We had great fun today taking part in the Easter bonnet parade. The standard this year was incredible and the children enjoyed looking at all of the fantastic bonnets from the other classes. Hawkstone class have also taken part in an Easter egg hunt this week and had a visit from some adorable lambs. They have had a lovely week to finish off a fantastic term. Happy Easter!

We have been very lucky to have some very cute visitors into Hawkstone Class this half term. Lucy and her family gave us a talk on their bucket of chicks and the children couldn’t wait to stroke them. Stay tuned for some more visitors later this week….

We had lots of super writing from many children over the half term. The children were very pleased to receive a medal and have their work displayed on the wall. Keep it up Hawkstone!

Please see details below of remote learning for Hawkstone class due to closure.

English 

This week in English the children have been learning about poetry linked to the theme of ponds. The children have learnt about ponds and the wildlife that might be found in a pond.

Year 1 – During Thursday’s lesson the children used adjectives to describe what they might find in a pond. Please use the lined template to write sentences about what might be found in a pond using adjectives e.g. In a pond you will find scaly fish. On a pond you will find beautiful lily pads floating.

English – Pond writing activity

Reception -During Thursday’s lesson the children labelled pictures of wildlife found in a pond using known phonic sounds to support their writing. Please use the unlined template (on page 2) to draw pictures of what might be found in a pond and label using the phonics mat to support.

English – Pond writing activity

Phase 2 sound mat

Phonics 

Reception – Please practise reading and writing phase 2 tricky words

Reception Phase 2 Tricky Words

Year 1 – Please practise reading and writing phase 5 tricky words

Year 1 Phase 5 Tricky Words

Maths 

Reception – Following on from Thursday’s lesson about addition, please complete the addition worksheet.

Reception Addition

Year 1 – Next week the children will be moving onto the composition of numbers 6 to 10. Please use the link below to support your child’s learning and complete the following worksheet. Count a set of objects and match the spoken number to the written numeral and number name KS1 | Y1 Maths Lesson Resources | Oak National Academy

Year 1 Maths Worksheet

D&T

This week the children have been sewing hand puppets. Please use the template to design their puppet. They could make their puppet into their favourite animal or story book character.

Hand puppet template

Enjoy the snow, stay safe and keep warm!

Miss Williams 🙂

This week has been a busy week with lots of special events taking place. The children learnt about Remembrance Day and why it is an important event. Today the children enjoyed wearing their own clothes and raising money for Children in Need. We also had the fantastic opportunity to watch a show Called ‘Rick Whittington’ which they all enjoyed and got lots of giggles!

To find out more about what the children will be learning about this half term, please see the overviews below.

Autumn 2 Overview Reception 25 26

Autumn 2 Overview Year 1 25 26

The children have had a great first week back! The reception children are very excited to be taking home their first reading books this week. The children each have a book matched to the phonic sounds that they have been taught and they have also all chosen a book to read for pleasure with an adult at home. Please bring in phonic reading books everyday to be read with an adult in school. Both books will be changed every Friday.

This week in English we have been learning a poem called ‘There Are No Such Things As Monsters’. Today the year 1 children bravely stood in front of the reception children and took turns to read a verse from the poem. They did an amazing job and are all fantastic readers!

This half term the children have enjoyed exploring in our forest area. We explored what happens during Autumn and this week the children learnt about hibernation. We searched for signs of animal homes and thought about what animals we might find in a woodland habitat. The children then worked together to make homes for different animals from minibeasts to birds and hedgehogs to rabbits. Great team work Hawkstone class!