We've had a very busy week in Maple Class. On Monday afternoon we shared what we have learnt in French this year by hosting our French Café for our parents. Thank you to everyone that came.
On Tuesday, we had a very special visit from Herts Air Ambulance. They landed on our field to say thank you for raising money for them during the fun run. We were astonished that the helicopter was worth 6 and a half million pounds!
This week was our final Roald Dahl week in English. We focused on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and invented our own factory workshops. We imagined that we were one of the lucky golden ticket winners and wrote a diary entry about visiting Willy Wonka's factory.
Luca - 'My factory room had small gingerbread man workers. There is lightening which blows holes into the ground and sprays out skittles'
Lola - 'My factory has a little sugar pop helper that takes you on a tour around the room. When you suck the sugar pops, it gets bigger and bigger until it explodes!'
Tomorrow is the Strawberry Fayre - we look forward to seeing you all there!
Friday, 30 June 2017
Friday, 23 June 2017
Sports Day - 23.6.17
We've had a fantastic morning taking part in Sports Day. Well done to all of the children for their sportsmanship and hard work. We're very proud of you! To celebrate Healthy Living Week, we made posters to inform others on how to stay healthy. Here are just a few of our ideas:
Regular exercise
Personal hygiene (brushing our teeth twice a day, washing hands and body, wearing clean clothes etc)
Eating 5 portions of fruit and vegetables
Drinking lots of water
Eating breakfast each morning
Having lots of sleep!
In maths. we've been learning to use directional language (left, right, clockwise, anti clockwise). We planned a route for Fantastic Mr Fox to catch the chickens without being caught by the farmers!
Well done to all of the children who have been completing their Roald Dahl books.
Please continue to practise your performance lines at home. We are looking for loud voices and lots of expression.
Star of the week is Kiki for persevering with her spelling. Night is spending the weekend with Annie.
Regular exercise
Personal hygiene (brushing our teeth twice a day, washing hands and body, wearing clean clothes etc)
Eating 5 portions of fruit and vegetables
Drinking lots of water
Eating breakfast each morning
Having lots of sleep!
In maths. we've been learning to use directional language (left, right, clockwise, anti clockwise). We planned a route for Fantastic Mr Fox to catch the chickens without being caught by the farmers!
Well done to all of the children who have been completing their Roald Dahl books.
Please continue to practise your performance lines at home. We are looking for loud voices and lots of expression.
Star of the week is Kiki for persevering with her spelling. Night is spending the weekend with Annie.
Monday, 19 June 2017
Green Day - 16.6.17
Maple Class are writing our blog today because on Friday it was green day so we couldn't use our computer. On green day, we couldn't use electricity and we thought carefully about how to look after our world.
We have started our work on Roald Dahl. We have a selection of different Roald Dahl stories that we can take home to read to get a bookworm badge. In the class, we are reading Fantastic Mr Fox. In creative writing, we wrote our own stories called 'The Next Adventures of Fantastic Mr Fox'. We designed new characters with alliterative names
Rude Rabbit and he always wears a purple top hat - Beth
Bossy Bunny helped Fantastic Mr Fox by bossing the farmer's dog around so that Mr Fox could get his chickens - Alfie
Curious Cat helped Fantastic Mr Fox by giving him slippers so that the farmers couldn't see his paw prints when he was stealing the chickens - Erin
In Maths, we have been investigating shape. We counted the vertices, faces and edges of 3D shapes. We sorted 2D shapes into Venn diagrams and also looked at finding the line of symmetry.
We are busy rehearsing for our End of Year Play - please keep practising your lines at home.
Remember this Friday is Sports Day! It is going to be a warm week so everybody needs water bottles and sun hats in school.
We have started our work on Roald Dahl. We have a selection of different Roald Dahl stories that we can take home to read to get a bookworm badge. In the class, we are reading Fantastic Mr Fox. In creative writing, we wrote our own stories called 'The Next Adventures of Fantastic Mr Fox'. We designed new characters with alliterative names
Rude Rabbit and he always wears a purple top hat - Beth
Bossy Bunny helped Fantastic Mr Fox by bossing the farmer's dog around so that Mr Fox could get his chickens - Alfie
Curious Cat helped Fantastic Mr Fox by giving him slippers so that the farmers couldn't see his paw prints when he was stealing the chickens - Erin
In Maths, we have been investigating shape. We counted the vertices, faces and edges of 3D shapes. We sorted 2D shapes into Venn diagrams and also looked at finding the line of symmetry.
We are busy rehearsing for our End of Year Play - please keep practising your lines at home.
Remember this Friday is Sports Day! It is going to be a warm week so everybody needs water bottles and sun hats in school.
