Emerald Class

Welcome to Year 1 (Emerald Class)

Miss Purdham is your class teacher. 

Thursday 20th July 2023

We had a special visit from Laura and her band - We loved singing along and dancing before some bouncy castle fun! What a perfect way to spend our last day in Year 1! 

Tuesday 18th July 2023

In Science we played ‘Seasons Corners’. Our task was to listen to and/or read a fact discussing one of the four seasons. Using all of our learning this year, we decided if this fact was about Autumn, Winter, Spring or Summer before moving to the correct corner of the room. Miss Purdham was super impressed!

Wednesday 12th July 2023

Emerald Class loved their yoga session with Lauren from Active Families this morning! 

Monday 11th July 2023

What a great sports afternoon! Miss Purdham was so proud of our team work skills - We loved encouraging and praising our friends! Special thanks to our Year 6 sports leaders for planning and delivering such fantastic activities! 

Thursday 6th July 2023

This afternoon, Emerald Class used their creative skills to produce a 3D model of the Amazon Rainforest. We used our Geography knowledge to make sure we included relevant physical and human features. Super job Emerald Class! 

Tuesday 4th July 2023

Emerald Class worked together to create a giant story map for our current text, The Magic Bed. We then 'stepped into' the storybook and orally re-told the story as we moved through each picture/event with our friends. Miss Purdham was super impressed with our adverbials of time and adjectives!  

In DT, we made healthy pitta pizzas! They were delicious! 

Tuesday 27th June 2023

In RE, Emerald Class have been discussing how different religions show care for others and the world. This week we focused on the story of ‘The Good Samaritan’ and discussed how this tale teaches Christians about caring for others. Then, we acted out our own version. This involved some children being unkind, knocking another child’s water out of their hands. Two children walked past but they did not stop to help because they were busy. Luckily, afterwards, someone showed care by stopping to help, just like the good samaritan.  

Thursday 22nd June 2023

Emerald Class have been comparing the value of purses using inequality symbols. We know that it does not always matter how many coins are in the purse as some coins have a greater value than others! 

We have been researching features of the Amazon rainforest. We discussed climate, plants, animals and even some humans that live there! 

Tuesday 20th June 2023

Today, Miss Purdham shared with Emerald Class a dream she had in which she travelled to another place... a Princess castle filled with cupcakes! Emerald Class asked questions to find out more about Miss Purdham's dream setting. The children then discussed places they had travelled to in their dreams and used their senses to describe their setting. What magical dreams Emerald Class have! 

Monday 19th June 2023

Year 1 had a fantastic day at the beach with Reception and Year 2! We had fun at the park, played in the sand, and had a splash in the sea after our delicious ice-cream!

Thursday 15th June 2023

Today Emerald Class have been exploring 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins. We selected the correct coin to put in our purse and then made a purchase from Emerald Shop! 

In PSHE, Emerald Class have been discussing the life cycle of a human. After a game of guess who using our baby pictures, we created a cartoon strip of our life cycle so far. The children have brought this home so they can discuss with their grown ups some of the ways they have changed since they were a baby.

Monday 12th June 2023

Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

Please see below useful information and resources to support your child with the upcoming Phonics Screening Check in June. 

Thursday 8th June 2023

This week Emerald Class have been counting in two's to find the total number of objects. 

Tuesday 6th June 2023

In English, Emerald Class have been using adjectives to describe. Working with our team, we matched adjectives to a range of contrasting storybook characters. Some of us even added our own too! Then, we created our very own pair of contrasting characters and used adjectives to describe their external and internal characteristics. 

In Geography, we explored what a rainforest is and used maps to locate them across the world. Emerald Class were super at explaining the location of rainforests in relation to the equator, using this information to explain their tropical climate. 

Emerald Class loved working with their partner to produce a joint piece of artwork. We were inspired by the artist Richard Long.

Summer 2

Please see below our class information and curriculum overview for Summer 2.

Thursday 25th May 2023

Today we concluded our Science experiment. We examined our cress pots and discussed our findings.

Wednesday 24th May 2023

This week Emerald Class have been focusing on measurement. We have used non-standard units of measure, and today, used a ruler to accurately measure the length and height of objects in centimeters. We also used key vocabulary including: Longest, longer, shortest, shorter, tallest and taller to compare objects. 

