Lime Class News
13th March 2026
Rainbows and Inclusion
This week, Lime Class children have enjoyed listening to the Bible story of Noah’s Ark and reflecting on the importance of the rainbow as God’s promise. They have created their own Noah’s Ark pictures and have represented the animals going two by two into the ark, using animal models and wooden blocks. The children also enjoyed writing their own labels for the different animals. At Sutton Primary School, all staff members wear rainbow lanyards to represent the importance of inclusion. The children have talked about different ways that they can help one another to feel included.
Star of the Week
This week, our star of the week is Hermione Ferrari-Wills for working extra hard on her phonics, writing and reading this week. Well done Hermione! We are so proud of your progress!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Happy Mother’s Day too!
6th March 2026
Signs of Spring
We are all feeling grateful that we have finally stepped into the season of spring! The children are showing great excitement as they spot signs of spring around the school grounds. They have used magnifying glasses with Mrs Keen to examine spring time buds, flowers and plants. They have also enjoyed creating hand print daffodil pictures. On Monday, the children have looked carefully at the different parts of a daffodil and can now identify the trumpet, petals, stem and leaf. They have completed step by step drawings for some very impressive daffodil pictures, using both paint and pastels. We are loving our joyful daffodil class display!
Star of the Week
This week, our star of the week this week is Emilia Piccoli Staley for putting so much care and detail into her art and book writing this week. Well done Emilia!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
27th February 2026
The Four Seasons
Our topic this half term is titled Easter, with a focus on Seasons, Weather, Stories about Jesus and the true meaning of Easter. This week, the children have been learning about the four seasons. They have identified trees for spring, summer, autumn and winter and have matched different pictures to the relevant season. The children have enjoyed learning the seasons song and this has really helped develop their understanding.
Spring Trees
In Art, the children have been creating their own spring tree paintings. At first they drew around their hand and part of their arm for the tree shape and painted this brown. Once this had dried, the children dabbed on pink for the blossom, using a small piece of cotton wool held in a clothes peg. They then added some green leaves using the same method. Look out for our whole class Spring Tree display at the gate!
Star of the Week
This week, our star of the week this week is Alba Henry for giving such fantastic answers in our class discussions and for making such big improvements in her writing too! Well done Alba!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
13th February 2026
Book Share
Lime Class had such a lovely Book Share session on Monday afternoon. It was lovely to see how proudly the children shared their work with their parents. There was such a busy, positive atmosphere in our classroom.
Dinosaur Dioramas
The children have had a wonderful time making their Dinosaur Dioramas over the past two weeks. This week, they added the finishing touches of volcano, rocks and dinosaurs. We hope they enjoy playing with them at home as much as they have enjoyed making them at school!
Children’s Mental Health Week 2026
For Children’s Mental Health Week, Lime Class children have been thinking about the importance of looking after their minds as well as their bodies. The theme for this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘This is My Place’. The children have been thinking about what it means to feel a sense of belonging. As a class, we thought about different examples of belonging e.g. our family, our classroom, our school, our friends. The children have drawn pictures of a place that is special to them and described how they feel in that place.
Star of the Week
This week, our star of the week this week is Caleb McBride for always working hard and doing his best, thus achieving super results. Well done Caleb!
Have a Lovely Half Term Everyone!
6th February 2026
Dinosaur Dioramas
The children have made a fantastic start to their dinosaur dioramas this week. They started preparing their boxes on Monday by putting white stickers over any logos or writing. They then designed the background by painting the sky blue and the grass green. On Tuesday, the children made tree models and added a blue cellophane river to their dioramas. Next week, they will further develop their dioramas by adding volcanoes and rocks. The final touch will be adding a couple of dinosaurs. The children will take these home next week too.
Dinosaur Salt Dough Fossils and Ice Fossils
Lime Class children have been having a wonderful ‘fossil’ time with Mrs Keen on a Thursday. They have been mixing flour, salt and water to make their own salt dough dinosaur fossils, which they then have buried in the sand pit. The children have also tested their palaeontologist skills when trying to excavate dinosaurs from two large ice eggs.
Star of the Week
This week, our star of the week this week is Josiah Neale for showing so much interest in our dinosaur topic and for being an excellent tidy up person too!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
29th January 2026
Anti-Racism
On Monday morning, Mrs Chapman led a whole school collective worship on the subject of anti-racism. Mrs Chapman has encouraged the children to think very carefully about the importance of celebrating differences and treating everyone fairly. She has also encouraged pupils to recognize, challenge, and stand up against unfair treatment based on race. In Lime Class, the children have watched the video clip ‘Gary learns about racism’ and shared their responses. It was agreed that everyone should feel proud of their differences and that no-one should ever feel left out or treated unfairly. The children have also enjoyed learning about the art work of artist Lubaina Himid. Lubaina often re-uses objects she finds and turns them into artworks. In the same way, Lime Class children have collected natural objects from the sensory garden and used these to make their own natural collage. It is always lovely to see the positive effect that creativity brings to us all.
Star of the Week
Our star of the week this week is Mimi Yalley-Ellis for always working hard and making fantastic progress in her reading and writing. Well done Mimi!
Have a lovely weekend Everyone!
23rd January 2026
Essential Writing Lime Class children have been developing their writing skills through the Essential Writing programme. The Early Years programme consists of a series of book-making units. Every unit contains six steps, resulting in a book that reflects the passions and experiences of its author. This half term, the children have already completed their own ‘Things I like’ books. On Wednesday morning, they enjoyed reading their completed books to one another. It is lovely to see how the children are gradually writing more independently. Their books are so individual and certainly reflect the children’s unique ideas and personalities.
Fossils This week Lime Class children have been enjoying learning about fossils with mouse explorer William Whiskerson. In the BBC Bitesize video clip, William visits the Dorset coast and discovers how fossils are created from plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. After learning about ammonite fossils, the children went on to complete their own observational drawing of an ammonite. These carefully detailed drawings are very impressive! We are so thankful to Reuben who brought in his own ammonite the following day to show the class.
Curriculum in Church
On Wednesday morning, Lime Class children enjoyed another lovely visit from Rev Alex. They listened carefully as Rev Alex taught them about the different things that can be found inside a church. They drew pictures of their favourite thing and eagerly shared their ideas with the rest of the class.
Star of the Week
Our star of the week this week is Tenu Vidanaarachichi for making wonderful writing progress and for putting great care and detail into his drawing of a fossil. Well done Tenu!
Have a lovely weekend Everyone!
16th January 2025
Jurassic Café
Lime Class children are loving our Jurassic Café Role Play corner. Dinosaur customers are welcomed by two Café staff members who write down orders on a note pad and then pass their orders to the chefs. Menu choices range from T-Rex burger or Herbivore Burger as a main to Ice Age Cone or Chocolate Volcano for dessert. Dinosaur customers have been waiting patiently for their meals and paying promptly too! Our chefs put great care into their dishes. Our waiters and waitresses make sure that the dinosaur customers leave feeling happy and satisfied.
Mastering Number
At Sutton Primary, we follow ‘Mastering Number’ from Reception to Year 2. This fully funded National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics[NCETM] programme has been designed to help teachers ensure that ALL children are able to develop a fluency and flexibility with number that we can describe as ‘good number sense’. Having good number sense includes being able to subitise, understand how numbers are composed and can be decomposed, compare quantities and see how numbers are related. This week, our maths focus has been on ‘counting, ordinality and cardinality’. The children have been recognising the ‘staircase pattern’ when counting and seeing how each number is one more than the number before.
Star of the Week
Our star of the week this week is Reuben Dowell for listening so carefully in class and putting so much effort into all his work. Well done Reuben!
Have a lovely weekend Everyone!
9th January 2025
Happy New Year!
It has been lovely to see the children’s enthusiastic faces this week as they return to their learning in Lime Class. On Tuesday, they shared their Christmas holiday news with a talk partner and then went on to draw and write about it. The children are now using their phonics to have a go at their own spellings. This is such an exciting part of their writing journey. The snow on Tuesday made the return to school even more memorable. The children had such a lovely time playing in the snow on the field with the rest of the school at break times.
Well-being Wednesday
This term, our Well-being Wednesday theme is Monsters in Monstro City. Every week, the children will meet a different monster who will teach them a new well-being skills e.g. overcoming worry, growth mindset, being a good friend, anger management and problem solving. This week, the children have met the monster Hilo who is an expert on Self Esteem. The children have thought about things they are good at doing. They have drawn pictures and written simple captions e.g. ‘I am good at swimming.’
Stars of the Week
Our stars of the week this week are Ashleigh Wade and Alba Henry. Ashleigh has been working extra hard on her reading and writing. Alba has been working extra hard on her writing and maths. Well done to both Ashleigh and Alba!
Have a lovely weekend Everyone!
17th December 2025
Christmas Science
This week, Lime Class children have enjoyed taking part in a range of Christmas Science experiments. As a whole class, the children have carried out an iced balloon investigation. They started off with two ice balloons. The challenge was to try to melt one balloon as quickly as possible and keep the other balloon frozen. The children quickly decided that the unit next to the radiator would be a warm place to start off the melting process and they were right. They wrapped the other ice balloon up in a cool bag and put it outside on the picnic table. The ice balloon next to the radiator had melted by the end of the afternoon. We were all amazed to discover that ice balloon on the picnic table was still partly frozen the next morning-in spite of the milder weather! The children also learned to use pipettes when adding drops of vinegar with food colouring to a bicarbonate of soda Christmas tree. The children made careful observations, using their sense of smell, sight and hearing. They used magnets to test a range of Christmas themed objects in plastic bottles: pom poms, bells, pipe cleaners and split pins. We have been so impressed by their scientific questioning and reasoning. Well done Lime Class!
