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When our sports activities were postponed due to the rain we thought about what else can we do to be healthy? The children quickly decided that it is important to rest our bodies and minds to be well so guided meditation helped us refocus our minds and relax our bodies.

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We explored bonding materials and made observations about what happens when water is mixed with cement. 

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We have been describing turns using mathematical vocabulary; 1/2 turn, 1/4 turn, 3/4 turn and whole turn.

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We did an extra phonics session today to recap some sounds that we haven’t looked at for a while. The children did an amazing job at thinking of words containing those sounds. 

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Today we started our dance unit and we are looking at dancing with a theme of ‘Pirates’. “I thought the different character movements were really fun and the poem.” LB

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After recapping out previous learning about the King, we looked into more information about the people who protect him. We discussed the guards and their roles, watched a video of ‘The Changing of the Guards’ and discussed the importance of soldiers and the Armed Forces for Great Britain. 

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Exploring halves and quarters of shapes.

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Exploring the concepts of capacity and volume.

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Can I find one more and one less than a number?

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In our English this week we are writing a recount.
To support this learning, we went out to Forest School and created nature pictures.
The children had lots of fun and made some wonderful pictures.

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This was the third and final lesson of our D.T. Lessons for this unit.
Children learned that a freestanding structure is a structure that stands on its own foundation or base without attachment to anything else.
We built structures that were freestanding using a range of different materials.
The key question for this unit was “how can you stop a tower from toppling over”

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Sorting what we should and should not share online.

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On this day, we talked about the importance of being safe online, how we can be safe online and what to do if we were not sure.
The children were really good at talking about what technology they enjoy using, the games they play and apps they use. They were also very good at being able to identify grown ups that they could tell if there was a problem either at home or at school.

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Which materials are transparent and which are opaque?

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Today in science the children displayed excellent learning. After asking lots of questions we began to explore the concept of translucent materials too.
Key word learning:
Opaque
Transparent
Translucent

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We really enjoyed exploring the different kind of joins that we can use to attach our materials and make our structures stronger.

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The children have been working really hard over the last couple of weeks learning in English. They have drafted, edited and now published their own stories. I am very proud, they are all fantastic!

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Which materials are waterproof and which are not?

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Can I subtract by finding the difference?

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How can you stop a tower from toppling over?

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The children really enjoyed exploring different ways of making towers. We discussed what makes a tower, a tower and we looked at different shapes that would be best to use when building one so that it doesn't topple over.

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What materials are things made of in school?

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Can I develop my throwing technique for accuracy?

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Can I explore travel and balance movements?

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Can I consolidate my understanding of numbers 10-20?

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In English, we have been concentrating on the fundamental skills of writing a sentence.

The children have been identifying where a sentence starts and finishes and learning how to demarcate their writing to show that.

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In Art, we have begun learning about painting and developing new skills. We are drawing inspiration from Piet Mondrian and started by developing a canvas using a selection of neutral coloured materials.

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In Maths we have been looking at numbers beyond ten. We are beginning to understand the composition of these numbers in terms of tens and ones. Today we were exploring one more and one less than numbers between 1-20.

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"I enjoyed learning about where the King lives." MH

"They have 775 rooms at Buckingham Palace." HD

"The King lives in Buckingham Palace." EH

"The palace is in London." JA

"The King is rich he has a lot of money." IR

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In P.E. we have been learning to develop our balancing skills and coordinating our movements in different directions.

We started off by using the cones and balancing them in our hands whilst moving around the hall. We soon begun the real challenge of balancing the cones on our heads whilst trying to pick up a beanbag from the floor. The children had lots of fun and found it really tricky to begin with.

We ended our lesson with a bit of hand eye coordination and reviewing our target practice by playing catch with a little bit of a difference (we weren't using our hands to catch we were balancing the cones once the beanbag had landed in it)

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In Maths today, we explored the composition of the 'teen' numbers. We used the sentence stem ....... has ....... tens and ....... ones.

so " 16 has 1 ten and 6 ones"

" 14 has 1 ten and 4 ones"

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In Music we have been learning about the terms 'pulse' and 'beat'. We were finding a simple beat within a familiar song and using body percussion and untuned instruments to move along with the beat of the song.

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We were so lucky to be able to visit the church. Reverend Gail taught us about Christingle and the importance of advent which built upon our learning from class.

We loved the church and the experience.