This afternoon, we created a place that was special to us. We wanted it to be peaceful and calming with a sense of togetherness, similar to other special places we have been learning about in RE, such as churches and mosques.

We created our own butterflies and flowers and chose our favourite 'feel good' quotes, before planting some gorgeous flowers for a finishing touch! Emerald Class love to draw and read so we added some mindfulness colouring and special stories about feelings.

Emerald Class can't wait to spend some time in this wonderful new special place over the next few weeks!

Monday 22nd May 2023

This week we are investigating what plants need to survive.

We planted some cress seeds in four different conditions:

1. Light and water 

2. Water but no light

3. Light but no water 

4. No light and no water

Over the next few days we are going to see which pot grows best. I wonder if our predictions will be correct... 

Wednesday 17th May 2023

In English, Emerald Class wrote letters of advice to Yeti. We advised different ways he could make friends as he is feeling lonely in the icy mountains. 

As today is National Numeracy Day, with Mrs Woodhall, we discussed how we could use tally charts to show information. We then made our own tally chart! 

We also had lots of fun with Lauren from Active Families! 

Monday 15th May 2023

Emerald Class used their drama skills to re-enact the rescue night at Longstone Lighthouse in 1838. Grace Darling and her father, William, sailed through the stormy sea to help 9 survivors escape a shipwreck, showing lots of courage and bravery.

Friday 12th May 2023

Today we completed our independent non-fiction writing. Miss Purdham is so proud of the fantastic work we have produced! 

Thursday 11th May 2023

Today we explored the Islamic faith; discussing the significance of mosques. We created our own beautiful mosque before exploring the features inside. 

Wednesday 10th May 2023

Emerald Class agreed to be super helpful and create a 'how to' guide for Pig the pug. We are writing to inform other animals how they can be a good cat, rabbit, or parrot. Today, we focused on the 'playing and exercise' section of our guide; moving and and speaking in role as our chosen animal. We then discussed how our verbs could be changed using the suffix -ing, before writing our amazing sentences. 

Emerald Class are fantastic at consolidating their learning independently! From partitioning and positioning numbers, to writing 'how to' guides... and everything in between! Miss Purdham is very impressed! 

Friday 5th May 2023

Today, Emerald Class continued to explore the position of teen numbers on a number line. We created our own giant number line and practised finding the mid-point before moving ourselves to the correct position. We used the language 'greater than' and 'less than' to support our reasoning. 

This afternoon we celebrated the coronation of King Charles III! Thank you grown ups for joining us! 

Thursday 4th May 2023

In preparation for our non-fiction 'how to' guide writing next week, we created a pet puppet and spent our lesson in role as our pet, chatting about what we like to eat and play with, as well as how we like to sleep. 

In Maths, we have been exploring the position of teen numbers on a number line. We know that we can use our numbers to 10 to help us, as the ones in teen numbers increase in the same way... we just have an additional ten too. We can also find the mid-point - Our special numbers were 5, 10 and 15, depending on the numbers at the start and end of our number line. By finding the mid-point first, we could position other numbers onto our number line accurately. 

This afternoon we visited Hetton Independent Methodist Church to support our learning in RE. We identified and discussed features inside the Church. We explored why this place of worship is special to Christians and also chatted about the thoughts and feelings we experienced whilst visting the church. 

Wednesday 26th April 2023

Emerald Class have been exploring 'teen' numbers! We know they have two digits and are made up of 1 ten and some ones. 

Monday 24th April 2023

We are getting coronation ready; writing letters to our new King and lots of red, white and blue craft! 

In Science, we explored how trees can survive in Winter. We classified a range of deciduous and evergreen trees, before creating a cartoon strip showing how each changes, or does not change throughout the seasons.

In Art, Emerald Class used natural objects to create different shapes, lines and patterns. We were inspired by the artist, Andy Goldsworthy. 

Thursday 23rd April 2023

Today we discussed what a lighthouse is and where they can be found, including those in our local area. We also discussed how lighthouses have changed over time and why they were important in history, before creating our own lighthouse model with our friend. Super partner work Emerald Class! 

