Conservation

In PSHE this week we learnt about conservation and how to help animals in our world. We have also learnt how to add and subtract quickly using a hundred square. In RE we have been learning about Jonah and the Whale. We spoke about the ,meaning of the story and why events happen.

May Day Celebrations

Over the last few weeks we were busy practicing our May Day Dance and we managed to learn it so well that we performed it yesterday and today! For the dance we were in a group of 8. Our May King and Queen was Lucy and Leo. We dressed up in smart clothes and we performed in front of all the adults. 


In Topic we have been building tall towers and structures. We found out that you had to build a big base and you add 2 sides to make it stable. We also found out that the bottom can be bigger than the top. Triangles are really strong to help structures be stable. We wrote how to make a structure and this is called an explanation. An explanation is a small piece of writing that describes how to do it.


In Maths we have also learnt about 3D shapes. The Maths words that you use to describe a 3d shape is faces, vertices and edges.

Journey Week

This week in Maths we have been learning to find half. We learnt how to find half of an object. Half means there is 2 groups and it has to be the exactly the same size. We also found half of a number. 1/2 of 8 is 4. Some of us also learnt about a quarter.


In English we have been writing the story Journey. Some of us are half way through writing the story. First we put pictures in then we wrote it. We named the character Anna and the boy Ben. To start with we wrote the beginning then the middle and finally we wrote the end.


In computing we have been practicing our keyboard skills. We know that we have to use all our fingers to type. We always place our fingers on the middle row. We use our thumb for the space bar.

David Hockney Week

This week in Oak Class we have created our own David Hockney paintings. We had to collage our own person to put in to the pool. But first we had to paint the swimming pool. We learnt about tints and tones then we explore patterns. To create the water effect we used 3 different methods. One was taking your pen for a walk, another was wiggly lines and the last method was wax resist.

In PSHE we have been learning about dental health. We are experts at how to brush our teeth now!!

School Trip

Our new topic this term is Out and About.
We went on a school trip to Rickmansworth Waterways. We went on an old canal boat called the Roger, we spotted different things on out canal boat trip. Rob told us when we got there that there were 3 activities. We had an important rule to follow which was no running. One of the activities was Victorian washing.
The next day in English we used pictures and put them in the right order. We then wrote about our whole day.


In Maths we have been learning about multiplication. These means we have been putting numbers in to groups and in PSHE we have been learning about healthy choices.

First Rehearsals

This week we have started to rehearse our spring play. We are doing well at remembering our lines and singing the songs. Parents and carers please support your child at home with learning lines.


We have also been learning about the sequence of time in Maths and how characters behave in stories.


We have planted some seeds as we had the question....
Does the biggest seed, grow the tallest plant?


On Friday we had our treat afternoon as we had achieved our 5 year 1 stars. We also won Paddington for the most improved attendance

Another week of learning

In English we have been reading the story 'I want my hat back'. We asked questions and we recorded why the bear liked his hat so much. We also spoke about why the rabbit stole the hat.


In Maths we have been learning to subtract. One subtraction is 5 - 2 = 3. Our rule for subtraction sentences, is that you start with the biggest number.


We have been doing some dictation in Guided Reading to help us with our phonics and handwriting.


Science has taken 2 weeks! This is because we have been learning about crystals. A crystal is made when liquid starts off hot and then cools. We made a crystal in the classroom it looked like a flower.