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Year 1 multiskills, by Mrs Marshall
Date: 14th Nov 2023 @ 7:46pm
Year 1 had a wonderful time last week at the Ellesmere Port Sports Village, taking part in a number of different activities practising their PE skills in balance, agility, speed and accuracy. They were a credit to Oldfield and we were all very proud of them 😊.
Year 4 Week 1 Autumn 2, by Miss Doyle
Date: 13th Nov 2023 @ 11:20am
Year 4 have had lots of fun this week. We finished our maths chapter by working together in pairs to solve word problems🔢 We started our new Science topic 'Human Nutrition'👩🔬. We learned all about the human digestive system, which gave us some giggles. We worked in teams to complete a labelled diagram of it, they were very impressive🧑🔬ðŸ”. Lastly, we had lots of fun working together to practise our times tables!
Learning in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 11th Nov 2023 @ 7:25pm
Year 1 we have been identifying toys which are old and toys which are new. We have enjoyed looking at games that we play today and comparing them to games which were played around 50 years ago and across recent decades. Thank you to our King's students who supported us when we played the games. Children played a range of games including Operation, Kerolunk, One Pop, Guess Who, Jacks, a jigsaw, Snakes and Ladders, Game of Life. We learnt how to set up the games, learn the rules, keep to the rules. We practised taking turns.
In phonics we practised our writing, using our phonic knowledge to write new words.
In maths, we looked at odd and even numbers, noticing that even numbers are made up of 2s and odd numbers have an odd 1.
In Zones of Regulation we chose a new tool to try this week. We are going to be doing pushes against the wall, floor, table or on ourselves to support our regulation.
Y5 Forest School, by Mrs Wong
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 3:39pm
Year 5 have had a wonderful day today during Forest school. We enjoyed recreating Jub's Forest home, making hedgehog houses, building dens and toasting marshmallows on our very own fires! Super collaboration, achievement, respect and enjoyment all round... well done team 5!
Y3 learning to sew!, by Mrs Hover
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 1:08pm
This week, we have been learning the backstitch and the overstitch in preparation for our Christmas stockings.
Year 5, by Mrs Wong
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 8:03am
Year 5 enjoyed their trip to the cinema yesterday. The Railway children film gave the class some great discussion points and we enjoyed considering how life was different for evacuees during WW2.
Y2 Multiskills, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 7th Nov 2023 @ 3:17pm
Year 5, by Mrs Wong
Date: 7th Nov 2023 @ 8:20am
Year 5 have been learning about inputs, outputs and processes in computing. The children designed their very own teddy with some impressive designs.
Year 5, by Mrs Wong
Date: 7th Nov 2023 @ 8:18am
Thank you for sending the tubes for our science lesson last week. The children had a great time exploring forces and making their very own gravity model.
Year 5, by Mrs Wong
Date: 7th Nov 2023 @ 8:14am
The children enjoyed writing short stories, inspired by our new English text.
Year 5, by Mrs Wong
Date: 7th Nov 2023 @ 8:11am
Year 5 enjoyed making predictions about our new text in English.
A busy week of learning in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 5th Nov 2023 @ 5:37pm
Year 1 have been learning all about toys across the decades, from 1950 to the present day. We sorted toys into the decades and thought about what was similar to the toys children play with today and what was different. The children learnt how to play Jacks and Pick Up Sticks!
We have been learning about the seasons in Geography and Science, working in teams to explore the different seasons. We enjoyed singing a song about the seasons.
In PE we played a fun warm up games called Fishes in the net, where we worked in pairs to catch each other. We practices dribbling using the big toe little toe method and stopping a ball by trapping. We discovered that this isn't as easy as it looks! We got more confident at controlling the ball as we developed our skills.
We have been looking at our character strengths in myHappymind and realising that we are all unique and special and that is what makes us so AMAZING.
We learnt how to make a heart with our hands to remind us of the character strength of love and kindness. We are going to practice developing our character strengths this week.
We will be looking at other character strengths over this half term including bravery and honesty, exploring and learning, teamwork and friendship and love of life and our world.
Our Tool of the Week in Zones of Regulation is helping others.
Our art work is on display in our classroom which show our own interpretation of Kandinsky's work.
In preparation for the weekend we learnt about why we celebrate Bonfire Night and how we can keep ourselves this weekend.
