Yesterday, the children had a party. The party marked the end of a fantastic year of learning. 

 Today in maths, the children were learning to tell the time to the hour.  The children learnt that the shorter hand is the hour hand and the longer hand is the minute hand.  The children also learnt the term o'clock.

 

 Over the last few weeks, a sports coach has been teaching the children some of the skills that they will need for sports day.  Yesterday, they practised their relay skills.    

This morning, we had a visitor from Kelvedon Library in to discuss the Summer Reading Challenge. We learnt about this years theme: The Story Garden, and looked at the characters and prizes. We also had a look at the variety of books Essex Libraries have to offer if you have a free library card.  The children will receive a card with information but more information is available at summerreadingchallenge.org.uk and https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/summer-reading-challenge

 Today we got to share our 'fear of the dark' stories with the children in Year 1! We had 'published' our stories and also designed a front cover.  We are incredibly proud of our extended writing! We used exciting adjectives, adverbs, correct punctuation, conjunctions and lots more!

 Today in PSHE, the children were learning all about basic first aid.  The children now know how to correctly apply a plaster, ice pack and bandage.  We may have some future paramedics in Year 1. 

 Yesterday in science, the children were learning all about wild flowers.  They went on a nature walk to explore wild flowers. 

  Today during assembly, we welcomed a visitor from Essex Fire & Rescue Service, who talked about the importance of water safety, particularly during the warmer weather. Children from across the school were taught how to float if they got into trouble in the water, which they demonstrated very well.  Below are a number of other safety tips that were shared with us today.  

 Yesterday in computing, the children were learning to program (a set of instructions that a computer has to follow.) This was quite tricky but the children persevered.