Blog by Tag: Home Learning

Our new topic ‘Old Favourites’ has got off to a great start with some really beautiful writing from Year 1.  They were so enthusiastic to share information about their favourite stories and toys that it has given them a real purpose for their writing and has really motivated them to produce…

As a result of the COVID disruptions this year I have had a good look at our curriculum coverage and have made some changes to the summer topic from what is listed on the long term plan.  This will just ensure that we have given the children experience of all aspects of the year 1…

Although I know we are all very pleased that 'Home Learning' during the lockdown periods is over there are still lots of ways that you can support your child's learning at home.  I know a few parents have been asking me about homework and are really missing having books sent home from…

All the children at school and many at home created the most wonderful rainforest boxes.  The children used a range of materials from clay to paper to achieve their finished design.  This took a long time with lots of preparation of research, planning, designing and much more.  Well done to…

I am so impressed with the amount of effort the children are putting in at home, they are showing a great deal of independence and positive attitude to learning.  

This task was a short and effective one, the children looked at zoo animals and made their version of a card game such as snap…

All children are returning to school on Monday 8th of March.  Virtual day to day learning has ended however I will leave this page ready incase of any unforeseen closure of our year 1 bubble. Also the resources here will continue to support you to extend and progress your child’s learning at…

We start our new topic next week.  Your child will bring home their pre learning sheet tonight.  It is also uploaded on our class page.  We hope you enjoy having a good chat about some of the think about questions.  

This week we have been playing some maths games on the iPads to help us get really fast at knowing our number bonds.  Rapid recall of basic number facts really helps the children to do well in all of their maths as they can use facts that they know to help solve other problems.  Rapid recall of…

Thanks to all the children who have brought in a home learning challenge.  This weekend I have suggested to the children that they might like to draw a picture of a creature that they think might live on a coral reef.  They could use the picture from the book to give them some ideas.  Look closely…

Wonderfully creative homework based on the Titanic.

For the next two weeks the whole school is working together on a design technology project.  The theme is structures and all year groups are learning about structures at their level.  In Year One and Two we will be focusing on homes.  Your child has brought home a pre learning topic sheet with…

For the next two weeks the whole school is working together on a design technology project.  The theme is structures and all year groups are learning about structures at their level.  In Year One and Two we will be focusing on homes.  Your child has brought home a pre learning topic sheet with…