Fighting fit firefighters
In science, Reception have been looking at people who help us. This week they have looked at the brave job of a firefighter. They learnt that firefighters have to be fit and created some exercises that firefighters might do to help them stay fit and healthy.
Greater than, less than or equal to
Year 1 have continued their place value unit in maths by thinking about comparing numbers. They have used the terms greater than, less than and equal to as well as using the correct symbols to show this. Well done children.
Super duper you!
Reception have had a super week thinking about what makes them “Super Duper!”
They have learnt four sounds in phonics, showed great team work sorting objects and have even started to try to write some initial sounds. Wow!
One more, one less
Year one have been working very hard on one more and one less this week. It has been quite tricky but they have all tried very hard. Well done children.
Colourful fun!
Reception have had a wonderful week of colour! They have loved hearing the story ‘The colour monster goes to school’, exploring emotions and the colours associated with the emotions. They have started their phonics journey and have met some of the colour monsters who live in Monster Phonics land.…
Year 1 learners
Year 1 have worked hard to consolidate their phonics learning from last year with a few revisiting lessons. They have also been practising their sounds at home with their new phonics key rings.
This week year 1 were learning how to type their first and last names ready for logging onto the…
Smashing second week!
Reception have had another super week. They have enjoyed exploring the provision further and are starting to build up friendships which has been so lovely to watch. We have enjoyed getting to know the children even more and finding out what they enjoy. Well done children.
Year One’s first week back!
Year 1 have returned to school ready to learn! They have been wonderful role models for our newest children and have hit the ground running with their learning. They are working hard to be metacognitive in phonics, learning about the place value of numbers and retelling traditional tales. Wow!…
Reception’s first week!
Our new Reception children have blown us away with how well they have settled into their first week at The Howard- superstars!
Here is a few snippets from their first week of fun. We cannot wait to spend the year with all of them, getting to know them, seeing them grow and most importantly of…
Bouncy Castle Fun!
Thank you for a wonderful morning on the bouncy castle!
Let’s go fly a kite!
We have had great fun this morning finishing off our ‘Carp Kites’ in DT. The children spent yesterday afternoon decorating their kites with tissue paper and this morning we constructed them. The children have had lots of fun flying their kites around our playground! Great work Year 1 and 2! Your…
Getting ready for year 3!
Year 2 are proving how ready they are for year 3. Today they have been practising subtracting with and without exchanging. They used base 10 and wrote on the tables to help them grasp the tricky concept of exchanging. They then moved on to their times tables and practised writing these. Finally…