Oak classes trip to Durham Cathedral
Oak class had a lovely time on their trip today to Durham and the Cathedral. We have been learning about the local community and pupils enjoyed visiting Durham to compare it to our area.
Oak class – World Book Day 2024
Oak class enjoyed dressing up for World Book Day today. We had fun making book marks and designing our own front covers where we were the main character. Oak class also enjoyed sharing their favourite stories with each other. Fantastic day Oak Class, Well Done!
Poetry – Oak Class
This week Oak class have been learning about poetry. We have been listening to different stories with lots of rhyming words in, working hard to identify them in the story. We have also enjoyed listening to different poems. One of our favourite poems this week was ‘Chocolate Milkshake’ by Tania Mead. Using an Attention Autism…
Tennis in Oak
Oak class have really enjoyed PE this term. We have been working on Net and Wall games and in particular tennis. Pupils have developed their knowledge and skills by learning how to throw and catch a ball, hold a racket correctly, know what a forehand and backhand hit is and and use their knowledge of…
Oak Class Science – Plants
This half term in Science we have started learning about Plants. We learnt the different parts of a plant and labelled them. Pupils enjoyed investigating with magnifying glasses, taking the flowers apart and looking closely at all the parts. The following week we enjoyed learning about the difference between bulbs and seeds. We discussed what…
Pancake Fun – Oak Class
Who knew Computing and English could be made extra fun with pancakes! Today in Computing we had to order a set of commands in order to make pancakes. Sometimes we got the commands in the wrong order and had to do some debugging. Once we had an order we followed the instructions to ensure they…
Oak class gymnastics festival
Oak class had a lovely time at the gymnastics festival. They got to explore different equipment such as the vault, springboard, bars, balance beam and the air track. Everyone had a brilliant time. Well done Oak Class!
English in Oak Class
In Oak class our story in English is Dogger. This week we discovered that Dogger was Dave’s FAVOURITE toy and he got very upset when Dogger got lost in the story. On Thursday Oak class brought their favourite toys into school to show each other. Something terrible happened but and our toys went missing, just…
Science outdoors – Oak
Following on from our lovely trip to Hamsterley Forest Oak class in Science this week were working on knowing the four seasons and the weather associated with theses seasons. We learnt this by observing the trees in the forest and when we came back to school we read our autumn sensory story using the book…
Natural structures and sculptures.
In Art Oak class have been working on using a range of materials creatively to make a natural sculpture, know what construction materials are and use them to assemble a structure. Today we went to Hamsterley forest to explore natural sculptures and construct a den using natural materials. We went on a walk to find…