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EAD- Monoprinting We experimented with monoprinting this week. We painted onto foil and then used our fingers and cotton buds to draw a bee. We had practised our bee drawings

UTW- Snails We have been have been learning about snails this week. We focused on our class pets Turbo and Speedy who are Giant African Land Snails. We learnt about

EAD- Loose Parts Minibeasts The Acorns were challenged with using the natural loose parts to create their own minibeast pictures. They had to think about shapes and sizes and where

UTW – Kings Coronation We have been celebrating the Kings Coronation this week and our challenge mountain challenges are royally themed. We have been making numicon crowns, sorting the crown

UTW- Life Cycles This week, we have been learning about the butterfly life cycle. We read the story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and then talked about the process from

UTW This week we have been learning about growing and plants. We talked about the different parts of a plant and learnt some new words including root, shoot, stem and

Topic- A Spring Walk This week we are learning all about Spring and Easter. We talked about the changes that happen between the different seasons and revisited pictures from our

UTW-London Landmarks Our topic lesson this week was learning all about our capital city of London. We read a story about a cat who visits the Queen and all the

Literacy In Drawing Club this week, we decided not to look at a book but to watch a cartoon. It was a cartoon from the past- we talked about how

Maths In Maths this week, we have been focusing on ordering numbers and quantities. We have ordered numerals, cube towers, numicon shapes and ten frames. We played a game called

UTW- Space This week we learnt all about rockets and astronauts. We learnt about how rockets blast up into space and what each part of a rocket does. We decided

Acorn Pancake Cafe! On Tuesday,  we learnt about pancake day and opened up our very own Acorn Pancake Cafe. We wrote down our orders for the pancake cafe and then

Topic This week we have been continuing to learn about hot climates and have been focused on the country of Africa. We have been reading a story called ‘Bringing the

Maths In Maths, we have been learning about making pairs. We know that a pair is a set of two and have played lots of games like snap and make

EAD- Music This week we were focusing on listening to and copying rhythms. We read the story ‘Tanka,Tanka, Skunk’ which is a fun book all about clapping out rhythm’s to

Literacy This week we started drawing club! The Acorns were excited to take part and intrigued what it would include. We started with some ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ words which

UTW- The Ice Experiment We have been learning about ice and snow so decided to be scientists this week. We were each given an ice cube. We talked about how

Literacy This week we have been focused on practising our segmenting skills. We practised segmenting using our phoneme fingers and then matched the phonemes to the graphemes using our sound

Polar Express Pyjama Morning! On Tuesday morning, the Acorns discovered some snowy footprints in the classroom. It lead to a rather special delivery of a storybook and some mysterious bells.

I Spy Christmas Nativity Performance For the past few weeks, we have been practising our Christmas Nativity performance called ‘I Spy Christmas’. This week we got to perform it- first

UTW- Science This week we were scientists. We have been learning about magnets and experimented with what materials it is attracted to. We placed magnets over several different objects and

Topic This week, we have been learning about our local environment. We looked at a world map and found our country, the United Kingdom. We then looked at a map

Understanding of the World This week, we have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali. We were so excited to look at the pictures and story books. We read

Literacy On Tuesday, we discovered some floury footprints and a letter from the Gingerbread Man. He had left us some clues to follow to find him. We used our rhyming

Understanding of the World This week, we have been learning about Bonfire Night. We learnt about the story of Guy Fawkes and used the ‘Remember, remember’ rhyme to help us

Topic- Our Autumn Walk We have been learning all about the change of seasons this week and focusing on Autumn. We discussed what changes we can see to know it

Maths This week we have been continuing to practice our comparing skills by measuring objects by weight and mass. We introduced the Acorns to the balance scales and challenged them

Maths This week, we have been comparing objects by length and height. We talked about how to measure length by making sure we measure from the same place. We decided

PSHE We have been learning about All Saints School Learning Behaviours. This week we focused on co-operation. We talked about what this means and how we can show this learning

Recycling Week! This week, we have been celebrating recycling week! Acorn class read a story called the Messy Magpie which told the story about a magpie who liked to collect