Blog Author: Streethay Primary

This week in Orchard the children completed their first French lesson where they began to learn the vocabulary for different sports and the Olympics. They also began the exciting and immersive topic of Earthquakes in Geography. 

This week, during maths, we have been comparing 6 digit numbers. We have also worked hard on our presentation in our books.

LO: i can sort and match quantities to 3.

The children have been exploring the maths area, they have been able to access the natural materials and start to sort and match them up to 3, they have then moved on to do the same with the coloured bears.

Welcome to Daisies!

The children have enjoyed creating their own Daisies picture for our display. The Daisies have been exploring the provision and started to settle in very well.

In Year Three, our new science topic is called Movement and Nutrition. This week, the children learned, and have started to use, an impressive range of scientific vocabulary! The children looked at vertebrates and invertebrates as well as some creatures with an endoskeleton and exoskeleton. They…

In Design & Technology this week, Team Hedgehogs investigated existing stockings. We talked about function and visual appeal, to make sure we understood how these are important in DT. Then, we applied this knowledge to a stocking of our choice. We answered questions based on…

The children have enjoyed creating their own sunflowers for our display. 
 

Welcome to Team Hedgehogs!

We enjoyed completing two bits of artwork - that took a while for Miss Haycox to put up! We created self portraits which had two halves. One half was our outer self and the second, was our inner self. This gave us plenty to talk about as we discussed some of our…

Welcome to Team Daffodils! 

The children have enjoyed their first couple of days exploring the classroom and outdoor area in Team Daffodils. We have been involved in many fun activities this week from creating dinosaur lands, to messy water play and building tall towers! The children have…

A warm welcome to Team Badgers!

We have had a wonderful first week back in Year 3. This week, the children have used their painting and cutting skills to create their own badgers for our classroom welcome display. The children have been reading about badgers and British wildlife and have been…

Welcome to Team Rabbits! The children have been working hard at the learning Streethay's expectations in the classroom and around school. We have been involved in lots of activities and games to help us get to know one another and get back into daily routine. The children thoroughly enjoyed making…

A warm welcome to Year 6! 

This week the children have been completing some wonderful artwork based around their class name 'Orchard'. They have used the techniques of collage and pointillism to create leaves and apples which will cover an orchard tree in the classroom. They children have also…