Happy Christmas Everyone!
12th December 2025
Thank You FOSS!
Thank you so much Friends Of Sutton School for making this week such a special, Christmassy one for all our pupils. Lime Class children were delighted and enchanted to meet Father Christmas on Monday afternoon. This magical visit was followed by the FOSS Christmas Fair in the village hall. It was great to see so many children and parents getting into the Christmas spirit. Mrs Price was extra happy with her raffle win of the red, Lime Class hamper! Not a fix, I promise! The FOSS treats didn’t end here. On Wednesday morning, our children enjoyed yet another amazing Widdershins puppet show led by the very talented Andy Lawrence.
Born In A Barn
This year, Larch and Lime Class children have been celebrating the magic of Christmas with our school play which is titled ‘Born in a Barn’ There is a good deal of commotion in a Bethlehem stable when the animals realize that there's a baby in the barn! The cows, sheep, pigs, cat and cockerel all learn about their special guest from the donkey that brought the baby along as well as the guests that follow. As more and more visitors arrive to greet the new king, the animals slowly realise what a privilege it is to share their home with such an important baby. We are so proud of all our KS1 and EYFS pupils and the way they have worked together to put on such a wonderful performance. Well done to all our pupils!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Evie Turner for bringing so much joy and positivity into the classroom. Well done Evie!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
5th December 2025
Lime Class children had an amazing experience at the KAPLA Clubs workshop on Monday in the village hall. Our leader Jennifer did a wonderful job of teaching our children how to build houses with identical wooden planks. The children listened attentively to Jennifer’s step by step instructions and learned some French in the process as Jennifer herself is French. By the end of our session, Lime Class children had made their own winter village with snow-topped houses, swimming pools, trees and a road running through it. Every class made their own contribution to the final show piece: an incredible winter wonderland made out of the same identical wooden planks. Huge thanks to Mrs Whitfield for organising this wonderful workshop!
Eid Presentation
On Tuesday, Lime Class children had a lovely visit from Sehrish and Dilara who shared how Muslims celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid. There are two Eids in a year: Eid-ul-Adha [sacrifice and trust in Allah] and Eid-ul-Fitr[ Thankfulness and being grateful to Allah]. The children took turns to think about things they are thankful for and reflected on the importance of being kind and thoughtful. They also had a wonderful time trying on different items of Islamic clothing. We give a huge thank you to Sehrish and Dilara for giving the children such an interesting lesson on the celebration of Eid. Thank you also for the delicious bags of dates for everyone!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Mimi Yalley-Ellis for being such a conscientious, attentive learner. We love how much Mimi’s confidence has grown since the beginning of term! Well done Mimi!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
28th November 2025
Celebrations
Lime Class have been enjoying learning about different religious festivals and have created some lovely art work linked to their learning. For the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, the children have used hand printing to make a nine branched Hanukkah menorah. For Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, they have used stickers and their knowledge of repeating patterns to create Rangoli pattern plates. For Holi, the Hindu festival of colour, the children have learned how people throw colour to celebrate spring, love and goodness. They have explored blow painting to create a ‘throwing of colours’ effect on T-shirts.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Sami Ahmad for working hard on his reading and showing much more confidence during register and class discussions. Well done Sami!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
20th November 2025
Thank You Lime Class!
Huge thanks to all Lime Class pupils for their excellent behaviour and positivity towards their learning during our Ofsted inspection! We are all so proud of each and every one of our pupils and especially love how the children care for one another too.
Lime Class children have been loving their TastEd sessions on a Wednesday morning. In a typical TastEd lesson, the children explore a range of fresh fruit and vegetables, using their five senses. They talk about what they see, smell, touch, hear and taste and say whether they enjoy it or not. There are two golden rules in TastEd 1. No-one has to try 1. No-one has to like. So far in our TastEd sessions, the children have used their senses of sight, smell, touch and taste to explore a range of Tomatoes. They have also experienced being ‘touch detectives’ -using their sense of touch to identify a range of fruit and vegetables hidden in socks. At the end of this lesson, they tasted slices of apple, grapes and mango. This week, the children have explored loud and soft food i.e. celery, carrots, blueberries and cherries. Needless to say, the celery was the least popular!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Ilyana Khalique for being such a conscientious learner and for showing such a growth in confidence-especially in class discussions. Well done Ilyana!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
We are touch detectives
Thumbs up for grapes!
Tasting mango
13th November 2025
Anti-bullying Week
We started off Anti-bullying week with a whole school collective worship led by Mrs Chapman. It was great to see so many children so proudly displaying their odd socks in celebration of all our differences. The theme for this year’s Anti-bullying week is ‘Power for Good.’ In Lime Class, the children have drawn pictures of themselves, looking closely at their features in mirrors e.g. hair length, texture and colour, eye colour and skin colour. They have also thought of different ways that they can use their ‘Power for Good’ e.g. being kind, helping others, listening to others and telling an adult if they see someone being treated unkindly. The children have together made a wonderful ‘Power for Good’ door display.
The Party Place
The children are loving our new role play corner which is called The Party Place. Customers dress up in party clothes and pay 5p for a Party Place ticket from the party organisers. The organisers can be recognised by their yellow spotty T-shirts and yellow caps. Customers enjoy a hearty meal served up by staff members. Lime Class children certainly love dressing up!
Reading
Please remember to hear your child read as often as possible at home. This is so important and makes such a difference to your child’s reading progress. It is great to see how many children are enjoying Fast Phonics on Reading Eggs. This is another effective way of developing your child’s reading skills.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Evie Turner for being such a kind, helpful and thoughtful Lime Class pupil. We so love her enthusiasm for learning too. Well done Evie!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
7th November 2025
Thank You School Parliament!
Huge thanks to our School Parliament and Mrs Ross for organising such a fun ‘Spooky Event’ on Tuesday! Lime Class children really enjoyed helping to prepare their own pumpkins and designing the faces. They all looked amazing in the end! At playtime, the children were excited to ice, decorate and eat some yummy cupcakes. This special ‘Spooky Day’ ended up with a fun treasure hunt out on the field with the rest of the school. It was lovely to see all Sutton Primary pupils interacting with each other with so much joy and positivity!
Bonfire Night
Our topic this half term is ‘Celebrations’. This week, the children have learned about Bonfire Night by watching My First Bonfire Night on Cbeebies-My First Festivals. They have enjoyed creating firework patterns with PVA glue on black paper, covering this with salt and then watching the sizzle effect as the paint is dropped onto the glue and salt pattern. The end results of these firework pictures are truly spectacular. We so love our classroom firework display![see photos]
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Josiah Neale for being such a polite and helpful Lime Class pupil. Josiah has made amazing reading progress too. Well done Josiah!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
24th October 2025
Animals and their Young
This week, Lime Class children have been learning about Animals and their young ones. They started off the week by listening to ‘Monkey Puzzle’ by Julia Donaldson. This story is about an infant monkey who has lost its mum and a butterfly who helps him find her. After the story, the children learned about the different names given to young animals and completed a cutting and sticking activity matching mother animals with their offspring.
Fairy Tales with Animals
Lime Class children have also been enjoying a range of fairy tales that feature animals e.g. ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ and ‘The Three Little Pigs’. They have enjoyed responding to these fairy tales through drawing, writing and re-enacting the story with lolly stick puppets. The children have had lots of fun building houses out of straw, sticks and bricks with Mrs Keen, linked to ‘The Three Little Pigs’.
Bikeability
Our children are fortunate to be receiving Bikeability lessons from Mr Passman on Friday afternoons. So far, they have been learning to put their cycle helmets on independently, pick up the bikes safely and walk with their bikes in a straight line. The children have also practised balancing with their bikes. Thank you Mr Passman for teaching the children such important skills!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Hermione Ferrari-Wills for making such a big effort on her reading this week. Well done Hermione!
Have a Lovely Half-Term Everyone!
17th October 2025
The title for our Understanding Christianity unit of work this half term is ‘Creation’ and poses the question ‘Why is the world so important to Christians?’ The children have been responding to God’s Creation Story in different ways. They have shared actions for the sequence of events. Which has helped them to put the seven day creation story in order. The children have reflected on the following questions linked to The Creation Story. How proud did God feel when he first created the universe? How should we have looked after our world? What can we do now to help God’s world? This week, the they have enjoyed drawing and painting birds, fish, plants, animals and people for God’s world. They have also had fun drawing God resting on the seventh day. We so love our Creation Story classroom display!
