Cherry Tree Class Blog
Cherry Tree Class Blog
18.11.21
Mrs Moore (f.moore) on: Cherry Tree Class Blog
This week has been 'Anti-Bullying Week'. We started the week off by coming to school wearing odd socks to celebrate our differences.
We ended the week wearing our own clothes to raise money for Children in Need!
This week in English the children have been looking at the story 'Where the Wild Things Are'. They have written predictions about the story and used drama techniques to 'freeze frame' parts of the story.
In maths we have spent some time recapping Place Value and finding bonds within 20 and 100.
The children produced some excellent art work this week. They used primary colours to mix their own different colours and use them to recreate Kandinsky's famous 'Circle' painting. I was very impressed with their mixing skills.
The children have all brought home the Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words to practise at home. We will be having a test on these words before the Christmas Holidays. Your help at home to learn these important words in much appreciated.
Enjoy your long weekend!
Mrs Moore
12.11.21
Mrs Moore (f.moore) on: Cherry Tree Class Blog
As always, it has been a very busy week!
In English the children have continued to work using the book 'The Emperor of Absurdia'.We have been thinking more about Fantasy Settings and describing the setting in the story. The children have also been using their 'sequencing' skills to sequence the story using pictures. We did some oral retelling of the story in pairs using the pictures to help. The children did a fantastic job and worked hard to include important vocabulary from the book.
In maths we are continuing to work on addition and subtraction. We have been subtracting using number lines, jottings and our mental skills. We have done some re-capping of Place Value and used this knowledge to add pairs of 2 digit numbers. We have used equipment, representation and partitioning to solve addition number sentences.
In topic we have been looking at the work of 'Wassily Kandinsky'. We used bright colours to produce some work in his style. We are going to continue to look at his work next week and use colour mixing to recreate his famous 'Circle' painting.
Enjoy your weekend.
Mrs Moore
05.11.21
Mrs Moore (f.moore) on: Cherry Tree Class Blog
This week just seems to have flown by!
On Tuesday we had a Dance and Drama Workshop led by the Northern Art Factory. This gave the children a chance to recap on their work about The Great Fire of London. They all showed a real depth of knowledge about his topic and thoroughly enjoyed the session.
Our topic this half term is 'The Amazing Artists Time Machine'. This week we have been learning about L.S. Lowry. The children have enjoyed creating their own matchstick people. I have been very impressed with their artist talents!
In English we have been looking at the book 'The Emperor of Absurdia'. The children have enjoyed listening to this fantasy story and using expanded noun phrases to describe the characters.
In maths we have been focusing on addition and subtraction. We have been learning different strategies to solve problems both written and mental. We have also been using equipment and drawing representations.
In PE the children will be doing dance and gymnastics this half term. It can get warm in the hall so wearing shorts under tracksuit bottoms might be useful this half term.
We have started to listen to the songs for our Christmas Performance. I am sure the children will be very excited that they will get to have a proper Christmas performance this year.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs Moore
