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Weekly Update 26.4.24
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
Another week has gone by so quickly!
A highlight of the week was the African drumming workshop that took place on Wednesday. The children participated in call and response activities and also joined in with different African chants.
The children also learnt about sculptor Michelle Reader as part of art this week. Take a look at some of our monster sculptures below!
In phonics we have continued to recap previously taught sounds but with a focus on using the correct digraphs when writing.
In maths we have introduced the topic of money and the children have been busy learning to recognise different coins and notes by playing shops.
Next week in art we are going to be learning about sculptor Barbara Hepworth and the children are going to be working in groups to create a large sculpture with cardboard boxes. If you have any cardboard boxes at home it would be appreciated if you could donate them into class before Tuesday 1st May.
Enjoy the weekend and see you again on Monday,
Miss Atkinson
Weekly Update 19.4.24
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
We have had a fantastic first week back. All the children have returned to school with a positive attitude and have completed so much learning this week.
In English we have introduced our new core text 'Handa's Surprise' and the children wrote a description of Handa's village.
In maths we have spent the week recapping addition, subtraction and halving. We have also introduced the concept of mass and the children compared the mass of two objects using the terms 'heavier' and 'lighter'.
In geography the children worked in teams to label a map of the world with all seven continents and five oceans. To help us remember the names of the continents and oceans we have been listening to the following two songs.
We are learning about different sculptors in art this half term. On Wednesday the children learnt about sculptor Marc Quinn and we were inspired to replicate a sculpture that Quinn created of his hand. Every child in class created their own hand sculpture using air drying clay.
Enjoy the weekend and see you again on Monday,
Miss Atkinson
Weekly Update 28.3.24
K Atkinson (k.atkinson) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
On Tuesday the children enjoyed a Road Safety Workshop, where they learnt about the Green Cross Code. The leader of the workshop was very impressed with how well the children listened and behaved.
On Wednesday we showed Red and Green Apples our Cinderella moving pictures that we have made in DT and enjoyed reflecting on our learning over the past few weeks.
In science we have been learning about what plants need to grow healthily. We set up an experiment a few weeks ago where one plant received water and sunlight, another received only water, one received only sun and one received no sun or water. Today we looked at the results of our experiment. The children enjoyed trying to work out which plant had been grown in which conditions without looking at the labels on the pots.
Today the children have enjoyed learning about the Easter story and making Easter cards.
Happy Easter everyone and enjoy the Easter holidays! I will see you back at school on Monday 15th April.
Miss Atkinson