studying the work of William Morris (linking with our big question, 'Were the Victorians Really Vile?'). This week the children were tasked with making careful observations of some of Morris's most famous designs and simplifying them. They then took their inspiration from nature closer to home - around the school grounds! We went on an observation walk; picking up interesting leaves and fallen flowers, as well as taking photos of trees, flowers and leaves that we thought we particularly pleasing to the eye. Back in the classroom, we created simplistic outline sketches of some of these items and images, preparing to transform them into a printing block design in the next couple of weeks. We were very taken with the hydrangea shown above - we liked the outline shape of each set of petals. Check back next week to see a sneak preview of some of our designs so far...

Over the last couple of weeks the children have been enjoying the new classroom set up and some of the new resources we have. All the children old and new have settled in well to school life. We went on a bear hunt in the forest and even found a bear! The children then created their own verses for the bear hunt story. Out in the forest the children have been making animal homes as part of their construction unit in DT. The children also made some amazing pictures representing the main scenes from the story using collage. Please see the document below which tells you a little bit about what we will be doing in Little Foresters over the next few weeks. 

A week of fun, families, and forest school! 

During our Wider Curriculum lessons this week, we have continued to explore 'What makes our world go around?'. In Geography, we found out what the equator is and discovered what the climate is like for countries along the equator. We managed to get into the swimming pool on Friday, which was fantastic, but a tad cold! We had fun though, playing some pool games. During Science, we learnt about the human life cycle, along with the life cycle of barn owls. Can you recall the five stages of the barn owl life cycle?

In English, we have been working hard on our descriptive writing this week. We recapped adjectives and nouns, and written some amazing expanded noun phrases inspired by owls. Today, we began to plan for writing our own character descriptions about Plop from 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark' by Jill Tomlinson. I can't wait to see your final written descriptions next week!

In Maths, we have continued working hard on our Place Value unit. This week, we have particularly been using number lines to count in 10s and 1s (Y2) and 100s (Y3). 

Congratulations to Lowen J, Harley and Darragh for being Landaviddy's People of the Week. And a big well done to Amelia and Frankie for achieving their 22 club! 

Please find this half terms Knowledge Web attached below. This details everything your child will be learning during wider curriculum lessons. Of course, should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Reminder - Meet the Teacher is on Wednesday 25th September at 2:45pm.

We hope you have a fabulous weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Mrs Wilkie, Mrs Phillips, Miss Bowden and Miss Colton