ReceptionHoliCelebrations

We have had a WONDERFUL week in Year 1 and have continued to enjoy the 1990's!

We have been doing graffiti art and learning about the artist Banksy, exploring sound through vibration, and have continued to love making books about our favourite pop stars! The children's bubble writing is awesome. I wonder if they can teach you at home?

The children are also really enjoying working independently in provision, using the new skills they have learnt, to make Pic Collage posters - I am sure you have enjoyed seeing these at home too!

Thank you for all the shoeboxes so far, we are super excited for STEAM week next week and making our sparkling disco dioramas.

Maybe you could start thinking of your plan at home ready for next week, will you be re-creating the Cavern Club or an amazing colourful stage for Abba - the possibilities are endless!

We have also been practising our musical medley with Mrs Hayden. The teachers went to a live performance in their music lesson this week and it was AMAZING! We are ready to perform in the recording studio on Monday afternoon and we are super excited to become real life pop stars.

In Literacy this week we have been exploring common nouns and proper nouns, the children have been fantastic and have enjoyed writing on the tables to categorise the different nouns and add capital letters.

Next week is going to be another exciting week and we can't wait!

As the Polar Bear Explorers finally approach their destination, Stella is astounded to see a yeti for the first time! This led to lots of wonderful discussion about what it would be like to see a real life yeti, the magnitude of these creatures and whether they are just a myth. We looked at the first alleged photograph of a yeti and some peculiar footprints, taken in 1951 on a Mount Everest expedition. We discussed how this amplified the legend of the yeti and led to numerous more expeditions in hunt of these creatures. We also discussed the debate around this creature and looked at different viewpoints.

The children drew upon the inspiration from this chapter in our key text to produce some detailed descriptive writing on the appearance and features of a yeti, using exciting adjectives and interest verbs.

In art, Year 2 used soft pastels to create beautiful pictures of the Northern Lights. We enjoyed using a less familiar medium and learning more about these beautiful auroras.

The children have really impressed us with their telling the time skills again this week! We have been extending our learning further, looking at quarter past and quarter to, telling the time to five minutes and representing this as digital and analogue times.