Wellbeing Wednesday On Wednesday mornings, Lime Class children enjoy taking part in the scheme ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’. Every term, we have a different theme. This term, the children have been learning about different sea creatures in the theme of Waves of Well-being. Every week, the children are introduced to a different sea creature and learn a new wellbeing skill e.g. the hermit crab experiences uncertainty when moving from one shell to another. In the same way, the children are able to reflect on changes in their own lives and the feelings of uncertainty linked to this. This week, they have been learning about the zebra seahorse who stays calm in a storm. The children have thought about the importance of staying calm and have talked about different things they like to do to stay calm and happy: “cuddling my teddy”, “singing to my baby brother”, “being with my family”.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Caleb McBride for being such a well-mannered, conscientious Lime Class pupil. Well done Caleb!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
We are proud of our Creation Story display
Sharing ideas on Wellbeing Wednesday
Our Car Rainbow
9th October 2025
Animal Tales
This week, Lime Class children have been responding to different animal tales through talk, drawing, sequencing and writing. At the beginning of the week, the children listened carefully to the story of ‘Chicken Licken’ and recalled the rhyming characters admirably. They drew some lovely pictures of Chicken Licken and labelled him too. ‘Elmer the Elephant’ has been another one of our animal tales this week. The children have been able to complete a story board and sequence story events. On Thursday with Mrs Keen, they have learned about the importance of never giving up after listening to the story of ‘The Tortoise and the Hare.’
Phonics
Lime Class children have been showing lots of interest in learning about letter sounds through Twinkl Phonics, a DfE validated scheme. So far, the children have learned the sounds with actions for s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d. They have also practised forming these letters and use short phrases to help them e.g. they say, ‘Curl around and around the snake’s body,’ as they form the letter ‘s’. More information will be shared with parents at our Phonics Information afternoon on Tuesday 14th October at 2.45pm.
Curriculum in Church
Many thanks to Rev Alex for such an interesting class visit on Wednesday morning. Rev Alex talked about the four special colours used throughout the church year. We were all very impressed with the children’s answers to Rev Alex’s questions-showing super listening skills. Well done Lime Class!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Tenu Vidanaarachichi for completing such fabulous drawings this week and for showing more and more confidence too! Well done Tenu!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
3rd October 2025
Diurnal and Nocturnal Animals
This week Lime Class children have been learning about diurnal and nocturnal animals. At the beginning of the week they listened carefully to Julia Donaldson’s story ‘Night Monkey, Day Monkey’ and talked about different things that can be seen during the day and things that can be seen only by night. The children then used their cutting and sticking skills to make a 2D shape monkey picture. After listening to ‘Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell, the children sorted diurnal and nocturnal animals. They have shown such a good understanding of this already!
Learning Through Play
Lime Class children have settled so well into our class routines and observe our visual timetable closely on a daily basis. After completing their structured activities, the children enjoy choosing their own ‘Learning Through Play’ activity. Play is a key factor in how children learn and create meaning. Play develops children’s cognitive skills as well as their social, emotional and physical wellbeing. It has been lovely to see how the children’s play has developed since the beginning of term. This week, I have observed ‘Mrs Price’ in action. It was like looking in the mirror of a much younger self!! Some children got together a team to ‘build a new school’ with our bricks outside. Lining up cars linked with block play is another popular play activity.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Reuben Dowell for being such a polite, kind, hardworking and helpful Lime Class pupil. Well done Reuben!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
26th September 2025
Book Share
It was so lovely to see Lime Class pupils show so much pride and confidence at Book Share on Monday afternoon. The children did not hesitate to point out our different playing and working areas. They explained clearly our feelings flowers display and birthday display too. The children have already settled so well as a cohort, which is so great to see.
Maths
In Maths, the children have been working on numbers 1 to 5 with Mrs Price and Mrs Keen. They have practised their counting and number formation in different ways i.e. number rhymes, online games, plasticine and whiteboards with pens. This week with Mrs Price, the children have been learning about repeating patterns. They have developed their skills using Multilink cubes, shape stickers, bead threading, 2D shapes and animal models. This practical experience has really helped consolidate their learning.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Emilia Piccoli Staley for being such an enthusiastic, hardworking and well-mannered Lime Class pupil. Well done Emilia!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
19th September 2025
The Egg Hatches!
On Monday morning, the children were excited to see lots of big cracks in the egg that Jane had given them to look after. They sat in a circle and passed the egg carefully around. There were squeals of delight when finally the egg hatched and a cute baby turtle popped out! Since the arrival of our baby turtle named Timmy, the children have been curious to learn interesting turtle facts. They have listened to the story ‘Timmy the Tired Turtle’ and have also made their own paper plate turtles for our class display.
Forest Thursday
This year Lime Class have their forest session on a Thursday afternoon with Mrs Keen, Miss Austin and Miss Brooker. During this session, the children take part in practical maths activities as part of their outdoor learning. The wet weather is not a problem as they all wear waterproof forest suits and wellies. Already the children are really good at exploring the forest area as well as putting on and taking off their forest suits. Well done Lime Class on such a fabulous start to Forest Thursdays!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Ivy Watson-Skinner for being such a helpful, well behaved and well-mannered pupil. Well done Ivy!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
12th September 2025
Welcome to Lime Class 2025-26
Well done to all our Lime Class children for making such a good start to school life! As the days have gone on, they have clearly become more settled and comfortable in their new learning environment. Mrs Price, Mrs Keen and Miss Austin have been already impressed with the children’s interest and enthusiasm for learning. Mr Passman has really enjoyed his Lime Class PE lessons too.
Mysterious Egg
Our topic this half term is Animals. This week, the children have enjoyed listening to the story ‘I want a pet’ by Lauren Child. In this story, a little girl called Jane can’t make up her mind which pet she wants to buy from the pet shop. In the end, the pet shop lady persuades Jane to buy an egg. In this way, her pet will be a total surprise. On Wednesday morning, the children were amazed to find a mysterious looking egg in their classroom with a letter beside it. Mrs Price read the letter to the children. It was from Jane, the little girl in the story. Jane has had to go on holiday and has asked Lime Class to look after her egg. The children have had lots of ideas about what animal may hatch out of it e.g. could it be a bird, snake, dragon, dinosaur or chick? Imagine how exciting it will be if the egg hatches at school! Some cracks have already appeared in the egg.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Arthur Stapleton for being such a polite, kind and conscientious pupil. Arthur is also one of the best at tidying up. Well done Arthur!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
18th July 2025
TastEd Treat
On Tuesday, Lime Class children enjoyed an end of year TastEd treat. They put in their requests for different fruits and were clearly impressed with the wide range of fruits on offer. Some children sampled more than others but everyone had a great time passing dishes around the table.
Sports Day
It was lovely to see the children complete their running races so confidently on Sports Day. They followed instructions well, showed each other support and ran competitively too. Well done Mr Passman for training the children so well and Thank You for organising everything for Sports Day so efficiently!
Thank You!
Huge thanks to all Lime Class children and parents for making this school such a joyful experience for us all! We are all so grateful for your incredibly generous gifts and thoughtful messages. We wish all our wonderful pupils an amazing summer break and a strong, positive start to Year 1 in September. We will miss you all!
Have a Lovely Summer Holiday Everyone!
10th July 2025
Year 1 Transition
In preparation for moving up to Year 1 in September, Lime Class children have been reflecting on the messages of the following stories: Little Tree by Lauren Long and The Cautious Caterpillar by Twinkl Originals. In the first story, Little Tree does not want to drop his leaves in Autumn and wants everything to stay the same. The Cautious Caterpillar loves being a caterpillar and doesn’t want to change into a butterfly. However, both Little Tree and Cautious Caterpillar find the courage to make some changes and never look back. Both stories have given our children positive messages about moving up to Year 1 in September. They have already spent two wonderful sessions in Larch Class with Mrs Whitfield, Mrs Tack and Miss Austin and are now clearly excited about their transition to Year 1. Here are some of the children’s comments: “I love being in Year 1 because I can run faster.” “I like all the people in Larch Class and I want to go in there straight away.” “I like the teachers in Larch Class.”
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
4th July 2025
Vehicle Models
Lime Class children have had a wonderful time making their shoe box vehicle models in D.T. this week. First of all, the children prepared their shoe boxes by covering them with white sticky labels. They then painted their shoe boxes. Next, they drew windows with passengers and fixed these to their vehicle chassis. They also cut out silver foil circles for head lights and created a personalized number plate, using a mix of letters from their name and numbers e.g. FIN 100. After this, the children attached axles to the chassis and added wooden wheels. We used rubber bands for washers. Finally, the children tested their vehicles. It has been lovely to watch the children experience such awe and wonder as they observe their vehicle roll perfectly in front of them. The children carried out a thorough test drive in the playground. We were all on standby with spare rubber bands but miraculously none were needed!
Star of the Week
This week’s Stars of the Week award goes to Dottie Riehl and Dottie Davenport for showing so much interest in class activities and being such kind and helpful Lime Class pupils. Well done both!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
27th June 2025
Athletics
Mr Passman has been so delighted with Lime Class children’s efforts in Athletics. They have been learning to do the high jump by accelerating from a standing start, pushing off the back leg to raise the front leg for the jump and remembering to bring the back leg over the high jump bar too. The high jump bar starts off at a low position and then is gradually raised higher as the children’s high jumping skills develop. The children have also been learning to do the standing long jump. For this, they have learnt to put their legs together for the starting position, jump forward for the ‘explosion’ and land with knees bent and feet together for the finishing position. We are so grateful to Mr Passman for his excellent PE teaching!