Monday 17th April 2023

This term, our Science topic is plants. We used our five senses to explore a range of plants. We were able to locate the different parts of each plant, including the roots, stem, leaves and flower. Next, we used our bodies to represent a growing plant, starting as a tiny seed and eventually growing into a beautiful flower. We discussed which part of the plant our body represented. Then, we created our own plant, making sure to include each part.

Summer 1

Please see below our class information and curriculum overview for Summer 1.

Thursday 30th March 2023

In Geography, we have been identifying physical features of the Arctic; where Inuit people live. We used our imagination to experience an Arctic walk and discussed what we could see, hear, and touch. After, we created our own 3D Arctic model and labelled the physical features. 

Thursday 29th March 2022

Today, Emerald Class visited Hetton le Hole Independent Methodist Church for an Easter service. We discussed the Easter story after singing our favourite Easter songs. We were absolutely amazing - all teachers were feeling super proud and I am sure grown ups were too!!!

Monday 27th March 2023

Today we focused on making inferences about Sofia's thoughts and feelings in the story, The Sea Saw. Our task was to 'freeze frame' Sofia's expression and speak in role as Sofia during the beginning, middle or end of the story. We were amazing!  

Thank you grown ups for joining our Easter craft afternoon! We had so much fun creating Easter wreaths, baskets, eggs and so much more! Biscuits and juice were a highlight too of course!

Friday 24th March 2023

Today we have been finding half of numbers up to 10. We know that to find half we need to partition our number into 2 equal parts. Emerald Class noticed only even numbers could be shared equally... and halving is the inverse of doubling, so we could use our knowledge of doubles to help! 

In PSHE, we have been discussing The Green Cross Code and how this helps us to cross the road safely. We used our drama skills to act out crossing a road using think, stop, look and listen, wait, look and listen again and finally arrive safe! 

Thursday 23rd March 2023

Emerald Class love their English writing text, The Sea Saw! In teams we created a map to show Bear's journey, beginning at the fun beach and eventually leading to the trickling stream where Bear is reunited with Sofia after many years! As well as using our phonics to add labels, we made character pegs and used these to retell the story on our map. Miss Purdham was super impressed!

Doubling has been our focus in Maths this week and we are already amazing! 

We have been busy exploring our environment too... 

Tuesday 21st March 2023

What a performance! Emerald Class blew the rest of Hetton Primary School away with their music showcase this afternoon. Our singing was beautiful and we played our percussion instruments to the beat - Good job Emerald Class! 

Friday 17th March 2023

Emerald Class love independently applying their learning! 

British Science Week WB 13.03.23

To celebrate British Science Week—we focussed upon all things FINGERPRINTS!

As a class, the we discussed how fingerprints are used in the modern world; unlocking phones, entering buildings, as well as solving crime mysteries!

We then moved on to using magnifying glasses to study our fingerprints closely; looking at the patterns within them. We next used ink to take our fingerprints and print these onto paper in our book. Our friends did the same and we then studied them talking about the differences between them. Some had wavy patterns, some had circles, some had ‘stripes’.

Our key word was ‘unique’. We talked about what this meant and we made sure we understood that we are all different and this is shown in our fingerprints.

Thursday 9th March 2023

Emerald Class loved their session with Brazilian Football this morning! 

Wednesday 8th March 2023

Today in Maths, Emerald Class explored what happens when we add 2 to an even number and an odd number. We used our tens frames and number lines to support our understanding. Miss Purdham and Mrs Morris were super impressed with our fantastic explanations! 

This term in RE, Emerald Class are continuing to explore the Christian faith. After reading the Easter story, we discussed how Jesus was welcomed on Palm Sunday. We noticed excited, cheering crowds in Jerusalem waving palm leaves, shouting ”hosanna!”. Some people even put down their cloaks for Jesus and his donkey to walk on as they believed he was special and should be respected. We then created our own palm leaves and acted out the story!

Monday 6th March 2023

We have had a super busy start to the week! From book reviews, to number bonds to 10... and so much more! 

Thursday 2nd March 2023

What a magical World Book Day... It was like stepping into our favourite storybooks! Emerald Class explored lots of their favourite stories and characters, and we loved welcoming into school some of our grown-ups to read with us. 

