In Science, we have been thinking about growing!

We grew our own cress heads! We read and followed instructions to grow our very own cress. We couldn't believe it when Miss Free told us we could eat cress. Miss Free brought in some cress for us to try. Some of us thought the cress tasted spicy, peppery, sour, delicious and disgusting! 

 

This week in Art, our skill was threading! 
Threading supports our fine motor skills which makes our fingers strong! 

We learnt some words such as pull, through, sew, thread, push. 
Some of us said that they had seen their grown-ups sew clothes when they are ripped. 

We practised lots of threading activities 

1. Threading spaghetti through straws
2. Threading wool through plastic shapes 
3. Threading pasta onto string 
4. Sewing 

Today at the end of our phonics lesson, Mrs Moore decided to challenge us with using our imagination to write our own sentences.

The class did an excellent job at thinking of their own ideas, using the sound mats and remembering finger spaces, capital letters and even exclamation marks. It was lovely to see the children enjoy their writing and use their skills to write independently.

Everyone came up with a different and fantastic idea! Here are some more of their ideas...

" The bear is itchy"- Isla

" Quick get the bug train" - Frank

" The cat went on the train!" - Rose 

" The Pikachu went to England" - Astrid 

 

What an amazing start to the day! Well done Beech Class

Today we spent the afternoon completing our Design and Technology unit with a model making afternoon! 

We spent some time thinking about what we were going to make, what we needed and how we were going to make our models. Then we got to work!

Beech Class had so many ideas. We made robots, castles, crocodiles, snakes, boats, cars and even musical instruments!

Sometimes it was tricky to stick some boxes together so we used string instead to tie them together. 

"it has a surprise in it it too!"- Max 

"it's a robot, it can shoot out lasers too"- Bodhi

"I made ice cream"- Filip

"Makes lots of different kinds of music"- Rose

"I added decorations after the glue"- Skyla

"It's cute"- Isla 

 

Everyone worked really hard and spent lots of time on their models. What a fantastic last afternoon!

Well done Beech Class! Have a lovely break!

 

 

We couldn't believe how germs spread ! 
We decided we needed to do another experiment to find out the best way to get rid of germs. We used glitter to represent the germs. 

We tried rubbing our hands together but... it didn't work 

We used a paper towel and tried wiping the germs off but... it didn't work 

We tried putting water on our hands but... it didn't work 

One of us had the idea of going outside and letting the wind blow off the germs but... it didn't work 

We then washed our hands with soap and rubbed our hands for 20 seconds and... IT WORKED!!

 

In our writing, we have been looking at the book ‘I don’t want’ to wash my hands’ by Tony Ross. We were shocked at how many times we have to wash our hands a day! We decided to do an experiment of how germs spread. We put paint on one persons hands and then we gave each other a high-five, held hands, played games and even touched things around the room. We found out that the paint had spread everywhere ! Now we know why the Little Princess had to wash her hands so much.

This week the children have been very busy building and creating their own masterpieces in independent time!

A group of children worked together to make a (in their own words) 'Mega Gaurdian'! They even had to use the bug rug to build because it was so big! It was lovely to see the children working together as a team to build something. They were so excited to hold it up and even asked for a photo shoot. 

Thea used the stones in the tuff tray to make her name. She found all the letters and put them into the correct order. Thea then helped other children to make their name.

Another group of children used the outside area to make Lego models outside. They made beautiful towers, parks, slides and rockets. Lots of different ideas and lots of great sharing. Well done!

Aanisah made a crown using a paper chain in the art area. It was very creative and a great idea to use a paper chain instead of just paper. 

Some amazing work this week Beech Class. It was lovely to see lots of children working as a team and using different areas. Have a lovely long weekend! 

 

This morning in Design Technology, we recapped our learning on our senses and used describing words to talk about different materials. We then carried out our own experiments to find out which material is the hardest and easiest to cut through. We made a prediction and then tested materials to find our whether our predictions were right. 
we found out that plastic was the hardest material to cut through and paper was the easiest. 

World Book Day 2025 was so much fun!

We learnt about monsters, sharks and crayons! Who knew crayons could be so grumpy!

We spent time in all the classrooms making monster tails, sea biscuits and crazy colouring. We really enjoyed listening to the different stories. We even had a visit from Mrs Wrangles from year 1.

Some of the children brought their favourite books in from home. Mrs Moore loved listening to some new stories and finding out what stories the children enjoy at home.

Well done Beech Class, a very successful and sunny World Book Day! 

Mrs Moore and the Beech Class team. 

World Book Day! 

What a great day we have had. We loved seeing everyone's costumes and couldn't wait to show them off.

We have listened to our teachers favourite stories and completed activities. We made under the sea biscuits, we did some creative drawing and even made some monster horns and tails. 

We settled down in the dark with our teddies and had a story before lunch and then we had a special visitor read us a story at the end of the day. The Year 1 teachers came over to read us their favourite stories. 

The children said, "this is the best day ever!"