Splash Dance

We have had a busy week. In maths we have been using the 100 square to practise adding and subtracting ten. We have been thinking about how many tens and how many ones there are in a number.


" 17 has 7 ones and 1 ten". Ben


"34 has 3 tens 4 ones" Finlay


We have been solving missing number problems.


In music we played the instruments using a score.


" A score is like the instructions for a tune". Austin


In Dance we are creating our own Splash Dance. We were thinking about moving slowing showing different ways to get into a swimming pool.


We practised skills for Sports day in our PE lesson.


On Friday it is Green Day and we can wear something green. We also need to bring into school an old t-shirt or a piece of clothing that we can reuse to make belts, bags, hats, tops etc.


Our Learning Owl is harry T for persevering with his Design and Technology project. Well done Harry. Have fun with Snowy

May Dance

We hope you all enjoyed the May Dance this morning. The children enjoyed dressing up and learning the dance.


Well done to all of the children who took part in the Fun Run. They proudly wore their medals in Celebration Assembly today.


In Design and Technology we explored making stable structures using construction kits, newspaper and playdough and cocktail sticks. We found out that it is best to start on a flat surface and to create a large area for the base. We had to build a tower that was 50cm high.


In Maths we have been exploring 3D shapes . We have been describing them using maths words such as faces, edges, vertices, circular and rectangular. Some of us in Learning Through Play  made our own every day 3D objects using nets.


We hope you have a safe and enjoyable half term. See you on Tuesday  6th June.

Finding half

In Maths we have been learning to find half. We have been finding half of groups of objects, shapes and a whole. We know that when you halve a group of objects they are share into 2 equal groups.
We have also been learning to share into quarters. We enjoyed sharing how we found half at home using different objects.


In English we have been writing our own stories using the picture book Journey. We thought really carefully about writing the beginning, middle and end. We used wow words, conjunctions and some of us used speech marks in our writing.


In Geography we have been looking at where we live. We used maps to locate where we live and learned there are 7 continents and we live in the continent of Europe.


Our Learning Owl is Georgina who has been persevering with her writing. Have fun with Snowy. Well done.

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.

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.
  

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!

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!