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Autumn 1

Week 1

Wow! The children have impressed us so much with their enthusiasm, lovely manners and sense of fun. We have been very busy getting to know one another, learning new routines and doing lots of activities! Well done to all for making the last 3 days so brilliant.

In maths lessons, we have been building numbers using rekenreks, numicon, base ten, counters and dice. We looked at making different combinations to make 10, 20, 50 and 100. The children showed lovely teamwork and good place value knowledge!

In PE this term we will be learning about the fundementals of PE. Today we looked at how to run fast by: 1. Moving our arms from pocket to mouth 2. Using long strides 3. Running on our toes and keeping our knees high. Here are the hodgehegs cheering on each other as we had a series of different relay races.

Week 2

The Number Bonds to Ten Song

The class have been brilliant at learning their bonds to ten. Some have also made the link that "If I know 3 add 7 equals 10, 30 add 70 equals 100 and that 3,000,000 add 7,000,000 equals 10,000,000!"

In PE we have a "Ball Skills" topic this term. In this lesson we learnt to accurately roll different sized balls by focusing on our balance and follow through. We also did some skipping as a warm down!

Today we went on a hedgehog safari in preparation for our first write which will be a missing poster about Max the hodgeheg. The children used great vocabulary such as "He has bright, brown and black eyes", "His belly is soft and grey" and "He has a pointy nose and a small bump on his head but he still looks cute!" Back in class, some children imagined they were speaking to woodland animals and made speeches about the lost hedgehog . Well done all for letting your imagination run free!

In Science, we were categorising pictures between "living, dead or never alive." This is our first lesson on the topic "Animals and Living Things".

In English, the children have been looking at how to use pronouns and identifying the tense in sentences. Here we are unscrambling sentences. Great pair work everyone!

Week 3

In Art, the children have been learning and practising how to manipulate clay and plasticine. The children were excellent at rolling, pinching and squeezing the clay as well as using different tools. We will use these skills to make our future sculptures inspired by Yayoi Kusama.

In PE we are focusing on ball skills. Currently, we have been looking at how to roll, track and receive the ball using our hands and body. Good eye to ball co-ordination skills were on display in the beautiful sunshine!

The Planets of our Solar System Song (featuring The Hoover Jam)

The children have really enjoyed learning the planets and singing the song!

The Dwarf Planet Song (feat. Jessica Pace Lyells, Loki Alohikea, Jan van der Beek, and Sophia Oaks)

In Computing we were learning how to write on a computer. We we did a great job of editing a text (a party invitation) by changing the font size, style and colour. We also used the bold and underline options. Finally, we added some images!

In PE today we learnt about how to jump long distances with 2 feet. First you have to bend your legs and then swing your arms for power and balance. The class worked brilliantly going from different stations.

Week 4

In forest school we did a bit of geography where we used maps of the school to work out where we were and we used compasses to identify where north was and which way we were facing. We also built numbers using twigs and leaves to represent tens and ones. Everyone behaved brilliantly in the increasingly rare sunshine!

In PE we were focusing on controlling a ball with our feet today. We looked at how to use different parts of our feet to dribble and keep the ball close. We also practised stopping and trapping different sized balls.

In Computing, the children did a great job of typing up their English work which was a poster about Max the hedgehog. The chidren went on the app "Keynote", used their QWERTY keyboards well and were able to use lower case and capital letters.

In forest school we read the book "Look Up!" The children enjoyed the sounds of the trees blowing in the wind and listened so well to the story of a girl organising a meteor shower event.

In forest school on Friday we made hedgehog dens and had a great time working together to complete some parachute challenges!

In PE we were looking at how to skip with one leg and jump with two. We used different lily pad courses to practise our skills!

Week 5

We have loved doing the place value basketball game. Some of us have even managed to identify numbers to 1,000!

 

Please play: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

In art today we made our sculptures inspired by Yayoi Kusama. The children did a super job rolling, pinching and adding clay to make some wonderful poka dotted creations!

In Computing, we continued to edit our writing by including photos, changing the font and increasing the size of the text.

The Hodgehegs voted for the Y6 school council candidates. We voted for the chair, treasurer, play leaders and infant representatives. The class were very well behaved and used the computer voting system well!

Week 6

In history we looked at the invention of the hearing aid. We looked at the positive and negative consequences of this invention.

In PE we controlled the ball using our hands. We used the tips of our fingers and bounced the ball up to our hips to control the ball. Great basketball and handball skills all!

The class did a super job of finishing their posters for Max the hedgehog in Computing lessons. Terrific job all for formating the text and adding images.

The class were interviewing each other in preparation for their instruction write on Scaredy Squirrel. Great language was used to talk about friendship and fears.

The Hodgehegs enjoyed their classwide reward of "Ball games and a teddy bear's picnic" in the lovely sunshine!

Week 7

In music we did a great job playing the glockenspiels to the song "Hands, Feet, Heart"

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In PE we were continuing with skipping but many challenged themselves by doing skipping jacks, twisters and hop skips.

SCAREDY SQUIRREL MAKES A FRIEND Read Aloud Book for Kids

In English we are planning our write based on the story of "Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend!" We will be writing a set of instructions for Scaredy on how to make a perfect friend. Please have a listen and read this fun story!

We have finally finished our art project inspired by the tremendous Yayoi Kusama. We designed and made our sculpture and special room. We also added a model figure to show the true scale of the sculpture. Well done all for such unique, fun and stylish designs!

Becoming an Artist: Yayoi Kusama I Tate Kids

Meet Yayoi Kusama, the artist who created a universe of dots! Growing up in rural Japan, Yayoi moved to New York City when she was 27 and became famous for her paintings, sculptures and performance art.

Week 8

The children did a great job of adding to make ten. E.G. 7 + 6 = 7+ 3 = 10, 10 + 3 = 13. This is a really important skill which will help them simplify more complex calculations and is useful all the way to Y6 and beyond!

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