Big Talk 29.11.13

This week your child’s talk homework is to think about 5 sentences that they could write about this picture.  The picture shows the witch in Hansel and Gretel.

Talking about this will help support their big talk session on  Friday.  Please think about wow words (adjectives) that the children can use in their sentences.

If possible could the TV be turned off while this discussion

is taking place.

Thanks for your support.

Golden Pupils

Harley

 

I am so proud of your new attitude to reading and writing.  I know you have been working hard at home practising your letter formation and phonic sounds because I can see your hard work paying off in your literacy work at school.  You are really trying hard to sound out to spell independently and your concentration has been excellent.  Superstar hard work Harley, well done.

 

Zoe

 

An all round golden girl who follows instructions the first time and works with super independence and concentration.  What a great example you set, thank you Zoe.

Identifying old and new light sources

We have been creating our own mini time lines using three pictures of light sources.  We had to label the time line, label it oldest and newest and then place the light sources on the time line.  These were the pictures we were using.

Can you remember what each light source is called and how you ordered them?

Orienteering with year 5

We had an invite form year 5 to share their orienteering course that they were completing.  Thank you year 5 we all had great fun.

Orienteering with year 5 on PhotoPeach

Outdoor maths

Last week we looked at finding halves and quarters of shapes and everyday objects.  This week we moved on to look at finding half and doubles of given numbers.  We worked as teams outside.  Each team member had to show the answer on their whiteboards and then a nominated team member raced to the hoop to fetch back the answer.  Everyone looked like they were having loads of fun and were able to show some great maths.



Outdoor maths on PhotoPeach
 

Guess the object

Miss Two Shoes came into school this morning with a fascinating object.  We have tried to work out what it was.  Can you let me know what you think?????

testing our safety jackets

After learning about the Green Cross Code we designed our own jackets that would help to keep us safe when we are out in the dark by helping us to be easily seen.  After planning the jacket on paper we then made a small version of the jacket and tested it in either our light boxes or our dark den.  We identified two key findings;

1. The jacket was brighter if it was one main colour
2. Using reflective material like silver stripes or sparkly fabric helped to reflect the light from the
    torch and made the jacket stand out more.

We may have some future fashion designers in class!!!

Safety jackets on PhotoPeach

Big talk 22.11.13

This is our big talk picture for the 22.11.13

Look carefully at this picture;

Where does the road lead to?

How would you feel travelling along it?

How would you describe what you could see from the road?

Talking about this will help support children's big talk session on  Friday. 

Golden Pupils

 

 

 

Elizabeth

 

Thank you Elizabeth for being so golden.  Your behaviour is always outstanding and I am so pleased to see that your hard work is paying off as your writing goes from strength to strength as you are using interesting vocab, sentence openers and punctuation more consistently.

 

 

Finlay

 

You are golden because you never fail to put in maximum effort in all that you do.  Your sounding out to spell is fantastic and you are able to work with increasing independence.  You are also setting a amazing example to everyone in our class with your outstanding carpet behaviour. 

Road safety

This week in topic we have been thinking about how to keep safe in the dark.  We have been learning the green cross code, designing road safety posters and planning and making our own jackets to keep us safe in the dark.  We will be testing these jackets out next week so look out for the results. 

In class we have been using this website to help us understand more about how to keep safe on the roads.  There are some great games to play.  Have fun and let me know what you learn.

Traditional stories

We have been looking at the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff in our literacy lessons.  First we acted out the story and together wrote a story mountain to understand what happens in the beginning, middle and end of the story.  We have gone on to use wow words in our Troll wanted posters, write our own different endings to the story, write to the troll explaining why the goats should be allowed to cross and looked at a different version of the classic story called "Three Billy Goats Fluff". Linking in with our dark dark night topic we have also made shadow puppets and put on plays for our friends.  Next week we will be writing our own version of the story.  Phew what a lot of hard work.  Well done everyone.

The three billy goats gruff on PhotoPeach

Children in need day

Have a look at the book fun we had on our pyjama day for Pudsey.  It was fantastic to share our favourite books and to take the time to read them with our friends and cuddly animals.  We even went on to use one of the books in our ICT lesson later that day to help us to draw some amazing pictures of owls.

Children in need day on PhotoPeach

Light and dark

This half term out topic is "In the dark, dark wood".  This links directly with our science topic "Light and dark".  This week we have been conducting two investigations.  One looked at comparing different light sources and how they helped us to see in the dark and the other saw children predicting and testing which colour can be best seen in the dark. 

Golden pupils

Nieve

 

Well done Nieve your concentration has been fantastic this week enabling you to complete a super story mountain in guided reading independently.  It's great to see you focused, listening carefully and taking more care with your work.  Keep up your hard work.

 

 

Lacey

 

Wonderful independent writing this week Lacey you are really starting to use your phonics well to help you sound out to spell and your writing is always interesting to read.

The art of collage

As part of our new topic "In the dark, dark night" we have been making bonfire pictures and making versions of Plop the owl from the book we have read "The owl who was afraid of  the dark".  We have used collage to make our pictures and I think you will agree they look fantastic.

Collage art on PhotoPeach

Finding out why we have Bonfire Night

We have all enjoyed bonfires and Fireworks this week so we found it interesting to learn why we have these celebrations.  We listened to the story of Guy Fawkes and then ordered the story using picture cards.  Lots of great learning well done.

The Gunpowder Plot on PhotoPeach