Blog by Tag: Communication and Language

Year 6 have been performing their war poetry to the class, showing the Waterside value of courage when reading aloud.

We have been so excited all week for our disco, we dressed up in our party clothes and enjoyed our snacks. We did lots of dancing and lots of singing. 
 

we spoke about the disco beforehand as this was a great chance to recap our celebrations topic. 

Today the children have been working on their number formation of numbers within 5. They had a go at tracing the numbers and then some children were able to write the numbers independently! We are super at forming our numbers.

In maths this week we have used our fingers to make 1 part patterns with 2 colours of paint. 

We chose our colours and talked about patterns ‘repeating’. 

This week in sound pots the children were exploring different actions which they could use for the songs they were singing. They really enjoyed using actions to help them remember the words!

Year 6 used instructions with directional vocabulary to move their sightless teammates to a chosen location.

Nursery have been working very hard on hearing the initial sound of their names. They can now do this and we have moved on to hearing the initial sound of a variety of words.

We have loved playing ‘Bertha the Bus’ in phonics and this has helped us to hear the first sound in…

We celebrated Christmas Jumper Day by coming to school in our Christmas/winter jumpers. We raised money for Save the Children - we discussed what this charity does and how our donations help others. As part of our Christmas Jumper Day celebrations, we designed our own Christmas jumpers, using a…

Today we raised money for ‘Save the Children’ charity by wearing our winter/Christmas Jumpers. The children loved taking part in festive activities and having Christmas lunch together. 

We discussed what a charity is and how the money will be used to help others. 

This week we have been learning all about weddings. The children through the week have looked at traditions and how different religions and cultures celebrate a wedding.
In Design and Technology this week we have used a range of different materials to create our own wedding outfits. 
The…

The children have been practising their pencil grips and pencil control to trace over different pre-writing shapes. They have also applied this independently within the provision. 
Brilliant concentration and determination. 

This week we have been reading one of our treasure stories ‘What About Me’. We listened to the story and took part in extended discussions about the characters and key events in the story. 
To begin with we discussed the two features of a book we have been focusing on - the title and…