Reception block play, by Mrs Wheatcroft
Date: 3rd Nov 2023 @ 4:01pm
The children have had some creative ideas for their designs in block play this week. Lots of focus, negotiation, conversation, decision making and team work.
Year 3’s drama skills in English, by Mrs Hover
Date: 3rd Nov 2023 @ 10:33am
This week we have been looking at the beautiful book, 'Winter's Child'. The children have been acting out all the fun activities that Tom (main character) could be doing in the snow.
My Happy Mind in Reception, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 31st Oct 2023 @ 3:58pm
Congratulations to everyone in our Reception class today as they received their first My Happy Mind certificate for completing the first module where we learnt all about the brain.
Today we started the second module called Celebrate and learnt about our superhero powers (our character strengths). We have been practising showing kindness and love to each other today. We learnt that we all have different character strengths and this is something to celebrate. This makes us all unique and special.
We have a new tool of the week in our Zones of Regulation and have been practising the strategy of smiling at other people to help us and others.
Belly Breathing in Year 1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 23rd Oct 2023 @ 1:15pm
As part of our myHappymind programme we have been learning how to do Belly Breathing - lying on the floor, resting a soft toy on our tummy, placing our hands gently on our soft toy and gently breathing in and out, noticing what happens to our tummy and teddy as we do this.
Learning in Y1, by Mrs Bailey
Date: 20th Oct 2023 @ 4:34pm
Congratulations to everyone in Year 1 for completing their first myHappymind module where we have been learning about the brain and it's three parts - the hippocampus, amygdala and the pre frontal cortex. We have discovered that our brains grow when we learn new things and this is called neuroplasticity. We have been celebrating times when we have noticed that we have used different parts of our brain. We were proud to receive our first myHappymind certificate in Year 1 at the end of this module. Next term we will be completing the Celebrate module.
We have had lots of fun learning how to put three moving actions together in gymnastics today with Mr Bell, using a range of gymnastics equipment including the climbing frame.
A huge thank you to our visitors today. Mrs Maddocks, Mr Stephens and Pat came to speak to us about what they played with when they were children. We had prepared questions beforehand to ask them and found out about toys from the past. We identified things that were similar to what children play with today and things that are different. The children were surprised to hear there were only three television channels when our visitors were young, and there was no Disney + channel !
In science today we wrote a class poem to help us identify the features of animal parts and their actions. We rewrote the words to The Wheels On The Bus.
Some of our favourite lines were:
The wings of the bat go swoop, dive, swoop.
The legs of the fox go prowl, prance, run.
The paws of the cat go grip, scratch, grip.
The tail of the monkey goes swish, swish, swish.
Year 5, by Mrs Wong
Date: 20th Oct 2023 @ 2:25pm
Year 5 have been researching the land uses of the Grand Canyon. Super researching everyone.
Year 5, by Mrs Wong
Date: 20th Oct 2023 @ 2:23pm
Year 5 have worked hard exploring factors in Maths!
Year 5, by Mrs Wong
Date: 20th Oct 2023 @ 2:21pm
Year 5 have worked hard on their 'Queen of the Falls' diary entries. Well done team 5!
Y3 nature inspired prints, by Mrs Hover
Date: 20th Oct 2023 @ 1:48pm
Y1 art colour creations, by Mrs Marshall
Date: 19th Oct 2023 @ 6:12pm
Year 1 have loved learning all about the primary and secondary colours, mixing their own shades and creating light and dark shades of a colour.
They have been working towards creating a piece of art based on Wassily Kandinsky's style.
Here are some pictures of them being creative.
Y2 Yayoi Kusama inspired Art, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 10:13pm
We have been exploring the artwork of Yayoi Kusama- particularly her pumpkins!
We had a go at drawing our own pumpkins and decorating them in the style of Kusama. Lots of polka dots exploring how to use paint to create effects such as stroking, dapping and twisting. So far they look great!
Y2 Science, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 10:04pm
A very practical end to our Materials topic today! We investigated an unusual material - magic snow! It demonstrated absorbency in action. We then investigated which other materials are absorbent.
Our challenge today was to design and make a new nappy. We took apart a nappy to see what was involved before designing our own using materials tested in previous lessons. Great learning on absorbency, waterproofing and strength! Wonderful cooperation in Year 2.
