We have had another really busy week in Earl’s Hill. The children have been working hard and enjoying learning.

Reception children have enjoyed continuing our sunflower challenge. We have explored seed packets this week and have become maths detectives. We found lots of numbers on the seed packets and talked about what they mean. We have used five frames to help us recognise how many seeds we will need to ensure each child can have one. We then counted the pots too. We have also made a calendar and talked about the changes we may see to our seeds that we have planted this week.

Reception children have also been enjoying lots of literacy activities this week. We have been working on using our phonics to write words and letter formation.

We have had fun in LEX time building a big den! The children really thought about how we could make sure the roof doesn’t fall down. We also found a spiders nest outside!

In Music this week year one have been practising playing the glockenspiels. Reception children then joined us to sing our song.

Reception children have come to the end of their Literacy topic all about dinosaurs. We sequenced the story in groups and then wrote a caption about a picture from the book.

The whole class are enjoying watching our sunflower seeds grow.

Year one children have also come to the end of their Literacy topic. They have written some fantastic stories this week all about lost toys. I am extremely pleased with how their writing has developed over the past few months. Well done Year One children you should be very proud.

Have a lovely weekend everyone and well done again.

It has been another fantastic week in Earl’s Hill class and the children have been doing lots of exciting things.

On Tuesday we continued our Music topic. Year One children had a go at using the instruments and singing the song at the same time. It was tricky!

On Tuesday Reception children began the ‘Sunflower challenge’. We had a lovely morning researching all about sunflowers and finding out lots of interesting facts. We used the internet and books to look for pictures and find out information. It would be lovely for the children to share all that they know so far with parents/carers at home.

We continued our challenge throughout the week and looked closely at lots of photos of sunflowers. We then used all that we know so far to paint pictures and draw chalk sunflowers. Thank you to the parents/carers that sent in pictures for the children to share.

On Friday reception children enjoyed water play in the sun. We talked about how the containers were full and empty.

Year One children have enjoyed making a sculpture bird as part of our Art topic. We thought about the different colours we wanted to use. We put feathers and wings on our birds and they look fantastic. Well done Year One.

As part of our RE Year One children wrote about different ways we can care for our world. Here is an example piece of writing.

We have finished off the week by planting our own sunflowers. We are starting our Plants topic in science and we are looking forward to watching our seeds grow.

Well done everyone.

We have had another great week in Earl’s Hill and the children have been working very hard.

We have planted cress seeds this week. We were very impressed that they only need to be placed on cotton wool and be watered in order to grow. We will be watching how our cress seeds grow over the next week ready to begin our new science/understanding the world topic, plants.

In Maths this week reception children have been enjoying lots of different sorting activities. Firstly we sorted different objects by colour. We then thought about different ways we can sort.

Lots of fun with brilliant brushers this week. We are becoming teeth brushing experts in reception!

We have continued to study the word of Diana Beltran Herrera in our art. This week year one have designed the bird sculpture that they will be making next week. Reception children enjoyed making birds nests using straw and decorating birds to go inside.

Year one children have continued to enjoy learning about London as part of our Geography. This week we have looked at a map of London.

On Friday reception children enjoyed measuring their height in class on our chart. We discussed the words shorter and taller and what they mean.

To finish off the week we have made our bug house for our garden of hope. Thank you so much to all of the children who have collected different items to go inside. It looks fantastic and I am sure the bugs will agree!

Have a lovely long weekend and I will see you next week.

We have had another great week in Earl’s Hill this week.

In Art this week we have been studying a new artist, Diana Beltran Herrera. We looked at her website and the different sculptures that she has made. Year one children had a go at manipulating paper from 2D into 3D to make birds. Reception children enjoyed working together to have a go at drawing feathers.

Reception children enjoyed sorting out different dinosaurs.

In Maths reception have been looking at equal and unequal groups, and were introduced to the word ‘double’. They have been fantastic at spotting doubles. Year one have been continuing to explore a ‘half’.

In LEX time this week reception have been continuing our theme of Dinosaurs based on our literacy text. On Monday they worked together to make a dinosaur land!

Year one have been enjoying Literacy this week. On Thursday we wrote a list of what we would take to a birthday party.

Well done everyone.

