Classrooms

7 years ago
Posted on 01st Apr 2017 by Mrs Johnson

A Fantastic Gardening Day at Bicton!

Who needs Ground Force when you have families, friends and staff like this?!

Thank you to everyone who gave up their time today for our gardening and DIY day. As you can see from the photo gallery, it was a really productive day and the showers didn’t put anyone off. The bacon rolls, cakes and cuppas kept everyone going and the turnout of volunteers was so good buy valium suppositories that a second trip to the Co-op was needed to restock supplies! There are far too many names to mention but I’m sure everyone who was there will agree that Graham and family need a big thank you ?

There is still plenty to do so we will be having another gardening day in a few weeks time – hope to see you there!

7 years ago
Posted on 31st Mar 2017 by Mrs Johnson

Class 2 Weekly Update

The children had a fantastic day on Monday at Chirk Castle! There are many more fantastic photos to appear on the website, I will do my best to get these on this weekend 🙂

English: We have continued with our instruction writing and looking specifically at time vocabulary e.g. first, second, next, then, after that, etc. The children have enjoyed making up their own special creature and writing instructions on how to catch it.

Maths: We have finished off our work on position and direction, the children enjoyed playing on the play ground with PE equipment and following instructions on where to place the objects e.g. inside a hoop, on the left hand side of the bench… year 2 children also recapped on clockwise, anticlockwise, 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 turns and continuing patterns of shapes.

History: In our topic this week the children designed their own coat of arms and wrote about their favourite things to decorate it.

Phonics: Year 1: alternative spelling for the ‘oa’ and ‘m’ phoneme.

Year 2: alternative spellings for the vowel phonemes.

Spellings: Spellings to be tested on 7.4.17

31.3.17 spellings

Homework: I would like year 2 children to complete pages 10, 35 and 36 of their KS1 Maths SAT Buster book please and hand in for Friday 7th April. If year 1 children could have a practise at counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s this would be great as we have been doing this in some of our starter lessons in maths.

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards

7 years ago
Posted on 29th Mar 2017 by Mrs Johnson

Marathon Ready!! – News from Nikki

Chirk Castle Trip

7 years ago
Posted on 24th Mar 2017 by Mrs Johnson

Class 2 Weekly update

English: This week we have started to recap on how to write commands and linked it to the book ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, which the children have loved reading! We have had a go at writing instructions on how to catch a bear – and rehearsed something exciting to present to you during the Celebration Assembly next week.

Maths: Our focus in Maths this week has been position and direction, we started by looking at the compass points and discussing how to identify our left and right. We have then been using positional language e.g. above, below, in between, etc to describe where an object is.

Science: This week we looked at a range of different objects e.g. spoons, bottles, etc and discussed what materials they could be made out of, such as a spoon could be made out of metal, plastic and wood.

The children have come home with some lovely Mother’s Day cards they have created so please check their book bags!

There is also a reminder letter about our trip to Chirk Castle on Monday that the children are very excited about!

Spellings: Spellings to be tested Friday 31st March 2017.

24.3.17 spellings

Have a great weekend and I look forward to seeing you all excited for our trip on Monday!

Miss Edwards

7 years ago
Posted on 17th Mar 2017 by Mrs Johnson

Class 2 weekly news

English: In English this week the children have continued to look at their senses and have used these to write poems. They have been using their describing skills to improve poems using adjectives.

Maths: The children moved onto division this week. Year 1 have been learning how to share amounts e.g. Share 10 sweets between 2 paper plates. Year 2 have continued to develop their dividing skills with the use of equipment, drawing pictures and using their number facts.

History: This week the children enjoyed looking at the different weapons used in castle times. They then drew the weapons, labelled them and described them to a partner.

Phonics: Year 1 have been learning the alternative spelling of the ‘igh’ phoneme. Year 2 have been recapping the different ways of spelling the ‘oa’ phoneme.

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards

7 years ago
Posted on 13th Mar 2017 by Mrs Johnson

Special Menu 24.03.17

Following the success of the pizza, pasta and salad bar special lunch, the school kitchen will be serving this menu again next Friday 24th March.

As last time, the kitchen will provide an alternative for those children who do not like pizza or pasta.

7 years ago
Posted on 10th Mar 2017 by Mrs Johnson

Medals Assembly 10.03.17

Today we introduced a new ‘award’ in our weekly medals assembly. One or two children from each class were nominated by their teacher to share a piece of work that they have produced this week which really stood out. The work shared included science work on solids, liquids and gases, narrative writing on Jack and the Beanstalk, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and setting descriptions and also Winston Churchill fact files. We are looking forward to seeing more children share their work over the weeks ahead.

Well done to Will who was also the recipient of this week’s Secret Teacher award and thank you to Mrs Hughes for being our ‘secret teacher!’

7 years ago
Posted on 10th Mar 2017 by Mrs Johnson

Cross Country 10.03.17

We had a fantastic cross country session tonight and 47 children, over a third of the school, took part. The lovely, mild weather saw many children having to remove layers as you can see in the photo which was completely unrehearsed and I just happened to run past as some of the Class 1 girls were taking a breather! Soon after, the top of the goal post was completely obscured with many more sweatshirts and jackets being discarded!

7 years ago
Posted on 10th Mar 2017 by Mrs Johnson

Class 2 weekly update

English: To start with the children looked at more suffixes at the end of words e.g. er, ier and est. Then we have focussed on our senses and which parts of our bodies use the senses. The children then used their senses to describe a range of different settings for example, a beach, rainforest, waterfall and city.

Maths: This week the children have been multiplying. Year 1 have been learning to count in 2s, 5s and 10s and used these skills to sequence numbers. Year 2 started the week using equipment to find answers to multiplication questions, then moved onto drawing pictures to support them and today they have been using their number facts to help them.

Science: We looked at metal and plastic in Science this week, the children discussed the use of each material and identified if they are bendy, strong, stretchy etc.

History: The children enjoyed looking at the artist Paul Klee in topic and how he used 2D shapes to make a painting of a castle. They then had a go at recreating his piece of art using 2D shapes and watercolour paints.

Spellings: To be tested 17.3.17

10.3.17 spellings

Have a great weekend 🙂

Miss Edwards