Skylarks

We have been so impressed with the children’s progress this half term. They have worked incredibly hard and as a reward, we are setting this fun Christmas homework. So, down those pens, papers and homework sheets and get ready for family fun, eating and being merry! Wishing all of our families a wonderful Christmas. We …

Please find attached the Homework Grid for our topic this half-term, Our World. Please complete at least one activity from the grid over the next four weeks and send it back in to school to share.  The Knowledge Organisers for Topic, Science, English and Maths Science are also attached.    KS1 Homework Grid – Our …

This half term our topic has been ‘Our World.’ Throughout this topic, we have learnt about the seasons, weather and in art, we have looked at the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy. Yesterday, Year 2 visited Harlow Carr Gardens to access a workshop entitled ‘Signs of the season.’ Children explored the grounds, identifying signs of …

This week, Year 1 have explored multiples of 10 within 50, counted within 50 by making groups of 10 and described the number of tens and ones in a number. Take a look at our learning below!

This week, KS1 have created their own ephemeral art work inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. We looked at some examples of his work before venturing outside to create our own.

This half term our topic has been ‘Our World.’ Throughout this topic, we have learnt about the seasons, weather and in art, we have looked at the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy. Yesterday, Year 1 visited Harlow Carr Gardens to access a workshop entitled ‘Signs of the season.’ Children explored the grounds, identifying signs of …

Today is World Poetry Day! To help celebrate, School Council have hosted a poetry writing competition. There were lots of amazing entries and they found it incredibly hard to judge! In assembly this morning, 2 winners were announced… Ruby from Herons and Luca from Woodpeckers. A huge well done to everybody that entered! Below are …

This week is British Science Week. We began by reading a story called The Most Important Animal of All . When reading, we talked about how different animals bring different things to our environment and the world around us. As a class, we thought that bees were the most important. We labelled a diagram of …

After a successful term of running ‘Chill Out Tuesday’ for KS2 children, School Council have now swapped their club to allow Reception and KS1 children to attend. So far, it’s been very popular! The children have loved mixing with each other through playing board games, building models, reading, drawing, crafting and dancing (thanks to DJ …

In maths, Year 1 have been comparing and ordering objects and numbers to 20. Take a look at our learning below.

In maths, Year 1 have been learning how to use a number line to 20. We have used various number lines, starting at different numbers, and have used our counting skills to help us. We then progressed to estimating on number lines to 20. Although some of us found this tricky to begin with, we …

Today, Year 1 have continued their work on investigating numbers to 20. See our learning below!

Today in Skylarks, we have looked at a new book, Owl Babies, for our English lessons. We have listened to the story and have discussed the chronological order of events. The children had time to reflect on the feelings of the main characters and how these change from beginning, to middle, to end. They then …

In maths, Year 1 have been learning to read, write, count and investigate numbers to 20. Today, we have focused on representing numbers in various ways and identifying tens and ones. The Year 2’s were fabulous teachers and supported us with our learning!

Today, we have been learning how to recognise and count pounds and pence. The children used different coins and notes to help them. We’re looking forward to next week’s lesson, when we will be working in ‘Skylarks Shop’ to buy and sell different foods using money.

A fun-filled day of BOOKS, BOOKS and more BOOKS! In the morning, Skylarks had lots of fun reading, designing book marks and listening to authors and illustrators read their own stories. In the afternoon, we spent time with our buddies, Kingfishers, and shared our books. It was so much fun that we forgot to take …

Thank you to those who have been bringing in their dead and used batteries across the past few weeks. So far, we have recycled a total of 2553! A big thank you also to our school council team who have been out recycling the batteries at various recycling points after scores have been totalled in …

In Year 2, we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We sorted 2D and 3D shapes into different groups based on their properties. Some of us even managed to complete a challenge using a Venn diagram! We also created patterns using 2D and 3D shapes. Take a look at our amazing learning!

Today saw the start of our new topic – but what was it going to be? Today, the children were given an orienteering challenge. Using a simple orienteering map and key, the children had to find letters hidden around the school site. Once all of the letters had been found, our new topic would be …

In maths, Year 1 have been learning to recognise and name 2D and 3D shapes. Today, the children have sorted these shapes based on their names. They recognised that, although shapes may have the same name, they can be different sizes, orientations and colours.

The school council have signed us up to join in with Duracell’s big battery hunt. Duracell are encouraging pupils up and down the country to recycle their batteries instead of putting them in landfill to help make our planet greener and cleaner. They’ve set schools a challenge to try and collect and recycle as many …

Happy pancake day! As part of our school council meeting today, we were given a very special treat as a thank you for all of our hard work so far this year. They were delicious!!

Ed and the School Council would like to say a HUGE thank you to Team Tranmere for all of the wonderful donations that have been given for the food bank. Everyone has been so generous and we know that this donation will make a big difference to those in need.

In French, KS1 have been learning the names of animals. We have also learnt words to describe the animals. Today, we made some fabulous posters to remember these. Here are a few!

This half-term, Skylarks have been learning about Reggae music. We have learnt to sing and play instruments to ‘Zootime’ by Joanna Mangona. We have compared this song to other Reggae music including Kingston Town, Shine and I Can See Clearly Now. We enjoyed listening to the songs, discussing our thoughts and moving to the pulse. …

Today we concluded our topic ‘Journeys and Transport.’ The children planned a very exciting trip to Cancun, Mexico. Completing a carousel of activities, the children experienced three different tasks. Whilst working around the classrooms, the children planned their route and methods of transport, identified activities that visitors could take part in whilst in Cancun and …

Today, we have been been learning how to add and subtract 10s. We completed a carousel of activities in small groups using practical resources to help our learning.

In our topic, Journeys and Transport, we have been learning about the United Kingdom including the 4 countries, 4 capital cities and the seas. We have also revisited the 7 continents. This week, the children spent time looking at world maps, atlases, globes and an atlas app on the iPads to locate the different continents, …

In maths, Year 1 have been learning how to subtract by partitioning. We have discussed the range of vocabulary associated with the subtraction symbol, we have been introduced to bar models and also continued to become more confident with using part-whole models. Independently, we chose a part-whole model card and created subtraction number sentences to …

In Skylarks, we have been looking at different animal poems. We have discussed the 3 important R’s: rhyme, rhythm and repetition. The children were introduced to a poem called Here a Bear, There a Bear and learnt to read it in small groups. Once they had practised learning it, they worked in their groups to …

This week is National Storytelling Week. To help celebrate this, the School Council have hosted a storytelling competition. Those who wanted to enter needed to write a story (true or made up) and hand it in to their class councillor. On Friday, the councillors got together to choose a selection of their favourite stories. These …

Today saw the big finale… the moment that Skylarks class got to enjoy their wonderful small world areas that they worked hard to create. The children thought carefully about which vehicles should appear in each area of their mat (rail, road, air and sea transport) and had great fun interacting with their creations. What a …