Class 1

Investigating our sense of smell! Class 1 had 6 mystery items to identify. Most were able to sniff out the chocolate, some were more tricky!

Over the past two weeks we have been looking at giving robots different commands. We previously looked at forwards and backwards before moving onto left and right this week. We carefully followed instructions and predicted which symbol our bee bot would land on.

Year 2 are making the link between repeated addition and multiplication facts

In English we are creating factfiles about the astronaut Tim Peake. Today we used websites and non-fiction texts to research information about him.

In Science today we investigated our sense of taste. We tried sweet, salty, bitter and sour foods. Some interesting reactions to tasting lemon!

Using our “inspectacles” to improve our work - editing is an important part of the writing process.

We are using our imaginations and having fun in our new role play area!

In Computing we are exploring programmable toys. Today we found out about the buttons and functions on the Beebot and Robot Mouse, inputting simple directions to find out what happens

Phonics is becoming more challenging as we learn different ways of spelling the same sound. Some fantastic spelling today as we grow the phonics code.

In History we discovered more about famous explorers and why they are remembered! ! Some amazing writing today!

Our new History question is “How have explorers changed the world?” We thought about the special equipment an explorer might need and how they would travel. We looked at images of famous explorers, put them in a timeline and discussed the meaning of “beyond living…

Year 1 have been working on their Place Value skills to 20. They have been ordering and comparing numbers and using number bonds to 10 to understand pairs that make 20.