Chestnut Week 4, by Miss Sims

Date: 31st Jan 2025 @ 10:59am

It has been assessment week in Chestnut Class this week and we have been very busy completing lots of special quizzes.

In English we have have continued with our text, The Tiger Who Came to Tea. The children in Year 1 have looked at how to describe the tiger to help write a character description. Reception children have been working hard to apply their phonics learning to write words or sentences linked to the story - they have all worked really hard. 

In Maths, Year 1 have continued to learn about numbers to 20. We have compared numbers and amounts using the 'greater than', 'less than' and 'equal to' symbols. In Reception, the children have been learning how to combine two amounts within 5.

We have continued our topic of cities, towns and villages in geography lessons. We compared two maps of Carr Mill and St Helens town centre and we noticed the differences between them. We also thought carefully about 'what affects where people live'. We looked at some characters who lived in either a city, town or village and their reasons why they would want to live there. 

Next week:

Next week is Mental Health Week in school so we will be completing lots of fun activities in class about this.

Reminders:

Please bring book bags to school every day. Books are changed on a Friday each week. 

P.E. days are Monday and Thursday in Chestnut Class this half term. Children can come to school in their P.E. kits on these days. 

Below are the uniform requirements for children at Carr Mill Primary School.

Chestnut Class: Week 3, by Miss Sims

Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 12:00pm

We have had another lovely week in school in Chestnut class.

Year 1 have been reading the text The Tiger Who Came to Tea and we have been completing lots of activities about the story.

Reception have been reading Who's Been Eating My Porridge? which is linked to last week's Goldilocks and the Three Bears text. 

In Maths we have been continuing to learn about numbers up to 20 in Year 1 and numbers up to 5 in Reception. We have been learning to find 1 more and 1 less, subitise and place numbers on a number line. 

This week, we started our new Geography topic and have spent the week learning about Villages, Towns and Cities. We started the topic by recapping our learning from our last topic; identifying the 4 countries in the United Kingdom and their capital cities. We have also been learning about the difference between human and physical features. 

Next week in our Compting lessons we will be editing photographs. 

Reminders: P.E. in Chestnut class is on a Monday and Thursday. 

Please remember to bring book bags and water bottles to school every day. 

Reception Porridge Party!!, by Mrs Williams

Date: 21st Jan 2025 @ 4:56pm

This week the Reception Children in Oak and Chestnut had a Porridge Party! We read the story Who has been eating my porridge? Goldilocks has a porridge party and invites all of the different traditional tales characters to the party.

We had lots of fun stirring the porridge, cooking and eating it, as well as playing party dances and games.

In Maths this week we focused on Zero the Hero!! We identified zero amounts, counted backwards to zero and wrote zero! We went on a zero hunt around school too!!

Next week our story is based on a tea party gone wrong!! A strippy orange and black animal comes to the tea party and eats all of the food! Can you guess which book it is?

Chestnut Week 2, by Miss Sims

Date: 16th Jan 2025 @ 11:50pm

Another fantastic week in Chestnut class! Well done everyone.

This week, the children have enjoyed Maths Week and have completed lots of fun activities. 

In English, Year 1 have produced some wonderful pieces of writing based on our text 'A River', whilst Reception have enjoyed reading the story of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. 

In Computing, the children have been discussing sharing images and why it is important to be SMART online - Safe, Meet, Accept, Reliable, Tell. During the lesson we talked about sharing concerns about the online world with 'Trusted Adults' and never sharing personal details or images with strangers whilst using the internet. The children produced some lovely pieces of work during the lesson. Please also continue this discussion at home with your child. If you need any support with this, please speak to a member of Chestnut class who will be happy to help you. 

Next week, we will be visited by a child author, Max, who will be coming into school to share two of his books. We look forward to meeting Max when he joins us in class. 

Please ensure that all children bring their book bags to school every day as we have been encouraging this in class. 

First week back - Chestnut, by Miss Sims

Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 12:00pm

We have had such a busy week in Chestnut class. 

We have been reading a lovely story called 'A River' and we have enjoyed thinking of adjectives to describe scenes from the text. 

Year 1 children have been learning about numbers to 20 in Maths, whilst Reception have been learning all about repeating patterns. 

In Science, we have been finding out about habitats and that plants and animals are suited perfectly to where they live. 

Next week is Maths week in school and we have lot of exciting activities planned.