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Weekly Update 24.04.26
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
Hello!
We have had a fantastic first week back. All the children have returned to school with big smiles and a positive attitude to learning!
In English we have introduced our new focus text 'Handa's Surprise' and the children wrote a setting description of Handa's village. Here is an animated version of the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocnRQi89nK8
In Art each week we will be learning about different sculptors. For our first lesson we learnt about Michelle Reader and how she makes sculptures out of recycled materials. We made our own Creative Monsters using card.
In Science this half term we are learning all about plants. We reminded ourselves of the parts of plants and what they need to survive. In groups the children were given various classroom resources to make a flowering plant. They also had to label the root, stem, leaves and flower.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 02.04.26
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
Hello!
I cannot believe how quickly the end of this term has come... We are already 2/3 of the way through the school year!
The children have written another super list poem all about Yeadon. In Maths we have finished the week with a chick hunt game – each chick had an addition, subtraction or fraction question with it that the children had to answer. In PE we finished our Penguin Small dance. Please see the video here: Penguin Small Dance
We made some lovely ‘Hoppy Easter’ cards and the Easter Bunny has been spotted around school today :)
I hope you all have a lovely break and I look forward to welcoming you all back on Monday the 20th April.
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 27.03.26
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
Hello!
Week 5 of this half term is done and only 1 week to go until our Easter break!
We have finished our 'Yeadon Explorers' Topic by making our own comparison of Tulum and Yeadon. The children had to think about the human and physical features of both areas and think about what is the same and what is different. They also had to answer the question - Where would you rather live?
In Maths we finished our position and direction work by going outside and completing a challenge in pairs which was all about turns.
In English we have looked at list poems this week and the children have written some lovely poems about the playground and Yeadon Tarn.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 20.03.26
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
Hello!
It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Parent Meetings this week. I hope you enjoyed seeing some of your children's work and seeing just how hard they are working in Pear Tree. Everyone has made great progress since the beginning of the year. A big thank you from me for making the effort to come along.
In English we have used our imagination to take Stick Man on a journey around Yeadon. We have then gathered ideas to create an information poster all about Yeadon. The children have used some great persuasive language to try entice visitors to come to Yeadon.
In Maths we have been learning all about position and direction. The children have been describing turns using the language - half, quarter, full, anticlockwise and clockwise
Please see below the children with their own Stick Man from last week :)
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Cotterill
Weekly Update 13.03.26
Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Pear Tree Class Blog
Hello!
In Maths we have come to our last week on fractions. Over the past two weeks Year 1 have been focusing on half and quarter of shapes, objects and numbers. We have finished by solving fraction word problems.
Our new focus text is 'Stick Man' and this week we have been sequencing and retelling the story. Some children were very brave and retold the story to the whole class using their story map. We have also made our very own Stick Man! I am sure you will agree that they look fantastic :)
Harry - Beware of the dog! Adeline - Sticking in the family tree
We finished our Cinderella Moving Pictures in DT this week. The children did a great job at making their own mechanisms and helping each other.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill
