We all really enjoyed sport’s day today and didn’t even mind when the rain came on. We loved taking part in all the activities we’ve been practising in PE and had great fun. Best of all we got a gold medal at the end!
Yellow class have been working hard completing their maths and literacy tasks. We are doing well working independently and you can see it on our concentrating faces and big smiles!
Silver Class always brushing teeth after lunch. To help look after our teeth.
Throughout our growing topic, Red class have had lots of opportunities to explore different fruit and vegetables that are grown. Over the last two weeks we have tried lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, grapes, kiwi and orange. This week we were even using our fine motor skills to thread some fruit on skewers to make some edible caterpillars! Most of us thought they were delicious!
Group 1 have been enjoying taking part in different measuring tasks. We have been reading books about measurement discovering ancient measurement of length was based on the human body. Group 1 explored different types of measurements including lengths, mass and volumes. We spoke about the different units of measurements and had a scavenger hunt to find different packages with measurements on. We used the i pads to explore google maps finding out the distance to some of our favourite places or places we’d like to visit. Fun was had using the trundle wheel outside and measuring rainfall in a beaker. The young people had fun making their own play dough counting cups. We then used our fraction work to try and split the play dough into equal parts using scales to see if we were accurate. One pupil used the play dough to help complete some equivalent fraction work. Fun was also had making numbers, letters and patterns with the play dough. We then used the measuring jug to make our own kinetic sand working hard to follow instructions and measure carefully.
Group 4 recently completed a book trail around Blackburn which was run in conjunction with some of the other local schools. The pupils enjoyed visiting the different locations around Blackburn to find the clues.
The pupils were delighted to receive certificates for their participation in the book trail and Cody was the lucky winner of a £10 book token. Well done everyone!
We have had a busy start to our last term in Red Class where he have been working hard to prepare our class assembly and also start our new topic ‘Growing’.
So far we have explored some different fruit and vegetables which grow from the ground and even got to take part in some sensory play with some soil and seeds. This week we have also planted some pumpkin seeds!
Group 1 celebrated Earth Day by taking part in lots of different activities. The Earth day theme this year was fighting plastic pollution. We got messy burying some plastic, an apple and some paper in soil, then writing down our predictions what we think will happen. We will find out in 4 weeks if our predictions came true! The book A Planet Full of Plastic was enjoyed by group 1, we read it and answered some questions before writing about what we felt the biggest problems with single use plastics were and thought of things we could do to help. We went on a litter pick in the local park and analysed the litter we collected before making and reading some graphs. We also looked at how plastic could enter the food chain. We explored the life cycle of plastic, made pictures from salt and glue and completed a scavenger hunt. We completed some recycling tasks and learned about plastic in our oceans.
Yellow class are enjoying their topic about Growing this term. We observed our caterpillars as they became chrysalises and then butterflies. We chose a spot in the outdoor learning garden among the flowers to set them free. We learned about the life cycle of a butterfly and have created writing and art showing this.
We also learned about the life cycle of sunflowers and planted seeds. We each took a plant home to look after and left some in school. We are measuring them each week and are wondering how big they might grow?!
Purple class enjoyed a lovely walk through the woods at Beecraigs and some time to play at the park. Everyone had a fantastic day out!
