Muffin Research!

7th March 2023Laura Parsons

This morning in class 5 we have been preparing for our next recipe. We have decided to make muffins – but with a healthy twist!

We started by researching lots of different muffin recipes and decided what the main ingredients were, what we could change and made an anchor chart of imperative verbs came across to help us with our recipes.

We then did a tally chart of our favourite types of muffins to decide which we wanted to bake. I was really impressed at how confident we were counting in 5’s.

Next we got busy generating our shopping lists ready for our baking. We thought about prices, using commas in a list and some of us even completed Mrs Parsons’ Asda order ready for tomorrow!

Awesome job class 5.

Tranquil Tuesday meets origami . . .

7th March 2023Laura Parsons

We decided to put our reading skills to good use this morning and revamp our bookmarks!

We read instructions carefully and followed the directions to make some new cool bookmarks.

It was lovely to see everyone supporting each other with the reading, cutting or folding. It meant the whole of Crew Parsons left with a completed book mark.

Well done guys ❤️

We’re all going to the Farm tomorrow….we can stay all day!

6th March 2023Sarah Winkley

In preparation for Nurseries visit to the Farm tomorrow we have read the story ”What the Ladybird Heard”. We have also been learning about farm animals, their key features and the sounds that they make. We have played observation and description games and listening games. We’re looking forward to our visit and seeing the animals in real life.

Mindfullness Techniques

6th March 2023Laura Parsons

This morning in crew we have been trying out some different calming techniques to help us. We tried out three different ones.

The first was finger breathing. This is where you use the outline of your hand to help you breathe in and out. One round gave you five, big relaxing breaths.

The next was called settling thoughts. This one was where you focussed on the sounds you could hear around you like birds tweeting, mindful music or the wind in the trees.

The final strategy was the listening game We heard the sound of a bell and we had to activate our listening to see how long we could hear the bell for.

Elizabeth enjoyed the listening game because it was really calming. Jack agreed! Katya liked the finger breathing strategy because she hadn’t seen anything like that before. Lottie enjoyed the finger breathing too because she was able to close her eyes and really focus.

I wonder when we could use these strategies outside of crew sessions.

Great start to the week Crew Parsons xx

What a perfect Friday!

3rd March 2023Anna Wojcik

Year 1 had a very busy day being food technologists. We used different skills to make a delicious Greek salad and in the afternoon we decorated our biscuits.

Following Instructions

3rd March 2023Laura Parsons

This week, class five have been working really hard writing instructions for a Greek style salad. Today we have tested out the instructions using our new design technology skills. We were really proud of the results – it tasted delicious!

Mrs Parsons xx