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Homework Hero

This week, Class 4 were challenged with selecting at least one task out of a possible four, relating to World War 1. We really did get a wealth of learning which was very impressive. 

Take a look at just a selection of the completed work.

This week, we have chosen…

Scooting Safety

Class 4 had great fun yesterday whilst learning some crucial safety messages during our 'Scooter awareness' session. All children listened intently and scooted safely as Year 5 and Year 6 were led out on to the streets of Aberford to learn how to use scooters safely on the…

Animal Classification

Mammals

• are warm-blooded
• have lungs and need air to breathe
• have ears that stick out
• mothers nurse their young with milk
• give birth to live young
• have fur or hair

Birds

• have ear holes instead of ears
• have feathers and wings
• have webbed…

Taking a Pencil for a Walk

Year 1 had a fantastic art lesson with Mrs Shaw today. They started learning about primary colours by taking a pencil for a walk around their piece of paper. Then colouring the shapes they made using only primary colours. 

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Creative Clay Tiles

Our art topic for this half term came to an exciting end yesterday as we created our clay tiles featuring our feather designs. We had to take care to carve our designs, adding texture, pattern and shape. We have learned some fascinating facts throughout the week and have had…

Animal Classification

Class 3 thoroughly enjoyed their first science lesson of the term, they began their 'Animal Classification' topic. They worked a team to organise facts and pictures into 6 different categories. 

- Mammals

- Fish

- Birds

- Reptiles

-Amphibians

-…

We are at the end of our first week in Class Two, we have had a really busy but enjoyable week! 

Here are our first quotes of the week:

“I have loved today’s work. We had to write about our favourite book and then draw a picture. My favourite book is my baby book because I like looking…

The Romans 

Today we started our new History topic, the Romans, by looking at the Roman Invasion! 

We began by re-enacting scenes from 55BC. The Romans already ruled the country that we know today as France; they called it Gallia and were just across the English Channel.

The Roman…

Printing Feathers

Class 4 have become perfect printers this morning as they have extended their feather designs using repeated tile prints.

We had to carefully carve our designs into the polystyrene tiles, making sure we did not press on too hard to cause a hole or tear in the…

We Love To Learn

So far this week in Class 2: We have written and illustrated our own holiday postcards. Looked at things which are living and not living and found ways to sort them into categories. We have practised counting and Year 1 have used numicon to help them.

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Class 4 Artists

We have had great fun this week as we have launched straight in to our Art topic for this half term. We started by closely examining feathers - looking at their textures, tones and make up. We then had a go at drawing our own feathers using different coloured backgrounds…

'Teamwork makes the dream work!'

In Class 3 we are a team - and a fantastic team at that! This morning Miss Brown challenged us to work as a team to construct the tallest lone standing spaghetti and marshmallow tower we could. Due to our excellent listening skills, patience, encouragement and…