This week the children have been looking at length in Maths.  They have measure items using cubes and paper clips.  They measured their shoes using cubes to see who had the longest shoe.

The children have also been working as a team to build the Arctic tract for the Inuits.

To help the children with their measuring and to help them understand the size of a male Polar Bear, we made one and measured it.

We then put our Polar Bear up.

The children were shocked to see how big a Polar Bear really is.

Notice - - Just a reminder that a snack contribution of £5 is due in to the office in a named envelope.

Arctic Adventures!

 We're really excited by our Arctic theme in Class 1! Over the last two weeks we've made snow for the animals, been explorers in the research station and helped the Inuit girl to find her lost toys! We've also explored the ice outside! We have been inspired by a variety of wonderful arctic stories, including The Last Polar Bear and The Polar Bear Son.


In mathematics we've been beginning to learn our number bonds to 10 / 20, we have looked at doubling and had an introduction to weight.

Below are a selection of photos to give you a taste of our work:

Treasure Hunt to help the Inuit girl find her lost toys.

Getting ready for the Arctic!

Making snow from shaving foam and cornflour!

Now let's try with hair conditioner and baking soda!

In our Research Station. 

Here comes the snow!

A messy business, making snow!

Observing the ice!

Wow! This is soooo exciting!! 

The Polar Express! The North Pole can be up here and the South Pole at the bottom with
the penguins! 

Here comes more snow!!!!

Observing and identifying the animals!

Doubling and reading number sentences.

Treasure Hunt to help the Inuit girl find her lost toys.

Found Paddington Bear in the ICT Suite! 

Independent Activity: counting and number matching.

Wow a very busy week

This week the children have looked at symmetry, patterns and repeating parterres in Maths.  Then in Literacy they have been writing about James from 'The Snowman' and the best memory they have from their adventure with the snowman.

In PE we learnt the words and a dance to 'I'm a Little Tea Pot'  the children then performed it to Miss Rayner.

The Snowman - weeks 1 & 2

In Class 1 we have been watching the film 'The Snowman' by Raymond Briggs and doing our work based around this. No matter how many times I watch this film, I still feel inspired by it and the children have absolutely loved it: 'Wow, look!' was the reaction as the Snowman started to fly with
James!

So far we have made some beautiful snowmen, orally told the story and made little mini books by sequencing pictures from the story. Today we have even made symmetrical snowflakes as part of our maths work. In the role play our travel agents is up and running! We even had snow last Friday for our Winter Wonderland Topic!

Enjoy some of our photos below of the children's work: