This week in F2!

By Mrs E WILKINSON22nd March 2024

This week in F2 has been a very busy week!

In Literacy, we have been retelling the story of Oliver’s Vegetables through story mapping. We also looked at a set of instructions for making a vegetable soup. In small groups, we took it in turns peeling and chopping some vegetables from our story to make and taste our very own soup! After following a recipe to make our own soup, we then wrote our own instructions the following day to show others how to make it.

On Tuesday we performed our Easter Bonnet Parade to the whole school in the morning and then to parents/carers in the afternoon. The dancing was absolutely amazing and the children decorated some wonderful Easter Bonnets. We had so much fun!

On Wednesday, we got creative and made our own Easter cards for someone special to us. The children thoroughly enjoyed this.

The children arrived in colourful, crazy socks on Thursday to raise awareness for World Down Syndrome Day. The children attended an assembly surrounding the topic to get a better understanding and really enjoyed learning about it.

Finally, Friday was the last day before the Easter Half Term. We watched a lovely Easter Service by Years 3/4 and had fun hunting for Easter eggs!

This week in F2 …

By Mrs L READ15th March 2024

This week in F2, we have started our story, Oliver’s Vegetables.

 It’s all about a boy who doesn’t like vegetables, only chips!

In literacy we have been retelling the story using our signifiers, sequencing the story, recalling the days of the week, writing sentences about what we can see in the garden (I can see mud/a bush/a pond) and finding out all about the vegetables in the story.

 In maths, first we recapped our learning of 2D shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle). We can say how we know what shape it is by counting its sides and corners.  Then we learnt all about 3D shapes and their properties – cube, cuboid, cylinder and sphere.

In PE we practised for our Easter Bonnet Parade – we can’t wait for you to hear our amazing singing and see our fabulous dance moves!

On Thursday we spent time in our school library. We all enjoyed looking at all the fabulous books and sharing stories with our friends.

Friday was Red Nose Day. We all dressed in red and enjoyed lots of fun activities.  We also found out about why we raise money. how it is used to help people and why it is important that we support charities like these.

As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…we have been looking for signs of Spring, weeding and watering the plants that have started to grow, gaining confidence when using the climbing wall and pole, singing our days of the week song, chalking shapes and much, much more!

 

This week in F2…

By Mrs L READ15th March 2024

This week in F2, we have started our story,

Oliver’s Vegetables.

 It’s all about a boy who doesn’t like vegetables,only chips!

In literacy we have been retelling the story using our signifiers, sequencing the story, recalling the days of the week, writing sentences about what we can see in the garden (I can see mud/a bush/a pond) and finding out all about the vegetables in the story.

 In maths, first we recapped our learning of 2D shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle). We can say how we know what shape it is by counting its sides and corners.  Then we learnt all about 3D shapes and their properties – cube, cuboid, cylinder and sphere.

In PE we practised for our Easter Bonnet Parade – we can’t wait for you to hear our amazing singing and see our fabulous dance moves!

On Thursday we spent time in our school library. We all enjoyed looking at all the fabulous books and sharing stories with our friends.

Friday was Red Nose Day. We all dressed in red and enjoyed lots of fun activities.  We also found out about why we raise money. how it is used to help people and why it is important that we support charities like these.

As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…we have been looking for signs of Spring, weeding and watering the plants that have started to grow, gaining confidence when using the climbing wall and pole, singing our days of the week song, chalking shapes and much, much more!

This week in F2…

By Mrs L READ8th March 2024

 

This week in F2, during literacy and topic we’ve been finding out more about what plants need to grow, writing lists and instructions. We used our ‘Fred fingers’ to pinch the sounds in the words; dig, put, up, in, it, mud and seed.  

In art, we continued our learning of Henri Matisse and used his inspiration on our Mother’s Day cards … we hope you love them!  

On World Book Day we all came to school in our pyjamas and brought our favourite book. It was so lovely to see, read and share all the wonderful stories that were brought in. Then, in the afternoon, the Y4 children joined us for hot chocolate and to read stories to us…we really enjoyed this special day. 

In Jigsaw (this is our PSHE, personal, social, health, economic lesson) we are learning about healthy/unhealthy foods and sugary drinks and the impact they have on our teeth and bodies. 

In Maths we continued our learning on the numbers 9 and 10, with our main focus being the different ways we can make them.  

In PE we focused on moving, balancing and how to make different shapes with our bodies. We learnt the importance of moving safely and finding a space… and we had great fun pretending to be astronauts flying, walking and landing on the moon, it was great fun! 

As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…lots of time for physical play, making fabulous, magical vehicles in our construction area and looking for signs of Spring.  

We hope you’re all busy creating Easter bonnets for our parade on Tuesday 19th March, we can’t wait to see them! 

