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SPRING TERM 1 2025

Chinese New Year Feast

 

To celebrate Chinese New Year, Carol from the village came in to cook Chinese food for the Robins. We had chicken and sweetcorn soup with rice and prawn crackers and everybody had a fortune cookie to take home. We learned that 2025 is the Year of the Snake, which is a symbol of happiness and good luck. The food was delicious and we are very grateful to Carol.

Planting potatoes

Robins have been busy planting potatoes and beans as part of out topic on Food. We have been reading Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French and now want to make chips from the potatoes!

Making Chips

First, we all had to wash our hands and put on an apron. Then we got a potato peeler and peeled off the skin. Carefully, we used knives to cut the potato into chips. Afterwards, we used an air fryer to cook the potatoes and watch them turn into delicious chips! We all enjoyed tasting them. Chips are delicious!

AUTUMN TERM 2 2024

Fire Engines

As part of our learning on The Great Fire of London, we explored modern fire engines and their features, looking at what features are common to all vehicles and which are specific to fire engines.  We also had a look at a 17th century fire engine to compare how they are similar and different to modern fire engines. We explored how wheels, axles and chassis work together to create the base of a fire engine. 

 We then designed our own fire engines, based on the learning we have undertaken so far.  We considered which materials and tools we needed. We followed our designs to create our fire engines. We finished off by evaluating how well we think we did and what we could improve on.

 

 

Surprise Visit

As part of our topic on The Great Fire of London, we had a surprise visit from the fire brigade. We had a tour of the fire engine and a talk from one of the firemen who told us all about the equipment on the engine. We compared how different tackling fires was today compared to 1666. We were also very lucky to be allowed to handle some of the equipment and understand how heavy they are.

 

Forest School Fun

Year 1 and 2 are very lucky to have the wonderful experience of doing Forest School every Thursday afternoon this term.

We love being outdoors and making the most of what the school grounds has to offer, We have been identifying the trees, looking at all the beautiful array of colours before having time to do an activity of our choosing. We enjoyed make natural colour dyes from berries and leaves or potions from herbs. We can also explore the forest by digging and making dens as well as building things from twigs and sticks. 

AUTUMN TERM 1 2024

Robins visit to Marwell Zoo

 

To end of our topic on All About Me, we have been learning about animals. We have been learning about how to care for our pets and how animals are different from each other. We have been able to sort and classify animals and a trip to Marwell Zoo was an amazing way to extend our learning further. 

 

We were also very lucky to see an eight week old giraffe and we asked and answered lots of questions with the help of one of the zoo keepers.

ALL About Me

 

As part of our topic, All About Me, the children have been learning about how special our birthdays are. Our class bear, Sam was 5, so they all made birthday invitations for their teddies and we planned a birthday party which we all enjoyed.

Autumn 1 2024 Overview of Learning

Welcome to Robins. Our teacher is Mrs Helen Silver, supported by Miss Flo Nicoll (LSA) and Mrs Lyndsey West (LSA).

The new Year R children have all settled in well and are getting to know the Year 1 and 2 children in Robins as well as the rest of the children and adults in the school.

 

A Typical Day in Year R

 

                                                                       8.50  Classroom doors are opened

                                           Register is taken and children make their lunch choices

9:15 Carpet time and Phonics

Children access the continuous provision

 

 10:15 Snack time followed by Break time

10:45 Children access the continuous provision

11:40 Maths

 

 12:00  Lunch time

 

1.00  Register

Learning begins - inside and out

 

2.45  Story time

 

 3.10  Worship

 

3:30 Home time

 

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILD'S READING RECORD AND READING BOOK ARE SENT INTO SCHOOL EVERY DAY

P.E. WILL BE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY

HOMEWORK WILL BE GIVEN OUT ON A THURSDAY

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