Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 28th March 2025

 Happy Friday, everybody! We hope you enjoyed the chocolates this week - it has taken a lot of hard work to get to this finished spot - including some very tricky wrapping! We now know why Mr Wonka has Oompa Loompas to help him!

Amazingly we only have 1 week left of the Spring Term! Just a reminder that swimming starts for Key Stage 1 after Easter and our swimming day is on Thursdays. Please ensure that you have completed and returned the swimming experience slip from the letter that went home last week. This helps the swimming teachers organise the groups ready for the first lesson. Drop us a Dojo if you need another copy of this letter. 

Upcoming Events

Tuesday 1st April - Parent Consultation Evening

Wednesday 2nd April - Parent Consultation Evening

Friday 4th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt/Wellbeing Day

Thursday 24th April - Swimming Starts!

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 48 & 49.

For Year 1's this focuses on volume. Many of the practical activities discussed around length and mass in previous blogs hold true here - look at the volume of different bottles and cans around the house to compare and order them or use an egg cup to see how many cups it takes to fill different containers. Below is a game that builds upon this idea:

Bubble Bath Game

For Year 2's this focuses on comparing measurements. This gives another opportunity to using greater than (>), less than (<) and equals (=) signs to compare amounts, ordering values and linking units of measure to length, mass and capacity. Below is a game to help read amounts on a labelled scale - start off with the simple challenges and build up to scales where not all the numbers are labelled:

Capacity Countdown

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have a great weekend!

Best wishes,

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 21st March 2025

 Happy Friday, everybody and it has been a fun filled Red Nose Day here in Key Stage 1! We have also been evaluating our finished chocolates ready for them to be wrapped, packaged and sent home next week!

Upcoming Events

Friday 28th March - PTA Mother's Day Sale

Tuesday 1st April - Parent Consultation Evening

Wednesday 2nd April - Parent Consultation Evening

Friday 4th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt/Wellbeing Day

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 46 & 47.

For both Year 1's and Year 2's this continues to focus on mass and ways to measure. This is a fantastic opportunity to do a spot of baking as it will involve lots of practical measuring and reading of marked scales. Take a photo of any of your wonderful efforts (or of course bring us in a slice!) we would love to see them all.

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have a great weekend!

Best wishes,

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 14th March 2025

 Happy Friday, everybody and it has been a very chocolatey week in Key Stage 1! We made our chocolates this week and all the classes were very much like Mr Wonka's factory with many Oompa-Loompas busy working away! The chocolate is currently setting ready to be packaged next week!

Upcoming Events

Friday 21st March - Red Nose Day (see below!)

Friday 28th March - PTA Mother's Day Sale

Tuesday 1st April - Parent Consultation Evening

Wednesday 2nd April - Parent Consultation Evening

Friday 4th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt/Wellbeing Day

Red Nose Day - Comic Relief Big 40th Birthday Bake!

This year marks 40 years of Comic Relief. Next Friday there will be a cake sale to raise money and children are asked to bring in a few cakes if possible (homemade or shop bought) to be sold during the day. 

Cakes will be sold at 50p a cake so if you would like your child to take part please bring in money for this and a box if they are buying more than one cake to bring home.

Below is a link to our Just Giving Page if you wish to donate money in this way but please note that this is separate to the cake sale - children will need to bring in money if they wish to buy a cake!

Down Hall Just Giving Page

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 44 & 45.

For Year 1's this continues to focus on mass or weight (we do not make a distinction between the two terms in Key Stage 1). Again, explore this idea practically - get a range of toys and see if you can compare them in terms of how heavy they are. Order these from lightest to heaviest, reinforcing the different language as you go.

For Year 2's this focuses on ways in which we measure. Explore how we use different units to measure different aspects of an object. Try measuring different objects using a ruler to the nearest cm, look at food and drink packaging to see the weight and volume of different objects and use a weather website to see how we measure temperature in degrees Celsius. If you record any of these ideas, pop them in your homework book - we love to see all your efforts at home!

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have a great weekend!

Best wishes,

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith

Tulip, Bluebell & Daffodil Blog - Friday 7th March 2025

 Happy Friday, everybody and it has been another busy and exciting week with all the children enjoying dressing up for World Book Day on Thursday! Look out for all the photos in this week's newsletter.

Upcoming Events

Friday 21st March - Red Nose Day (further details to come)

Friday 28th March - PTA Mother's Day Sale

Tuesday 1st April - Parent Consultation Evening

Wednesday 2nd April - Parent Consultation Evening

Friday 4th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt/Wellbeing Day

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 42 & 43.

For Year 1's this continue to focus on length and height - this time measuring. This is a great chance to become involved in some practical measuring of different objects around the house. Use a ruler/tape measure or use some non-standard  units such as hand spans and find out how long different things are. If you record any of these measurements, please pop it into the homework book as we would love to see this too! 

For Year 2's this focuses on equivalent fractions. Understanding how 2 quarters is the same as 1 half is an important skill for the children and being able to "see" these equivalent makes it easier to understand. The below website lets you explore how different fractions relate to each other by dragging the fraction into circles and then comparing. 

Circle Fractions

Don't forget to keep reading at home and do the next page in your comprehension homework books.

Have a great weekend!

Much kindness,

Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith