The Gates Primary SchoolYear 1/2- Robins: Blog items
Date: 9th Feb 2021 @ 3:46pm
This week we have been practising some yoga using themes such as minecraft and Frozen to support our wellbeing. We have talked about how it makes us feel calm after completing a yoga activity as we can practise mindfulness.
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 9:51am
Congratulations to Freddie who has won our star of the week this week!
Freddie attempts every activity on Seesaw and puts 100% into all of his work. It is always a joy to see Freddie's work because I know he has taken his time and put a lot of effort into producing it. Well done!
Robins - Home Learning Celebration
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 9:15am
I am incredibly proud of all Robins this week whilst we have been learning from home. We have worked on producing a fact file about a famous Victorian invention. Here are some super examples!
Well done to Kody, Oliver and Poppy!
Date: 26th Jan 2021 @ 2:42pm
In Robins, we have been learning all about coding in Computer Science. We have been using microbits to display our coded algorithms.
Today, we made our microbit light up with our initial!
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 9:19pm
Congratulations to our star of the week this week, Kody!
Kody engages in EVERY area of the home learning through seesaw. He works incredibly hard to challenge himself which is clear when he completes up to step 4 of most challenges. He engages with my comments and is working incredibly hard. I’m a very proud teacher today!
Well done to Mia, our reading challenge winner. You have your very own reading book in your tray for when you return to school to take home.
Mia has also won our spelling shed challenge by completing a whopping 57 games.
Well done to Oliver who has worked an average of 7 minutes a day on times table rockstars
Robins - Home Learning Celebration
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 9:16pm
I can't believe we are on week 3 of the Spring term already. It was lovely seeing some of your faces for the live lesson today and it will be exciting to teach you some live Maths starting on Tuesday. Don't forget to check your seesaw for the timetable and more information. Here is some super work that I have been incredibly impressed with this week.
Keep it up!
Robins - Science investigations
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 8:56pm
In Science, we are learning all about materials. Today, we read the story of the three little pigs and discussed why the first two houses were not good materials for house building.
Then, we went outside and made houses out of different materials and tested their durability and properties as a house for the little pigs. We had lots of fun throwing water over our houses to see if we could knock them down.
Date: 17th Jan 2021 @ 10:59am
Congratulations to this weeks achievement winners! I was so so impressed with all the hard work from ALL the children at home and in school this week. It was an incredibly tough decision.
However, Ralph has worked so hard to complete every activity and has a go at almost all steps. I can tell he is really challenging himself and working hard. The work he submits is of the highest quality and I can tell he is taking great pride with his work. Well done Ralph!
A huge congratulations to the children who have been working hard on spelling shed and times table rockstars too. The children who have had the most activity on spelling shed and times table rockstars have received a certificate too.
Well done to our reading challenge winner too! He has read 5 times and won the luck draw so he has received a book for his effort.
Robins - Home Learning Celebration
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 4:10pm
Hello Robins,
I am incredibly proud of all the children who are learning from home. The work you have been submitting through Seesaw is making me incredibly proud and I am so happy to see you are all working hard. I found it really hard to choose work to showcase through our blog as you have all blown my socks off this week!
Here are some super pieces of work which have made me happy this week!
Well done Kody who represented equal groups using a very creative way.
Well done Mia, who has done a fantastic character description about her butterfly. Me and Mrs Penman were so impressed!
Well done to Malika for finding some excellent research all about Queen Victoria.
Ralph has completed almost every step for every activity too. An excellent effort and dedication to challenging himself, even whilst at home.
A huge well done to Poppy who perservered and completed this wonderful piece of creative writing.
As I said, it was so hard to choose between your amazing work. You are all making me a very proud teacher! Keep up the hard work and I hope to see you all soon.
Miss Dooley
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 4:02pm
Robins have been working hard in school this week developing and exploring algorithms for our computing lessons.
An algorithm is a set of instructions to achieve an outcome.
This week, we made a jam sandwich and made a sequence of instructions on seesaw.
Well done Robins!
Robins - Reading challenge winner
Date: 20th Dec 2020 @ 9:18am
Well done to this weeks reading challenge winner. She has read 5 times this week, had her name pulled out of the lucky draw and has won a book.
85% of Robins have read 5 times this week. Well done!
Date: 20th Dec 2020 @ 9:16am
We had a fabulous day in Robins. We had a party and played musical statues, had a dance to some of our favourite Christmas tunes and then settled down with popcorn and juice to watch The Grinch. Have a lovely Christmas Robins! I will see you in January.
Robins - The Great Fire of London
Date: 10th Dec 2020 @ 9:49am
Key Stage One have had a fantastic time studying the Great Fire of London in History this term.
We had a visit from a fireman this week, who showed us how the fire spread so quickly between the houses on Pudding Lane.
