Autumn 1

Well, what a start to this school year we have had in Elm Class. We are so proud of how well everyone has settled in and worked so hard. We have enjoyed such a great range of activities. 

 

In Year 1, we were surprised early on in the term to find lots of items abandoned in our classroom! This was followed by a letter from The Emperor Penguin, who needed us to help the characters in 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers. Following this, we wrote instructions to help with journeys to the South Pole and describing how to look after baby penguins. The Emperor Penguin was delighted with our hard work and invited us to join the Penguin Adoption programme!

 

In Science, we have been finding out about the human body and its senses. We enjoyed comparing whether we could complete activities with all our senses or not.

 

In Geography, we explored our playground and the outdoor area. We looked at and drew aerial plans as well as suggested ways we can improve the environment.

 

In Reception, we have begun learning lots of sounds and are now very good at identifying them and blending to read words. We have read Shark in the Park by Nicki Sharrat. We made our own telescopes so we could be like Timothy Pope. We are now beginning to write sentences about things we can see at the park. In Maths, we have been learning about numbers up to 5. We can recognise, write and represent the number. We particularly enjoyed writing the numbers with chalk and counting the number of beats on the drum.

 

There are many more highlights in Elm Class including our glockenspiels band, a very special retelling of the creation story and making moving story books and junk models during DT week.