Floating and Sinking In Science, the children have really enjoyed finding out about Floating and Sinking. The children’s challenge has been to test a given set of objects to see if they float or sink. The children have made predictions and recorded their results on a table. It has been lovely to observe the children’s reactions when their predictions have been correct.
Plea for Shoe Boxes
Next week, the children are going to start making a vehicle model in DT. Please can your child bring in a shoe box for this? Shoe boxes are best because they are so sturdy but cereal boxes will work well too. Many thanks in advance.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to William for making such amazing progress in his reading. Well done William. We are so proud of you!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
19th June 2025
Book Share
We had such a lovely Book Share session at the beginning of the week. How lovely it was to see the children show their parents/grandparents their books so confidently! The sunny weather this week has certainly helped to make this important event extra enjoyable. Lime Class children have clearly made lots of progress since they started school in September.
Growing Mr Grasshead
Our Mr Grassheads have provided the children with lots of fabulous learning at school. Their attentive watering has ensured daily progress in grass growing. The children have not only learned about planting seeds and looking after seedlings. They have also learned how to use their observational skills when drawing their Grassheads. In writing, they have used time connectives to sequence the different stages of making a Grasshead e.g. First I put in the grass seeds. Then I put the soil in. It was lovely to see the children show off their Mr Grassheads to their parents on Book Share day. We hope they continue to look after them at home!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Runa Henry for always putting so much care and effort into her work. Well done Runa!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
We are proud of our books
Summertime Book Share
Some Grassheads have more hair than others
Natural Art for Father's Day
Natural Art for Father's Day
Drawing our Grassheads
13th June 2025
RSPB Trip
Lime Class children had such a wonderful class trip to the RSPB on Monday. Our picnic lunch on arrival was devoured quickly. The children then had lots of fun with nature in the wild play area. It is amazing how entertaining a dusty hill can be! Also in the wild play area, there was a bug hotel, a log trim trail, an obstacle course and a hide. The children were so quiet and observant at the hide, showing great respect for nature. After the wild play area, we walked along the Nuthatch Trail which leads to the RSPB headquarters. Mrs Price took a wrong turn and this resulted in an extended walk through woodland. During the walk, we used our senses to absorb many fascinating features of nature e.g. tree trunk patterns and unusual twisting branches, tree roots, beautiful wild flowers and bird song to name but a few. The children had a welcome rest at the owl memorial garden, before heading back to get picked up by their parents in the picnic area. On Tuesday, we reflected on our trip by looking at photos. We focused in particular on the photos of trees, flowers and tree roots. The children chose one photo and copied this onto a small piece of paper using pastel crayons. We made one big, beautiful class picture out of the children’s drawings and photographs. Such wonderful art teamwork celebrating our RSPB trip!
Many thanks to our voluntary parent helpers Katie Allard, Abbie Carter, Hannah Chapman and George Price for being such superstars. I think we all must have slept well on Monday night!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Samuel Conlin for super levels of interest, knowledge and observation on our RSPB trip! Well done Samuel!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
5th June 2025
Transport
We are so excited to see the children back at school. They seem to be happy to be back to learning with their friends too! Our topic this half-term is Transport. This topic is already ticking the boxes for many of our pupils. They have identified and described different modes of transport for land, water and air. They have also drawn and labelled different types of transport. Their drawings have been completed with lots of care and detail. We are so impressed!
Growing Mr Grasshead
Although our Mr Grassheads did get watered at school during the half term break, they are taking a while to get properly started! The children have been giving their own Mr Grassheads regular water top-ups so we hope to share some hairy Mr Grassheads with you soon. The children have spotted roots and some grass hairs here and there. Our growing experiment has created daily wonder and excitement this week.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Zuri Howard for being an extra kind and supportive friend in Lime Class. Zuri has become so much more confident lately too. Fabulous work Zuri!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Busy Learning in Lime!
Look at our transport pictures!
Our Mr Grassheads are looking thirsty
23rd May 2025
Real Superheroes
This week, Lime Class children have been thinking about the real superheroes in their lives. They have taken turns to name and describe them: mums, dads, grans, granddads, brothers, sisters, friends and even teachers were mentioned! The children have also thought about how people help others in their jobs e.g. doctors, nurses, firemen, policemen, teachers, shop assistants and refuse collectors. They have matched pictures of relevant jobs to situations of need e.g. I am lost: police officer; I have hurt my leg: doctor.
Keeping Safe
As well as thinking about People Who Help Us, the children have always thought about different ways of keeping safe. They have learned about ‘stranger danger’ and how to identify ‘safer strangers’ i.e. people who wear uniform or lanyards. The children have also looked at pictures of different scenarios and identified possible dangers e.g. children playing football near a road. They have been able to suggest ways of finding safer options e.g. playing football in a park. We have been really impressed with the children’s knowledge and wisdom.
Wellbeing Wednesday
On Wellbeing Wednesday, the children met Dr Bubble who has taught them how to blow their worries away into bubbles. The children have had a lovely, happy time with bubble wands in the playground. Mrs Price and Miss Austin enjoyed blowing away their worries too!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Orla Donaldson for working extra hard on her writing and maths. Orla has completed some amazing creative craft work too. Well done Orla!
Have a Lovely May Half Term Everyone!
We know that safer strangers wear a uniform or lanyard.
We can name people who help us
We can identify strangers and safer strangers
Fun with Bubbles
Blowing our worries into bubbles
16th May 2025
P.E.
Lime Class children are loving their P.E. lessons in the MUGA with Mr Passman. On Wednesday afternoons this half term, the children have been learning to play cricket. They have been developing their throwing, batting and fielding skills. Mr Passman is so proud of the progress they have made already. For Active Maths on Fridays, the children have been using their addition skills linked with a range of exercises for cardio, strength, balance, agility and co-ordination. They first throw two dice and add the numbers together. This determines how many exercises the children should complete e.g. 3+4 =7 shuttle runs.
Growing Mr Grasshead
For Science this week, Lime Class children have been learning how seeds grow. They have made their own Mr Grassheads and are patiently waiting for them to grow some hair! First, the children put some grass seeds into a pop sock. Then they added compost and tied a knot in the pop sock. They then added eyes, nose and mouth to make Mr Grassheads face. Our Mr Grassheads are now lined up on our classroom window sill to get plenty of sunlight. They are getting watered every day too. We are confident to see some hair starting to grow on Monday. Watch this space!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Reggie Waghorn for putting so much effort into his work and making such good progress as a result. We are especially proud of the progress Reggie has made in reading, writing and maths. Well done Reggie!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Spotty Dogs for co-ordination
Sit Ups for Strength
Shuttle run for cardio
Balancing for agility
9th May 2025
Our R.E. unit of work for this half term poses the question, ‘Which places are specially valued and why?’ This investigation enables children to explore a range of special places and find out about some buildings that are special for religious believers. To start this unit of work, Lime Class children have listened and responded to the story ‘A secret place’ by Julia Draper. In this story, a little girl's secret garden is spoilt by builders, but she makes another garden out of rubble and loving ingenuity. The story has been a great way to get the children started on thinking about their own special place. Their drawings have been so detailed and individual. Special places have ranged from dens, gardens, bedrooms, under beds, sofas and garden centres. Moving on from their own special place, the children have learned about different places of worship. They have first of all focused on churches as a special place for Christians. They have drawn and labelled features found inside a church e.g. font, pew, lectern, altar. Mrs Price and Miss Austin have been so impressed with their work!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Dottie Riehl for being such a caring, helpful and conscientious Lime Class pupil. Dottie always amazes us with her creative craft inventions too! Well done Dottie!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Lime Class Superheroes 2025
Happy Friday Everyone!
2nd May 2025
Superhero Writing
Last week, Lime Class children dressed up in their favourite superhero costume and Mrs Price took photos of them all. This week, the children have used these photos to draw self-portraits for both writing and painting lessons. For their writing, the children first drew themselves as a superhero and then wrote some simple sentences e.g. I am Jack. I am Spiderman. I am brave. I can fly. We have been so impressed with the children’s independent writing. We have now a wonderful superhero writing display. [see photos]
Superhero Self Portraits
The children have been equally excited to complete their Superhero self-portrait paintings. They first drew the outline to themselves in a superhero pose before painting in their skin, hair colour and superhero costumes. We are all thrilled at the end result. The children have done such an amazing job of capturing themselves as superheroes! These will soon be put together to make a whole class picture which will be on display next to our school gate.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Freddie Carter for excellent Superhero work this week. We have been especially impressed with his writing, painting and maths work too. Well done Freddie!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Self-portrait paintings
We need a Superhero!
Superheroes to the rescue!
Self-portrait paintings
Our Superhero Writing Display
Look at our Superhero Self Portraits!
25th April 2025
Welcome Back to School!
Lime Class children have clearly been excited to return to school, catch up with their friends and get ready for our Summer 1 topic of Superheroes! On Tuesday morning, the children shared their Easter holiday news with a talk partner before going on to write their news in simple sentences. They were able to use their phonics knowledge to approximate spellings. It is so rewarding to see how the children’s ‘independent’ writing begins to take shape in the summer term. Although our Superhero Rescue Centre is not yet fully up and running, the children have already tried on some superhero costumes. Look out for some role play photos next week!
