All of the children in Earl’s Hill had a fantastic week last week and worked really hard. In Literacy last week the children in reception enjoyed lots of different activities which enabled them to apply the new sounds they learnt in phonics. On Thursday we learnt all about tigers and then wrote a fact about them. We even remembered that a sentence needs a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end- super work reception!

On Thursday we talked about what community means.

On Wednesday all of the children enjoyed making a bird feeder to take home. Thank you so much for the home learning projects. We discovered that the most common bird was the ‘Wood Pigeon’.  

In Maths last week reception children were looking at numbers to 5 and noticed that they create a staircase pattern.

The whole class have enjoyed drawing club this week.

In Art we have been drawing using continuous line. The children were really focused on the object they were drawing.

On Friday reception children explored shapes with 4 sides. We painted with Lego pieces and noticed that squares and rectangles have 4 sides.

Finally in Science we discussed how different materials can be changed. We talked about how we can twist, stretch, squash and bend different objects.

Well done Earl’s Hill. You are superstars!

We have had a really busy week in Earl’s Hill and have been enjoying lots of new learning.

On Monday the reception children enjoyed doing Funky Fingers activities to make their fingers strong ready for our writing.

We also had lots of fun outside during LEX time exploring the snow! We have been checking the weather forecast every morning to see how the weather is changing where we live.

Reception children have also enjoyed mark making with cars! We made tracks using yellow, green and red paint.

In Music this week we had a go with the glockenspiels! This was very exciting and the whole class showed some fantastic listening skills.

Our year one children have been doing lots of brilliant writing based on our text, ‘The Lion Inside’. On Tuesday we wrote words using our phonics in groups to describe how the lion feels.

Our children in reception have also been enjoying work around the text, ‘Lets all creep through the crocodile creek’. On Thursday they used animals in the tuff tray to retell the story.

We have also had a very exciting week this week as we have started ‘Drawing Club’. This week we listened to the story ‘Dear Zoo’ and enjoying lots of mark making. On Friday we thought of different foods the crocodile might like to eat and enjoyed thinking of ‘codes’ to make him snap!

To finish the week on Friday we explored different materials. We talked about the properties and what makes materials good for different purposes. We decided that a glass hammer would not work!

Well done everyone, what a super week!

We have had a super fun filled first week back in Earl’s Hill. The children have settled back into our routines fantastically and are enjoying learning lots of new things.

Our new Geography topic this half term is ‘Weather patterns’. We have been really interested in looking at the weather forecast each day and have been keeping a weather diary in our classroom. We talked about the different types of seasonal and daily weather we see. The children were however very disappointed that we didn’t have any snow on Monday after seeing it on the forecast for that evening!

Our Year One children have started focusing on our new Literacy text, ‘The Lion Inside’. On Thursday we discussed with our talking partners how we think Mouse feels at different points in the story. We then used our phonics to write words and create posters. On Monday we will use these to help us write sentences in our books.

Our new Science topic focuses on ‘Materials and their properties’. Today our reception children enjoyed a materials hunt outside and found lots of items made of out of wood, plastic and metal!

The Year One children enjoyed working together to predict what may happen in our experiment. We talked about which item may be most absorbent and therefore best at clearing up our water spillage.

Reception children have been working extremely hard in Maths this week. We have been using five frames to help us with our counting. Today we talked about different positions. We also read ‘Were going on a bear hunt’ to support our understanding of over and under.

Another great week Earl’s Hill. Well done!

We have had a lovely first few days back after the Christmas holidays. On Friday we enjoyed sharing our favourite memories with each other from the festive break!

On Thursday we enjoyed making spiral drawings in art and we experimented with pencils, pens and chalk. We thought about how listening to music may change the way we draw…

Reception children explored the front cover of our new Literacy text on Thursday. We then had a knock at the door and a letter was delivered from the characters in the story! The children made some fantastic predictions about what they think might happen in the book. We also talked about journeys that we have been on and what we see on the way to school.

