Happy Days

12th July 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

What a lovely week! We have had so much fun enjoying the last few weeks with the children and we had a great morning working on our farm. We set up various stations including milking a cow, sheering a sheep and cleaning the muddy pigs. This sensory lesson also worked on their fine motor skills and their speaking and listening skills.

We have been reading Oliver’s Garden and a vegetable patch magically appeared in our classroom. There was various hidden vegetables we had to dig around for. We found carrots, an onion, potatoes, mushrooms and carrots. We learnt all of the signs and chose our favourites. We decided to explore the different vegetables by using the carrots to mark make and the potatoes to print with. Sophia even gave them a taste!

 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend! One more week to go and then they will be big Year 2s! We have had a lovely student Savana in all week who has been a great help and is loved by the children.

Well done to Mason for receiving our certificate for being a trooper.

Erin, Mason and Sehrish all had their hair cuts today and they were such brave superstars! They all received a sticker (I doubt it will still be on their t shirts).

Thank you,

Jess, Katherine, Sharon and Michele

I see the sea, the sea sees me…

5th July 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

We had such a fantastic trip to the Blyth Beach on Monday! We were very lucky with the weather as the sun was shining. We started the day by removing our socks and shoes to feel the lovely sand on our feet. The children were jumping onto the sand, making sandcastles and collecting shells and stones.

We decided that to make the best sandcastle we needed wet sand. So some of us ventured down to the sea to collect water for all of our friends.

The children were so care free, running away from the waves, collecting water and splashing each other. They defiantly don’t feel the cold! What a joy it was watching them so independent and confident in the sea. Since playing on the sand and in the sea is such hard work we decided chips and an ice cream were in order.

Then it was time for the park! They played with each other so well, encouraging each other to come and stand on the boat and pushing each other down the slide!

Erin was our Half Term Achiever, she has made amazing progress in her self help skills, communication and confidence. What a coincidence that it was also her birthday. Just look at her dancing with her friends!

I can’t believe there is only 2 weeks left. I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I will hopefully see you all at the Family Fun Day tomorrow from 11am.

Thank you to everyone purchased their children’s art work!

Jess, Michele, Katherine and Sharon

Adventure Valley

1st July 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

We had such a great time at Adventure Valley, the children were so brave with the animals and equipment. We started the day by feeding the animals and grooming a pony! They all were so excited and were making signs to the animals.

We then decided to explore the grounds and found 3 beautiful peacocks with their feathers displayed. We found some more birds hidden in the wooden castle, the children found the cockerel and his loud squawking hilarious. We then found some questionable fish and tried to feed them.

The children then found a huge trampoline and we all jumped on! Then we had to spent the afternoon in the soft play! Their favourite place.

 

Thank you,

Jess and the team

Take your finger, touch your nose. Blink three times and off it goes

25th June 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

I have been very excited to write all about Sofia’s and Dua’s special day at Alnwick Castle filming for a future episode of MR TUMBLE! They were absolute superstars who needed little direction in front of the cameras!

The children were catered for and very well looked after. They began by meeting Justin and both children were star stuck! They made a magical wand with giggly glue, a phoenix feather and pixie wool, learnt how to ride a broom stick and met a Professor Wendy and Wizard Gideon.

The producer and crew could not believe how natural Dua and Sofia were in front of the camera, they were flying through the filming. School received an email to express how amazing the children were and stated it was the best filmed episode. We have natural superstars!

By the end of the day, it got a little too tiring and some of us needed a little nap!

Thank you,

Jess, Michele and Katherine

A week in the life of Class 1a

14th June 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

I hope you have had a great week. We have been very busy, they have worked very hard on their maths skills and we introduced one of our new stories The Enormous Turnip. This story links massively to our Science Topic Pushes and Pulls. They especially enjoyed pushing and pulling me around the room, copying the key signs for the characters names and key actions.

In maths, we have been learning all about patterns and size. The children were great at using the coloured squares, animals and fruit to make various patterns. We have been learning all about size and sorted lots of big and small objects.

We have introduced our new role play area, an Ice-cream Parlour and we all love it. We have been choosing our flavour ice-cream, paying for them, taking orders and eating them! They have great play skills and it’s amazing listening to them organising each other and discussing what they want to eat. On Monday, plans have changed because Wheelbirks is closed. However, we will be attending an ice-cream parlour. The coffee afternoon is still going ahead, I hope you can all attend.

 

Massive happy birthday to our Sophia! We had such a great party, dancing and playing games also lots of cake!

Well done to Sehrish who received a certificate and medal for her amazing use of her VOCA.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Class 1a

Mubarak Eid

7th June 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

Hope you have all had a wonderful and fun week off. Can you believe it is the last half term before summer?

We have had a great week, the children are refreshed and excited to be back. We started the week with a trip to Riverside Park, they loved running around and playing with their friends. We were introducing our new science topic Pushes and Pulls! They loved pushing their friends down the slide and pulling themselves up the equipment.

Mubarak Eid or Happy Eid to you all! We have been learning all about the celebration of Eid, the food eaten, the decorations, Mosques and various music. We decorated hands like henna and made biscuits and cards for the children who were off school celebrating.  Mahnoor made a special appearance and brought a cake in for us all to share! Look at how beautiful she looks!

On Thursday, we decided to use the afternoon to have a feast with curry, rice and nan bread.

Just a reminder:

The coffee afternoon on 10th June is cancelled and rescheduled for 17th June from 1:30pm onwards. I hope you all like ice-cream!

Monday 17th June – Morning – we are visiting Wheelbirks – a £3 donation would be greatly appreciated.

Tuesday 18th is Mr Tumble and Sofia and Dua will be at Alnwick Gardens. The children will be divided into different classes to have a fun day with new children!