Friday, 26 May 2017
May Day Celebrations - 26.5.17
Well done to all of the children for their fantastic dancing in our May Day celebrations this morning. Everybody worked as a team and remembered more than one routine. We all came to school dressed in smart clothes. Our May King was William B and our queen was Delilah.
Today in celebration assembly all the children who ran in the Fun Run last weekend proudly wore their medals.
We have been geographers this week. On Tuesday we went on a village walk to identify different types of buildings on Redbourn highstreet. After collecting our data, we made maps of the highstreet and colour coded buildings by using a key. We decided that the highstreet now has lots of shops because Redbourn is growing in population.
Home learning is to keep a record of what you get up to over the holidays as well as learning lines for our Year 2 play if you have a speaking part. Have a safe and enjoyable half term and see you back in school on Tuesday 6th June.
Today in celebration assembly all the children who ran in the Fun Run last weekend proudly wore their medals.
We have been geographers this week. On Tuesday we went on a village walk to identify different types of buildings on Redbourn highstreet. After collecting our data, we made maps of the highstreet and colour coded buildings by using a key. We decided that the highstreet now has lots of shops because Redbourn is growing in population.
Home learning is to keep a record of what you get up to over the holidays as well as learning lines for our Year 2 play if you have a speaking part. Have a safe and enjoyable half term and see you back in school on Tuesday 6th June.
Friday, 19 May 2017
Walk to school week - 19.5.17
Well done to all of the children who have walked to school this week, even in the pouring rain! Unfortunately our village walk was cancelled today due to the weather but we will be rearranging this for a day next week.
Maple Class are still loving Percy the Park Keeper books so this week we used descriptive language to write a character description of Percy. Mrs O worked with small groups of children to create illustrations of the characters using watercolours. We have made a lovely new English display with all of the wonderful work.
We are continuing to practise our dances for May Day celebrations. Please do come and watch us next Friday.
Well done to Lola who is star of the week for taking her learning forward during Learning Through Play. Jamie is spending the weekend with Night for thinking carefully and improving his work.
It's been lovely to hear Erin and Kiki playing the piano during celebration assembly the last two weeks - well done girls! Maple Class were very proud.
It's the fun run on Sunday - let's hope for sunshine!
Maple Class are still loving Percy the Park Keeper books so this week we used descriptive language to write a character description of Percy. Mrs O worked with small groups of children to create illustrations of the characters using watercolours. We have made a lovely new English display with all of the wonderful work.
We are continuing to practise our dances for May Day celebrations. Please do come and watch us next Friday.
Well done to Lola who is star of the week for taking her learning forward during Learning Through Play. Jamie is spending the weekend with Night for thinking carefully and improving his work.
It's been lovely to hear Erin and Kiki playing the piano during celebration assembly the last two weeks - well done girls! Maple Class were very proud.
It's the fun run on Sunday - let's hope for sunshine!
Friday, 12 May 2017
Book Review Week - 12.5.17
This week we have been continuing to read Percy the Park Keeper books from Nick Butterworth's collection. We had a vote and decided that 'After the Storm' was our favourite so far so we wrote a book review based around this story. We thought about our favourite part of the story, who we would recommend it to and also how we might change the story to make it even better.
In Maths, we have been learning how to subtract using an empty number line.
We can't wait for the school disco tonight!
Well done to Nat for getting Star of the Week for being a fantastic friend. Night is spending the weekend with Freddie.
Remember next week is Walk to school week!
In Maths, we have been learning how to subtract using an empty number line.
We can't wait for the school disco tonight!
Well done to Nat for getting Star of the Week for being a fantastic friend. Night is spending the weekend with Freddie.
Remember next week is Walk to school week!
Friday, 5 May 2017
Fractions - 5.5.17
We have been learning to find a fraction of a number this week in Maths. We've applied our division strategies to find halves, quarters and thirds of a number. We've been practising to recall our halves and learnt that we can mentally quarter by halving and halving again.
In English, we wrote letters to Rickmansworth Waterway Trust thanking them for our trip. We hope to get a reply!
We've been perfecting our country dancing this week and can't wait to show you on May Day. This week we started to learn our maypole dance.
Congratulations to Isabelle who has taken Night home and Alice is Star of the Week.
Date for the diary: Next Wednesday is class photos.
In English, we wrote letters to Rickmansworth Waterway Trust thanking them for our trip. We hope to get a reply!
We've been perfecting our country dancing this week and can't wait to show you on May Day. This week we started to learn our maypole dance.
Congratulations to Isabelle who has taken Night home and Alice is Star of the Week.
Date for the diary: Next Wednesday is class photos.
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