Excellent English in Team Meadow
This week in English we have been writing diary entries about our school day at Streethay. The children tried really hard to include adverbs and commas for a list in their writing. We are really impressed with their finished entries.
Maths in Meadow
In Team Meadow we are amazing at using the concrete resources to support our maths learning. We found the dienes really helpful when learning column addition.
Unbelievable Ukulele in Team Badgers
This week in our weekly ukulele lesson, children in Team Badgers were practising playing 3 different chords within the same song. This is really tricky and the children had to remember where to place their fingers each time.
Sunflowers' Literacy - L.O. I can write captions.
Sunflowers have read The Three Little Pigs story in Literacy. They have made a list of items they would pack in their suitcase for when they run away from the wolf.
Ribbon Dancing in Daisies
Daisies have enjoyed participating in ribbon dancing. This helps the children to develop their fine motor skills and gross motor skills, with their arm movements.
Team Starlings- Alexander the Great
We absolutely love History in team Starlings, and have been very excited to dive headfirst into our topic of 'Alexander the Great,' this half term. This week, we have been hearing about the childhood and stories of Alexander of Macedon, in particular, his character trait of determination. Over the…
Compter en Français!
Salut! This week in French, Team Starlings have learnt to count all the way up to 31! We have been practising counting shapes, using colours, and even learning French jokes. We are building up towards being able to share our birthdays in French which will be a fantastic addition to the…
English in Team Starlings
We have been doing a lot of descriptive writing in Team Starlings this week, using everything from similes, to metaphors, to personification. The children have thoroughly enjoyed writing about the gruesome witch in the creepy forest, coming up with fantastic descriptions that have created a very…
Sunflowers PSED - I am special
Sunflowers spoke about how they are unique. We discussed with Jigsaw Jennie what makes us special.
More Egyptian Art in Badgers
This week in art, we have started to design our own Egyptian scrolls to give information about ourselves. We mind mapped lots of symbols and patterns from ancient Egyptian art and looked at how we could change them and adapt them to reflect our likes and interests. We then investigated creating…
The 3 times table in Badgers
In Badgers this week, we are learning to recall and use the three times table. We learnt about how we can use known facts from the three times table to calculate other three times table facts by adding groups of 3 or subtracting groups of 3.
PSHE in Hedgehogs
In PSHE this week we have been having discussions about friendships and appropriate behaviour. We have been thinking about how we might respond in different situations and how we should be mindful of how others might be feeling.