Aldo

Today the children have looked at a book called:

The story tells a tale of a child's imaginary friend called 'Aldo'. The children had fun writing about their own imaginary friends and retelling the story.

It was Mrs Brooker's turn to read her favourite story today. She chose:

It was great to see so much home learning come into school today. We have shared many of the children's favourite books. If your child wants to bring in their favourite book then they can bring them in to share with their friends. 

Reading week...The magic bed and Trubloff.

This week is a special week as it is 'reading week'. In Year 1 we will be looking at books written by John Burningham. Today we have been reading a book called:

The children worked in groups to act out the story. Then they got to re-write the story, changing the areas in which the bed visits. 

After lunch half of Year 1 swapped with half of the Reception class. Both classes looked at the book:

This is a story by the same author. The whole school will be looking at different parts of the story throughout the week. The children looked at Trubloff the Mouse and were set the challenge to make a musical instrument out of boxes, tubes, elastic bands, paper, cellotape and much much more! It was fantastic to see the range of instruments that the children designed and created. 

This week all of the adults in Year 1 will be sharing their favourite stories with the children. Today it was the turn of Miss Scott. Miss Scott's favourite story is:

POWSA Social

Hi there guys,
Just to let you know that the next POWSA meeting is being held on the 9th July at 19:45 at the new Wagamama restaurant in Brewery square. New faces are always welcome.  We are a small group of committed parents and teachers who enjoy raising money for our school and children, and without all your help and support this just wouldn't happen.  However, our core group is getting smaller and smaller and as a consequence recent events have been much harder to organise and run.  Therefore we would ask you to seriously consider coming along to the next meeting, ask your questions, find out what its all about and see if becoming a POWSA member is something you would like to do.  There is no expectation on your time, we wont sign you up to do anything, we just ask you come along, meet us and enjoy a nice meal.  If you do fancy coming would you be kind enough to let a POWSA member know, or leave your name with the school office, just so we can ensure a big enough table.
Hope to see there!

Rhodri's adventures and Purplemash

Rhodri is having a great time at everyones homes.

As you all know the children bring in pictures and stories about the time that they have spent with Rhodri. This morning we had a fantastic account using Purplemash! This is a great tool to use at home with the children. We can then print it out at school and put it on display for everyone to read.

All the children know how to use Purplemash, there are so many brilliant programs on there that will help with all areas of learning.

The shopping list

This week the children have been looking at the book:


They are now able to retell the story using different objects and characters.

In maths this week the children have put their thinking hats on and worked through lots of problem solving questions. We have used a range of resources including dominoes, counters, unifix, bead strings and logic people to support this.

In art the children have been looking at another Georgia O'Keffe picture called 'poppy'. They used paint to capture their interpretation of  Georgia O'Keffe Poppy.

Zoo lab visit

Today we had a special visit from the people at the 'Zoo lab'. We were lucky enough to see and touch lots of different animals. Below are some pictures of the animals that the lady bought to show us.

I wonder if anyone can write and tell us anything that they have learnt about the animals?

No orchestra or choir this week....

Just to remind all that this Thurs 20th June there will be no choir or orchestra as I am out of school for the day. We will be rehearsing though on Tues 25th June ready for the concert so keep practising!

Mrs Mewett