What a fantastic term we have had so far!

In English, the children are really enjoying being immersed in their new text - The Black Rock. We have explored the story through drama and artwork and the  children's writing has focused upon the use of a variety of prefixes and suffixes. The children are really enjoying marking and evaluating their own and their partner's work.

In maths, our current focus is on teen numbers, the children have been using a range of concrete resources to represent the numbers. They loved playing teen number bingo and are becoming really confident when describing the teen numbers using the terms tens and ones. We will soon look at addition and subtraction facts with these numbers.

In topic work, we are looking at where we live, we have been on 2 local walks, when we took photographs of places of importance within Whaley Village, visited the library and took part in an animal hunt on Whaley Incline. We have also been using atlases to identify our continent, country and city. The children are regularly choosing to look at the maps in the atlases when they first arrive at school in the morning.

In PE, we are learning how to throw both under arm and over arm with precision, as well as using a tennis racket to aim a ball. The children are really excited about playing a game of tennis.

In RE, we are absorbing the children in the Christian Creation story. The children have learnt a dance to help them learn the order of the creations, they have also used a range of techniques and medium to make a Creation Story Book and have experienced a range of sensory experiences relating to each day.

The children have produced some brilliant art work in their Flora and Fauna topic. Last week they used Eric Carle's illustrations as their inspiration. They developed their use of using tissue paper, oil pastels and paint to make a wonderful nature picture.