Everyone looked amazing in their world book day costumes, I was so impressed with all the imaginative costumes! Thank you all for making such a huge effort. What is your favourite book and why? Who is your favourite character from the book and why?

Today was the official opening of our lovely, new outdoor area. We were very lucky as Mr Winterbottom, the director of children’s services, came along for a guided tour and to cut the ribbon. What do you like about the new outdoor area and why?

Well done to Poppy Green and Josh who did some wonderful dinosaur homework. They both made their own dinosaur out of recycled materials and they looked fantastic! Do you think Poppy’s dinosaur is a carnivore or a herbivore? Why?

Today Year 1 used cups and bottles of all different sizes and shapes to investigate ‘capacity’. Year 1 estimated which bottle or cup would hold the most and the least water. After that we used jugs to measure how much water each bottle or cup would hold. What did you find out?

This week in maths we have been measuring weight we used classroom objects and balancing scales. Year 1 used cubes or grams to estimate and weigh the objects.

As some of you may be aware Reception and Year 1, with support from parent volunteers, have been working very hard to improve the Reception outdoor area.

Today some of the Hexagons visited the new external classroom. They were astonished to see the transformation and can’t wait to start using the area!

This week in maths Year 1 have been practising division. We have been sharing cubes into equal groups of 2,3, 4 and 5. Can you remember which numbers will not divide equally into 2 groups?

This week in maths we are learning about multiplication. Today children practised counting in groups of 2. The Squares and the Circles used cubes to count in repeated groups of 2. You all did a great job Year 1,  me, Miss Sharrock and Miss Killeen were all very impressed with your hard work!

Today Year 1 took part in the change for life challenge. It was very tricky but no one gave up, we all kept going for the full 30 seconds! The children were then set the challenge of using a ball they have at home to repeat the challenge and try to beat their own score. Can you take up the challenge? Let us know how you get no Year 1!

In art this half term we are looking at the work of Andy Goldsworthy. Today we found out that Andy Goldsworthy only uses nature to create pictures or sculptures, we looked at some of his work and then we made our own Andy Goldsworthy pictures. What can you find out about our artist for this half term?