Wellbeing Wednesday
Our Wellbeing Wednesday theme for the Summer term is ‘Mental Health Heroes.’ This works perfectly with our Superhero topic. Every week, the children will be introduced to a new Mental Health Hero who will teach them a different wellbeing skill. The mental health heroes all have to face battle with THE NEGATRON- a huge cloud of negative energy. This week, the children have met with Professor Pinwheel who uses a pinwheel to blow away negative thoughts and stay calm. Lime Class children have had a lovely time making their own pinwheels. They tested them out first in the sensory garden and then in the playground.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Izzy Newton for being such a helpful, hardworking Lime Class pupil. Izzy has made amazing progress in Reading, Writing and Maths! Well done Izzy!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Lime Class and their pinwheels
Sharing our Easter holiday news
4th April 2025
Easter Bonnets and Easter Breakfast
Lime Class children have had a lovely last week before the Easter holidays. We say a huge Thank You to FOSS for buying the children their fabulous Easter bonnet kits. The children have had a wonderful time decorating them with a wide range of Easter stickers and wearing them proudly at the FOSS Easter breakfast on Tuesday morning. We are very grateful to all the FOSS members for all their hard work at Sutton Primary. They have certainly given the children a memorable Easter experience.
Maths
In Maths this week, our focus has been on measuring height and measuring time. The children have been measuring and comparing the length of different objects. They have compared different flower lengths and counted how many cubes long those flowers have been. The children have also explored how long different units of time are and what they can do in different amounts of time. They have estimated how many times they could complete an action in 1 minute e.g. How many times they could write their name. They have then completed the 1 minute task and recorded their results on a table. Star jumps for 1 whole minute is no easy task!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Zuri Howard for being such a kind, friendly and hardworking Lime Class pupil. Zuri has made excellent reading progress too. Well done Zuri!
Have a Lovely Easter Holiday Everyone!
How many towers of 10 cubes can we make in 1 minute
How many star jumps in 1 minute
Decorating our Easter bonnets
Hungry for our Easter breakfast
Enjoying our Easter breakfast
Thank you FOSS for our Easter bonnets
28th March 2025
Phonics
Lime Class children have been working hard on their phonics this half term and have now covered the different letter sounds for Level 3 of Twinkl Phonics. It is wonderful to see the children apply their phonics skills not only in phonics lessons but in their reading and writing too. This week in phonics, the children have been focusing on the sounds ‘ure’ and ‘er’. They have practised spelling words such as letter, ladder, pure, secure and manicure. The Twinkl Phonics scheme certainly provides our children with a fun, structured and effective way of learning phonics.
Well-being Wednesday
The children have loved this term’s Well-being Wednesday theme of Monsters in Monstro City. Every week, they have met a different monster who has taught them a new well-being skill e.g. overcoming worry, growth mindset, being a good friend, anger management and problem solving. This week, the children have met the monster Yin Yan who is an expert on Self Care. The children have thought of ways to look after themselves on a daily basis e.g. brushing teeth, drinking water, washing hands, getting dressed and have completed a drawing/writing activity about this.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Albert McDonnell for having such a positive week in both structured activities and free play. Albert is terrific at tidying up too! Well done Albert. We are so proud of the progress you have made!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
We can keep a steady beat using percussion instruments
We are learning about Self Care
Observational drawing of our sensory garden
Look at all our 'ure' words!
Learning to spell words containing 'ure'
21st March 2025
Weather, Months and Seasons
This week, Lime Class children have been learning about different types of weather and seasonal changes. They are loving the Months of the Year song by Singing Walrus! The children have also enjoyed several weather themed stories this week. On Monday, they enjoyed responding to ‘The Wind Blew’ by Pat Hutchins. The children drew and labelled the different items that ‘the wind blew’ in the story. On Tuesday, Lime Class had a lovely picture book workshop session with Yr 1 children from Larch Class. They all listened to the story ‘Umbrella’ by Elena Arevelo Melville and shared their thoughts and ideas about the illustrations. The children then worked as YR/ Yr1 partners to re-create their own version of the story. Their work has now been laminated and been made into a delightful YR/Yr1 class picture book. We have been so impressed with how all the children have worked so beautifully together. This is great preparation for Larch Class 2025-26!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to William for being such a kind, helpful and conscientious Lime Class pupil. Well done William!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
YR and Y1 working together
Working well as a team
We like the magic umbrella
We can draw great elephants and umbrellas
We can copy illustrations
We are proud of our picture book pages
14th March 2025
Signs of Spring Hunt
The children have been excited to observe some promising signs of spring this week, in spite of the dip in temperature after our glorious weekend! Armed with clipboards, they ticked off several spring features on their check list e.g. daffodil, bird’s nest, seedlings, buds and birds. The children completed observational drawings on their checklists and took photos with the I-pads too. Roll on the warmer weather please!
R.E.
Our R.E. topic this term is titled ‘Salvation’ and poses the question ‘Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden?’ This unit of work looks at what the Bible says about the last days of Jesus’ ministry on Earth, from Palm Sunday to Jesus’ resurrection. This week, the children have been thinking about Jesus’ miracles. At the beginning of the week, they responded to the story Jesus Calms the Storm through discussion, drawing and writing. We have now an impressive R.E. display of their work in our classroom.
Parent-Teacher Meetings
Appointment slots for the school hall meetings on Monday 17th March have been written on slips in the children’s book bags. Parents who have requested an online meeting on Tuesday 18th March will receive a Teams link via email.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Louie Pope for showing extra care in his work and at play too. Well done Louie. We are so proud of you!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Our Spring Display
I have found some buds for my checklist
Our RE display
At work on our Spring Hunt
7th March 2025
World Book Day Thursday 6th March
Our class story for World Book Day this week has been Stanley’s Stick written by John Hegley and illustrated by Neal Layton. Stanley's stick is not just a stick. With a stick in hand, Stanley's options are endless - he flies to the moon, writes in the sand, goes fishing, plays a whistle and rides a dinosaur - and his imagination takes over and the magic begins. This story has really grabbed the children’s imagination. They have done some impressive drawings of Stanley with his stick and have used their phonics to write a simple sentence e.g. ‘Stanley stands with his stick.’ The children have had lots of fun decorating their own sticks, using a range of materials: flags, flowers, leaves, wool, stickers, ribbon etc. They have also enjoyed a ‘paired reading’ session with Year 1 children on World Book Day.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Finley Allard-Wood for working extra hard on his maths and making excellent progress. Finley works hard across the curriculum and always with a smile too! Thank you, Finley!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
27th February 2025
The Four Seasons
Our new topic for this half term is titled Easter. During this topic, the children will be learning about days of the week, months of the year, weather and seasons. They will also be learning about the stories and miracles of Jesus and the true meaning of Easter. This week, the children have been learning about the four seasons. They have been matching pictures to the correct season e.g. hat and gloves for winter, sun-cream for summer.
TastEd
This week for TastEd, the children have enjoyed using their senses to explore citrus fruits. They have had a go at tasting/smelling satsumas, oranges and pink grapefruit. They have had a small amount of orange juice to taste too. The pink grapefruit has been the least popular. However, several children have already acquired a taste for this! The children’s positive conversations that go along with TastEd reflect how beneficial these lessons are.
Our New Hall
The children have been super excited to experience our new hall for Collective Worship, lunchtimes and PE sessions with Mr Passman. The hall is such a wonderful new space for us all to enjoy. Huge thanks to all our hard working builders!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Kaiden Banton for always putting so much care and detail into his work. Kaiden has been practising his reading so much at home too and made amazing progress. Well done Kaiden!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Building a car park together
Building a castle for the ponies
My orange smells fresh and orangey
Our first Collective Worship with Mrs Chapman in our new hall
These oranges are so juicy!
We can match pictures to seasons
We can use our tongues to taste the oranges
14th February 2025
Book Share
Lime Class had such a lovely Book Share session on Monday afternoon. It was lovely to see how proudly the children shared their work with their parents/grandparents and carers. There was such a busy, positive atmosphere in the room.
Dinosaur Dioramas
The children have had a wonderful time making their Dinosaur Dioramas over the past two weeks. This week, they added the finishing touches of volcano, rocks and trees. We hope they enjoy playing with them at home as much as they have enjoyed making them at school!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Dottie Davenport for being such a kind, conscientious pupil. Dottie has completed wonderful drawings this week. Her reading progress is amazing too. Well done Dottie!
Have a Lovely HALF TERM Everyone!
Adding Volcanoes to our Dioramas
Look at our dioramas!
We can't wait to take our dioramas home!
We can't wait to take our dioramas home!
Book Share in Lime Class
The children proudly show off their work.
Such a Busy Book Share!
7th February 2025
Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week 3rd-9th Feb
On Monday morning during Collective Worship, Mrs Chapman opened this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week with a video clip from Kate Middleton and a child friendly animation, teaching the importance of sharing your feelings with someone you trust. This year’s theme is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself and is all about encouraging children to build self-awareness. In Lime Class, we have been focusing on describing different feelings and thinking about what makes us happy. This learning has been consolidated in our Making Me class collective worship with Kipsy the caterpillar, our feelings flowers interactive display and our daily Storm break sessions. In addition, the children love to sing The Feelings Song, which reminds them that feelings come and they go and that’s okay.
