Here are some snaps from last week's mini marathon!

  S tory focus : Mad About Dinosaurs! by Gliles Andreae. We have been having 'Poem Time', rather than 'Story Time' this week! Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We now have a Literacy session where we discuss a picture, compose sentences and then write them.  We also have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books.  Maths focus: missing parts to 5; compostion of 5; composition of 6 and 7 as '5 and a bit'.  We sang '5 Little Kittens' as a prompt for discussion of missing parts to 5. We made arrangements of 6 and 7 using ' 5 and a bit'. Can you spot the '5 and a bit'? 6 is made of 5 and 1. 7 is made of 5 and 2.                                                           PE focus : we have started a new unit called  Crawl, Climb, Collect.  We have t...

 Over the last few weeks we have been able to explore the goings on around our school throughout the evening and the night due to Miss Lucas's brilliant idea. Miss Lucas secured us the loan of a camera trap from The Colchester Zoological Society, in association with Suffolk University, with the aim of allowing primary age children access to the secret world of our local wildlife. We first set the trap in our nature garden area and were treated to a procession of the local cat population before a treat which you can see in the clip below. It has also given us the view at night-time. The camera trap in situ. Last night the camera trap was set up to allow a view from the KS1 block towards the Eco-Garden area. And this is what we saw! Look out for further bulletins. Mr Hopegood :)

 s tory focus : Little Red Riding Hood .  Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We now have a Literacy session where we discuss a picture, compose sentences and then write them.  We also have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books.  Maths focus:   subitising and making arrangements of 6. We also practised counting and stopping at the 'stopping number'.  Here are some of our arrangements of 6: we noticed 3 and 3, 4 and 2 and 5 and 1.  "It;s a rainbow shape...there's 3 at that side and 3 at that side" "It's a flower! There's 1 in the middle, 3 at the top and 2 at the bottom" "It's like a face! 3 and 3". PE focus : we have started a new unit called  Crawl, Climb, Collect.  We have to practise our bear crawls which is fantastic for developing our core strength, as well as for crossing the midline.  We were not keen, but we persevered! Understanding the World focus:...

S tory focus : Cottonwool Colin by Jeanne Willis and The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright.  Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We now have a Literacy session where we discuss a picture, compose sentences and then write them.  We also have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books.  Maths focus:  doubles; composition (including odds and evens); counting  We noticed that some Numberblocks have a flat, even top and that some have an odd block. We could also see doubles within some Numberblocks (even numbers).  PE focus : we have started a new unit called Crawl, Climb, Collect. We have to practise our bear crawls which is fantastic for developing our core strength, as well as for crossing the midline.  Understanding the World focus: baby animals (linked to Spring) and animal classification/grouping. We had a special visitor - Ziggy the Bearded Dragon - which was a lovely starting point f...