Talk for Writing - The Three Little Pigs
This week Reception have been learning to retell the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ using actions, storytelling spoons, props in the tuff tray and story maps. Today the children were shown how to draw a story map then had a go at drawing their own story maps on a large scale. They have all taken…
Last week’s Star of the week in Nursery
Last week’s Star of the week in Nursery was Ella Mai. She has been showing great confidence in her mark making and number skills. Well done!
Maths in Nursery
This week in Nursery we have been learning about long, tall and short. The children have been making long trains and train tracks and building tall and short towers. Some of their towers were even bigger than them! We also did some threading with long and short laces.
Year 3 Maths Treasure Hunt & Games!
Wow! We’ve had such fun this afternoon outside with a ‘Times Tables’ treasure hunt. Hopefully we managed to work out the clues before they flew away! We enjoyed some edible treasure and a story to warm up. In class we also enjoyed playing board games to encourage a quick recall of our…
Year2 Maths Day
As part of Maths day, Year 2 really enjoyed playing different maths games on the laptops.
Y4 Firework Maker’s Daughter
Year 4 are reading the Firework marker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. In English they read a description of the Water Goddess then drafted their own descriptions. These were edited and upgraded adding similes to enhance the description then copied into their English books in their best…
Y4 maths games
As part of our maths day year 4 played some maths games. When they landed on a square they had to work out the calculation. The winner was the first to finish and answer all the questions correctly. They then went on to design and play their own maths games!
Year 5 Maths Day - Money and Measuring
As part of our Maths reasoning, we used a £20 budget to make mars bar cake for our class. We went shopping for the ingredients and worked out which shop was providing us with best value for money. We saved £6:80 by shopping at Herons! We then used weighing scales to make and follow a delicious…
Mile a Day
This afternoon Year 3, Year 6 and Reception enjoyed running our Mile a Day togther! It’s amazing how it makes us all feel better and great to see everyone improving. Let’s keep it up!
Phunky Fit
Year 3 and 4 enjoyed making healthy pizzas in Phunky Fit after school club. They used tortilla wraps for the base with a tomato or barbecue sauce topped with a choice of fresh vegetables and cheese!
Year 2 Fun at the Fire Station
Year 2 had great fun squirting water from the firefighters’ hose pipes on Tuesday!
Year2 Firestation
What a great afternoon Year 2 had at Whitehaven Fire Station! The Blue Watch showed us all the special equipment they use to save lives and took us on a tour of their station.