In Geography this week our Year One children began thinking about the different seasons and the weather that comes with them. We have made a weather chart for the class and are going to be recording the weather changes we see over the next week.

Reception children have been enjoying LEX time outside and playing with friends.

What a lovely first two days back! Well done Earl’s Hill.

We have had another exciting and festive week in Earls Hill class last week. We enjoyed signing in our carols around the tree celebration on Monday- I am sure you will all agree in how fantastic the class were!

On Monday we also enjoyed doing some ‘Christmas dough disco’… we are making our finger muscles strong ready for our writing!

In Maths this week Reception children have been exploring ‘parts and a whole’. We talked about different parts of our body and sang ‘head, shoulders knees and toes’. The children enjoyed using parts of a gingerbread man to make a whole picture. On Friday we enjoyed looking at triangles and circles. We found lots of them in our classroom.  They have worked really hard on their Maths this week- well done Reception.

On Thursday we enjoyed an indoor athletics PE lesson with Neil..

Our Year One children also performed ‘Little donkey’ in our church service on Thursday. They did a fantastic job and we all enjoyed watching the other classes!

On Friday we finished off our Science/Understanding the world topic and talked about the different habitats we have looked at. All of the children chose a large habitat and used the watercolours to create a painting of it. Well done Earls Hill… another fantastic week. We are looking forward to our Christmas parties and pantomime trip next week!!

Earls Hill class have had a fantastically festive and fun filled week! On Tuesday the children enjoyed dancing and playing party games at the school disco. They had some fantastic dance moves! On Wednesday we had a delicious Christmas dinner and wore our party hats that we had made in class. It was also lovely to see all of the children in their Christmas jumpers- many thanks!

In Literacy this week Year One children have been making a plan for their diary entry based on our text, ‘Nibbles’. Reception children have also been using their phonics knowledge to write captions based on their text, ‘The three little pigs’. In our D&T lessons this week the Year One children have been evaluating the chairs that they made last week for our teddy bear. The children used card and masking tape and came up with some brilliant design ideas.

Reception children have enjoyed Maths this week and have been comparing quantities.

We have also started our ‘Brilliant brushers’ teeth brushing programme for our Reception children and the whole class enjoyed a visit and talk from the dental nurse on Thursday! The children are now experts in teeth brushing.

We have finished the week by participating in the ‘Santa dash’ (we managed to miss the rain!), and we are looking forward to more festive fun next week…

Well done Earls Hill- you are just fantastic!

We have had another fantastic week in Earls Hill class. We began the week by learning about the Nativity Christmas story! We have also been learning our carol song, ‘Little Donkey’ in our Music lessons! Year one children have been looking at photography in Computing lessons and Reception children have enjoyed painting a picture of the ‘Big Bad Wolf!!. In our Design and Technology lessons we have been creating a chair for a teddy bear out of cardboard and masking tape. The children were fantastic at this challenge!

We ended the week by putting up the Christmas tree. We were very excited that the elf has come to visit our classroom! We can’t wait to see what he gets up to over the next few weeks…

Well done Earls Hill.

We have had another lovely week in Earls Hill class. On Monday we discussed kindness and anti-bullying week. We gave lots of good examples of how we are kind in our class. We enjoyed colouring in a pair of odd socks to take home. Reception children have enjoyed building during LEX time and Year One have drawn and labelled some fantastic pictures of structures in our D&T. We have also learnt some new nursery rhymes as part of nursery rhyme week and our reception children enjoyed getting their certificate! We have finished off the week by designing and making a mini beast hotel for our outdoor area. We can’t wait to see the bugs that come to live inside!

Well done Earls Hill.

Earls Hill class have had a fantastic first week back after half term. On Wednesday we came into our classroom and found a crime scene. We enjoyed guessing who had been into school. Reception children have been doing ‘Funky Fingers’ activities and Year One enjoyed painting fireworks as part of our History topic. We finished the week off with a minibeast hunt around our outdoor area. Well done Earls Hill.