Whitegate Acorns

Acorns loved their first Sports Day and picnic with their families. They were fantastic team players and we are very proud of them all. ⭐️ @SchoolWhitegate

This afternoon we have been learning about what plants need to grow. We discussed how plants need water, soil, sun and space to grow. We then painted our own plant pots and planted sunflower seeds. Now we need to look after them carefully and watch them grow. @SchoolWhitegate

In Maths we have been exploring number bonds to 10. We used Numicon and coat hanger pegs to help us begin to work systematically to find all of the bonds. @SchoolWhitegate

Today in Literacy we had clues delivered linking to our new book. We worked out that it was Jack and the Beanstalk. After listening to the story, some of us enjoyed building the giant’s castle outside. @SchoolWhitegate

Acorns have had a great day celebrating David Attenborough’s birthday. We have done lots of activities, including making a butterfly feeding station, painting our favourite animals and painting the earth and also writing sentences about how to keep it safe. @SchoolWhitegate

Today we have loved beginning to learn about David Attenborough in preparation for celebrating his 100th birthday. After learning about his life, we then wrote facts about him. @SchoolWhitegate

What a wonderful educational visit we have had today! The children loved seeing such a wide variety of animals and were even brave enough to stroke some of them! Well done Acorns 😀@SchoolWhitegate

After reading our new book Jasper’s Beanstalk, we have enjoyed sequencing the story using the story blocks. @SchoolWhitegate

Today in Maths we have been exploring ABC repeating patterns. @SchoolWhitegate

This morning Acorns loved getting the opportunity to listen to the Easter Story told by B-Tales. @SchoolWhitegate

How lovely to be able to listen to our end of the day story outside in the sun today! @SchoolWhitegate

Yesterday we had a very important job to do! Watch out for some special post arriving soon. @SchoolWhitegate

Yesterday we started our week of learning all about Chinese New Year. A huge thank you to Mrs Ho for coming in to talk to us about how people across the world celebrate. @SchoolWhitegate

More outdoor fun today in Acorns, testing out our new scooter boards! @SchoolWhitegate

Today in Maths we have been exploring partitioning numbers up to 5 and recording what we see. @SchoolWhitegate

We have had great excitement in Acorns, after we received a delivery of some new construction equipment for our outdoor area. We have loved building different structures as well as having great fun playing in the box it all came in! @SchoolWhitegate

Today we have been working on counting backwards. We did lots of maths activities practising putting numerals in descending order from different numbers down to 10. @SchoolWhitegate

To support our phonics, we have been searching for our graphemes in rice today. Once we found them, we told our friend the sound and showed them the action that goes with it. We also used tweezers to pick them up to help develop our fine motor skills. @SchoolWhitegate

Today, we put our phonics and drawing skills to the test during Adventure Time. We built tricky words and drew one of our favourite Arctic animals - a walrus. @SchoolWhitegate

Today in Science we have been learning about rain, ice and snow. We talked about how the clouds are formed and learnt how rain and snow falls from the clouds when they get heavy. We made parts of the water cycle using crafts materials and drew simple diagrams. @SchoolWhitegate