In Geography, we used our bodies to create a circle to represent the Earth and then discussed where we would find the equator and the North and South Pole. We also explored world maps and atlases with our partners. We were able to locate the equator, as well as the North Pole and the South Pole. Emerald Class know that countries close to the equator experience warm temperatures, where as countries further from the equator are much colder, such as the Arctic! 

Monday 27th February 2023

Emerald Class are getting ready for World Book Day this week. We have been exploring lots of stories and characters, as well as creating our very own bookmarks too! 

Spring 2

Please see below our curriculum overview for Spring 2. 

Wednesday 15th February 2023

To consolidate our learning in History, we experienced a Beamish Toys From the Past Workshop. We explored the museum virtually and had to look out for toys hiding in some strange places... such as a tin bath tub! We learnt lots about a variety of toys and then had the opportunity to play with some of these in school. 

Monday 13th February 2023

Today, we made some alien friends for Beegu! We gave our sock puppets alien names and used adjectives and verbs to describe how they looked and moved. 

Thursday 9th February 2023

In English, we worked together to create a soundscape using adjectives to describe nouns that Beegu heard in the city.

In Maths, subtraction is our current focus. We used our frogs on logs, as well as cubes and tens frames to represent 'first, then and now' stories. We then practised writing subtraction calculations to match. Miss Purdham and Miss Reynolds were super impressed! 

Monday 6th February 2023

Love is in the air in Emerald Class as Valentine's Day approaches!

Thursday 2nd February 2023

This week we have focused on using the addition symbol to write calculations, as well as using our phonics to read and write about an alien, Beegu, who is lost in our school! We have enjoyed developing our fine motor skills too! 

Monday 30th January 2023

Today, something super strange happened... Something or someone crashed into our classroom! We used our investigation skills to explore the crash site and posed questions we would like to find answers to. 

In Science, the children were given the challenge of designing an umbrella that would keep them dry in the rain! 

One team had to use paper to cover their umbrella and the other team used types of plastic. 

We discussed the properties of both materials and informally predicted what we think might happen. 

To discover the most suitable material, we tested it by pouring water over the umbrella whilst Miss Redpath was underneath. We found the plastic was the most waterproof material! The paper umbrella absorbed the water and became soggy! 

Year 1 absolutely loved this session!! 

Friday 27th January 2023

Today we made Shabbat candles after learning about what Shabbat is and how Jewish people celebrate this. Our candles are decorated to show the importance of worship, family, and rest during Shabbat. 

We have had lots of fun exploring activities in our environment this week! Miss Purdham and Miss Reynolds have been super impressed! 

Monday 23rd January 2023

Today the children first explored a number of materials; they talked about their properties and an understanding of vocabulary was ensured.

Key vocabulary: absorbent, waterproof, transparent, opaque, soft, hard, flexible, stiff, rough and smooth.

The children then went on to look at ways the items could be sorted (considering their properties).

They communicated with their partners in order to decide a way they could be sorted and then we discussed as a class the most exciting ways.

The children were fantastic at this!

Thursday 19th January 2023

We have completed our instruction sentence stacking lessons - just look at our whole-class writing! Today, we experienced making toast in preparation for our independent instruction writing next week... We already had lots of fantastic ideas about what our steps may be! 

We created beautiful printing artwork by making and using negative stencils! 

Wednesday 18th January 2023

In RE, we are exploring the Jewish faith. We imagined we were inside a Jewish home; discussing what objects we could see and why these are meaningful to Jewish people.

In History, we identified toys from the past and discussed how they were similar and/or different to our favourite toys today. We then used our craft skills to create some toys from the past, such as peg dolls and a cup and ball. 

Tuesday 17th January 2023

Emerald Class had so much fun exploring percussion instruments! 

Friday 13th January 2023

We have been exploring odd and even numbers today. Using our numicon, we spotted that even numbers are made up of pairs so they have a flat top. They can be shared into two equal parts too! Odd numbers have a friend missing so they can't be shared into two equal parts. 

Emerald Class love independently applying their learning! 