Dinosaur Dioramas
The children have made a fantastic start to their dinosaur dioramas this week. They started preparing their boxes on Monday by putting white stickers over any logos or writing. They then designed the landscape by drawing lines for a river and a horizon line between land and sky. On Tuesday and Wednesday, they painted the sky, grass and river. On Thursday, they have added the sun, clouds and river effects with cotton wool. Next week, they will further develop their dioramas by adding volcanoes, trees and rocks. The final touch will be adding a couple of dinosaurs. These will be coming home next Tuesday!
TastEd
This week, Lime class children have been using their sense of smell to describe different herbs and spices: cinnamon, cumin, cloves, rosemary and sage. Several of the children are really good smell detectives e.g. “This reminds me of Christmas cookies.”[cinnamon] “This must definitely be curry. [cumin]After using their sense of smell, some of the children went on to try apple dipped in cinnamon. Mrs Price has been surprised to see how popular this has been!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Charlotte Federico for making such a huge effort on her number and letter formations. Charlotte has made amazing progress as a result. Well done Charlotte!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Designing the landscape
Painting the sky
Painting inside and outside takes time
Diorama work demands so much concentration
Look at our dinosaur fossils!
TasteEd - Smelling Rosemary
TastEd-Let's try apple with cinnamon
TasteEd - Smelling Cumin
Outdoor play
31st January 2025
Fossils
This week Lime Class children have been learning more about fossils. They have used their observational skills well to draw pictures of ammonites. We have been so impressed with the children’s attention to shape, line and detail. The children have had a lot of fun mixing flour, salt and water to make salt dough for their own dinosaur fossils. They have used plastic dinosaur models to make dough imprints and then waited for them to be baked in the oven. It has been lovely to see the children’s excitement over their finished, painted dinosaur fossils! They have also been testing their palaeontologist skills by using paint brushes to carefully remove sand from buried dinosaurs in our sand pit.
Plea for Shoe Boxes
Please can your child bring in a shoe box or similar sturdy box on Monday next week. Please let Mrs Price know if you have any difficulty with this as we do have some spare ones. The children are going to be making dinosaur dioramas. This is such an exciting project and really brings out the joy of creativity for ll children.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Runa Henry for always putting so much care into her work and for being such a kind, well behaved pupil. Well done Runa!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
At first, our dough was a bit too wet
Kneading the dough
Making a dinosaur imprint
Palaeotologists at work
Look at what I have discovered!
24th January 2024
Mary Anning
This week Lime Class children have been enjoying learning about Mary Anning and her amazing contribution to science. After watching the clip Mary Anning-Fossil Hunter, the children went on to draw Mary Anning and write their ideas in simple sentences. The children have been able to put their dinosaur knowledge to the test by matching different skeletons to the relevant dinosaur.
Natural Art
As the Forest Area is temporarily out of action due to our building project, the children have been bringing natural objects from the playground into the classroom for some natural art activities on a Friday afternoon. So far this year, the children have enjoyed painting with mud to celebrate 2025. They have also gathered leaves to create a dinosaur collage. Huge thanks goes to Miss Austin and Miss Brooker for planning and leading these activities. Hopefully, it won’t be too long before the children can fully enjoy our forest area. I know that Mrs Hollyman has been preparing some exciting additions to enhance the children’s learning and enjoyment of this wonderful area of the school.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Samuel Conlin for working extra hard on his writing, maths and learning through play. Sam is a fantastic reader too. Well done Samuel on the wonderful all round progress you are making!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Dinosaur Leaf Collage
Mary Anning was a fossil hunter.
Our Dinosaur Writing Display
Painting with Mud
These girls love block play!
We are proud of our dinosaur pictures
We can match dinosaurs to their skeletons
17th January 2024
Wellbeing Wednesday
Lime Class children are enjoying our new Wellbeing Wednesday Monster theme. Every Wednesday, they follow Eggmo as he meets all his "MONSTEROUS" new neighbours on Monster Lane. Each of Eggmo's new friends pass on their wisdom and skills to help the children with their mental health and wellbeing. This week, Eggmo has met Woebo who has a tendency to worry. In Lime Class, the children shared their worries with a talk partner and thought about different strategies to overcome worries e.g. positive thinking and sharing worries with someone you trust. They have completed some lovely drawings of Woebo, before and after he has shared his worries.
Also on Wednesday morning, the children had their first TastEd lesson. In a typical TastEd lesson, the children explore a range of fresh fruit and vegetables, using their five senses. They talk about what they see, smell, touch, hear and taste and say whether they enjoy it or not. There are two golden rules in TastEd 1. No-one has to try 1. No-one has to like. This week in TastEd, the children used their sense of sight, smell, touch and taste to explore a range of Tomatoes. The children expressed lots of interest in the different seed patterns inside the tomatoes and could describe how the tomato felt to touch. Not all children tasted the differently coloured tomatoes but TastEd is about exploring fruit and vegetables through a range of senses, not just the sense of taste. There weren’t many tomatoes left so that is a good sign!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Reggie Waghorn for making such wonderful progress in his reading and making lots of valuable contributions in our class discussions. Well done Reggie! We are so proud of the progress you are making.
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Look at our wonderful dinosaur drawings!
Sharing worries helps to keep us happy.
The tomato feels cold and wet.
We can label a Triceratops.
We can see lots of seeds inside the tomato
We can use our senses of sight and touch in TastEd.
We enjoy tasting the differently coloured tomatoes.
10th January 2024
Welcome Back Lime Class!
Our Lime Class children have already had a busy and productive week. On Tuesday they first shared their Christmas holiday news with a talk partner, then wrote a simple sentence about one of their Christmas presents and drew a picture. The children are now managing to ‘have a go’ at their own spellings by sounding out words slowly and identifying sounds within words. In our phonics lessons, they have started learning Level 3 sounds with Twinkl Phonics. It has been lovely to see how much the children have progressed in both blending for reading and segmenting for spelling. The children are clearly excited by our Spring 1 topic of Dinosaurs. We have been really impressed by some of the children’s knowledge already!
Jurassic Café Role Play
The children are loving our Jurassic Café Role Play corner. Dinosaur customers are welcomed by two Café staff members who write down orders on a note pad and relate to the chef in the kitchen. Menu choices range from T-Rex burger or Herbivore Burger as a main to Ice Age Cone or Chocolate Volcano for dessert. Dinosaur customers have been waiting patiently for their meals and paying promptly too! Our chefs have been loving putting on the chef’s uniform and dishing up with a smile!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Orla Donaldson for completing some beautiful drawings and excellent writing this week for Christmas holiday news, Well-being Wednesday and for our Dinosaur topic. Orla always puts great care into her work and has made wonderful progress as a result. Well done Orla!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Sharing our Christmas holiday news
The Jurassic Cafe is open for business
Come and taste our delicious food!
Jurassic Cafe Fun
Our dinosaur theme food is very tasty!
We can label a dinosaur
20th December 2024
Getting Ready for Christmas
This week, Lime Class children have been busy completing a range of Christmas crafts, including nativity lanterns, nativity dotty art and Christmas card colouring. They have written messages in their Christmas cards and had fun decorating the envelopes with Christmas stickers. On Friday afternoons, the children have been enjoying working on natural art activities with Miss Austin and Miss Brooker. They have painted some lovely rock ladybirds and made Christmas tree calendars out of tiny twigs from our playground. It is great to see how proud the children have felt about all their creations this term!
Well Done Lime Class!
Well done to all the children in Lime Class for completing their first term at school! We are so proud of the progress they have all made: academically, socially and emotionally. It has been lovely to observe friendships develop across the classroom and reflect on how confidence levels have grown too. The children have shown lots of interest in our Autumn term topics of Animals and Celebrations. We know that they are going to equally love our next topic of Dinosaurs in Spring 1.
We give a huge thank you to all parents for all their support this term. We are all very grateful also for our very generous Christmas gifts from Lime Class parents.
Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
13th December 2024
Christmas Science
This week, Lime Class children have enjoyed taking part in a range of Christmas Science experiments. As a whole class, the children have carried out an iced balloon investigation. They started off with two iced balloons. The challenge was to try to melt one balloon as quickly as possible and keep the other balloon frozen. The children quickly decided that the unit next to the radiator would be warm enough to start off the melting process and they were right. They wrapped the other balloon up in a large plastic bag, covered it with Mrs Price’s scarf and put it outside on the picnic table. We were all amazed to discover that this balloon was still completely frozen the next morning! The children have also learned to use pipettes when adding drops of vinegar with food colouring to a bicarbonate of soda Christmas tree. The children made careful observations, using their sense of smell, sight and hearing. They have explored using magnets with a range of Christmas themed objects: pom poms, bells, pipe cleaners and metallic twist ties. The children especially enjoyed creating a Christmas bottle to help with their investigation.
Christmas Nativity Play
Larch and Lime Class have worked hard on rehearsing the songs for our Christmas Nativity called ‘It’s a Party’. We are so proud of everything they have achieved at such a young age. Huge well done to our fabulous narrators and singers! We are sure that you will agree that this performance has been amazing! Congratulations Lime and Larch Class!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Samuel Conlin for working hard across the curriculum and making wonderful progress in all areas. We are especially proud of his reading progress. Well done Sam!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
I can make the jingle bell move wth my magnet
Let's try and pick up lots of magnetic objects
Look how vinegar makes the bicarbonate soda fizz!
