What can our special items tell us about our history?
Class 2 have had a wonderful afternoon sharing their special memories. They have listened to each others stories and then presented what they heard to their peers. They then plotted their favourite memory on their own timeline. Super history learning everyone!
Place value power!
Year 1 have worked very hard mastering place value within 10 this week. They have played quick counting games against partners, represented numbers, investigated number lines and looked at 1 more than. Great work year 1.
Phonics fun!
Class 2 have had a great week getting back into phonics! Lots of practical learning and fun.
Well done children!
Little Red Riding Hood
Class 2 have begun their first English unit studying traditional tales. To start with they passed clues around the circle making predictions about which story it could be and explaining their reasons. After working out that it was Little Red Riding Hood, the children have read the story and…
Welcome Back Class 4
After a wonderful summer it was back to business for class 4 as they started a number of new topics this week.
English - suspense stories
Maths - place value
Science - materials and their properties
Geography - populations
PE - Handball
ICT - internet safety
We have been…
Excellent English
Today we have been hot seating. We put ourselves in the position of Rhodopis, the character from our class text and answers questions as her. We thought about how she may be feeling and the different things she has been experiencing.
Our class is a family!
What a wonderful first week together we have had! The children spent time getting to know each other, building fabulous new friendships and finding out about each other. They then had fun imagining what they didn’t do on holiday- nobody swam with sharks or flew a rocket to space. To finish we…
Practical maths
Year 1 have had lots of fun working practically in maths. Their knowledge of place value within 100 is coming on wonderfully!
Tennis stars
Year 3 had a wonderful afternoon at Spital tennis club. They learnt many skills and had lots of fun. As always, they were wonderful representatives of The Howard.
We will rock you!
Wow! What a fabulous morning we have had! Our Rocksteady bands have shown great commitment over the past term perfecting their musical skills. Today they showcased bravery and courage performing to parents and then their peers. We are incredibly proud of you all. Rock on legends!
Transition day fun!
This week we have held our transition day. We were sad to loose our wonderful year 2 children but we were very excited to meet our new friends who will be joining us in class 2 in September. To get ready for our first topic, traditional tales, the children began by guessing what our topic would be…
Coding wonders!
Class 2 are reaching the end of their coding unit of work and their skills are impressive! Using scratch jr they can make images come to life with wonderful animations. They have learnt how to changed backgrounds, sprites (the characters), code individual sprites and add it altogether to create…