Monday 10th January 2023

In Maths, we have been exploring the '5 and a bit structure' in the numbers 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10! Miss Purdham was super impressed with how many different ways Emerald Class could represent the parts and whole of these numbers - from using our fingers, tens frames and numicon to bead strings and cubes. Each time we spotted the number 5 hiding inside our numbers! 

Thursday 5th January 2023

Today, we put on our chef hats to make some delicious fairy bread! Emerald Class... I wonder if you remember our instructions and share these with your grown up! 

Spring 1 

Please see below our class information and curriculum overview for Spring 1.

Monday 19th December 2022

Emerald Class partied their socks off and had a wonderful visit from a very special someone! 

Wednesday 14th December 2022

We loved our French afternoon with Madame Armes! Emerald Class... I wonder if you can by a mini teacher and teach your grown up some of the Christmas vocabulary and songs we now know in French?! Bien joué! 

Tuesday 13th December 2022

Key Stage 1 made everyone super proud with their fantastic performance of Everyone Loves a Baby! Thank you grown ups for coming along! 

Thursday 8th December 2022

We are feeling very festive in Emerald Class! We had a wonderful scrumptious Christmas lunch in our Christmas jumpers after working up a sweat planting some trees in our new school grounds!

We found lots of shapes hiding in our classroom during our 2D shape hunt! We were super at justifying our findings too; using our knowledge of sides and corners to help us. 

Tuesday 6th December 2022

Following on from our fieldwork lesson, Emerald Class created a map of their local area using photos from our walk. We compared the distance of features using the words 'near' and 'far'. 

Monday 5th December 2022

Emerald Class used Miss Purdham's clues to guess the 3D shape inside the feely bag! After, we played shape corners. We were great at using our understanding of faces, edges and corners to move to the correct shape. Super effort Emerald Class! 

Thursday 1st December 2022

Emerald Class had so much fun exploring their local area today. During our fieldwork, we talked about features that can be found in Hetton. We discovered lots of human features, such as houses, schools, shops and roads, but also some physical features too, including trees and streams. We enjoyed looking back through our photos and produced some beautiful work to show what we had found. 

Tuesday 29th November 2022

In PSHCE, we discussed how to make a new friend and what we value in a friend. Emerald Class is full of lots of wonderful friends!

Monday 28th November 2022

Today the children have explored how the length of day changes throughout the year! We created our own 'Earth' using an orange and then used a pencil to represent the axis that the Earth is spinning on. 

We used a torch to represent the sun and discussed how the Earth rotates so that when the sun is shining on the UK it is daytime in that part of the world. We then went further to identify how the shape of the Earth impacts the length of days and how being close to the sun makes the temperature warmer!

This was a tricky lesson for the children to understand but they cracked it! 

Well done Year 1!

Wednesday 23rd November 2022

In preparation for our next story, we experienced a 'noisy night'. We heard lots of different sounds, from owls hooting to taps dripping. We then used our drama skills to act out the story 'The Very Noisy Night.' We had some very grumpy big mice who were sick of being woken up, and also some very fearful little mice who were scared from lots of sounds they could hear whilst trying to sleep. 

Friday 18th November 2022

Today we are celebrating Children in Need! We even had a special visit from Pudsey himself!

Thank you grown ups for your kind donations and support!

Thursday 17th November 2022

Today, Emerald Class began their shape topic in maths. Miss Purdham and Mrs Watson were super impressed at how brilliant the children were at composing pattern block images. Emerald Class, I wonder if you can tell your grown ups about some of the shapes we used?! 

Wednesday 16th November 2022

Emerald Class received some letters... but we soon realised some letters were not meant for us as they were addressed to other people... like Mr Fox and The Colour Monster! We talked about our own address and practised writing this too.

Wednesday 16th November 2022

Emerald Class have been preparing for their independent recount writing this week! We have ordered the events of our school trip to Hardwick Park and also practised saying our sentences out loud. We were great at including adverbials of time and super adjectives! 

Friday 11th November 2022

This week we have been using equality and inequality symbols to compare numbers and we were FANTASTIC! We know the crocodile is super greedy and always eats the greater number! 

