In PE this week, the children enjoyed using skipping ropes to play different skipping games. We will continue with these games and learning to skip next week. The children have enjoyed thinking about how London would have been in the past, compared with how London is now. They agreed that both London in the past …
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Our week 23.02.24
We hope that you all had a lovely half term break. In maths, we have started to look at division by sharing and division by grouping. We will be focusing on this over the next couple of weeks so practising times tables at home will really help with this. Please see earlier blog posts for …
Number Day
We had great fun playing maths games for number day – this one was a great hit in Meadow 2: https://www.timestables.co.uk/times-table-duck.html
Our week: 9.2.24
Thank you to everyone that came to ‘Stay and Multiply’. The children really enjoyed sharing the multiplication games with you. There are lots of ways to make times table learning fun and ‘sticky’. We played a range of games including: multiplication bingo, a multiplication muddle board game, times table wheels and also looked and commutativity …
Safer Internet Day
Today, is National Safer Internet Day. The children have spent time discussing how to stay safe online. The main focus of our learning has been the importance of talking to a trusted grown-up if the children come across anything they don’t like or are unsure of online. Ask your child at home about what they can remember about our discussion and …
Our week: 2.2.24
The children have had another fun week in school. In Geography they have continued to enjoy learning about the polar regions, this week’s focus was ‘Who lives in the Polar Regions?’ The children learnt about the indigenous lives of the Innuits, and how they are able to travel and live in such a cold environment. …
Our week: 26.1.24
We have been continuing our work on multiplication, we have now been working on the 5 x table and making arrays. You might find this website useful for practising multiplication at home. We have also been enjoying our Literacy text,The Journey Home. We have enjoyed lots of role play linked with the story and also …
Bridges
Today the children have shared what they know about bridges and also looked at some bridges around the world. In groups, the children enjoyed junk modelling and creating their own bridge designs!
Drumming
The children had a great time drumming this week – they enjoyed creating different rhythms with their drums and also singing a celebratory fishing song, Kuku, from Africa.
Meadow 2
We’ve loved welcoming the children into Meadow 2 and getting to know them. Here’s a few things we’ve been learning together over the last couple of weeks: We’ve been revising how to read, write and partition 2 digit numbers. Here’s a fun game to practice your knowledge and skills: https://firstlook.educationcity.com/content/Activity/index/25734 We have also enjoyed learning …