Back to Back, Face to Face

9th December 2022Rebecca Kendrew-Jones

This week in Class 2 we have been trying out a new strategy to help us ‘think, pair and share’. The children start this activity by standing back to back with a friend. I then ask them a question such as ‘how are you feeling this morning?’, ‘what are you looking forward to doing at school today?’ or ‘can you remember the tricky word we learned in phonics this week?’. The children have some silent thinking time and then when they hear me say ‘face to face’ they jump round and share their answers with their partner.

The children have engaged in this activity really well and it has had an impact on their ability to speak aloud about their thinking and listen carefully to others. Well done Class 2, you are working hard and getting smart!

It’s Cold Outside ❄❄

8th December 2022Elouise Chadwick

Class 1 enjoyed playing in the ice today. We did some mark making using warm water and brushes. The children practiced writing some of the letters they have been learning and even wrote their names 🥰❄

Christmas Lunch 🎄

7th December 2022Rebecca Kendrew-Jones

Today we all enjoyed eating Christmas lunch together in the dining hall. There were lots of happy faces and full tummies 😋 Miss Tunney and Mrs Ponsonby were also in the festive spirit serving everyone their dessert.

Celebrating and Getting Smart

2nd December 2022Elouise Chadwick

Class 1 enjoyed their first celebration of learning this week. They have worked so hard and each got to take home a very special bear 🐻

The children performed ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. Big shout out to Mrs Murray for being a fantastic bear 🙂

I am so proud of the writing and creativity I am seeing in class 1 at the moment…

You’re all amazing 👏 xx

Class Two’s Celebration of Learning

1st December 2022Rebecca Kendrew-Jones

It was so exciting for Class Two to take part in their first ever Celebration of Learning with their parents and grandparents this week. The children have worked incredibly hard answering this term’s expedition question ‘How Can We Care for the Bears?’. Why not check out our expedition website here where you can find out all about what we got up to…

https://sites.google.com/nortoninfantschool.org/caringforbears/home

We are so proud of our final product and hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed creating it.

The children certainly deserved to take home their own teddy bear as a lasting legacy of their hard work this term. Well done Class Two, I can’t wait to see what the next expedition has in store!

SumDog Superstars

1st December 2022Laura Parsons

We are very proud of these mathematicians in class five – they have been working really hard on SumDog and all finished in the top ten spots of our leaderboard!

I wonder who will be in the top ten next time?

Mrs Parsons xx

Designers and Mathematicians

1st December 2022Laura Parsons

We have been designing and making our very own catapults in class this week. We brushed up on our measuring skills and spoke about how to make our experiment a fair one. We had a great time and produced some fantastic products.

Practising our measuring skills

Grappling with building our designs.

Testing our designs

In Class 3 we have been busy designing and making:

30th November 2022Emma Powell

We have designed catapults, making sure they include a lever, spring and bucket. We have also made a list of materials we need. We then had great fun gathering materials and making the catapults.
We have also been very busy designing and making our final product for our Expedition. We have designed our very own castle flags and towers and also made knights with moving arms and legs. We are all really proud of our work and have enjoyed learning new skills.