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Reception to Year 1 Transition 2024-2025
Phonics Information Evening 2024
Routines in Skylarks | Adults in Skylarks |
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PE Outdoor — Monday | Miss Elliott (Maternity Leave) |
PE Indoor — Friday | Mrs Holland and Mrs Wright |
Spellings — Monday | Mrs Chavda and Miss Cornes |
Miss Bibi (Student Teacher) | |
Book Bag Days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. More information can be found in the front of the children’s reading diaries.
Skylark Class governor: David Pass
This Week’s Homework – Click the title for more.
KS1 Homework
Each week, children will bring home a weekly homework sheet and new spellings to learn. We will alternate between Maths and English worksheets. Homework will be sent out in book bags on Mondays and should be completed and returned by the following Monday. Please send this homework back into school, noting any difficulties your child …
This Half-Term’s Topic Homework & Knowledge organiser – Click the title for more.
KS1 Homework Grid and Knowledge Organiser Autumn 2024
Please find attached the Knowledge Organisers for this half term including those for Maths, English, Science and this half term’s topic which is Toys. Also attached below is this half term’s homework grid linked to our topic work. On here you will find a variety of homework options. We kindly ask that each child tries …
This Week’s Online Safety Update – Click the title for more.
3.7.24 Online Trolling
Trolling is the act of making inflammatory comments or behaving in an abusive manner online to hurt the feelings of others or provoke a reaction from them It is estimated that in 2022, over a third (34%) of people in the UK who suffered online abuse were specifically victims of trolling. The repercussions of this type …
Latest class news – Click the title for more.
Year 1 Shared Reading in Skylark Class
Following on from their work in Reception, the children in Year 1 have a daily ‘shared reader’ lesson. Through these lessons, the children have a book for the week which focuses on the key sound being delivered in phonics lessons. The children read chorally, in pairs and develop their understanding of the text through comprehension. …
Skylarks Practical Maths- Place Value
In maths today, the children in Years 1 and 2 have been learning about place value. Year 1 have been finding one less and Year 2 have been identifying tens and ones in a two digit number. The children have thoroughly enjoyed their practical maths session today where they utilised concrete apparatus to help them …
Skylarks Practical Maths
In Maths today, the Year 1 children have been representing numbers to 10 in different ways. Having been given a picture, the children had to accurately count the number of objects, record the number, build it and draw it. The children thoroughly enjoyed investigating their numbers and did a fantastic job of working independently. Well …
Skylarks get creative!
In art today, the children have been identifying the 3 primary colours – red, blue and yellow. Using these colours, the children then went on to mix the secondary colours – orange, purple and green. The children loved to experiment and recognised that whilst they were all mixing together the same colours, they were all …
The Tiger Who Came to Tea in Skylarks (Part 2)
Today Skylarks worked individually or in small groups to act out a scene from the story of The Tiger Who Came to Tea. They used words and phrases that they could remember from the book and improvised some of their own. They practiced and then performed for the rest of the class. Super work Skylarks!
The Tiger Who Came to Tea in Skylarks (Part 1)
The children in Skylarks have had fun with The Tiger Who Came to Tea this week. They started by looking carefully at the cover of the book for clues as to what might happen in the story. Next, they listened to the story, discussing what was happening on each page and answering a variety of …
Landmarks in Skylarks
Skylarks learnt that a landmark is something that stands out in an area e.g. a building, bridge, lake, river, sculpture – or something else. They might be special because they are big, nice to look at or really old. We listened to the story of ‘Katie in London’ which featured lots of landmarks and had …
A WILD Day in KS1
Today, the children got to meet some interesting animals and found out lots of fun facts about them. The animals included: – a very big snake – a very smelly meerkat – a very hairy tarantula – a very wise owl – a very cute tortoise – a very wriggly millipede Ask your children their …
Skylarks measure in metres!
Skylarks Year 2s have moved onto length and height in maths and over the last few days they have been putting their measuring skills to the test, measuring a range of objects in cm and m. The children enjoyed exploring our school, measuring desks, tables, cupboards and so much more. Here we are in action!
Skylarks learn about the Oceans and Continents of the World!
As part of our Geography unit this half term, the children have been learning about the Continents of the World. Last week, the children learnt that there are 7 Continents and began to locate them in Atlases, on globes and on Google Earth too! The children have learnt a fantastic song to help them remember …
Year 2 – Measurement (Time)
In Year 2, we have been learning to recognise and tell the time (o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to). The children have used clocks to show different times, played board games to read different times and have played bingo where they have had to draw different times on a clock. Year 2 are …
Penny Experiment
Skylarks predicted how many drops of water they thought would fit on a penny. Their guesses were between 7 and 9 drops. They then carried out an experiment using a pipette to put drops of water onto a penny. They were quite surprised by their results! would fit on a penny and
Non – Chronological Reports in Skylarks
Skylarks looked at non – fiction books today and tried to find the features of non-chronological reports. They discovered, titles, sub-titles, contents pages, glossaries, diagrams, photographs and more. They listened to a song to help them remember the features. A song always helps!
