Blog Author: Streethay Primary

Daffodils are starting to recognise and write their names! We have enjoy using our self registration photos and name cards each morning and are becoming more confident with recognising our names. This week, we have been using whiteboard pens to have a go at tracing our names. 

LO: i enjoy singing and dancing to action songs.

This week the Daisies have been practicing their dancing skills, we have done this through using the ribbons. The Daisies were able to listen and follow instructions given and copy the actions successfully. They could do different movements like…

In Geography, we have been learning all about Keswick. The children looked at the reasons as to why people visit Keswick. 

Team Badgers have been learning all about how to express their feelings this week in French. We have explored how to say "I am happy", "I am sad", "i am very happy", "I am very sad", and "I am neither good nor bad/ so so". The children recalled their introductions in French from last week they and…

Rabbits have loved exploring the past by looking at photographs. The children have been comparing photographs of our local area, families and houses in the past and present. They have looked closely at different features and have explained why they think that photograph was taken from the past and…

This half term, Rabbits have been designing and constructing a stable structure, a windmill! They learnt about the different uses of windmills and also the main features such as the axle, rotor blades and sails. Using tools and materials, Rabbits were challenged to make sure that their structure…

Gymnastics - we learnt how to safely do a catspring onto a block.

Orienteering - we completed several team building games. 

During our RE lesson this week we explored Zerrin's Ramandan. We gave example of Zerrin's childhood memories and how Zerrin strengthens her faith.

The children have been understanding andtalking about how they have changed. They also spoke about what people can look like as they change and the types of features or characteristics that change as they grow older. 
 

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We have had an awesome day in Team Hedgehogs. We worked in partners to build a Lego fairground. Then, we programmed it to different speeds. Mr Anderson was so impressed, that we were able to do some extra challenges. We added music and sounds to our ride as it spun. The afternoon was even…

In PSHE, the children have worked together in group activities and discussions about making responsible choices and taking the right action. This has also allowed to the children to develop their team building skills by working cooperatively in a group. The class received a letter from a child…

In English this week, we have started to look at the features of writing an informal letter. The children worked together to create a success criteria from the identified features, ready for their letters next week. Our text this term is 'Coming to England' by Floella Benjamin, which the children…