Hi Oaks,

This week in Oak class we continued to get into the Christmas spirit with our Christmas Disco, Christmas Dinner and Christmas Jumper day. We were all very excited and had lots of fun.

We have been reading the story ‘Stickman’. We have made our own Stickman characters and created our family tree from the story.

We have also been exploring freezing and melting. We learned Freezing is the change that occurs when a liquid changes into a solid as the temperature decreases. Melting is the opposite change, from a solid to a liquid as the temperature increases. Our job was to free the animals and people by getting the ice to melt.

In craft club the children made beautiful Christmas trees.

Our Merits this week went to Estrella and Joseph. Estrella and Joseph have been growing in confidence and sharing their wonderful ideas in our class discussions. They were able to sequence the different places Stickman went in the story. Well done 🙂

Have a wonderful weekend Oaks,

Miss Hoban

Hi Oaks,

This week we began our advent countdown to Christmas. In RE we retold ‘The Christmas Story’ and began learning some songs to go with the story. Here are some of the wonderful Advent calendars the children created.

We created our cards for Age UK. We used fruit and vegetables to make the snowman.

Santa’s elves were busy  designing, assembling, wrapping and posting toys for Christmas.

We celebrated our Merit assembly today. Our Merits went to Henry and Anamaria. They received Merits for using their imagination, being creative and focused in our role play area. Well done!

Have a wonderful weekend Oaks,

Take care,

Miss Hoban

Hi Oaks,

This week we continued our celebrations topic. We celebrated Diwali and found out it was called ‘the festival of lights.’ We created Rangoli patterns and made our own Diwali lamps called ‘diyas’.

This week, Oak class have also been thinking of our value of service.On Wednesday 11th of November we remembered our heroes and created a wreath with poppies.

Today we had lots of fun dressing up and raising money for children in need. Thank you to everyone for your kind donations.

Well done to Josiah and Olivia who received Merits today. Olivia is an enthusiastic member of our class who loves to join in our class discussions. Josiah has been applying his phonics knowledge to his reading.

Have a wonderful weekend Oaks,

Miss Hoban

Hi Oaks,

We have had a busy first week back. Our topic this term is Celebrations. The first celebration that we looked at was Bonfire Night. We had lots of fun listening to firework poetry in our book ‘Zim Zam Zoom’. We created firework poems, discussing what fireworks sound and look like. We created some amazing firework art using marbles, learned a firework song and had some delicious hot dogs. We also talked about the importance of fire safety.

We also enjoyed celebrating National Skipping Day in PE.

Today we had our celebration Merit Assembly.

Well done to Isaac and Sophia who received Merits today! They are great role models and have shared some wonderful learning this week.

Come back next Friday to see what other celebrations we get up to!

Have a lovely weekend,

Take care,

Miss Hoban

Hi Oaks,

We have had another busy week here in Oak Class and I can’t believe we are nearly at the end of our first half term.

We looked at the changes that are happening in our natural world at the moment. We went outside and looked at what happens around our school in Autumn. We noticed lots of different changes that have occurred such as the leaves are changing colour and falling down, the weather is getting colder and we have to wear different clothes such a coats, gloves, boots and scarves. We had lots of fun making pumpkins using orange playdough and making different colour and shape leaf prints with paint.

This is month, everyone in the UK is coming together to celebrate Black History Month. Black History Month recognises the contributions that black people have made to the UK over many generations; it is a time to remember and celebrate the inspirational people that have shaped the world we live in. In Oak class we have been looking at the inspirational athletes Usain Bolt and Mo Farah. We enjoyed reading facts all about them and watching their Olympic achievements. The children were very inspired and loved doing the ‘Lightning Bolt’ and ‘Mobot’ pose.

Have a lovely weekend and do email me with any questions

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Take care,

Miss Hoban

Hi Oaks,

This week we have really enjoyed retelling the story of The Little Red Hen. We enjoyed taking on the roles of different characters and looking at the importance of working together and helping others.

This week both Emily and Rayleigh were awarded merits.

Emily received her Merit for always being kind and caring towards all of her friends in Oak Class. Rayleigh showed great understanding of the story ‘The Little Red Hen’ and was very confident sharing her ideas.  Well done to you both!

Leadership is one of St Anne’s learning behaviours that all children are encouraged to demonstrate. All children at St Anne’s are part of a leadership group and are considered Young Leaders.Each class is given a leadership area that they are responsible for promoting and nurturing over the year. This helps them to feel a sense of empowerment as they work together to inspire, develop and lead.

Acorns and Oaks are Positivity Pals 

We will be working to spread positivity and promote well-being throughout the school.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Miss Hoban

Hi Oaks,

We have had another amazing week. This week we have been reading the story Marvelous Me and looking at what makes us all special and unique inside and out.

We have began creating our self portraits and can’t wait to show off the finished product.

For our second Merit Assembly, celebrating the children’s achievements, merits were given to Aasiyah and Mackensie.  Aasiyah received hers for being very helpful this week especially when it came to tidying up. Mackensie received hers for using her imagination and creating some beautiful pieces of work using different materials in our creative area.

We were also able to celebrate some great work from Faris and Henry.  Faris has really been enjoying his school lunches and has a clean plate every day and Henry has been a kind and caring member of Oak class always sharing and taking turns.

Our Harvest food collection, for donation to the Ace of Clubs charity, is continuing this week and we would like to say thank you to those of you who have made a donation.  If you are able to donate, even a small amount, it does make a big difference to those who are reliant on the charity.

Remember, if you have any questions, please contact me via email at [email protected]

Have a wonderful weekend Oaks,

Take Care,

Miss Hoban

Hi Oaks,

We have completed our first full week in Reception and what a busy week we have had. This week we have had lots of fun playing games to get to know each other and learn each others names.

This week we have also been reading the story Here we Are by Oliver Jeffers. Our world can be a bewildering place and we always have lots of questions. This book allowed us to explore what makes our planet and how we live on it. From land and sea, to people and animals and how we need to look after our planet and always be kind.

We came up with some ideas of how we can be kind.

We also made some salt dough to create our own models of Earth.

Today was our first Merit assembly. Although it was different to our usual Merit assembly, as we held it in our EYFS bubble, it was still fantastic to be celebrating all of our wonderful achievements again.

Congratulations to Luqman and Amiah for receiving our Merit certificates this week.

Luqman has been listening very carefully and following instructions.

Amiah has been so enthusiastic to share all her wonderful ideas in our carpet sessions.

I will update this blog every Friday, so please have a look and be a part of celebrating our class successes. I will also be sending out small celebration postcards and superstar stickers throughout the week to share the everyday achievements the children have made 🙂

Remember, if you have any questions, please contact me via email at [email protected]

Enjoy your weekend,

Miss Hoban