Tranmere’s Unsung Hero Awards Ceremony
Today, Vision Education re-visited Tranmere to hold their Unsung Hero Awards Ceremony. Over the past few weeks, lots of children (and adults) have been spotted showing ‘hero behaviours’ both in school and within their wider community, and today, they received some certificates and awards in recognition of this. Dylan in Kingfishers also recieved …
KS1 Exit Point – Making pizzas!
Today saw the end of our fabulous topic ‘We Are What We Eat’. KS! opened their own Italian restaurant complete with music, flags and pizza making! The children were given a broad range of ingredients and they worked together to identify whether the ingredients came from a plant or an animal. They then utilised a …
School Council – Alternative Playground Provision
Today, School Council have been busy setting up some alternative provisions on both the KS1 and KS2 playgrounds. Between now and summer, when the weather is nice, the team will be providing a small chess and colouring area for the children to enjoy.
Observational Drawings
As part of our topic work, the children have been completing observational drawings of different fruits. Today, the children used pencils to sketch their fruit before carefully selecting and then colouring it using colouring pencils. All of the children did a fantastic job and impressed us with their concentration and engagement. Well done Eagles!
Where Does Our Food Come From?
We have been learning that our food comes from plants or animals. In out topic lesson, the children worked in pairs to sort a range of foods according to where they come from. It was wonderful to hear the children’s discussions and ideas as they worked well together. We then looked at different animals and …
Skylark Class Visit Morrisons!
Our topic this half term is ‘We Are What We Eat.’ As part of our topic work, we are learning about where our food comes from. Today, we visited Morrisons and were shown round by their ‘Community Champion.’ We visited the Market Street and the Butchers, Fishmongers, Cheesemongers, Bakery, Fruit and Vegetable section and we …
Skylarks Entry Point – We Are What We Eat
Today, the children kicked off our fantastic new topic by learning about where our food comes from. Working in our outside area, the children explored seeds. They compared different seeds before planting a range of vegetables in seed trays. We planted cabbage, turnips, kale, spinach and a range of herbs to add to our growing …
Cool Clay in Skylarks – Part 2
After leaving our clay pots to dry, it was time to paint them. We decided which secondary colour we would like them to be (green, orange or purple) and mixed primary colours to created these colours. We painted our dipping pots and can’t wait to use them! They look great!
Cool Clay in Skylarks
Skylarks used clay to create their own dipping bowls. They rolled and coiled the clay and used slip and smoothing tools to attach the coils together. When they are dry they will mix primary colours to create secondary colours to paint them. The pots have already received lots of admiring glances from members of staff. …
KS1 Muddy Puddles Day 23.4.24
Today, KS1 completed their Muddy Puddles day for the Summer term. Thankfully the weather stayed dry (on the whole) and we were able to spend the day outside exploring a range of engaging and exciting activities. Throughout the day, the children explored 3 activities. They included ‘Gone with the Wind’; an activity based on the …
Chess Club Begins for UKS2
After running for years 1, 2, 3 and 4, it’s now UKS2’s chance to start chess club. If you are currently in Puffins, Kingfishers or Doves and would like to come to chess club, it will run on a Monday playtime with Miss Ingram in the KS2 shared area.
School Council / Vision Education Easter Competition
Over the past few weeks, School Council have been encouraging all pupils to take part in Vision Education’s design an Easter Egg competition. All entires were collected by the council team and sent to Vision Education and today, the winners were announced… 1st – Lucy B, 2nd – Zaiba K, 3rd – Neveyah P. A …
Skylarks make a freestanding tower (round 2!)
Throughout our topic, we have been learning about various structures from around the world (including towers) and have been thinking about what makes them stable. The children have been taught a range of strengthening techniques and today, utilising this key knowledge, they designed and made a freestanding tower. The children attempted this activity 6 weeks …
British Science Week
Last week was British Science Week, and this year’s theme was ‘time’. To celebrate this, all pupils from EYFS to Year 6 engaged in a range of different activities, experiments and investigations revolving around this topic. There were live lessons from the farm with NFU Education, engineering and fossil story times from the STEM Hub, …
Orienteering with Herons and Skylarks
Herons and Skylarks took part in a fun and engaging orienteering workshop. The children began by using simple maps to identify images hidden on cones. They had to remember to always orientate the map to North in order to find the correct pictures. Once we had the hang of this, the children completed an orienteering …
Golf Skills in Herons & Skylarks
Today, the children had an opportunity to practise their golfing skills. They played two different games which focused on accuracy, teamwork and swapping fairly. They had a fabulous morning and really enjoyed the lesson. Lots of the children proved they were very good golfers!
Structures From Around the World!
Skylarks class have been investigating structures from around the world. They worked in groups to try to identify the type of structure, what it was made from and most importantly what made it stable!The children came up with some brilliant ideas and noticed that for many structures, the base is wider than the top, helping …