My magnet can move the pipe cleaners too
My magnet likes the scissors, the bell and the pipe cleaners
Our ice balloon is melting next to the radiator
Performance Ready
6th December 2024
Advent
Lime Class children have been so excited to finally be in the month of December! We have a Christmas sock advent calendar hanging across one of our windows. Every day, the children take turns to take down a numbered sock and find a hidden magnetic letter. We are gradually making up a sentence out of the letters. I wonder what it is going to be? The children have made eye-catching Advent candle suncatchers for our window display. They have also enjoyed making their own Christingle oranges with Mr Brooker, in preparation for our Christingle service on Thursday. Thank you for leading this Mr Brooker!
Christmas Production
The children have been practising well for the Year R and KS1 Christmas production ‘It’s a Party’ next Thursday 12th December at All Saints’ Church at 2.45pm. We have included a few photos this week of the children in their nativity costumes. They all look so sweet!
Widdershins Theatre
A huge Thank You goes to F.O.S.S. for treating us all to yet another wonderful Widdershins puppet show by the very talented Andy Lawrence. The show titled ‘Pigs and Bears Don’t Come in Pairs’ was a huge hit with all Sutton Primary Pupils. The children joyfully joined in with the actions, singing and laughter. Their questions to Andy at the end of the show were thoughtful and interesting too.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Kaiden Banton for putting so much care into his work and for making excellent reading progress-thanks to lots of home reading practice and Reading Eggs work at home too! Well done Kaiden!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Look at our Christingle Oranges!
Our Advent Window
Lime Class Nativity
Mary, Joseph and the Donkey
Our Angels
Our Shepherds
Our Three Kings
The Very Talented Andy Lawrence
29th November 2024
Celebrations
For our Celebrations topic this week, Lime Class children have been learning about Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. On Cbeebies My First Festivals, the children have followed Deeya, a seven year old Hindu girl, as she celebrates Diwali with her family. After having watched Deeya create a beautiful Rangoli floor pattern out of dried rice and coloured sand, Lime Class children have made their own Rangoli patterns with colourful shape stickers and paper plates. We love our new Rangoli pattern door display!
Literacy
Lime Class children love practising their letter sounds during their daily phonics sessions and are now confident with Level 2 letters and sounds. They are now able to apply their skills for both reading and writing. This week, they have been focusing on reading and writing Level 2 tricky words. On Tuesday, they completed an early writing activity about Diwali. We have been so impressed with their efforts. Well done Lime Class! Please remember to hear your child read as often as possible at home. This is so important and makes such a difference to your child’s reading progress. It is great to see how many children are enjoying Fast Phonics on Reading Eggs. This is another effective way of developing your child’s reading skills.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Freddie Carter for working hard, listening well and doing his best, especially in phonics, handwriting, maths and colouring. We are so proud of all the progress Freddie has made since the beginning of the school year. Well done Freddie!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
At the start of our Rangoli pattern making
Our patterns are beginning to take shape
Look at our finished Rangoli patterns!
Our door display looks so colourful!
Our Diwali Writing
22nd November 2024
Book Share
Lime Class children had a lovely time at Book Share on Monday afternoon. It was great to observe the children talk about their work so proudly and excitedly to their parents and grandparents. It is amazing to reflect on how much progress the children have made since they started school in September. Parents and grandparents were given a grand tour of our classroom too!
Maths
This week in Maths, the children have been focusing on the numbers 4 and 5. They have explored finding different ways of making 4 and 5 by building Multilink towers and using only 2 colours. The children have also used 5 frames and counters to represent stories of 4 and 5. They have ordered numbers 1 to 5 and practised writing 4 and 5 too.
R.E.
In R.E. this week, the children have been learning how and why Muslims fast during Ramadan and how Muslims celebrate Eid. We are so thankful to Sehrish Mubeen for visiting Lime Class on Wednesday morning to explain more about Ramadan and Eid. The children did an amazing job of cutting out moon and star shapes for our Ramadan moon display. We are also grateful to Rev Alex for delivering a Curriculum in Church session at school. The children listened carefully to his talk about the church seasons and the different colours linked to each season. Huge thanks to both Sehrish and Rev. Alex for this wonderful R.E. teaching!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Dottie Riehl for being such an enthusiastic learner. Dottie’s art and craft work is always completed with great care and detail. Dottie listens carefully and shares her ideas confidently. She is very good at spotting teacher mistakes too! Thank you Dottie!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Book Share in Lime Class
We are proud of the work in our books.
Cutting out moon and star shapes
Making our Ramadan moons
Our Ramadan Moon display
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Sehrish teaches us about Ramadan and Eid
Trying on Islamic clothes and hats
Exploring different ways of making 4 with a partner
We can show different ways of making 4 with multilink towers.
15th November 2024
Celebrating Me
This week, Lime Class children have been reflecting on the importance of celebrating differences and feeling proud of their own uniqueness. On Tuesday, they listened to the story ‘We’re Different, We’re the Same’ by Bobbi Kates. The message of this book is that we may all look different on the outside--but it's important to remember that deep down, we are all very much alike. We all have the same needs, desires, and feelings. Everyone is the same on the inside, and it's our differences that make the world such a wonderful place. This week, the children have looked closely at themselves in mirrors and drawn self-portraits. They have thought of sentences to describe what makes them unique and special. We are all very proud of our classroom door display titled ‘We are all Different and Special in Lime Class’.
Road Safety
On Monday afternoon, the children listened carefully to a talk led by Phil on Road Safety. They have learned the importance of the words, ‘Stop, Look, Listen and Think’ when crossing the road. Our Year 5 pupils have continued our Road Safety learning by taking small groups of children to practise crossing the road safely indoors using floor mats. Thank you so much Oak Class!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Dottie Davenport for playing such an active role in our class discussions. We love how Dottie reflects on her learning and shows such positivity too. Well done Dottie!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Celebrating Being Ourselves
I know the colour of my eyes, skin and hair.
Road Safety with Phil
Self portraits with mirrors
We are all different and special in Lime Class
We can draw ourselves
8th November 2024
Celebrations
Our topic for Autumn 2 is Celebrations. On Monday, the children watched a video clip about Bonfire Night on Cbeebies My First Festivals and then went on to create their own firework pictures using wet chalk on black sugar paper. They also used salt painting to create a firework effect. It has been lovely to see the children so absorbed in the process of first adding salt to PVA glue firework patterns and then watching how the paint spreads out quickly as it reacts to the salted glue. We are all delighted with our spectacular firework display! This week, the children have also been learning about birthday celebrations. They have made signed birthday cards for one another. Kaiden has already received his card!
Maths Problem Solving Workshop
On Monday afternoon, the children took part in a maths problem solving workshop, which took place at the village hall. The workshop was led by Liam who did a great job of explaining the different 2D shape related activities to the children and thereafter building on their knowledge and skills. The children worked so well in small teams of two or three. It was lovely to see them collaborating so well together in the problem solving process.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Louie Pope for always putting so much care and detail into his work and also for doing so much terrific reading practice at home. Well done Louie!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
First we make firework shapes with glue
Then we add salt to the PVA glue
Finally we watch as the paint reacts to the salt and glue
Maths problem solving with Liam
Using wet chalk to create our firework pictures
Fireworks
Birthdays
25th October 2024
Animals in Fairy Tales
This week, Lime Class children have been enjoying a range of fairy tales featuring animals. They have completed story sequencing activities for Goldilocks and Red Riding Hood. The children have practised acting out The Three Little Pigs in small groups using finger puppets. After the practice, the children performed their finger puppet show to the rest of the class. These activities are such an effective way of developing children’s knowledge and awareness of story structure, in preparation for their own story writing.
P.E.
Lime Class children are clearly enjoying their PE sessions with Mr Passman. On Wednesday afternoons, Mr Passman has been teaching the children to practise and perform a marching technique. They have practised this as individuals and have also managed to march in unison as a whole class. On Friday mornings, Mr Passman has been very impressed with the children’s counting skills in Active Maths. They have been applying their knowledge of numbers up to 10 in a range of activities involving balls and hoops. Mr Passman has been really impressed with the children’s overall progress since they started school in September.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Izzy Newton for doing her best in all areas of the curriculum. Izzy has particularly impressed us with her independent writing this week. Well done Izzy!
Have a Lovely Half-term Everyone!
Exploring capacity with beads
Exploring capacity with sand
Exploring capacity with water
Look how many blue balls we have found!
Marching in formation
On the hunt for yellow balls for our yellow hoop
Quick March
Salute!
18th October 2024
Animal Life Cycles
This week, Lime Class children have been learning about animal life cycles. They started off the week listening and responding to The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. They went on to complete a sequencing activity for this story which really helped them with their learning of the days of the week and number ordering too. On Tuesday, the children learned about the four stages of a butterfly life cycle and completed their own butterfly life cycle diagrams. The Life Cycle Song by Scratch Garden has been a real hit with the children and has certainly enhanced their learning. They have also completed a frog life cycle diagram.