He also discussed the differences and similarities in equipment now and equipment during 1666.
What a fantastic opportunity!
Robins - Star of the week & Reading Challenge Winner
Date: 6th Dec 2020 @ 8:57pm
Congratulations to our golden jumper winner this week!
She has worked incredibly hard throughout assessment week. She has shown just how much of a shining star she is, how attentive she is and how she can apply her understanding to solve tricky problems . She has made incredible progress this year already and I am sure she will continue to do so. Well done superstar!
A huge congratulations to our reading challenge winner too. He has read 5 times this week and has won a book to take home and enjoy. Keep reading robins and you may be in with a chance of winning too.
Date: 6th Dec 2020 @ 8:55pm
This week, robins had a little visitor in our classroom. It was our school elf Snowball! He caused all sorts of chaos including hiding our arithmetic papers, messing up our maths working wall and leaving lots of incorrect calculations. We had lots of fun correcting his calculations and showing him how clever we are. Hopefully he will tell Santa how hard we have worked.
Robins - Star of the week and reading challenge winner.
Date: 2nd Dec 2020 @ 9:40am
Congratulations to our star of the week.
She has developed her growth mindset since starting in September and uses her 3 B’s to develop her independent work. She is a true fountain of knowledge and has a new fantastic fact for our class to learn everyday. She has also produced some beautiful writing over the last term. I love nothing better than to open this superstar’s book and delve into her beautifully written work. Well done superstar!
Also, a huge well done to our reading challenge winner this week. He has won a reading book for remaining on green and reading 5 times a week.
Date: 26th Nov 2020 @ 8:15pm
This term in Science, we have been discussing what an animal needs to survive so Miss Dooley thought it would be a good idea if we applied this knowledge by keeping our own class pet!
Last Friday, we purified the water for our sea monkeys so the water was the perfect habitat. Then, on Tuesday, we poured our eggs into the water. We stir the water daily to introduce air into the water and in 5 days, we will feed the sea monkeys.
At the moment, they are too tiny to see but if we successfully take care of our animals and give them all of the things that they need to survive that we have been discussing in science, then they will grow and we will have happy healthy sea monkeys!
Date: 21st Nov 2020 @ 9:57pm
We have had lots of fun outside this week.
We created a shelter for our animals in our Science, we made Rangoli patterns for Big Question and we went on a word hunt for phonics. We identified which words were real and nonsense and sorted them in our trays. We even extended our learning by writing some of our words in sentences.
No matter whether rain or shine, we love taking our learning outside!
Robins - Reading challenge winner
Date: 21st Nov 2020 @ 9:55pm
Congratulations to this weeks reading challenge winner in Robins class!
She has read 5 times this week and has won a "Horrid Henry" book.
Robins - Star of the week and always child
Date: 21st Nov 2020 @ 9:53pm
Congratulations to our star of the week and this weeks always child.
I am incredibly proud of my star of the week this week. He has shown huge commitment and dedication to perfecting his work. He works hard to challenge himself and impress me every day, whether that be by completing his reading or extra home learning at home. This superstar completed 6 pieces of homework last term. Well done!
My always child is exactly what it says on the tin, she is ALWAYS doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right place. She performs her class job to the highest standard and always works hard during our lessons.
Well done!
Robins - Reading challenge winner
Date: 15th Nov 2020 @ 8:49am
Congratulations to our reading challenge winner this week.
He has read 5 times and has had his name picked out of the hat.
Keep reading and you might win next time!
Date: 15th Nov 2020 @ 8:47am
Congratulations to this weeks star of the week!
He has shown fantastic initiative when correcting his own work and has tried hard to form his letters and numbers beautifully. I have also noticed that he has been improving his fitness massively during our daily mile. Well done!
Robins - Chester zoo virtual day
Date: 15th Nov 2020 @ 8:45am
This week in Science, we have been learning about animals and their offspring. We were very lucky because Chester zoo hosted a live virtual zoo day to announce a new baby animal.
It was a rhino! The zookeeper gave us lots of information about the rhino and asked the audience to vote for a name.
Date: 6th Nov 2020 @ 7:07pm
Congratulations to our star of the week!
He has impressed me massively with his increasingly positive attitude to learning. He will always work hard to achieve the learning objective and follows instructions perfectly. This amazing member of our class is a fantastic PE demonstrator and during Mr Simpson’s Maths learning walk, he demonstrated excellent times table knowledge.
Well done superstar!
Robins - Reading challenge winner
Date: 6th Nov 2020 @ 7:05pm
Congratulations to our reading challenge winner this week. She has read 5 times this week and won our lucky draw for a book.
Keep reading 5 times a week and you will be in with a chance of winning a book too.
