Welcome to Squirrel Class 

Class teachers: Miss Barnes (M-W) & Mrs Gregory (Th-F) 

Classroom LSA: Mrs Allaway (M-Th) & Mrs Cripps (F)

PE Day: Wednesdays, Thursdays (tennis) and Fridays 

Library Day: Friday

Tennis

We have completed our first lesson of tennis and have learnt how to be in the ready position, how to sandwich the ball with our hand and racket and how to drop and hit the ball over the net. 

Reading Week

We celebrated our first week of the last half term by participating in a Reading week. We listened to and read lots of stories across the week. We looked at the Flip Flap series of books by Axel Scheffler and created our own sketches of mixed animals! It was lots of fun describing them and making up names for them! We created a zig zag book using the Oi! series. We also sketched a Draw with Rob character from one his books and used our sketching techniques to add detail. 

Computing

In Computing this half term we are learning to use ScratchJr to code on the IPads. This week we had a chance to change the background and put in and remove characters. Over the next few weeks we will be learning how to use the command buttons to create a sequence of instructions. 

Art

We have been busy in Art this half term and have practised some skills we have previously learnt and also learnt some new skills. We practised our sketching skills and colour wash skills and we learnt how to make a block print. 

Sharing in Maths

As part of our Multiplication and Division unit, the children have been practising and applying the skill of sharing. They have done this through the use of practical equipment and jottings. They have had lots of fun solving worded problems together!

Beebots

Squirrel Class have been learning about programming and algorithms through our computing unit this half term. They have worked together to program and debug incorrect algorithms. They have really enjoyed practicing these skills using our Beebot world mats!

Hockey

The children have been learning the basics of Hockey through our PE curriculum. They have shown excellent team spirit and team work throughout this half term and have throroughly enjoyed playing matches through the guidance of their Hockey Coach!

Wild Science

Squirrel Class were lucky enough to have an exciting visitor to our school this half term! Wild Science came in to show us the animals and teach us all about them. We saw a Royal Python, a Leopard Gecko, an Albino, Rabbit, Fat Tailed Gerbils and Hissy Cockroaches. The children thoroughly enjoyed handling and stroking the animals.

Gymnastics

In gymnastics we have been practising our balancing, travelling, jumping and climbing skills. We have loved being able to use these skills on the apparatus. 

DT - Dips and Dippers 

In DT we loved tasting 4 different dips and dippers. We thought about what we liked about them and then made a plan for which one we wanted to make. 

Orienteering

We have been lucky enough to introduce orienteering into our PE curriculum this year! We really enjoyed navigating the maps and working as a team to complete the tasks together.

You Choose

After reading the book 'You Choose' by Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart we enjoyed looking at all the amazing illustrations and talking about the different choices we would make. We then drew our own pictures and wrote what we would choose.