Lime Class News
9th May 2023
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!
