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

On Monday reception children enjoyed junk modelling! We used lots of different materials to make pirate ships. It was lovely to hear that some of the children had continued to add more onto these at home.

Reception children also had a visit from the church this week. We gave lots of good examples of how we show love to others.

On Wednesday reception children found messages outside from the pirates. We read the messages together and used our phonics to write some back. We have put these into a bottle just like the pirates would have done!

Year One children have been trying so hard in Literacy too. On Thursday we sequenced our story so far and used story language to retell the case of the missing mammoth! Well done year one.

On Friday we discussed St David’s Day. Miss Langford came to tell us all about why St David’s day is celebrated and we learnt some new Welsh words.

On Friday reception children explored mass in Maths. We used the scales to find a balance.

This week we have also talked about our value ‘hope’ We read a lovely story about hope and then discussed what hope means and what we are hopeful for. Year One children wrote messages of hope and we then joined these together to make a banner. Reception children enjoyed decorating some ‘hope’ pictures for our reflection area.

To finish off the week we looked at ‘Life cycles’ as part of our new science topic. We used the computer to help us research the life cycle of an ant. We then made headbands and enjoyed telling others around school how an ant develops and changes.

Well done Earl’s Hill for a great first week back after half term.

This week we have introduced our new Literacy texts for both reception and year one children. On Monday, Year One children found some pictures of bones on the playground. We put them together and discovered a photo of a mammoth skeleton! We have looked at the first few pages of our new text, ‘The curious case of the missing mammoth’ and have been working really hard on finger spaces in our writing this week. On Wednesday reception children followed clues around the classroom and found a hidden treasure box. We discussed what we think might be inside and who could have put it in our school. PIRATES! On Thursday we looked at our treasures from home.

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In D&T this week we have been exploring toys with wheels. In Maths this week our year one children have been measuring objects. We have been using rules and measuring in CM. It would be fantastic if children could have a go at measuring items at home to continue their learning. Reception have been continuing to build their understanding of numbers.

In RE this week we heard the story of Palm Sunday and had a go at sequencing the story. We also made palm leaves and sang a song, ‘Hosanna’.

In Drawing Club, we have been reading ‘Were going on a bear hunt’. The children all decided to draw a picture of a bear and used their phonics knowledge to write some amazing codes!

To finish the week we began our new science topic. We discussed the meaning of a life cycle and looked at how humans and ducks develop. We really enjoyed watching a video of a duck hatching and changing as it grows.

Well done Earl’s Hill!

We have had another lovely week in Earl’s Hill week and have been very busy with the different things that have been happening.

On Monday we enjoyed learning all about Chinese new year. We talked about why the colour red is seen during Chinese New Year, and listened to the story about the animals race.

In Literacy this week our Year 1 children have finished writing their independent story about the ‘Ant’ and ‘Zebra’. I am absolutely amazed by the work the children have produced and how well written the stories are. They should be so proud of themselves! Reception children have also been working really hard and have made a story map this week in Literacy. We have been using our phonics to write captions to go alongside our drawings. Well done everyone.

In Maths this week Year One children have been learning about doubles and near doubles. It would be great if you could continue this learning at home and support your child in spotting ‘doubles’ in their environment.

In Art this week Year One have been sharing their paintings with friends and discussing what they were proud of and what they would like to improve.

We have also discussed internet safety this week. We learnt a new song about how to keep safe online.

We all enjoyed the valentines disco on Tuesday!

Reception children have also been enjoying the Bike Ability training this week.

On Friday the whole class made valentine’s day cards and we discussed what makes a good friend and how we show kindness and compassion. We also enjoyed doing a dance using the large dragon for Chinese new year.

Have a lovely half term holiday Earl’s Hill and well done for another fantastic week.

We have had another great week in Earl’s Hill class. Reception children have been doing lots of Maths activities this week and have been thinking of the different ways we can make 5. We have been singing 5 little speckled frogs.

On Friday the whole class enjoyed our numbers day. We talked about the clothes we were wearing and watched the NSPCC Numbers day video. Reception children enjoyed going on a shape hunt around school. We found lots of rectangles and squares.

Our reception children also enjoyed a trip out to the library on Thursday morning. We were so excited and we enjoyed listening to 5 stories. We then voted for the one which we liked the most and went on a treasure hunt. The children were fantastic and so sensible walking to and from the library. We are so proud of you- superstars!!

In Music this week we have been learning to sing our song, ‘In the Groove’. We are practising using the glockenspiels and the children are getting really good at finding the ‘pulse’ of the song.

In Literacy this week our Year One children have been writing the beginning and middle of a new story. We are writing about our new characters- ‘Ant’ and ‘Zebra’. I am so impressed at how well our writing is improving.

Well done for another fantastic week everyone!

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!!