This week our learning moved onto pirates. We have a pirate ship in our classroom which we are enjoying using, only occasionally has someone had to walk the plank! We have also been reading pirate stories, and Molly found one with a Molly in it!!

In maths we have been reading and answering maths calculations, being careful to check if we need to add or subtract. We have also been finding different ways to make numbers to 20.

On Wednesday we spent the morning with our new Year 1 teachers; we were very excited and nervous, but had a great time.

In PE we are starting to practise our throwing and catching skills. Some of us are finding this hard and so it would be great if we could practise this at home.

And of course we have continued our fascination with snails and mini-beasts in the woodland area. The number of creatures we find is amazing, and we take great care of them, watching them move and making them little homes.

What a busy week! We started with Zoolab visiting us. We learnt about different animals, including a giant African land snail, a corn snake and a tarantula. We then got a chance to touch or hold them if we were brave enough and some us us were!!!

This week our learning has been based round 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. It is a book we know well but still enjoy reading. We used our writing skills to make Willow class's own version of the book, which we showed to Miss Wells who was very impressed.

In maths we have been continuing to learn about odd and even numbers. We know that odd numbers have 'one without a friend'. We have also been practising our doubling and halving facts and seeing how the two relate to each other.

We are loving our woodland time, we enjoy being outside and looking at the wonder of the world around us. Snail collecting is still our favourite activity, but we also love listening to the robin who sings to us each week.

 

We started our week with a visit from the Fire Service. They told us about how to keep safe, by knowing what we shouldn't touch because it is hot. We talked about what to do if the fire alarm goes off at school or home and the importance of practising the plan and testing our fire alarms regularly. We then got to look at a fire engine's equipment and climbed inside. We finished with having a turn each at squirting the hoses.

We also had a visit from the police, and the police officer told us all about how you can recognise police person. She also told us about the equipment she uses and how it keeps her and us safe. She also showed us what she keeps in a police car and we got to listen to the different sirens.

Mrs Greenway brought her Giant African Land snail in to see us. We were amazed at how big it was and it isn't even fully grown! We watched it moving about and digging itself into the soil.

We followed up this with our time in the woodland where we hunted for snails and looked at the other wildlife in the woodland area. We even saw a pigeon sitting on its nest!

Our topic is planting for the next 2 weeks. We have made the role play into a garden centre and have enjoyed planting lots of seeds.

This week we have been thinking about all the different people who help us.

Our final week of our second term has flown past.

The adults have been seeing how we are doing with our phonics, and they are all really pleased with everyone's progress. Our writing is also amazing, lots of us remember to use finger spaces now without needing to be reminded.

Thank you to everyone who came to Church for our Easter service despite the wet weather. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

We hope you have a relaxing Easter break and look forward to seeing you in the summer term, when hopefully it will be a bit warmer!