Jun 23
This year’s Sports Day was a great success! Thank you to the Year 6 children at Ashfield School who came to support and help assist with the activities. First we had an opening ceremony waving our team flags and walking down the centre of the activities. Some of our younger brothers and sisters at Merry …
Jun 13
In our new English topic we have learnt how to read and write explanations. We have learnt our new model text ‘How to look after a monster’ based on the book ‘ Monsters: An Owner’s Guide’. During the week we designed and created our own monsters from play dough while following the explanation. We also …
Jun 06
Grouping and sorting materials In Year 1 we have used prior knowledge to retrieve what we already know about materials. We can name a variety of common materials and we have been learning how to describe them using vocabulary such as stretchy and smooth. We felt different materials and described them to our peers. We …
May 23
During our topic of special books we have learnt about the Torah, the Bible and the Qur’an. Over the last two weeks we have learnt that a synagogue is a space for worship and prayer for Jewish people. We learnt all about the Torah and how special it is to Jewish people. When we visited …
May 17
In Maths this week Year 1 have been learning how to use bead strings to answer repeated addition sentences. First we used bead strings to count in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to answer questions such as ‘2+2+2=?’. Next we drew arrays to show the repeated addition. We worked very hard to count carefully for example …
May 10
This week we have been learning a new story called ‘The Papaya That Spoke’. We have been learning new words which are ‘setting’ and ‘characters’. A story’s setting is where it takes place and the characters are the figures in the story. They can be people, animals or in this story they are talking fruits! …
May 05
Today we all came together to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. We explored his family tree and learnt about the history of the royal family which also links to our current History topic (we have been learning about the Victorian and Edwardian eras). We have been exploring similarities and differences between the different …
Apr 27
This week we have learnt about the difference between reptiles and mammals. We found out that reptiles have scales and mammals have hair/fur. We now know that reptiles are cold blooded but mammals are warm blooded. We know that reptiles lay eggs but mammals give birth. We were extremely lucky to get to feel real …
Apr 19
In Maths we have been working hard counting, reading and writing numbers to 100 as well as counting in multiples of twos, fives and tens. We have been doing this through lots of coin investigations and skip counting, which we enjoyed because we get to shout out multiple numbers! Skip counting helps the children hear …
Apr 01
Each year we love taking the time to celebrate our military children here at Merry Hill. Service children can face challenges with parents in the armed forces. Yet these children are also an amazing asset to families, schools and the local community. The Month of the Military Child helps us remember this and helps us …