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Curriculum Newsletters 2024-2025
In Art, we have been learning about artists that include nature in their art. We have looked at Vincent Van Gogh's painting of 'Sunflowers' and attempted to produce our own sunflowers painting using a variety of paint techniques.
This week in RE, we have been learning about the celebration of Wesak, which is Buddha's birthday. The children made special lanterns in preparation for a party next week in class.
This week in Art, we have been looking at the painting, Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh. We looked at the colours, shape and texture and attempted to replicate Van Gogh's style with paint.
Yesterday, we celebrated Sports Day. The children took part in all the races, cheered their friends on and most importantly, had so much fun!
On Wednesday, we celebrated Eid in class. We designed, collaged and drew our own Mendhi designs. We tasted some yummy food, kindly donated by parents. We also tried some traditional costumes on and danced to Bollywood music. To end the day, we made some stained glass lanterns. We had so much fun!
In Primary Modern Languages, the children are learning about French Customs. We prepared and made our own pain au chocolat and drizzled melted chocolate at the end. Of course, we had to taste them and they were 'Magnifique!'
In Music this week, we have been using the tambourines to tap rhythms and keep a steady beat to different types of music.
It was Numeracy Day on Wednesday and the theme this year was money. We completed a variety of activities to include: coin sorting, coin rubbings and counting amounts with pennies to fill the purses. We also had a shop both inside and out and rode the bikes and scooters to the different shops mapped out with chalk on the playground. We had so much fun!
In French, we have been learning the names of colours. We completed the skittle experiment and named all the colours of the rainbow in French. We then ate the skittles. Yum! Yum!
In History this week, we made Greek Olympic crowns ready for our Owls Olympics next week. We used paper plates and stuck paper leaves on top to decorate them.
Today, we celebrated Earth Day. The children have taken part in a variety of activities linked to looking after our planet, including litter picking, planting and some art work around planet Earth.
This week, we went for a walk to the Retail Park linked to our learning in Geography-Our Local Area. We walked around the shops to look at the names and what they sell and then we went to the cafe at Asda to have our snack. It was lovely and sunny and we really enjoyed the fresh air!
This week in Science, we carried out an experiment and made invisible ink. We mixed baking powder and warm water to print our hands initially, and then mixed turmeric and hand sanitiser to paint over our invisible hands to reveal our prints.
This week, we celebrated St.Patrick's Day. We went on a Treasure Hunt around school and followed clues which led us to the pot of gold-chocolate! Then we made headbands and learnt some Irish dance and danced in our headbands. At the end of the day we painted the Irish flag and collaged a shamrock. We had so much fun!
On Tuesday, we celebrated Science Day. We took part in Cosmic Animal Yoga and completed yoga movements to represent different jungle animals. We then learnt about how animals use camouflage to adapt to their environment. We also read, 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and made the butterfly lifecycle with different shaped pasta.
Today we celebrated World Book Day. The staff dressed up as the characters from the book, 'Go to Sleep, Anxiety!', and the children completed a carousel of activities linked to the story. We had a sensory tray full of different coloured poster to match the different emotions in the book. The children also went on an emotions trail outdoors and collaged their own 'Inside Out' emotion. The children came dressed up too, and they all looked absolutely amazing in their costumes. What a fantastic day we have had!
Today in Class Owls, we celebrated St. David's Day. We made Welsh cakes and collaged daffodils. We also pretended to make leek and potato soup. It was so much fun. Happy St. David's Day everyone!
This week in PSHE, the children dressed up as doctors and nurses as part of their learning about, 'People Who Help Us'.
Last week, we went to Marsden Park to reinforce our learning in Science-Forces. We also went to the cafe for our snack. We had so much fun!
On Wednesday, we celebrated The Chinese Year. We made biscuits and shaped the mixture into snakes and baked them until they were golden brown. We also made spiral snakes, paper chain snakes and Chinese lanterns. We ate the snake biscuits for snake and they were yummy!
In PSHE this week, we have been looking at 'People Who Help Us'. We all had a template of ourselves and we had to choose which emergency service was our favourite. Then, we cut and stuck clothing to make ourselves look like our choices.
In History this week, we have started to learn about the lives of children in the Victorian period. We pretended that we were chimney sweeps and climbed into a chimney to gain an understanding of what it must have felt like to have this as a job. The children had lots of fun!
This week in English, we have started reading the story, 'The Gruffalo'. We made predictions about what the story might be about and made paper bag Gruffalos for a display in the classroom.
We have had such a fun week celebrating the build up to Christmas. At the start of the week, we went on a Christmas walk to find sounds that represent Christmas. Then we had a yummy Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. Yesterday, we had a Christmas party and played lots of fun games and danced to Christmas music.
This week, the children went down to the post box at Asda and posted their letters to Father Christmas. Some children walked down and others went on the bus. We had a great time and eagerly wait in anticipation for his response. Watch this space!
Today, we celebrated St. Andrew's Day in school. We listened to the story of St. Andrew and then collaged and coloured the Scottish flag. Then we learnt about the national flower, and collaged and painted a thistle.
This week, we have continued to read the story, Cinderella in English. We have explored the different characters in the story and describe the Ugly Sisters. We have also investigated different sensory trays linked to princesses.
We celebrated, 'Children in Need' today by taking part in a variety of different activities. We painted Pudsey, drew Pudsey in paint and made Pudsey biscuits. We also carried out a Science experiment using food colouring, bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. We had so much fun!
To celebrate Remembrance Day today, we completed a variety of art and craft activities to commemorate the day. We held a one minute silence and listened to 'The Last Post', and the children showed lots of respect!
In Art this week, the children have made hedgehogs out of clay and they used sunflower seeds to make the prickles. They also coloured a hedgehog in and made the prickles with leaves. What amazing artists the children in Class Owls are!
In History, we have been learning about the Stone Age. This week, we made Stonehenge, using biscuits to represent the stones and icing sugar to fix the stones together. We enjoyed eating our creations at the end of the lesson! Yum! Yum!
In Music, over the last couple of weeks, we have made our own musical instruments, guitars and tambourines. We chose our favourite instrument and made our own tune up. It was so much fun!
In Art, we have been looking at Early Art from the Stone Age. We created a wash with paint and then used stencils to print animals and hands which reflect what cavemen use to paint.
In Maths, we have been learning about 2D shapes. We went on shape hunt outside and found lots of different shapes. We also matched different shapes and made a bus and used the jelly shapes to learn the shape names.
The children enjoyed their first week in Owls Class and have settled in really well. They have made some new friends and have started to build a really good rapport with the staff.
This week in English, we have been reading the story, 'Dinosaurs Love Underpants'. We used colourful semantics to match pictures and then wrote sentences to describe what was happening in the pictures. The children loved the story and did lots of amazing work!
In Maths this week, we have been counting and matching objects to numerals. The children used lots of practical resources, including numicon to develop their skills in this area.
