D'Arcy Primary Academy Class Blogs

Willow Class enjoyed our time in Forest School again today, with lots of children keen to get creative with our conkers! We made necklaces and wands, using our tool-handling and crafting skills to carefully make holes in the conkers before threading them with wool or adding sticks. The children showed great concentration and perseverance as they worked on their creations. We also had a go at making willow crowns. These were a little bit fiddly to begin with, but with some practice and a few adaptations, we are sure we will all be able to make our own crowns! Some children particularly enjoyed getting stuck into our mud play today! They used water from our canister to add to the digging area, creating lots of lovely, squelchy mud. There was plenty of jumping, splashing and enthusiastic muddy play as the children explored the mud at the bottom of the digging hole! As always, there was plenty of tree climbing, exploring, building and opportunities to work and play together. It was wonderf...

We have been busy again in Birch Class! We have been doing lots of reading and practising writing words using the new graphemes we have been learning. The children have also started writing about our new class book, Puffin Peter , about a little puffin who gets lost. They have written some creative sentences and are beginning to use linking words such as ‘but’, ‘when’ and ‘because’ . In maths, we have been learning about part-whole models. The children did really well at breaking numbers into two parts and developing their understanding of the composition of numbers. We have also been getting ready for our Harvest Collective Worship. The children painted pictures of fruits and vegetables using autumn colours such as red, orange and yellow. They were very proud to show their pictures during the Harvest service. Well done, Birch Class, for all your hard work this week!  

It has been another busy and exciting week in Maple Class! In English , we have brought together our learning and skills from across our unit to write our own Mini Rabbit Not Lost stories. The children have worked incredibly hard to write stories that capture Mini Rabbit’s character and have included a little twist at the end! On Friday morning, we spent time publishing our stories, with some children writing more in one sitting than ever before! We are so proud of the perseverance, determination and pride they have shown in their writing. In Maths , we have been estimating numbers on a number line and then comparing numbers. These lessons have given the children practical skills for tackling questions and problems in Maths, and they have all shown a confident understanding of the methods we have been using. In History , the children explored the diets of Palaeolithic people as we continue to learn more about what life was like during the Stone Age. They enjoyed thinking about the dif...

  Our school had a wonderful time visiting the church to celebrate the Harvest Festival. The children enjoyed taking part in the celebration and sharing their learning about harvest. They presented beautiful poems, displayed their creative artwork and gave thoughtful talks about the importance of harvest, giving thanks and helping others. It was lovely to see the children confidently sharing their ideas and talents with the church community. We would like to say a huge thank you to all our families for their generous donations. Your kindness and support helped us to collect a wonderful amount of food to share with those in need in our local community. We are very grateful to everyone who contributed and helped make our Harvest Festival such a meaningful and special occasion.

  Class Cedar Computing – The World Wide Web During our Computing lesson, our Year 4/5 children explored how information is shared via the World Wide Web (WWW). We learned about the different types of media that can be shared online, including text, images, audio, video and interactive content. The children also discovered that websites are stored on web servers and can be accessed using a web browser or found through a search engine. The children put their learning into practice by using a search engine to find given times-table games. We also discussed the importance of sharing information safely and responsibly online, including keeping personal information private and thinking carefully before sharing content. It was a great opportunity for the children to develop their Computing knowledge while strengthening their understanding of online safety.

 

  🌟 Reception Weekly Learning Update 🌟 What a wonderful week we have had in Reception! The children have continued to settle into their routines and have been busy learning, exploring and developing their confidence through a range of activities. 📚 Phonics This week, our focus sounds have been i, n, m and d . The children have been practising recognising the sounds, saying them correctly and identifying them in words. We have also been developing our blending skills , helping the children to hear the individual sounds in a word and put them together to read words. The children have enjoyed finding and spotting these sounds during our activities and around the classroom. You can support your child at home by practising the sounds together and looking for i, n, m and d in books, signs and labels. ✏️ Writing We have continued to develop our early writing skills, practising forming our letters carefully and thinking about the sounds we can hear in words. The children have been enco...