May 02
This week in Maths we have been working hard to find different ways to make the totals. We used Numicon to help us find lots of different ways to make 14. Then we used used values between 11 and 20 and recorded our learning using balance scales. Our teachers challenged us to record our …
Apr 24
Welcome back after the Easter holidays everyone! We have started a new topic in English called Free Verse Poetry. Free Verse poems are very special. There are very few rules of what you must do or have. Poems don’t need to rhyme or follow a pattern. You are free to write what you wish and how …
Apr 03
In Science we have been learning about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We received a letter from the reptile house at London Zoo asking for help with their poo samples. We got stuck in and explored the samples, looking for clues to help us decide whether they had come from a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore. We …
Mar 27
In DT this half term we have worked hard to explore, design and make our very own animal puppets. Firstly we took our time to explore different kinds of puppets such as : Finger puppets Hand puppets Sock puppets String puppets We worked out what each puppet was made from, how the pieces were joined …
Mar 20
This week in Maths we have been using our knowledge of 10 to help us add numbers efficiently. We used tens frames and counters to help us familiarise ourselves with this method. We have also been exploring how this might look pictorially as well as using more formal written methods. Think 10 is not a …
Mar 14
This week, Year 1 had a great time celebrating Science Week! The wee began with an exciting whole school assembly where we learnt about some inspiring scientists and were introduced to our whole school investigation. We were going to work collaboratively to find the average height of the children within each year group at Merry …
Mar 06
Today has been World Book Day and at Merry Hill a love of reading is at the core of everything we do, so today was especially exciting for us. We began the day with our parents visiting us for a morning read, what fun it was sharing some of our favourite books with our parents! …
Feb 27
We have really enjoyed welcoming everyone back after February half term and continuing our Animal Science topic. Lesson 6 Lions and Panthers could name different types of animals and decide which animal group they belong to. They used the features of each animal group to justify their answers. They used a stem sentence to organise …
Feb 14
This half term, our little explorers have been diving into the fascinating world of the British Isles! We have been learning all about the four countries that make up the UK—England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Each week, we focused on discovering the highest mountains, longest rivers and capital cities of each country. It has …
Feb 06
This week the Lions and Panthers received a surprise letter and an unexpected visitor! We have been asked to help our visitor catch a missing star! We came up with different ideas of how to do this, including laying a trail of star snacks to tempt the star down from the sky, going to Scafell …