This week in F2…

By Jodie Buss1st March 2024

This week in F2, we have continued our story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

In literacy we have been retelling the story using our signifiers (actions used to help tell the story), sequencing the story, describing Jack and the Giant, drawing a story map and some hot seating (one child dresses up as a story character, sits in the special chair, pretending to be them. The other children then ask them questions, such as why they did the things they did and how they felt). They all loved putting on a wig and an outfit and getting into character, pretending to be the Giant, Jack or his Mum.

 Maths has been about the numbers 9 and 10… spotting them, writing them, counting them, finding different ways to make them and lots more!

Our topic we learnt all about what plants need to grow and we planted our own magic bean, I wonder if we’ll get any beanstalks growing?

In PE we focused on our bat and ball skills, throwing, catching and taking turns as well as our warm-up and cool down exercises.

We made some beautiful sounds using the boom whackers in music this week, listening carefully to how each one made a different sound.

As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…we’ve pretended to be Jack climbing the beanstalk on our climbing wall, then escaped the Giant by sliding down the pole! We’ve made potions in the mud kitchen, built castles in the sand, hunted for Giants and much, much more!

It’s been such a busy week!

 

Year 1 – Computing

By Mrs L READ3rd October 2023

This week, Year 1 have continued to develop their trackpad skills and we also thought about  what we would use the keyboard for.

We found out that keyboard is used for writing on a computer and that, on all keyboards, the keys will always be in the exact same place.

Our task today was to type our name using the keyboard.

Once on the paintz.app programme, together we were able to click on the tools to draw a text box.  The children were then able to use the keyboard to type their name.

Most of the children could do this independently and we learnt that holding down the ‘shift’ key makes a capital letter.

We then had chance to explore all the tools… we found that you could draw a circle/square with one, another enabled us to fill the shape with colour and one gave a spray paint effect … we had fun finding out what all the tools were able to do.

After our screen time, we took a much needed break in the fresh air.

The children had a good understanding of why it is important to do this.

|Year 1 RE

By Mrs L READ24th September 2023

Year 1 have been thinking about what the word belonging means.

We might belong to schools, families, groups and faiths … we looked at the different symbols that represent these.

Some of us belong to different clubs, but we all belong to Christopher Pickering Primary School.

We looked at the Christian, Muslim and Sikh faiths… how they all have places of worship and a God that they pray to.

We discussed the Christian church, Olivia went to church for her baby brothers christening, she remembers that the vicar “made a cross with the water on his head”.

We looked at different places of worship, the children thought the Muslim mosque  looked very fancy, some recognised a Christian Church and we discovered that Sikhs worshiped at a Gurdwara.

We spoke about praying, Mason knew that “Mrs Marson says a prayer at the end of assembly, we put our hands together and close our eyes”.

We thought of when we might pray, if you’re sad, missing your Dad or if some one in your family is ill. We all shared some special prayers together.

We also looked at clothing that different faiths wear, learning that Sikh boys cover their heads with a Romala and that Muslim girls wear a Hijab.

We looked at the similarities and differences between different faiths. The children discovered that both Christian and Sikh children have places of worship where they can go to pray to their own God.

People may have different beliefs and Gods that they worship, we may wear different clothes and pray in different ways in different places, but everyone is special.

Outdoor in FS2

By Mrs L READ17th September 2023

Our new Foundation Stage 2 children have loved getting outside and enjoyed exploring our fabulous outdoor area this week.

 

Outdoor play has so many developmental benefits.  It helps our children to develop self-confidence, independence and self-esteem. 

They also become aware of limits, boundaries and challenge in their play.

Our children get the opportunity to develop their social skills by listening, paying attention and sharing play experiences – this helps them explore their feelings and develop self-discipline.

       

Outdoor is a great time for their physical development too… our climbing wall proved a great challenge, it got us problem solving and using our gross motor skills, working out how to pull and push and where to place our hands and feet can be tricky at times! It also showed how determined our children are, as they tried and tried again until they got to the top, never giving up, well done everyone!

       

 

   

Our Fabulous FS2

By Mrs L READ15th July 2021

Our FS2 Bubble have embraced the beautiful outdoor weather this week…

we have dressed as superheroes, princesses, ninja turtles, mermaids, pirates…we have danced, sang, laughed and so much more!

We have chatted, helped, shared and played with our friends…

it has been a truly wonderful week.

Next week will be our final week together and we are so excited at all the happy times we have planned to end this extra ordinary school year…

especially our Seaside Day on Wednesday ☀️🙂☀️

Observational drawings

By Mr S MORGAN23rd April 2021

Pencil or Charcoal?

During our second lesson, taking lead from Rousseau’ observations of plants in the Botanical Garden in Paris, we sketched leaves of a variety of plants, taking note of their shape, lines, shading, patterns and colour. We made careful observational sketches in pencil and then compared that to the effects achieved when sketching with charcoal.   

Exploring drawing media: charcoal and pencil