Croeso i Woodpeckers

Welcome to Woodpeckers

Class Teacher: Mrs Latham

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Hinton

Welcome to our class page.  This is where you will be able to find class newsletters, photographs, announcements and any other important information about our class.

Summer Term

Woodpeckers had so much fun exploring a wide range of water activities as part of their immersion day. The children have already started to think about some questions around our water theme that they would like to explore further. Watch this space for more updates! 

First Week of Summer Term

We have had a very busy first week back at school!

We have been;

• Thinking about what it means to have a growth mindset.
• Making models of the brain using play-dough and labelling different areas of the brain.
• Experimenting in art.
• Writing about our Easter holidays.
• Measuring and comparing mass.

Spring Term

We launched our new inquiry ‘Toy Time Travellers’ with a Teddy Bears’ picnic!

We have been busy

• sharing information about our teddies.
• describing our teddies using adjectives.
• comparing our teddies to others, identifying similarities and differences. 
• drawing and labelling portraits of our teddies.
• researching the history of teddy bears and how and why they have changed over time.

Teddy Bears’ Picnic

Toys of Our Time

We have been

• sharing and playing with our favourite toys
• identifying what materials they are made out of.
• collecting and recording data to show the most popular toy in our class.
• working together with a partner to sort toys in different ways.

Our trip to Xplore!

We all had a fantastic time at Xplore, finding out about what life would be like in space. We even had time to be real scientists whilst exploring the different exhibit stations!

This week we have had a mystery to solve!
After receiving inquiries about flashing lights and mysterious noises, we went to investigate and couldn’t believe what we found! A spaceship had crash landed on our school field!!! There were pieces of spaceship spread all over and we even found some green space dust and slime! 
 

We have lots of interesting questions about what we found. Here are a few:

• Where did it come from?
• How did it get here?
• Where was it going?
• Who does it belong to?
• Where are they now?
• What do aliens look like?
• What language do aliens speak?
• What do aliens eat?

We are very excited to carry our further investigations……..Watch this space!

Our first few weeks in Woodpeckers!

We have been;

• Getting to know one another
• Making new friends
• Exploring provision areas
• Thinking about what we would like to achieve this year
• Exploring the fiveness of 5 and the sixness of six
• Writing ‘All About Me’