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9 years ago
Posted on 02nd Feb 2017 by

Never a dull day…

It’s certainly never a dull day at Bicton, as you can see from the gallery below!  We had some unexpected visitors shortly after 7:30 this morning so it was quite an experience for the staff as well as the children arriving for Breakfast Club.

Thankfully Mrs Ross and Mrs Hill came to the rescue and stepped in to escort the horses back to their field, accompanied by Miss Moran (in some very inappropriate footwear!)  – thank you ladies 🙂 Thank you to the children for being so sensible and to all the staff who directed traffic, escorted children safely past the horses and for cleaning up what the horses left behind!

9 years ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2017 by

Chinese New Year

The children in Class 1 have been finding out all about Chinese New Year this week.

In Literacy we read the Story of the race  – http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ChineseNewYear/ZodiacStory.aspx

Then in Maths we looked at what an ordinal number is and used the animals from the story to help us understand 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.

In P.E.  we leaned a Lion Dance and found out that Dragons don’t like red.

In art / DT the children made lanterns and lion masks.

The children found out how to write their initials in Chinese writing.

Finally some of the children enjoyed eating Chinese food for their lunch.

Gong Hey Fat Cho   🙂

9 years ago
Posted on 23rd Jan 2017 by

phonics and handwriting practise

Today the children in Class 1 enjoyed revisiting all the sounds we have covered so far.  We sang the Jolly buy xanax 2mg Phonics songs and then practised our letter formations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCjJYB07aSU

 

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9 years ago
Posted on 19th Jan 2017 by

Meaures in maths

This week the children have been very busy weighing and balancing items.  They have been using comparative language to compare the weights of parcels and have ordered parcels from lightest to heaviest.

The children have also cooked porridge and have had to weigh out the oats to make it ‘just right!’.  Just like in the story of the 3 Bears.

 

9 years ago
Posted on 19th Jan 2017 by

Phonics

This week the children in Class 1 have been reading and spelling words with split digraphs:

a- e – Make a cake

i-e – A nice smile

o-e Phone home

u-e Huge brute

 

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9 years ago
Posted on 10th Jan 2017 by

post office role play

We have started our new topic of The Jolly Postman and Friends, by looking at what a Post person does and what happens in a post office.  The children have started to use our post office area and have lots of ideas about what they want in there.

We wondered if mums and dads could help us out?  Here is our wish list:

*stamps (used ones cut off envelopes)

* stamper to frank the mail with

*post person dress up clothes

* post bag

*unusual shaped parcels for the children to deliver

*old bit of stationery that could be donated

If you have anything that you think would be suitable, Class 1 would be very grateful.

Thank you  🙂

9 years ago
Posted on 10th Jan 2017 by

Phonics

Last week and this week the children have looked at the following digraphs and trigraph and have learnt a mnemonic for each one  :

ar – start the car

or – shut the door

air – That’s not fair

ir – whirl and twirl

ou – shout it out

oy – toy for a boy

ea – cup of tea

oi – spoil the boy

The children have also segmented and blended words with these sounds in.

Please find attached a copy of Set 2 sounds and the the words we have covered.

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9 years ago
Posted on 10th Jan 2017 by

Maths

This week the children in Class 1 are concentrating on counting, ordering and recognising numbers.

They have been identifying which numbers are the biggest and the smallest.

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9 years ago
Posted on 05th Jan 2017 by

Winter walk

The children in Class 1 went on a very cold and frosty Winter walk this afternoon.

 

9 years ago
Posted on 14th Dec 2016 by

Class 1 party

Class 1 enjoyed playing lots of different party games this afternoon – pass the puppet, musical statues, show us your dance moves and sleeping reindeers.  They enjoyed a few party nibbles in between all the fun.

 

 

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