New Year, New Experiences

Maple

Year R Maple Class children have ben enjoying a range of activities when they arrive in the morning, focused on developing their fine motor skills. They love the threading cards! 

Children in Maple Class (Y1) have been learning about different types of landmarks in Geography. They sorted them into categories and explored landmarks that the may have seen in Winchester. 

Rowan

This week Rowan class have begun their multiplication journey in maths.  They have been doing fantastically and are making great links between equal grouping, repeated addition and multiplication. They have been using cubes to make equal groups and then creating repeated addition sentences and multiplication sentences based on what they've made. Well done Rowan class. 

Birch

This week Birch have been investigating different types of rocks. The children had lots of fun using different methods to determine whether the rocks were sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic. They also worked really hard in maths to multiply and divide a 2-digit number by a one-digit number

Sycamore

This week, Sycamore las have been preparing snacks for our DT unit called ‘Fresh Food, Good Food’. They made hummus with vegetable sticks and fruit pots. We practised the skills of chopping and peeling, as well as considering why these were healthy snacks. 

Aspen

This week in Aspen class the children took part in an exciting new sport - JagTag. All the children got stuck in, practice holding the ball correctly, passing between teammates and dodging attackers! 

Elm

This week the children in Elm class have had two new fantastic experiences. Firstly they took part in a new sport - Jag Tag, which they enjoyed thoroughly.  Later int he week they learnt all about hazard safety in a virtual cycling session. The children used ipads to navigate different environments and were able to spot hazards and discuss how to avoid them.