Monday 24th June is Adventure land – this links to our farm topic and will be all day. Please dress your child appropriately – trousers and their school jumper and t shirt.

Monday 1st July – BEACH TRIP!  This will be an all day trip.

Have a great weekend and I hope you can all make it to the coffee afternoon.

Jess, Katherine, Sharon and Michele

We are going on an adventure…

23rd May 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

We had such a great day at Plessey Woods, the children were so free and top explorers! We discovered a troll’s bridge and we walked across the bridge really quiet not to wake him!

On our travels, we found some wooden drums, the children found themselves a stick and banged really hard to make the loudest noises they could. A little further, we could smell a lovely smell in the air and we discovered some wild garlic. We all decided to pick a piece and put it into our bag so we could make some garlic butter for our bread! It was delicious!

There was an exciting discovery of a witch’s den and a troll’s bog! The child loved hiding the in the bog and scaring their friends. We even heard a witch’s cackle! The more we walked the more we found and we discovered totem poles hiding in the woods. They were bright and colourful and the children loved hiding and running around them. We then found some trees that were perfect for climbing, we decided to hang from the tree and pretend to be monkeys.

As we walked along, the children were able to move and explore the new and exciting environment, they were listening for birds and picking up all the natural objects they could find! They were so sensible, that we decided after dinner we deserved a play in the new park.

We couldn’t have done it without our helpful Year 6s, what top role models Hannah and Drae were!

I think the adults had just as much fun as the children!

I hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday filled with exploring! This is the children’s last day at school.

Massive thank you to everyone who sends in snacks and donations for school and our class! We greatly appreciate it! Next half term we have lots of exciting trips!

Thank you,

Jess and the team

Science Extravaganza

17th May 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

What a week, filled with Science and D.T!

We started the week with an AMAZING Science assembly, that blew our minds! We watched Mr Rollins being set on fire, bubbles that can be held and release gas and someone’s hair nearly being blown off! We then had a great slim making work shop, I hope you enjoyed them at home as much as we enjoyed making it. We then visited the brand new water wall and played in the sandpit filling and emptying.

On Tuesday, we explored the light and dark sensory room, the children loved climbing into the black out tent and projecting the animals onto the ceiling. We then had swimming and made some sensory bottles!

On Wednesday, we began the building of our boats. They were in teams of two and were given scissors, tape and stickers! We have some strong competitors. We then had a lovely afternoon playing with bubbles, we made huge bubbles and tiny little bubbles!

On Thursday, we headed down to the Science Fair to complete our elephant toothpaste experiment. We mixed lots of special ingredients and it spilled over the bottle in a thick foam! Simultaneously, we had our baking hats on and made a special cake for the Bake Off this morning. We didn’t win but we were a contender for the taste!

This afternoon, we are going to explore the Star Lab and complete our boat sailing! Fingers crossed they don’t sink to the bottom on the hydro pool!

The children have been fabulous scientists, completing experiments and working really hard off timetable! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Many thanks,

Jess and the team!

rs to create their very own sailing boat for our competition this afternoon!

 

Beadnell

10th May 2019Jess Burns

Hi everyone,

What a beautiful day Tuesday was! We started the day with a lovely bus drive up, singing songs and talking about what lovely things we were going to be doing. We arrived at Beadnell beach and the views were beautiful. We grabbed the buckets and spades out. Some of us decided that we needed to climb the sand dunes and wave down at our friends who were playing lovely together building sand castles. The children were a little worried about climbing at first, but by the end they were running up and sliding down the dunes.

We then explored the rock pools looking for crabs! We took our bucket and the children were given the choice whether they would like to come or not. We found a lion’s tail and some seaweed! The children enjoyed feeling the wet soggy plants. We sadly didn’t find a crab but we did find some winkles on the rocks. The children seemed disgusted when I said you could eat them. Once it was dinner time, we all had a big race back to where the other children were still playing in the sand. We then had some beautiful fish and chips and an ice cream!

We had a great year 6 helper Javid, who was a fab role model for the children.

Lion’s Tail

 

We can’t wait for more amazing experiences like this. I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Some dates to look forward to:

  • 21.05.19 Plessey Woods – all day
  • 17.06.19 – Wheelbirks Ice Cream Parlor (a £3 donation would be greatly appreciated) – morning.
  • 24.06.19 – Adventure Valley – all day.
  • 01.07.19 Beach Trip – all day.

Many thanks,

Jess, Michele, Sharon, Kairen and Katherine

Welcome Back

1st May 2019Jess Burns

Hi,

Sorry for the late blog we have been having too much fun. I hope you all had a lovely Easter. We have started a new topic ‘The Farm’, we have been reading our new story What the Ladybird Heard’. The children love having one animal each and saying the sounds, they take such an active role in the story. We have recently learnt what a goose is and a hog. We have had lots of farm related activities, especially by linking animal sounds to the correct animals. We were accidently given packed lunches so we seized the opportunity to visit Ouseburn Farm last week to see the lovely animals. When we were eating lunch we even saw our very only ladybird!

 

This week, we have been learning to match baby animals to their Mothers and we have been playing in our very own farm. Yesterday, we enjoyed counting ladybird spots and baby chicks. We have had a fine motor lesson and writing lesson today, the children are learning to copy lines and circles.

We are now on an art mission, to create lots of pieces for the upcoming Art Exhibition.

Next week, Tuesday 7th May, we are going to Beadnell for the day as year 6 are having a residential and we are going to visit. Have fish and chips and explore the local area.

We are currently trying to book Broomhouse Farm for June. So fingers crossed.

I will send a letter with dates as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Jess and the team