Inference in Macbeth
Today, Oak Class developed their inference skills. The children became detectives and used details within the text to explore and uncover more about the characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
Wraparound 01.10.26
In Wraparound, we had lots of fun playing the scarecrow game before painting bird houses!
Design Technology: Smoothies
It was a busy afternoon in Maple Class! There was peeling, chopping, slicing and juicing to be done before we could create some delicious smoothies! The children were a fantastic team but they were not keen on the sour lime or avocado!
Monoprinting
In Art, the children continued to be inspired by the works of Burnam. They used the technique of monoprinting to create layers with their self-portraits!
Toy Time Travellers
Today we had a visit from Lizzie from the Staffordshire History Centre. She took us back in time to meet a girl called Bessie who wanted to buy some new toys. We had the opportunity to play with some toys that Bessie might have owned 100 years ago! Our favourites were the acrobat and clockwork…
Willow Prepare for the French Cafe
Willow worked very hard together to create our tablecloths for our French Cafe!
Science - Willow discover fossils!
This week in science, Willow learnt how fossils are formed through an experiment with bread. Following this, the children demonstrated their oracy and team work skills whilst being news presenters!
PSHE - family support
In PSHE, Oak Class reflected on how their families support them and how they in turn support their families. We considered and gave ways for how the support a person received can look different throughout their life depending on age and individual needs. The children began by being tasked to build…
Retrieval in reading!
In whole-class reading, Oak continued to read the story, Macbeth. After developing our retrieval skills when answering questions, the children were given a challenge: to write two of their own retrieval questions for a peer to answer using this lesson’s pages. This really showed a secure…
Who Was Noah?
In RE this week, Willow learnt all about Noah’s Arc and considered who Noah must have been as a person.
Number lines to 10,000,000
Oak Class continued their learning in place value by working with number lines up to 10,000,000. The children worked out the difference between the start and end points, counted the intervals and used division to calculate what the number lines were counting up in. Super effort, Oak Class!
Phonics- off to a flying start!
Reception are now working on their phonics skills every day! We have started with initial phonemes and handwriting! They love using the whiteboards!
