YEAR 1 UM
Mrs. U MitchellWelcome to YR1M’s Blog
I am so thrilled about my new class of enthusiastic children. I invite you to join them in their learning adventure. This is a great opportunity to share news and achievements.
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Our Class Blog
David Hockney Recreations
In our art lessons this half term, we have been learning about David Hockney and his photography. He uses photo collages to create different pictures of different locations. We have used the same technique to recreate a photo collage of our local area (linked to our...
Drop In Chopwell Community Centre
I have attached a leaflet which is offering advice and training for local residents to access training, employment and benefit advice. Chopwell fish leaflets_ (002)
SATS Dates 2020
SATS dates for 2020 are Monday 11th May to Thursday 14th May. We ask parents not to remove children from school before the SATS as this time is spent helping the children prepare and revise so they feel they are ready to give their best.
SATS Dates 2021
The dates for the SATS next year will be 10-13 May 2021. We ask parents not to remove children from school before the SATS as this time is spent helping the children prepare and revise so they feel they are ready to give their best. Information supplied from GOV.uk....
4/5 B tennis skills
In class 4/5 B,the children have been learning tennis skills this term. Miss Latto has been teaching the children to improve their hand/eye co-ordination, aiming the ball by having the correct body stance and controlling the ball on their racquet. They enjoyed having...
Valentines Disco Wednesday 12th February 3.30-5pm.
FoRGS are holding a Valentines Disco on Wednesday 12th February from 3.30 -5pm. The tickets are available through Sims Pay. The poster and further information is attached. disco letter 2020 Valentines Poster
Ice Towers!
3L are learning about states of matter in Science and we have been discussing how temperature can affect liquids so they can change to solids and gases. The children have tried to build an ice tower and decide why their towers were melting!
Money Monday
Today, we started working with coins. We were looking at different ways to make amounts and ordering them from greatest to smallest. We particularly enjoyed making 'money men' and seeing which person was worth the most! .
Leaders Award
Please find attached the letter to guide the children through the leaders' award competition, entry form and the sheet they can put their entry on. THE-LETTER-2020- 2020-SEPESELA-Pupil-Entry-Form DIGITAL-SCHOOL-LEADERS-AWARD-FLYER-2019-20-2 Some classes have...
Mini-beast hunt
This afternoon, we have been looking for mini-beasts in the eco-garden. We recorded our data in a table, ready to put into a graph tomorrow. Is that a lion lifting the log?
Fun with Fractions!
Welcome to our 'pizza party'! We used our pizza cutter pens to split our whole pizzas into equal parts. As you can see, some of our pizzas were very tricky shapes. We worked hard to find ways to cut them so that everyone was happy with their slice!
Live Webinar with Mechanical Engineer Lorna Bennet
Year 1/2 M participated in a live webinar with Scientists at work now. They learned all about how Lorna Bennet became a mechanical engineer. The watched videos of the rig that she works on with enormous wind turbines off the coast of Scotland. Classes from all over...