Please talk to your child/children about staying safe now it is darker earlier and about keeping safe during bonfire night. Click the links below for more information. https://www.think.gov.uk/education-resources/ https://6282.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Be_Bright_Be_Seen-A5-Flyer.pdf /http://www.bonfire-night-safety.co.uk/ Safety First – Cycling at Night
Today in maths, Oaks practised numbers to 20 – counting objects, matching amounts of objects to number cards, filling in missing numbers on a number line, identifying numbers in ten frames, and finding one more/one less by matching parts of rockets! The children worked really well in their teams to Read more…
We have begun our Christmas festivities early this year! Oaks have been busy this morning listening to Jingle Bells whilst creating some very special Christmas cards! The children will bring their designs home tomorrow – if you would like to order a set of cards with your child’s design, please Read more…
In Oaks today we talked about Black History Month. We looked at famous black people from the past and present and discussed what they had achieved. We talked about the meaning behind Black History Month and how we should treat everybody fairly no matter their skin colour. The children really Read more…
Year 1 have been learning all about African art this week – as lots of the animals we have been learning about come from African! We looked at the colours and patterns that the Ndebele tribe use to decorate their rugs, baskets and walls. We then used pencil crayons to Read more…
Today the school celebrated World Mental Health day by coming dressed in Yellow, to raise money for YoungMinds, and participating in a number of well-being activities. Classes across the school took part in lessons and discussions about what mental health is, why looking after our mental health is important and Read more…
Oaks have been super busy in maths this week! First, we learnt about weight – using balance scales to compare different classroom objects to see which was heavier and which was lighter. Next, we learnt about capacity. We used different types of containers and used water to show full, half full, Read more…
As part of our Paws, Claws & Whiskers topic, we have been learning all about big cats! In Geography, we have learned about the continents and have learned which continents tigers, lions and jaguars live in. We stuck pictures of big cats on to a map of the world to Read more…
In Oak class, we love exploring and reading books! We have enjoyed looking at the pictures and trying to read and retell some of the stories from our class library this afternoon. Here are some photos of some of us really concentrating and enjoying the stories…
Today we began to learn about measure in our maths lesson. We used multilink cubes and had a competition to see who could make the longest caterpillar. One of our caterpillars was more than 30 cubes long! Then, we lined all of our caterpillars up in order from shortest to longest and compared them Read more…