In Class one there are currently twelve Reception children and thirteen Year one children.

We have a number of adults who work with us:

Mrs Liversidge, Miss Britton, Mrs Sherwood, Miss Singleton, Mrs Monks and Mrs Pearce.

Coding with bee bots and caterpillars. 22.1.21

James is very proud of his Jurassic world that he created with Duplo. 

Poppy Day 

Weekly Yoga 

Each week the children take part in a 30 minute Yoga session. The children have lots of fun learning new yoga positions and team building.

Below is a slideshow of the children in action.  

BIG NEWS!

Two very cheeky and naughty Elves came to our school this week! The children had no idea this was happening and it was such an amazing surprise for them.

Numeracy

The children are currently learning about weight and measurement. 

They have been using scales to weigh different objects and using rulers to measure different lengths. 

Christmas 2020

Class 1

Silent Movie Nativity Performance 

We hope you enjoy watching our performance as much as we did creating it...

Silent Nativity 

We have taken a second recording of our Nativity as some of our children were absent for the first take. Everybody was in school this week so we have managed a second shot! We think the children are amazing.

We hope you enjoy the show! 

 Previous infant teachers from Dalton school.

Mrs Sherwood has been talking to two of Dalton school's previous infant teachers. She asked if they had some spare time could they watch our Silent Nativity, they did and these are the lovely comments they made.

Mrs A. Gimson said, WOW! The Nativity is brilliant, what a great idea!    I especially like the two casual animals and the star who can do the splits. I watched the Elves too don't think I've ever seen/heard such excited children! They are so lucky to have you all.  

Mrs R. Simm said, Oh my goodness that was brilliant. You deserve medals for a new look Nativity, well done everyone. I loved the star waiting patiently at the back and the cud chewing cow.  I am glad you did a Nativity, it must have been difficult at this time, but it shows how important keeping our traditions going not just for the children but for the whole community. I feel proud of having been involved in such a strong, loving school. 

12/01/2021 - Numeracy - Addition

The Reception children used a double dice popper to create number sentences. We did one together first as a group then they worked independently to create more addition number sentences on their boards. They did an amazing job take a look in the gallery below. 

Starting - Monday 4th January 2021

Spring term 

This term the children are learning about different animal habitats.

week 1 & 2 we will be focusing on Polar Regions. 

week 3 -  Woodland animals  

week 4 -  Jungle animals 

week 5 -  Under the sea

week 6 -  Desert and Savannas. 

'We're all in the together' 

 On Friday 5th February 2021 at the end of Mental Health week all the children and staff at Dalton School received a personalised teddy bear, they put a massive smile on all of our faces and lifted our spirits. We are having so much fun with our bears and we wanted to share with you some of the things they've been up to. 

Chinese new year!

We celebrated Chinese New Year on  Wednesday 10th February. The children really enjoyed tucking into a mini Chinese buffet. They tried a few different foods including  Noodles, rice, spring rolls, prawn crackers, black bean sauce, curry sauce and sweet chilli sauce. 

Under the Sea  (Week 5)

The children have made some fantastic under water scenes. First they painted an empty shoe box then whilst waiting for it to dry they created some under water creatures, seaweed and sea rocks  using different coloured card and tissue paper. They also made some starfish using pipe cleaners.  How amazing do they all look! 

This week the children have been busy creating lots of different sea creatures. 

The children have drawn animals in the style of Pablo Picasso they are called line drawings. 

Take a look at how amazing they are.  

In the Jungle  (Week 4)

Counting Challenge 

The children have been busy creating lots of different animals to add to our Jungle display. Can you find all the different animals? I can spot 7 tigers can you? Can you count all the different animals and see how many of each there are? 

 Woodlands and woodland animals  (week 3)

The children enjoying our woodland tent, they have been looking at different woodland related stories and they have enjoyed some quiet time in there. 

The children enjoyed making their own bird feeders to hang in the trees around school. 

19/01/2021 - James said, 'all the animals are hiding away from the T-Rex', James hid them under the trees then stomped the T-Rex around the woods trying to find them using the dinosaurs mouth to pick up twigs to move them out of his way.

19/01/2021 -  Today we looked at a large poster of Percy the park keepers special tree where all his animal friends live. We used water paints to create our own tree. We have yet to cut out some characters from the story to add to our beautiful paintings. Finished work to be added here once completed. 

Polar Regions (week 1 & 2)

We have been very busy the past 2 weeks learning about Polar regions. see below our amazing work displayed in class. 

12/01/2021  

Today we made Polar bear pictures. Firstly the children mixed white and purple paint to make different shades of purple for the background. Whist waiting for their painting to dry the children used their amazing cutting skills to cut out a Polar bear template and stuck it together, they also added some small white snow drops to their painting for the finishing touch. 

Take a look at the Gallery below. 

Salt Dough Polar Bear Faces

The children enjoyed getting messy making some salt dough, we followed the recipe and the method together as a group. 

We measured:

1 cup of flour

1/2 cup of salt 

1/2 cup of water  

We  mixed it all together then we had to knead the dough before we could roll it out. 

once the dough was nice and soft we rolled it out and used 2 different sized cutters to create a face and a nose for our Polar bear. 

We are currently waiting for them to dry then we will be painting them and adding some googly eyes. 

Check back soon to see our finished Polar bear. 

Making penguins

The children followed instructions independently to complete their own little penguin. 

They checked the 'what I need list' then gathered resources to make it. 

I love how unique they all are. 

Penguin scene

The children have been experimenting mixing colours to create a cold background for a penguin scene. They really enjoyed doing this. once their painting had dried they used their cutting skills to cut out some penguins to stick on to their painting. 

Animal Tracks 

Whilst exploring outside we found some animal tracks. We tried to work out which animal we thought had made the prints in the snow. 

Literacy                             January 2021

The children in Reception have been learning about adjectives. They have been finding describing words in our story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. They have also completed activity sheets based on adjectives. Could you ask your children if they can remember what an adjective is and also give them a sentence for them to identify the adjective. 

Year one have been looking at different similes. Could you ask your child if they can tell you a simile that they have learned. 

A letter from Father Christmas!

This week the children received a letter all the way from the North Pole! 

Father Christmas also sent a special video for us to watch! 

The children were so excited and couldn't wait to hear what Father Christmas had to say to us!