Blog Author: Streethay Primary

This week in French we have been naming pencil case objects and recognising if they are masculine or feminine.

The objects:

• a pencil - un crayon
• a pencil sharpener - un taille - crayon
• a pen - un stylo
• an exercise book - un cahier
• a ruler - une regle
• a rubber - une gomme
• a…

This week, Daffodils' parents were invited to learn more about phonics. After our workshop, we returned to class for some playtime together. The children loved sharing their choosing with their parents.

During our PSHE lesson this week, we have been discussing how we might feel in different scenarios when a hope or dream may not come true. We shared some lovely ideas and demonstrated showing resilience. 

Children enjoyed developing their gross motor skills outside with the use of balls. 
 

In Science we have been learning about the senses. We had a really exciting lesson in which one pupil got to wear Miss Hems' scarf and then had to guess the object using their senses. We played a video clip of the noise it made, we smelt it, we touched it, and we even got to taste it! It was…

We have been looking at length in Maths this term, using both centimetres and metres as our unit of measurement. 

In RE we have been learning about the 99 names of Allah and the meaning behind some of these. Children were coming up with their own names that they believe represent how powerful Allah is to Muslims. 

We have had a real treat today in Team Starlings, with James from the Co-op coming in to do a 'Healthy Eating Workshop' with us. We have discussed the different food groups and their importance in our diets, and what it means to have a balanced plate. We then got to go to the shop and choose a…

This week we've introduce 'Book Time' in Daffodils. Together, we've talked about how to take care of books and started looking at how to read stories before we can read words. The children have enjoyed getting cosy in the book corner and on the carpet with their books. 

In Maths this week we have been comparing numbers to 20. We have been finding the difference between 2 numbers between 11 and 20, and then explaining how we know. For example- We know 11 is less than 15, we can see with the cubes they both have a 10 but 11 has 1 extra, where as 15 has 5 extra. We…

Sunflowers have explored using different forms of paint. We used water to paint various items. We had a dog, a ,monster and we wrote our names.

In Geography, we have been building upon our knowledge of rivers, delving into the amazing wonders of The River Rhine. We have been learning about it's source, the places that it travels through, and the climate surrounding it. As we continue this topic over the course of the half term, we will…