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!!