Very hungry caterpillars!

Our class caterpillars must be very hungry! We have only had them for one day and they are already bigger than they were yesterday. How much do you think they will grow over the weekend?

A letter from Mr Rat

Today the class found a letter from Mr Rat. It said that he had been up a giant beanstalk and had an adventure. He had found some magic beans up there and wondered what sort of beanstalks would grow from them. So in literacy the children wrote some descriptions of what might be found at the top of this new magic beanstalk. There were some very interesting ideas!

Sprouting beans

This week we have been planting beans. Some of them have already started sprouting roots.

Hungry caterpillars

Today we had an exciting arrival in the post...some baby caterpillars! We will watch them grow and transform into a chrysalis and eventually butterflies! Very exciting!

Reading and writing progress

Some children have been working with our new reading recovery teacher and have made some super books based on their learning. Great to see the fast progress!

Springing into action

Today the children have been getting into our topic by planting beans, looking at mini-beasts and making butterfly prints. PLEASE BRING IN PLASTIC BOTTLES for our planting as we are running low.

3D shapes

This morning we have been looking at 3D shapes and trying to sort objects into groups based on their shape.

The princess and the pea

This term we are looking at fairy tales is literacy. This week and next week we are focussing on the princess an the pea. The children have been ordering and retelling the story to get them ready for our big write next week when they will write the story out in full. In fact we have learned how to tell the story using lots of actions. Ask one of us to demonstrate!

Using control

Today in ICT we used 2go and gave instructions to a screen 'turtle'. We were so good we started to record our instructions to see who could move the turtle around the race track in the fewest moves.

Life in the garden

This week we have started our new topic 'Life in the garden'. It's all about mini beasts and growing. To start the topic off we went on a minibeast hunt around the school. Despite the cold we were able to find a range of creepy crawlies, which we brought back to class for closer inspection under the digital microscope.