Easter Egg Hunt
We have been learning about Easter using the book, Story of Easter by Fiona Boon. We’ve enjoyed painting Easter pictures, making Easter cards and going on spring walks looking for signs of new life.
Today we went on an Easter Egg hunt in the Nursery Garden. We thought about where the eggs were hidden using our new maths vocabulary ‘under, on top, behind, next to and in front of.’ We had to find 4 eggs each!
After the holidays we will be looking at the Number 4 and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We’ll also have some exciting visitors in Nursery, can you guess what they might be?
Help at Home: Look out for minibeasts! Have a look under logs and stones, or a walk round the garden and see which insects and other Minibeasts you can find.
A Happy and Healthy School
On Friday, Year 3 took time to organise and clean up our school grounds. We had noticed that lots of equipment was missing, and that there was a significant amount of rubbish around the edges of our school field. So, we took matters into our own hands and got to work! The children were absolutely fantastic and showed good teamwork and perseverance. Here are the results from their hard work – we now have lots of equipment to keep us happy and healthy during break and lunch times!
The Tiny Seed
This week our focus book as been The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle.
In the story we follow a tiny seed traveling on its journey through the seasons. We went on our own seasons walk to find signs of spring, we spotted blossom, buds, daffodils, insects and leaves. We even stopped to listen to the sound of lots of birds singing.
Our word of the week was miniscule: something that is even smaller than tiny.
Maths
In Maths, we’ve been doubling!
Poetry Picnic
Each week we learn a new poem and recite it every day. By saying the poem out loud, we can focus on the sounds and rhythm of each word or line. We talk about how this can help us become better readers. This week’s poem is called Hungry Birdies.
Hungry Birdies
I have built a little nest,
look inside, look inside.
Hungry birdies with their beaks,
open wide, open wide.
And the little birdies grow,
day by day by day.
‘Till they spread their wings and fly,
far away, far away.
We talk about how a poem sometimes has rhyming words and sometimes doesn’t. Can your child tell you the rhyming words in this week’s poem? We also talk about how a poem can have a fast rhythm or a slow rhythm.
Have a happy and healthy weekend and thank you as always for your support.
Mrs. Kendrew, Mrs. Rippon, Mrs. Small and Mr. Smith
P.E.
This week in P.E. we’ve been practising our coordination skills with the quoits. We rolled the quoits from the top of our head to our toes and named our different body parts. We worked with a partner, rolling the quoits to each other, then balanced them on our head as we moved around the hall. The children showed brilliant listening skills as well as perseverance.
The Knitted Bible
We had a fantastic trip out this afternoon to St Joseph’s Catholic Church and our own St James’ Church to see scenes from the bible represented in knitted form.
We were warmly received at St Joseph’s and there were lots of activities for us to do. We even got the chance to have a look around the church – many of our children hadn’t been inside a catholic church before. We found many similarities with our own church and we followed the Stations of the Cross around, something we have been looking at in detail during our RE lessons this half term.
We then went on to St James’, where Val was delighted to see us. We were able to explore the church the knitted scenes and draw on our own knowledge of the Easter story. Before we left, we took time to reflect on what has been a busy week of assessment and Val said a prayer for the children, staff and our school community. The children chose a knitted gift to take away with them too.
There were many scenes; we particularly enjoyed the Zacchaeus scene that links to our Christian Value of Honesty and David and Goliath, our school bible story.
The Knitted Bible display will continue to be open to the public until Sunday 6th April. Further details can be found here: https://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/event/the-knitted-bible-comes-to-wetherby/
Visit to the see The Knitted Bible
We had a great time on our trip to St James’ Church to see the bible stories represented in knitted scenes.
We recognised the scenes from Holy Week as well as the story of Zaccheus which is one of the stories associated with our Christian Values.
We were also gifted a crochet decoration to take home to remind us of our wonderful morning.
The Knitted Bible display will continue to be open to the public until Sunday 6th April. Further details can be found here: https://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/event/the-knitted-bible-comes-to-wetherby/
Mouse hunting at St James’ Church
On our visit to St James’ Church today we hunted for mice by Robert “Mouseman” Thompson. It took some perseverance but we managed to find all 12 mice. Next time you pop in to church ask your children to show you them all!
Grammar in Year One – Verbs and Tenses
This week, Year One has been learning about verbs and how they change with tense. We found out that adding ‘-ed’ turns some verbs into the past tense. We talked about how not all verbs follow this rule and had fun exploring tricky examples.
We have also been spotting verbs in sentences from our current class novel, How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth by Michelle Robinson.
We also played Verb Charades, acting out actions while friends guessed the verb. It was a fun way to learn and helped us remember how verbs work.
Help at Home
- Verb Hunt: Spot action words in daily life. Are they past or present?
- Story Time: Change story verbs to past or present.
- Charades: Act out verbs and guess the action.
Food Technology – bruschetta
We’ve really enjoyed making bruschetta this week and we hope you have enjoyed tasting them at home!
Hopefully this will become a firm favourite on your family menu; see the recipe below to make more to share with friends and family.
Trying Vegetables!
This week, we have been enjoying reading ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ by Vivian French.
We have been thinking about the vegetables in the book; painting them using the appropriate colours.
We also had a taste of some of the vegetables and thought of some words to describe what they tasted like.
“The carrot is crunchy.” Eliott
“Peas taste soft.” Oria
“The carrot tastes hard.” Wyatt
There are other books in the Oliver series about healthy eating. Why not check them out?
Help at home: Can your child remember the story? Have a go at drawing some of the vegetables you have at home.