Friday, 12 May 2017

Alica's Magic pen

In English we looked at a book which had no writing. The book was called Journey. We looked carefully at the illustrations and  used our imagination to write what we thought might be happening.
We used wow words to describe the setting and the characters in our story.


" I can hear the dawn chorus" Emily Cr


"I could see tiny waves rushing past me and my reflection in the water". Maddy


" I stopped running and I let the purple sparkly bird free" Zanthi




In Maths we have been sharing equally into groups  for example


" 10 divided by 5 = 2  Austin


In Science we have been learning about living , non - living things and things which have never lived.


2 A car isn't alive because it doesn't eat or breathe but is  powered by batteries".


This week's learning owl is Isabella who has been persevering with her writing. Well done have fun with Snowy.





Friday, 5 May 2017

The Big Splash!

This week we have continued with our learning about canals. In English we have organised the facts we know about canals into sub headings.


In maths we have been counting in 2's,5's and 10's . We have been learning  to multiply.
 4x 2 = 8 
There are 4 groups of 2


Also we have been thinking about repeated addition.
2+2+2+2=8


We have been practising our May Dance with our partners.


In Art we had fun  looking at the work of the artist David Hockney. We  created our own swimming pool pictures, mixing either white or black to create tones and shades. Then we used paint and collage materials to make a swimmer for our pictures. It was fun!


Class photos are next Wednesday.  


Our Learning Owl is Ralphie who has been persevering with his learning. Well done. Have fun with Snowy.
  

Friday, 28 April 2017

Rickmansworth Canal Trip

We have had a very busy week , but fun week! On Wednesday we visited Batchworth Lock Canal Centre in Rickmansworth. We learnt that canals are man made. We helped to open the lock gates to let the canal boats through. The gates were heavy to push and pull.
We dressed up as Victorian children and did some washing using a washboard and dolly. The dolly helped to get the clothes clean.
We saw a very old working wooden canal boat called The Roger. It was so tiny inside! There was a pull down bed which everyone had to sleep in and a tiny "cupboard" for the baby to sleep. 
We went on a boat trip along the canal and found out that in the olden days a horse would pull the boat using a rope by walking along the towpath.
In English we have been sequencing the day on the canal and using this to help write a recount.


In Maths we have been learning about multiplication. We have been practising to count in 2's, 5's and 10's to help with this.


In Computing we have been learning to insert a picture into a word document using the laptops.


In Dance we have been practising our May Dance with our partners.


We have been learning about the different food groups in PSHE and why we need certain  foods to keep us healthy.


This week our Learning Owl is Emily  who has been challenging herself with her writing. Well done . Have fun with Snowy!

Friday, 21 April 2017

Welcome Back

It sounds as if you have all had a fantastic break and the children  have come back to school ready to learn.


For our Easter Challenge we grew cress seeds in eggs and pots and decorated them. The winners from Year 1 were Maddy and Ellis. Well done! Enjoy eating your Easter egg prize.


In English we wrote about our Easter holidays, we all had lots of fun. We also listened to and then rewrote our own version of My House is Your House. Mrs Bentley was very pleased with our writing.


We have been solving lots of problems in maths.


In RE we have been learning about welcoming babies into the Sikh religion.


We are looking forward to our Canal trip next Wednesday.


Today we have had lots of fun raising money for the Redbourn Fun Run. We have been practising our running skills.


Our Learning Owl this week is Teddy who has been persevering with writing. Well done. Have fun with Snowy!



Friday, 24 March 2017

Red Noses and Sunflowers

We have been busy this week practising for our performance. We are very excited because today we will be having a dress rehearsal. We are looking forward to performing to you all next week.
We have all dressed in red today and brought in money for comic relief. In PSHE we thought about what we would like our money to buy and who we would like it to help.


In maths we have been practising our number bonds to 20.
" I know that 8+12 = 20 and that 12+8=20 because in addition you can switch the numbers round" Jemima.


In Creative writing we have been using our sense to imagine that we were travelling down a slide. We had to think what it felt like and what we might see and hear at the bottom of the slide.


Our Learning Owl this week is Zac who has been persevering with his learning. Well done. Have fun with Snowy!

Friday, 10 March 2017

I want My Hat Back!

In English we listened and enjoyed the story of I Want My Hat Back.We sequenced the story and we used adjectives to describe the Bear's hat.


 " The hat  was red and pointy" Erin


" It was crimson and sparkly". Emily




We describd the bear's personality.


"He was grumpy and mean" Ben


In maths we have been revisiting our number bonds to 10. We have been solving missing number problems.


We are looking forward to practising our play There's a Sunflower in my Supper.


This week's Learning Owl is Yeukai who has been taking her learning forwards and making links in her learning. Well done have fun with Snowy.



Friday, 3 March 2017

Book Week

We have had lots of fun this week celebrating book week. We have enjoyed sharing our favourite books in class and Harry brought in The Tale of Tom Kitten which was his mummy's favourite story when she was a little girl. We have been using our imagination to write our own stories, and have been writing creatively about bubbles, describing how they move.We used words like floating, twirling, bobbing and swirling.


In maths we have been problem solving. We had to find different ways  to make 12 using the  number of sides of different shapes. We also  learnt how to play a  maths strategy game called Totality.


In computing we have been learning to search and insert images into Powerpoint.


In gym we practised our star jumps, thinking carefully about bending our knees when we land.We used the apparatus.


Our Learning Owl this week is Maddy who has been taking her learning forwards and persevering in her learning. Have fun with Snowy.