Wednesday 9th November 2022

This term in PE, our focus is dance. Today we explored the season of Autumn and used our bodies to create shapes and move like Autumn weather. We practised performing a sequence of movements with our partner; growing into tall trees with spiky branches and then becoming leaves floating and blowing in the wind!

Tuesday 8th November 2022

In DT, we have been exploring mechanisms, including levers and sliders. We identified some of these mechanisms in a range of books and talked about why they are effective. Some of us had a go at following instructions to create our own slider. 

Tuesday 8th November 2022  

Emerald Class Remember 

Friday 4th November 2022

Emerald Class have been super busy this week! We have created some beautiful firework art and used our phonics to write adjectives to describe our fireworks. We have also revisited counting and partitioning in maths, before moving onto comparing objects using the words 'more', 'fewer' and 'the same' during our teddy bear picnic! Well done on a brilliant first week back at school Emerald Class!

Wednesday 2nd November 2022

What a truly amazing first day we have had in our brand new school! We loved exploring our classroom, playing in our new outdoor areas, eating lunch in our new hall, and had a tour of the rest of the building too. We could not stop talking about all of the things we love!!! 

Autumn 2

Please see below our curriculum overview for Autumn 2.

Tuesday 1st November 2022

There are lots of new magical memories to be made in our beautiful new classroom! We can't wait to see your lovely smiley faces tomorrow - it's going to be a special one! 

Thursday 13th October 2022

Today, Emerald Class completed their independent writing and it was spectacular! We retold the story of We're Going on a Bear Hunt but with our own special ending. We had lots of ideas from tea parties, playing football, or getting a bear cuddle, to being gobbled up! Miss Purdham and Mrs Watson were so blown away, we created some scrumptious bear biscuits as a treat! 

Tuesday 11th October 2022

This week, Emerald Class have been explaining how items can be compared using weight and mass. We used balanced scales to compare the weight of objects in our classroom. Miss Purdham and Mrs Watson were super impressed by our use of the words 'lightest, heaviest, lighter and heavier'.  

We transformed into human balance scales and compared the weight of our maths book with different objects! We found some objects that were lighter, such as, a pencil or cube. Some objects were heavier. For example, the iPad and a reading book.

Monday 10th October 2022

Emerald Class had a wonderful trip to Hardwick Park. We had so much fun exploring the story of 'The Gruffalo' and also finding out about the Autumn season!

We started the day listening to one of our favourite stories, before creating our very own little brown mouse. 

Next, we went on a hunt through the woodland and spotted lots of clues to help us find a certain someone, with... orange eyes, purple prickles, a black tongue, and a green wart on the end of their nose...

On the way, we bumped into some other creatures from our story. We explored their habitat and even sniffed a smelly cube to find out what fox's underground house would smell like... I think you may be able to guess our thoughts! 

We finally found the Gruffalo and his friend Mouse too! We worked as a team and followed instructions to serve up some yummy gruffalo crumble! 

We discussed the signs of Autumn before taking an Autumn walk through the forest, learning about what happens to certain types of trees. We then went on an Autumn colour hunt, discovering lots of brown, yellow and even red, with a little bit of green!

We ended the day creating some beautiful Autumn artwork, using natural materials found in the woodland.

Friday 7th October 2022

This term in Art, we are focusing on drawing. We experimented with different drawing tools such as; pencils, crayons, chalk and pastels, to create lines of different thickness. We then practised drawing different types of lines before completing our overlapping shape pattern. 

Thursday 6th October 2022

Emerald Class have super reasoning and problem-solving skills! We explored using different items to measure the length and height of our friends. We used discussed which items were the most accurate and why. 

Tuesday 4th October 2022

In History, we have been discussing what significant events were happening around the world at the time we were born, or were very little. We worked as a team to create a fantastic collage! Emerald Class, I wonder if you can tell your grown ups what you remember?

Tuesday 4th October 2022

Today, we finished our sentence stacking lessons for our story; We're Going on a Bear Hunt. Miss Purdham and Mrs Watson have been blown away by our beautiful handwriting and vocabulary choices. We have loved writing our own version of the story and we know it inside out. Our independent writing is going to be superb! 

Monday 3rd October 2022 and Tuesday 4th October 2022

This week, Emerald Class have been explaining how items can be compared using length and height. 

