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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

Maths In Maths this week, we have been learning about matching. We talked about what the ‘same’ means and how if we match two things together that are the same,

First Day in Acorn class! We spent our first full day in Acorn class on Friday. We enjoyed exploring our new classroom and all the new exciting resources we have

Literacy We have been reading the story of Stanley’s Stick by John Hegley. The story is about a boy called Stanley who uses his imagination to turn his special stick

Maths This week we learnt all about even and odd numbers. We practised our sharing skills from last week by placing sets of objects into pairs. If there was an

Health and Fitness Week This week, the Acorns have taken part in a variety of activities as part of our whole school Health and Fitness week. It has been a

Nepal Enrichment Day We took part in a whole school enrichment day on Tuesday celebrating the country of Nepal. We were so excited to visit all the different classes and

Maths This week has been all about doubling. We have been learning how double means ‘twice as many’ and have been doubling everything we possibly can from numicon, dinosaurs, pom

Literacy This week, we have been learning about the butterfly life cycle. We are very excited to have our own caterpillars to watch the life cycle happen before our very

P.E This term, we have been focusing on ball skills during our P.E sessions with our sports coach Josh. We have been learning how to control the ball with our

Forest School The sun shined for us this week at Forest School- it was beautiful! We started our session wearing blind folds and listening to the sounds around us. We

Supertato We have been reading the story ‘Supertato’ by Sue Hendra in Acorn class. Last week we discovered some Evil Peas on the loose. This week, we decided to make

Forest Schools We had our first Forest Schools session this week – we were so excited. We met Holly our forest school leader and she introduced us our school’s special

Topic We started the summer term with a new topic ‘Isn’t it Amazing’. This week we have been looking at flowers and plants and how they grow. We have been