Sheep Class
Welcome to our Reception/Year 1 class
We are called Sheep class, after the parable of the Lost Sheep, and every child matters to us, just as every sheep mattered to Jesus. But don’t let our name fool you..we may start off in Reception as lambs, but through our first two years at school we learn to be independent, inquisitive and imaginative young learners! We have a lovely classroom, filled with quality resources and inspiring activities to get stuck into, plus a brand new domestic role-play room (complete with kitchen, lounge and bedroom areas!). We are also very lucky to have a huge, wooded outdoor area where children can get cooking in our mud-kitchen, get building in our large construction area, or simply curl up and listen to our teacher, Mrs Gkikopoulos, read us a great book in our cosy reading shack. There really is something for every kind of sheep in our class!
Curriculum Planning
Yummy Pancakes!
We wrote a list of ingredients so we knew what to buy at the shops and wrote a letter to Mr Isherwood to see if he would like any pancakes. We enjoyed mixing the ingredients and even did the washing up! The pancakes were delicious!
⭐️Planetarium⭐️
We were all lucky enough to visit the planetarium at Stibbard today, where children learnt about our solar system and constellations. We are sure this will inspire some fantastic space poetry as part of our book week activities. Many thanks to Stibbard for inviting us!
Sheep Class Discovery Cafe – click for more photographs
What an excellent afternoon we had at our Tiger Tea party! Mrs Graves and Max the dog shared the story with the children and then we enjoyed lots of activities with our grownups! It was so much fun to work alongside Dawn & Debbie – our local childminders. It was great to see their children … Read more
Awe and Wonder!
Do you know that feeling of seeing something so amazing that you said, “Wow, that’s awesome!”? This week, the ice has inspired Sheep’s class learning. We have formed our own investigations, learnt new scientific vocabulary and even used magical sprinkles to ‘stick’ ice to string!
Do you want to build a snowman? Class Party – Click for more photographs
Our Early Years and Key Stage One party was so much fun this afternoon!
Early Years Science Workshop – click on photo for more photographs
We hosted a Science Workshop for Early Years Children in conjunction with our local childminder. The children thoroughly enjoyed lots of experiments particularly making glow-in-the-dark elf bogeys!
Road Safety
We talked about how to keep ourselves safe when we are out and about. Benjamin helped us remember how important it is to ‘Stop, Look and Listen’ when we cross the road. Bethany talked to us about why we wear a helmet and use a car seat.
Learning all about Harvest
Sheep class have been busy learning all about harvest! We learnt about harvesting wheat, explored what it looked like and ways we use the flour. We decided to design and make our own pizzas – they were delicious!