Oak Class Celebrations

18th December 2020Niamh Hoban

Hi Oaks,

What a wonderful term we have had. You are all amazing and I am so proud of you all.

 

Today we had our star merit assembly. Well done to Emily who received our star merit for always being a wonderful role model. Well done to all the children for their hard word and determination.

 

 

This week we had lots of fun recording our Christmas nativity songs. We dressed up as different animals from the story. Check out our wonderful singing on Seesaw 🙂

I wish all our families a Happy Christmas,

Take care and stay safe,

Miss Hoban

Oak Class A2 Week 6

11th December 2020Niamh Hoban

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

 

Acorn Class Nativity

11th December 2020Niamh Hoban

At Acorn Class this week has been full of joy and Christmas activities, Christmas Disco, Christmas Dinner and Christmas Jumper day. We have started our week creating and writing Christmas cards for Santa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the week we have also created Christmas decorations using clay. It was very messy but it was so much fun too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, we have been learning about the Nativity through stories and songs.

At last, Christmas Jumpers Day has arrived and we had ourselves a little party. We have played many physical games like musical chairs, pass the parcel…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Merits this week went to Johnleo and Erin. Jonhleo for always trying his best and improving how to engage himself during learning time. And Erin for finding her voice and engaging in learning time. Well done both of you!

 

 

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Miss Garcia

Acorn Class

4th December 2020Niamh Hoban

 

Hello Acorns,

What a beautiful first week back we’ve had. Christmas is around the corner and in Acorn’s class we have started to bring the Christmas spirit.

Plenty of Christmas activities have been going on. We’ve been decorating our Christmas tree, creating our own Post Office and we also received a visit from Rudolf, who brought a book for us.

We have also have been very busy writing Christmas cards for Age UK.

The merits of this week have been given to Zayyan for being very thoughtful and kind with his friends. And also to Kaia for being very good with the toilet. She didn’t have any accident this week!


I wish you a lovely weekend.

 

Miss Garcia

Oak Class Celebrations

4th December 2020Niamh 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

 

Oak Class A2 W2

13th November 2020Niamh 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

Elm Class Celebrations

13th November 2020Miss C Thorn

This week, Elm class have been thinking of our value of service. They have though about the soldiers and home front, who served  during WW2 and also all of the people who work to support  Children in Need.

To commemorate Remembrance Day, Elm class created these beautiful paintings. First, they used colour blending skills to create a moonlit background and added a poppy in the middle ground to represent the soldiers, who sacrificed their lives to keep us safe. They then added the Chaconia, which is the national flower of Trinidad. This is to represent the soldiers from the Caribbean islands, who also fought and gave their lives to protect others.

Oliver also decorated a stone with a thoughtful Remembrance tribute. Thank you Oliver.

To support local charities, all of the children at St Anne’s donated £1 to BBC’s ‘Children in Need’ campaign. The were able to dress up in bright and colourful clothes to celebrate.

This week, we also held a special collective worship to celebrate Diwali and designed our own Diva lamps to light up our prayer area.

 

 

Well done to Youssef and Jackie for receiving merits this week. Youssef has been celebrated for his improved focus and effort in all of his tasks and Jackie has been showing resilience in maths and a positive attitude in all areas of her learning.

Well done to you both!

Rashaun also received a special note home, for his wonderful independent art this week.

 

I hope you all have a restful weekend.

Miss Thorn 🙂

Acorn class

13th November 2020Niamh Hoban

 Hello Acorns!

I hope you’ve had a wonderful week as much as I’ve had being with you.

Rememberance Day has been our focus this week – from messy play areas to assemblies, we have been learning why we observe this day.

We have also been learning about Diwali and how different cultures celebrate different festivals.

I would like to say a BIG thank you to every one who has contributed to our Children in Need donations. The children got a sticker that they have worn with pride.

 

In so many ways I feel this week has touched my heart when I spoke to your children. One of the most remarkable moments was when a child shared that her hero is her mum, when talking about those who have lost their lives serving their country.

 

 

This week the merits has been given to Thomas M. for participating everyday at learning time and remembering all the days of the week. And to Armani for showing lot of knowledge about his faith.

Have a lovely weekend!!

 

Miss Garcia

Oak Class Update A2 W1

6th November 2020Niamh 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

 

Acorn Class

6th November 2020Niamh Hoban

Hello Super Acorns,  

 

After a long two weeks, the children needed to re-adapt themselves to the nursery routine.

 

Everybody has done an amazing job!

 

This week has been very busy. We have introduced our new topic ‘This is all about celebrations’. And our story of the week is ‘Elmer’ by David McKee.

As you know, this week England is celebrating The Bonfire night on 5th of November. In Acorn Class this year we wanted to join the Bonfire night Celebration by eating hot dogs and take part in different activities such as fireworks, rhyme movements, learning important facts about fireworks and bonfire night and create our own bonfires using our fingers.

 

 

This week the merits has been given to Noah for paying attention at learning time and using his counting skills. And to Kian for being brave when he needs to say bye to his mummy in the mornings.

I am very proud of you.

Well done!

I have attached a label to your child’s book reading records with the Seesaw QR code for you to join.

Please remember every Friday is our library book day. Please remember to make sure your child brings their book with them to change for a new one to read.

 

Have a lovely weekend,

 

Miss Garcia