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 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.  

 Having learnt about equal groups - recognising and making, we have travelled along a learning journey about fractions! We have been learning to recognise and make halves, quarters and thirds with shapes and with numbers.  Using our new knowledge, we have been 'thinking deeper' whilst answering word problems and sharing our thoughts with our friends. Today we looked at equivalent fractions.  Is 2/4 the same as 1/2? How can we prove that? Here are some images from our learning over the past week, when learning about quarters! 😊

 Our focus this half term is athletics and the skills and fundamentals needed to execute different events.  Last week we learnt how to leap over the hurdles with style and grace whilst travelling at speed.  Today, after a good warm up (Which we found tricky in the warmth this afternoon!) we practised throwing a foam javelin.  We talked about the trajectory of the javelin, our stance and how to increase the power behind it!  We had great fun and definitely have some naturals in year 2!

Reading Most children will now be choosing a text from the class or school library.  We will continue to change books on a Tuesday - All children are asked if their book needs changing and any other time should they ask and we they are ready to move on. Spelling The children were not set spellings before the half term as we felt it was important for the children to have a break and we had many families on holiday. Last week's spellings were inline with our current phonics teaching, which last week was ' wa ' as in watch.  Having nearly completed the level 6 sounds we felt it would be beneficial for the children to recap the sound and apply it.  We will continue to do this each week, with our new sound or suffix.  When spelling cards come home, any incorrectly spelt during our weekly test will be highlighted also. Spellings have not been sent home this week as we have our assessment week next week.  During this time, the children will complete a spelling test and...

 We had a brilliant lesson today, creating our own music using the computers!  We could choose the pitch, the instruments, the tempo and how the music would sound.   We really enjoyed creating our own names on the score and then listening to the tune our name made!

 Over the last few weeks, we have nurtured and watched our caterpillars grow, form their chrysalis and then today, the last of them transformed into a beautiful butterfly! The children have been fascinated each day to see if they have changed and what they had eaten and it has been lovely to share this with them! After much hesitation and some guidance, 8 of the 9 butterflies flew away this afternoon! One (which was the smallest and last to transform) didn't want to leave us and will be going home with Mrs Brown until it is ready to go!

 We had a very busy, but enjoyable day with some super hairstyles and the most liquid consumed in a long time thanks to the squash! Have a lovely half term everyone!

 We had an amazing day! We celebrated VE day by learning more about it, we made bunting, flags, medals and played some wartime games!  We also got to see inside a wartime ambulance and had a visit from a paratrooper! In the afternoon, we shared our sweet treats at a tea party with the rest of the school!  Thank you so much for all of the lovely cake donations!