Wellbeing Wednesday
Lime Class children have been enjoying the scheme Waves of Wellbeing on a Wednesday morning. They have been learning about a different sea creature each week. So far, they have learned about the hermit crab, pacific salmon, sea otter and zebra seahorse. Every sea creature in the scheme has an interesting attribute that links to lots of different wellbeing themes, from coping with changes to understanding grief. This helps improve children’s understanding of their own feelings and also helps to give them wellbeing skills to cope with different situations. For example, this week the children have been learning about the zebra seahorse. Zebra seahorses enjoy calm, tranquil waters. However, strong currents and storms can make the waters turbulent and stressful. Seahorses anchor themselves in order to ride out the storm and remain calm. In the same way, we can stay calm during difficult situations and remember that the storm will pass.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Finley Allard-Wood for being such a cheerful, caring and conscientious Lime Class pupil! Thank you Finley for sharing that beautiful smile with us all!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Ordering leaves from biggest to smallest
Ordering sticks from shortest to longest
Story Sequencing for The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The zebra seahorse helps us learn about keeping calm.
We are learning about the life cycle of a butterfly
We are learning about the life cycle of a frog
11th October 2024
Phonics Information Afternoon
Many thanks to all parents who attended our phonics information session on Monday afternoon. Please click on the link for Twinkl Phonics Level 2 Sounds and Actions for further guidance on letter sound pronunciation, as discussed at the meeting. Lime Class pupils have all been given a password and username for the online reading website Reading Eggs. It is a good idea for the children to go through the different stages of Fast Phonics first. The games will really help them with identifying letter sounds and blending them together for reading.
- E.
Our R.E. unit of work this term is titled God/Creation and poses the question ‘Why is God important to Christians?’ This week, the children have been learning about The Creation Story by responding to God’s Very Colourful Creation by Tim Thornborough. They have completed some beautiful drawings to make their own Creation Story display. The children have also thought about the question ‘Why did God make jellyfish?’ and have had a lot of fun with some paper plate jellyfish craft. On Wednesday morning, Rev. Alex visited Lime Class for a Curriculum in Church session. The children listened beautifully as Rev. Alex talked about Harvest and shared The Bishop’s Harvest Appeal 2024.
P.S.H.E.
This week the children have enjoyed listening to the story ‘Have you filled a bucket today?’ The author Carol McCloud describes everyone as having an invisible bucket. If we choose to be kind, we not only fill the buckets of those around us, but also fill our OWN bucket! Conversely, when we choose to say or do mean things, we are dipping into buckets. Bucket dippers not only upset the people around them but they end up dipping into their own buckets too. Lime Class children have understood this concept well and are keen to be the best bucket fillers!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Charlotte Federico for showing such enthusiasm and interest in all aspects of school life! Thank you Charlotte for bringing so much joy to our classroom!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Drawing plants and flowers for the Creation Story
Learning to write 'ck' in phonics
Making paper plate jellyfish
Our Creation Story Display
Our jellyfish door display
Painting the background for our Creation Story display
Happy Weekend Everyone!
4th October 2024
Jungle Animals
This week, our Animal topic learning has been focused on jungle animals. We started off the week with the wonderfully colourful story of Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae. Lime Class children already know the names of so many jungle animals. They did an amazing job of drawing their own jungle animals by copying flashcards. We love our jungle animal drawing display. The children have also been learning to sing Animal Boogie accompanied by Mrs Price on guitar. There are plenty of verses to learn still! Another popular song this week has been Walking through the Jungle by Barefoot Books. The children have loved singing along to this one and doing lots of animal actions too.
Maths
This week in Maths, Lime Class children have been developing their knowledge of repeating patterns. At the beginning of the week, they copied an alternating AB pattern using 2 colours and then moved onto copying an ABC pattern using 3 colours. The catchy Patterns Practice song by Scratch Garden has been an effective way of helping the children learn more about repeating patterns. The children have applied their pattern knowledge in different ways this week e.g. with animal models, dinosaur stickers and a range of natural and man-made objects. It has been lovely to observe the children build on their learning with enjoyment and independence.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Zuri Howard for being such an all round superstar! Thank you Zuri for being such a polite, hardworking and kind pupil. Zuri is a beautiful singer too. Well done Zuri!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
Look at our Rumble in the Jungle animal drawings!
Making repeating patterns with natural and manmade materials.
My repeating pattern is dog, lion, tiger, dog, lion, tiger.
Our repeating pattern is sheep, pig, horse, sheep, pig, horse
Repeating Patterns in Lime Class
We can make dinosaur repeating patterns.
We can make repeating patterns with dinosaur and googly eye stickers.
27th September 2024
Learning Through Play
Lime Class children have settled so well into our class routine and observe our visual timetable closely on a daily basis. After completing a structured topic activity in the mornings and a maths activity in the afternoon, the children choose their own Learning Through Play activities. Play is a key factor in how children learn and create meaning. Play develops children’s cognitive skills as well as their social, emotional and physical wellbeing. It has been lovely to see how their play has developed since the beginning of term in so many different ways.
Bikeability
Lime Class children are fortunate to be receiving Bikeability lessons from Mrs Pinn and Mrs Tack on a Friday morning. Small groups of children will be taking turns to join Mrs Pinn and Mrs Tack for a sequence of lessons on our balance bikes. So far, the lessons have focused on putting cycle helmets on independently, picking up the bikes safely and walking with their bikes in a straight line. Thank you Mrs Pin and Mrs Tack for teaching the children such important skills.
Forest Friday
Although our forest area is temporarily out of bounds due to the building project, Lime Class children continue to enjoy the school’s natural environment on a Friday afternoon. Last week, the children used a wide range of natural materials to make face pictures. Huge thanks to Miss Austin and Miss Brooker for providing the children with such a valuable experience with nature!
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to William for being such a positive, well behaved and helpful pupil. William takes lots of initiative when tidying up. Thank you William and Well done!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
I can use natural materials to make a face picture.
Learning to put on helmets and pick up bikes safely and independently
Learning to walk with our balance bikes
Look at our brick model! We work so well as a team.
My face picture has a happy smile.
Our pet shop is busy today.
Teamwork and Friendship in play
20th September 2024
Animals and their Young
This week, Lime Class children have been learning about Animals and their young ones. They started off the week by listening to Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson. This story is about an infant monkey who has lost its mum and a butterfly who helps him find her. After the story, the children enjoyed cutting out shapes and sticking them together to make their own monkey pictures. On Tuesday, the children learned about the different names given to young animals and completed a cutting and sticking activity matching mother animals with their offspring. They have also learned a song to help them remember the names given to young animals. It has been great to observe the gradual improvement in the children’s cutting skills as the week has gone on.
Matching in Maths
For Maths this week, the children have been having fun with matching games and activities. They have enjoyed matching pairs with a range of memory games on Word Wall and sorting socks on ICT games. The children have practised their matching skills using buttons and socks. At the end of the week, they have been so proud to make matching towers using Multi-Link.
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Runa Henry for being such a cheerful, caring and conscientious member of Lime Class. Well done Runa for such a positive start to school life!
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
We are practising our cutting and sticking skills.
We can make matching towers
We can match baby animals with their mothers
We can match buttons
We can match socks.
We can put shapes together to make a monkey picture
13th September 2024
Welcome to the New Lime Class
We give a huge Welcome to our new Lime Class of 2024-25 and say a big ‘Well Done’ for making such a good start to school life! As every day has passed this week, the children have clearly become more settled and comfortable in their new learning environment. Mrs Price and Miss Austin have been already impressed with the children’s interest and enthusiasm for learning.
Mysterious Egg
Our topic this half term is Animals. Last week, the children enjoyed listening to the story ‘I want a pet’ by Lauren Child. In this story, a little girl called Jane can’t make up her mind which pet she wants to buy from the pet shop. In the end, the pet shop lady persuades Jane to buy an egg. In this way, her pet will be a total surprise. On Monday morning this week, the children were amazed to find a mysterious looking egg in their classroom with a letter beside it. Mrs Price opened the letter and read it to the children. It was from Jane, the little girl in the story. Jane has had to go on holiday and has asked Lime Class to look after her egg. The children have had lots of ideas about what animal may hatch out of it e.g. could it be a bird, snake, dragon, dinosaur or penguin? As the week has gone on, different cracks have appeared on the egg.
The Egg Hatches!
On Thursday morning, the children were excited to see even more cracks in the egg. They sat in a circle and passed the egg carefully around. There were squeals of delight when finally the egg hatched and a rather large baby ostrich popped out! Since the arrival of our baby ostrich, the children have been curious to learn interesting ostrich facts. They have named our ostrich ‘Doddles’ and have painted some wonderful ostrich pictures-[see photos]
Star of the Week
This week’s Star of the Week award goes to Albert McDonnell for making such a terrific start to school life. Initially, Albert felt a bit uneasy but he has quickly overcome any worries and is now showing lots of positivity, interest and confidence. Well done Albert for being such a good role model!
Reminders
Please remember to hear your child read as often as possible and write your comments in the reading diary. Many thanks for naming clothing items and water bottles so clearly. However, we are still finding several unnamed sweatshirts and cardigans and we don’t want your children to lose anything. Please can you double check that items are named. We really appreciate your support in this.
Have a Lovely Weekend Everyone!
I think I can hear something inside the egg
We can see some cracks in the egg
Look! It is a baby ostrich!
Learning through Play in Lime Class
Look at our ostrich display!
Ready to serve customers in our Pet Shop!
Using paint with forks for ostrich feather effects
We are proud of our ostrich paintings!
We are ready for learning in Lime Class!