We have had another lovely week in class this week.

On Monday Year One enjoyed guessing what our new topic in Geography is. We looked at different clues and discovered that we will be learning all about London. The children already knew lots about the different things you see in the city. Well done.

We are all enjoying our new Music topic, we are working hard in two groups to sing our song, ‘Your Imagination’.

In Literacy this week reception children went on a word hunt! We then had a go at sounding out the words and writing them onto leaves for the dinosaurs.

Reception children enjoyed using cotton buds to make dinosaur pictures. 

On Friday as part of our Science/Understanding the world we talked about why it is important to wash our hands. We did an experiment to see how soap gets rid of nasty germs. We then made hand washing posters which we are going to put up around school.

Finally we enjoyed our visit from Booka Bookshop. We looked through lots of different books and talked about the ones that we liked and why. Thank you Booka. We will enjoy reading the stories you have left us in class over the next week.

Well done everyone for another great week.

This week we have had a fantastic first few days back after the Easter break. The children have settled back in really well and remembered all of our routines and rules in Earl’s Hill. I am very proud of all of them.

In Literacy this week Year One children found some lost toys in the hall! We have been writing how we think the toys feel, and what they can see, hear and touch.

Reception children were very excited on Wednesday when we discovered an unusual box in the classroom! We have been left a note, egg and book. We are hoping that we are going to have a dinosaur hatch soon. We have been predicting what we think our new story may be about, ‘Giganotosaurus’.

In Art this week we have been looking at videos of birds. We then paused these and looked at the different details we could see. All of the children created some fantastic drawings. Well done.

In RE we have been thinking about our favourite stories.

Reception children have settled back really well into their tooth brushing routine! We talked about why it’s important that we keep our teeth clean.

In Maths on Friday, reception children were thinking about the meaning of ‘long’ and ‘short’. We sorted out different items using hoops into long and short.

Many thanks to all of the parents and carers who came to parents evening. It was lovely to share the children’s hard work with you.

Please can I ask that children are reading as much as possible at home. Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Wow- what a busy week we have had!

On Monday Year One children enjoyed a visit from the exotic zoo. They listened and participated so well in the discussions and enjoyed learning more about the different animals. I am sure they will be able to tell you lots of new and interesting facts at home!

Reception children have enjoyed making pirates hats these week as part of our pirates topic.

On Tuesday we went to Clee Class for our picture news. We talked about mobile phones and why or why not we may need them.

In R.E this week we have made Easter Gardens. We listened to the stories of Holy Week and used these to help us decide what needed to go into our gardens. All of the children had brilliant ideas and the gardens are on display in our classroom.

Year One children have been busing making a car as part of our D&T project. They were fantastic with remembering all of the different components.

Reception children have been doing lots of writing and mark making in Literacy. On Wednesday we decided if we would like to be a pirate or not.

On Thursday as part of our History topic we learnt more about our explorer, ‘Neil Armstrong’. We dressed up like an astronaut and thought about how they may have felt when heading for the moon!

Reception children have finished the week by exploring and comparing capacity. We used jugs and cups in the water tray and were able to say which one had the greatest capacity. Year one children have also been exploring capacity and volume this week in Maths.

To finish off the week we have also been doing funky finger activities to make our finger muscles strong for writing.

Well done everyone!

We have had another wonderful week in class this week.

Reception children have been writing words and captions this week in Literacy and have been working independently to write/draw messages to the pirates. On Wednesday we put these into bottles and decorated them. We have also been busy brushing our teeth everyday!

Year One children have been busy using computers and creating pictograms. On Thursday we introduced our new explorer, Neil Armstrong, in History. We enjoyed watching a video of Apollo 11 taking off. It was amazing!

On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day. We talked about why books are important and each child had the opportunity to show the class the outfit they had chosen and talk about a favourite book. Thank you to those who brought in home learning projects! I was blown away by how much effort the children had put into them, well done.

Woody and Buzz!!

I would just like to say how amazing the children were during our visit to Booka Bookshop. We listened to stories and talked about how the books made us feel.

On Friday Reception children enjoyed exploring capacity. We used different sized jugs, cups and containers to see what capacity they had by counting the amount of Lego bricks that they could hold.