Jun 05
We have started reading a new story called Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith. At the end of this unit the children will be writing their own version of a traditional tale. We used props and resources linked to the story of Little Red and the Hungry Lion to hook …
May 14
We kicked off our super science this half term by identifying and describing plants in the world around us. Lions and Panthers used their Forest time to find and take photos of plants. They carefully hunted down roots, branches, bark, stems, buds, flowers and leaves in our school environment. We looked at different types of …
May 08
First we answered ‘What is the difference between Art and DT?’ We decided Art is creative whereas Design Technology is making something practical and involves problem solving. Then we started learning about a new focus artist called Edward Tingatinga. He lived in Tanzania in East Africa. Edward Tingatinga taught himself how to paint and did …
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 …
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 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 …