Class 1

We have had a wonderful, busy morning in Class 1. This week we are looking at different homes and where we all live. The children have had great fun in the classroom, designing new houses, building with the blocks, making objects for the different rooms out of play dough as well as writing about…

The children were amazing last week when we started our phonics sessions. They really enjoyed black cat introducing us to the first of his letter sounds. This morning we have learned another new sound and have been using it to sound out 3 letter word! Great work Class 1!

The children had a fantastic afternoon observing what happens when you add skittles to water. The children observed all of the colours running and creating rainbows on the plate. They were fascinated and spent a while watching as the colours moved around the paper plate. We talked about the…

Class 1 have had a lovely day exploring our new text, The Colour Monster. This afternoon we explored what happens when we mix different paint colours. The children had great fun and were surprised by the colours they created. Well done Class 1.

This week we have been learning all about each other’s families and the people who are very special to us. The children have created pictures using different materials of the people that are special to them. We have made a family album in our classroom and the children have written labels for the…

What a wonderful day the children have had in Class 1! We are so proud of how well the children came into school this morning. We had a great day, exploring our classroom together and building up our relationships. Well done everyone!

Here are a few photos of the children’s first day. 
 

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Reception have had an amazing year mastering the basics of phonics. They are all such superstars and managed to move words around the make sentences that they could read! Well done everyone!

What a fabulous transition day we had on Tuesday! We spent the day exploring the book “What we’ll build” By Oliver Jeffers showing The Howard values of independence and creativity through a whole host of activities exploring what they could build - and boy could they build! From dens, beds and…

Year 1 have worked hard mastering logging on to the chrome books and opening google documents. They have then used their growing typing skills to publish their wonderful Tinga Tales. Great learning and fun!

Key stage 1 have enjoyed the start of their new science topic, Seasonal changes. In the first lesson they explored Autumn and the reason behind some trees loosing their leaves and the secret colours hiding within leaves. The second lesson focussed on Winter. Within this lesson the children…

Reception have extended their number knowledge by investigating 9 & 10. They went on a number hunt, sorted numbers, built numbers and have started to look at 1 more and 1 less.  Great work.

The children have thoroughly enjoyed listening to our new text this morning. They thought of some wonderful words to describe how each of Duncan’s crayons were feeling. Well done Year 1!