We arranged ourselves into height order. We were great at using the words 'taller' and 'shorter' to compare our height with our friends. 

We worked together to build towers that were taller, or longer than objects in our classroom. 

Thursday 29th September 2022

Linking to our English text, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Emerald Class used their creative skills to design and make their very own bear!

Wednesday 28th September 2022

In PSHE, we have been discussing what it means to feel 'proud' and when we may feel this way. Each of the children shared their proud ticket with their friends and talked about how their achievement made them feel. We had lots of feelings, ranging from joyful, cheerful, happy and super duper proud! 

Wednesday 28th September 2022

Emerald Class are loving their new English writing text, We're Going on a Bear Hunt. So far, we have created beautiful story maps and we have enjoyed retelling the story, but We're Going on Bear Hunt themed yoga has been our absolute favourite! 

Monday 26th September 2022

Today, Emerald Class really impressed Miss Purdham with their partner work in PE. All of the children gave their peers lots of encouragement and were also able to give tips on how they could improve their underarm throwing or catching. We had a record of 18 underarm throws and catches in a row! 

Monday 26th September 2022

Today the children had the exciting opportunity of a visit from ZooLab!

Within their Science topic the children have been looking at sorting animal into groups; vertebrates and invertebrates as well as amphibians, reptiles and so on. 

The children were amazing! They touched and handled an array of animals: African Land Snails, Cockroaches, Snakes to name a few! They discussed the features of animals and what they needed to survive. 

Ask your child what facts they can remember! 

Friday 23rd September 2022

Emerald Class have been super busy this week! Linking to our English text, The Colour Monster, we got creative and made dream catchers to catch those happy feelings and let 'yucky' feelings drift away. We also finished our sentence stacking lessons and our independent writing 'The Colour Monster Goes to School.' We have been practising our phonics and have further consolidated our understanding of the different ways we can partition numbers too.

Tuesday 20th September 2022

In Science, Emerald Class have been comparing human and animal bodies. We loved playing 'post-it guess who' where we had to ask yes or no body questions to guess which animal we were! 

Tuesday 20th September 2022

This week, we are preparing for our independent writing all about The Colour Monster. To get us ready, we have been using our drama skills to act out our own narrative. We most definitely deserve an Oscar award! 

Friday 16th September 2022

This week, Emerald Class have worked really hard in maths! We have been partitioning numbers 1 to 5 in different ways using part-whole models. We even created a giant part-whole model to partition groups of children! Miss Purdham and Mrs Watson were very impressed! 

Thursday 15th September 2022

Today we wanted to experience feeling calm just like the colour monster. We listened to some relaxing music and did some yoga before writing some super sentences! 

Tuesday 13th September 2022

In RE, we discussed how our world is made of lots of different natural environments, using google Earth and reading the wonderfully illustrated story 'Dear Earth'. We then created our own version of the world and thought about how it felt when we had finished, and also how we would like others to treat our creation. 

Monday 12th September 2022

Within our Science topic this term, we are learning all about our bodies! This week we have been looking closely at our senses and thought about which body parts are used for senses! We went on a "Senses Walk" around our school; Miss Redpath was amazed at how much we already knew. Upon our return to class, we used smelly pots, taste pots, instruments and magnifying glasses to explore our senses further! Tasting chocolate buttons was of course our favourite part of the lesson. 

Friday 9th September 2022

What a wonderful first week back at school Emerald Class have had! We have been super busy and have had so much fun already! 

Thursday 8th September 2022

Emerald Class love active maths! To help build our understanding of ordinal numbers, we had a race outside and ranked our finishing position. We were super speedy - at running, and ranking!

Wednesday 7th September 2022

In History, Emerald Class used their drama skills to act out the events of the day, from waking up to bedtime, helping us to begin to understand the passing of time. 

Wednesday 7th September 2022

Emerald Class are great at using objects, pictures, numerals and words to represent numbers!

Tuesday 6th September 2022

Our first English writing text is The Colour Monster. Today, we discussed lots of different feelings before creating our very own colour monster! 

Welcome to Emerald Class!

Please see below our class information and curriculum overview for Autumn 1. 

Miss Purdham and Mrs Watson