Welcome to the Heron Class 2018-2019
28.2.18 - This morning we were very excited when some owl came to visit us. We had the chance to watch them fly and even have our pictures taken with them on our shoulders.
22.11.18 - Little Red Riding Hood pantomime
We were lucky enough to watch a pantomime in school today. It was lots of fun but we also learnt about how to keep safe on line.
22.11.18 - Posted letters to Santa!
This afternoon we walked to the post office to post our letters to Santa. We are very excited to receive a response!
15.11.2018 Trip to the library and St Martins Church
This afternoon we enjoyed visiting Basildon library and St Martins Church. We laid a poppy wreath in the church and remembered all of the soldiers that fought in the war. At the library we found out that we can join for free! Not only can you borrow books from the library you can also use the computers and borrow DVD's.
Thank you to all the parents that came along to help.
18.10.2018 Super Splash Heroes!
We had so much fun this morning watching a pantomime by the Super Splash Heroes. We learnt about how important it is to save water. One thing we can do is to turn off the tap whilst we are cleaning our teeth. We also found out that we can get a free 'water saving pack' by requesting it on the Essex Water website.
27.09.18 - We were lucky enough to have a member of the fire service in today to tell us about the great fire of London and to give us some fire safety tips. We even got to try on a helmet!
17th September - Please see note below RE: Tapestry
September 19th 2018
Today we went for a walk to Ballard's Walk. We noticed lots of interesting things along the way.
We saw bus stops, road signs, zebra crossings and shops.
We also saw the special Remberance Bench.
Today we had golden time in the Reception outdoor area now that the builders have gone! (07.09.18)
We learnt to sketch and have begun to paint our self portraits.
'God made me, I am wonderfully made' Psalm 139:14
The below blogs are from the 2017-2018 academic year
HERONS
Migration
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The children have been learning about migration during science. The have learned that geese fly in a v-formation when migrating. The children went outside to practice this. They rotated in and out of the formation and 'honked' their fellow geese to give encouragement. They found this harder than expected!
Bee Bots
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This week we have been exploring the Bee Bots. We know that the instructions we enter into the Bee Bot is called an algorithm.
The children have made their own links to maths and positional language. We explored this in the playground by moving left, right, forwards and backwards.
The Great Fire of London!
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Today we watched our buildings burn. It was very windy just like in 1666!
The fire spread very quickly. We used our senses to help think of how people in 1666 might have felt.
Numbers as Words
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This week we have been exploring numbers as words.
Please complete your homework to help reinforce this learning.
Remember to hand it back to school by Wednesday 3rd October.
Geography- Our Local Area
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We went for a walk in our local area and looked at all of the things that we usually don't take any notice of. We enjoyed having our picture taken outside our local church.
PE/Science
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Today we were discussing how our bodies change when we exercise. We noticed that we get hotter, our heart beats faster and we breathe quicker.
Measuring - heavy and light.
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Today we have been weighing objects and comparing them to find out which object is the heaviest. As a class we decided which object would be the heaviest then we compared them. We were very good at this! We knew the glue stick would be heavier than the whiteboard pen.
Then we used cubes to calculate how heavy it actually was. Harrison correctly guessed that the pen would be 3 cubes heavy.
In the outside area we had to order some bags of objects from heaviest to lightest.
At home have a go at estimating how heavy something might be. Compare objects and see which one would be the lightest and which would be the heaviest. Can you order the items too?
St George's Day
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Today is St George's Day , he is the patron Saint of England. So we celebrated by writing about how brave he was to say "No" to the emperor. St George refused to hurt Christians as he was a Christian too.
We have been thinking how we can be brave .
Everyone enjoyed a special snack in the afternoon of cream,jam and scones or different kinds of cakes! They were delicious...
PE - Using the apparatus.
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We used our upper body strength to climb the ladder to the apparatus. We thought about how we could do this safely.
Some of us could climb high through the hoops.
PE - Travelling across the apparatus.
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Today in PE we travelled across the apparatus in different ways. Sometimes we used our arms to swing across, others used their bodies to slide across and some climbed across. We thought about all the different ways we could use our bodies to move.
Designing our aeroplanes
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Everyone made aeroplanes . We folded the paper and tested how far they flew. Then we adapted them to see if they would fly further.
The history of Flight
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Science - planting
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This morning we have been planting runner beans and sunflowers. We are going to care for them and look closely to see how they grow.
Georgia O'Keefe
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Today we were inspired by the artist, Georgia O'Keefe. We used magnifying glasses to look closely at flowers and drew our own versions. We also enjoyed taking close up photographs of flowers.
Maths - Place Value
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We have been breaking 'teen' numbers into tens and ones. Some of us have been adding 'teen' numbers together using a tens and ones board. Others have moved on to representing this on paper.
Science - Animals in Winter
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Over the past few weeks we have been learning about how things change throughout the seasons, including what happens to animals during the winter. The children really enjoyed making clay hedgehogs and discussing them hibernating.
Maths - Place Value
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Heron class have been learning that numbers can be represented in tens and ones.
Playing with Victorian toys
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Everyone enjoyed playing with old and new toys. We looked at the differences between then and now. The children were very knowledgeable about Victorian times. Well done everyone for being so enthusiastic and sharing your information. A big thank you too,to parents who came to help. You were fantastic!
This is how children practised standing with their backs straight.... It looked very uncomfortable!
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Dressing up as Victorian people.
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The children had just been told that as servants they would have had to empty the chamber pots!
Maths - Number
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We have been learning to count on to help us add and subtract.
The Magician
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After our Christmas lunch we enjoyed watching a magician. He made money appear from behind someone's ear! Then they made money appear from behind a teachers ear and threw it into a cup... It was amazing!
Christmas Dinner
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On Tuesday everyone enjoyed a Christmas dinner together in the hall. We had a lot of fun wearing our party hats and singing along to Christmas music. All the staff served our delicious meal wearing party hats! A big thank you to all the cooks for such a wonderful dinner!
The weather throughout the seasons
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In Heron class today we enjoyed learning about how the weather changes throughout the seasons of the year. You could ask your children to explain what happens to the leaves on the trees to help with their learning.
Nativity Play
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Well done to Heron Class for singing so well over the three performances. The children definitely have fine voices and sing so enthusiastically!
Thank you to Mum's,Dad's and families and friends who have supported us. We have certainly enjoyed sharing the true meaning of Christmas. Keep singing!!
Maths learning
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This term we have been learning numbers to 10 and 20 and beyond. We have also looked at lots of different ways to help as add and subtract.
We have used part,part,whole models , tens frames and balance scales to help us. We used counters and tens frames to work out bonds to 10. We used the multilink to form a number sentence and the balance scales helped us to understand the
equals sign =
.
Christmas play rehearsal
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This morning we rehearsed our Christmas play. We are looking forward to performing for our guests next week and hope you can join us.
Forest School
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Sadly tomorrow is our last day at Forest School... We have had so much fun learning new skills and discovering new friends.
Forest School
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We have all enjoyed our time at Forest School. We learnt many different skills including peeling sticks!
Dressing up day.
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We enjoyed our all aboard day today. Thank you for all of your donations to the RNLI.
Letters to Father Christmas
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Today Heron's class wrote letters to Father Christmas and posted them in the post box. Fingers crossed he will write back to us all.
Letters to Father Christmas
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Today Heron's class wrote letters to Father Christmas and posted them in the post box. Fingers crossed he will write back to us all.
Welcome to our class blog!
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The Heron class would like to share what they have been doing this term. Please look at our blog for regular updates.
