Caradoc’s week

This week in Caradoc we have been building up our skills in English in preparation to write a diary entry based on our book character and during the Blitz.  We have planned these as well as considered what it was like during the Blitz, using our senses.  In Maths we have been looking at doubles, halves and odd and even numbers, as well as starting our measurement unit by looking at measuring in centimetres.  In RE we considered what we think Heaven looks like and in Music we used the glockenspiels to play along to our song, Zootime.  In Computing we gathered information to create a pictogram based on our favourite colours, focusing on making tally charts, and in Science we focused on what animals and humans need to survive – air, food, water and shelter.  In PE we continued with our Mindfulness Stretching story and in History we looked further into Neil Armstrong’s mission to the Moon on Apollo 11 with Buzz Aldrin.  In PSHE we continued looking at watching age appropriate films, programs and games, as well as how to keep safe by looking at warning symbols on products, and in DT we have made our wheel and axis buggies, working together in a team to build these.

Congratulations to our Star of the Week, Olivia P.  Olivia has recently joined our comprehension group and has fitted in beautifully and working very hard.

Reminder – We have parents evening on Tuesday, 9th and Thursday, 11th April.  Please contact me via Class Dojo to arrange an appointment.

The Exotic Zoo

What an amazing experience we had this morning with the exotic zoo.  The children learnt lots of new scientific information for our Animals including Humans unit, as well being able to touch or hold some of the animals. This was such an interesting session and the children were very brave! We met Carl the Cockroach, Ginger the Snake, Charlie the Frog, Eggsy the Chicken and Tia the Skunk.

Our week in Caradoc

The children have been busy this week showing off what they know in our assessments. In addition to these we have done mindfulness stretching in PE, inputting data through pictograms in Computing and learnt about the main Easter symbols in RE.  We have started finding out about Neil Armstrong in History as well as looking at offspring and life cycles of animals including humans. We had a fantastic time on World Book Day on Thursday (see our previous post) and made cards for the special women in our life for Mothering Sunday. We all hope you liked your cards made with love.

Congratulations to our Star of the Week, Harriet, for being a brilliant role model at all times and for her amazing reading word count on our accelerated reader.

World Book Day 2024

Well done to everyone for dressing up as their favourite book characters, we were all so impressed! We had a wonderful time at Booka and all the children used their book voucher to choose a book. Thank you parents and carers for supporting us celebrate everything fantastic about books.

Our Spring Term so far

Good afternoon Caradoc!

I apologise for the limited posts lately, we have just been so busy with our learning!  The children have all been working incredibly hard and we have been having a big focus on handwriting and using our phonics when writing.

In English, the children built up their skills to write their own adventure story based on The Dragon Machine.  In Maths we have been looking at money, multiplication and division.  In Science, we have been looking at a range of different materials, their properties and their uses, and in Geography we have focused on the weather, learning about the equator and observing the weather patterns around the world based on countries and their distance from the equator.  In Art we have been learning about Kandinsky and completing continuous line drawings and in PE we have been learning a variety of gymnastics moves.  In RE we have looked at the good news Christians believe Jesus brings, focusing on peace, forgiveness and joy.  In Computing we created music digitally using different programs, shapes and sounds.

A huge congratulations to our Stars of the Week over the Spring Term so far!

Lola for her hard work in Maths.

Lilo for his amazing work in English using his phonics and neat handwriting.

Simara for her super progress in phonics.

Wyatt for his fantastic independent writing.

Amelia for her excellent comprehension skills.

Caradoc’s week

We have started our festive celebrations this week with our Christmas Disco, Christmas jumper day, Christmas Lunch and Santa Dash.  Amongst all the December fun we have also been looking at lines of symmetry in Maths, building up to writing an owl fact file in English and completing dance moves like a wizard in PE.  We have also created our own micro habitats in Science, learnt about the meaning of Advent and made Advent wreaths in RE and continued learning about the Gunpowder Plot in History.  We made Christmas hats to wear for our lunch and on Friday we had the travelling nativity box and looked at the importance of the Shepherds, as well as reading the Christmas Story.

Well done to our Star of the week, Mason,  He has been trying extremely hard with his reading and phonics lessons which is really showing in our writing sessions.  Mason reads every night at home and his hard work is paying off in our lessons!

 

Caradoc’s week

The children have been showing off what they know this week during our assessments, these have taken up most of the week.  However we have fitted in some fun in our foundation subjects! In PE the children have continued with their Dance unit, this time devising dance moves to The Three Little Pigs. In RE we made Greggers and joined Lawley class for a Purim celebration. In DT we folded paper and used masking tape to make freestanding structures. In History we continued our learning on Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, and in Science we compared two different micro habitats.  In Computing we looked at what makes a good photo, and in PSHE we made anti bullying posters.  On Friday we got the Chromebooks out to set up our Numbot accounts, the login details will be put into every child’s reading diary next week so Numbots can also be accessed at home. We also had a visit from our Elf and worked together to our our class Christmas tree up.