Apple Class (Reception & Y1 )
Welcome to our class page. We hope you enjoy looking at all our hard work!
Being prepared for school each day
Children will need their waterproof coat, a bottle filled with water, a bag for reading books and homework and a packed lunch (if required). Pencil cases and other school equipment will be provided for children by school. It is important that we limit what is being brought into school, so pencil cases and other accessories from home won’t be needed.
Uniform
Please ensure that your child’s uniform is all labelled, including ties. A coat must be brought to school each day, as we go out come rain or shine.
Forest School
Class 1 have Forest School every 6 weeks. Children will need to bring in waterproof clothing, wellies and in hot weather sun cream and a hat.
See calendar for dates
Break and lunch times
Children have a breaktime in the morning. For this time, they are welcome to bring a healthy snack with them to eat during break.
Miss Bamford
Teacher
Mrs Fletcher
HLTA
Class 1 had fun in the snow yesterday
The children at St. Margaret’s made advent wreaths, decorated the Christmas tree, held a Nativity for family to watch and enjoyed their Christmas dinner.
Apple Blossom Class 1 & 2 enjoying Forest School.
Apple Class science lesson on materials.
The children made diva lamps and coloured in rangoli patterns.
The children from All Saints & St. Margaret’s attended the Remembrance Parade.
Apple Class made poppy ornaments to put on the tree at St. Margaret’s and Cherry and Blossom Class made wreaths which were displayed at our Remembrance assembly.
Cherry Class kindly came to read to Apple Class this morning. It was a lovely start to the day!
Fun in Phonics
Wow such good readers. Well done for getting your badges or book vouchers.
Well done for all for their attendance
Well done for getting your respect badge.
Star of the week. Well done both of you.
As part of Glossop Heritage Week celebrations our school was invited to undertake pieces of art work which reflected either the heritage or local history of the area.
Mrs Fletcher worked with some of our children to create a wonderful selection of artwork based on Vivienne Westwood. It will be displayed on Saturday 9th September & Saturday 16th September at Victoria Hall Glossop.
Put the dates in your diary!!
Following our recent instruction work we have been practicing our knife skills and treating Class 2 to our delicious fruit salad.
The children have been following and writing instructions on how to make a jam sandwich.
Well done to all these pupils. Star of the week, Respect badges and readers badges!!
Class 1 are nearing the end of their Mary Anning topic and they have been so enthusiastic and engaged with their learning.
They have been fossil hunting on our school grounds and have found some very interesting discoveries!
The children have also had a go at making their own fossils to chip away at over the half term. Well done Class 1!
Coronation good news assembly
Class one’s Coronation souvenirs- antiques of the future !
Aren’t we so fortunate to have wonderful such wonderful volunteers at Saint Margaret’s? Thank you so much for coming in this afternoon to show us your precious memorabilia from the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. We even got to taste some of the foods eaten at the street parties at that time!
Class 1 Coronation streamers!
In class 1 today we have been recording our growing knowledge about King Charles and his Coronation.
The celebrations have began in Class 1 with some Coronation Maths today. Some beautiful crowns were designed ready for Saturday thanks to some very careful counting.
Class 1 & 2 well done for getting your reading badges and star’s of the week
Some of the older children helped introduce measuring with the year 1 and Reception children today. Lots of fantastic teamwork and hands on experience
We had a great morning Bunny hopping to raise money for Willow Wood Hospice.
Class one have been learning about how things grow in RE. We planted wild flowers to attract butterflies and bees to our outdoor area.
The children received their Easter Garden by the very talented Mrs Hill. The children will be using the garden to help them retell the important events that happened at Easter in a creative way.
Thank you to Kinderview for our fantastic Forest School session!
Thank you for all donations of toilet rolls. They cam in handy when making our 3D ‘tree of life’ in Art.
Class 1 have been learning all about how different animals are suited to their habitats . We had fun making a chicken, all ready for Easter!
In maths today we ordered numbers 1-10.We then found the correct Numicon piece to match the numbers. Everyone did a fantastic job and completed this task independently.
This week class one has a new zoo vets surgery in our role-play area
In class 1 we can now all use our Class iPad to take photos of our own Lego creations without adult help!
In class one we have had the story of “The Last Supper”. We have acted it out and put the story in order
The children in Class 1 had such a treat this week!
Carl, a bus driver from Stagecoach, called into school to give the children a tour of the bus and answer questions that we had thought of. The children were so well behaved and were gifted with generous gifts, curtsey of Stagecoach. Thank you for a wonderful experience.
Elf day @ St. Margaret’s for Alzheimers. The children and staff had a great day.
The children were in for a treat this week…Mr Steane very kindly brought his vintage Ford Popular car for the children to see. They even had a go at sitting in the car! This link in well with their History Topic ‘Now and Then’, where the children have been looking at and comparing old and new household items, homes and transport.
The Reception children have been working hard in their maths lessons this week. They have matched quantities and have also been able to order them correctly!
Class 1 and 2 had a walk to Gamesley library last week. We had the opportunity to share a variety of different books and many children became new members!The children were well-mannered and sensible on our walk to and from the library and it was an enjoyable experience for all. We will plan another trip before Christmas.
The children have been enjoying our new Diversity books in the reading garden this week.
Our first Forest School session!
We played games to learn the safety rules around the fire circle. We explored our new mud kitchen with lots of delicious meals made by the children. We also made our own Autumn caterpillars to bring home. We finished our session with our traditional biscuits, hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows on the fire.
A fantastic time was had by everyone.
Children in Class 1 have had a fun afternoon learning about how to look after their teeth. We know that we must brush our teeth twice a day, see a dentist regularly and watch that we don’t eat and drink too many sugary things. Each child has come home with a toothbrush and toothpaste to help with brushing teeth at home.
Painting front covers for literacy books
The reception children can put objects into different groups.
Making suitcases from our story in Literacy this week “Rabbityness”;by Jo Empson
As part of Glossop Heritage Week celebrations our school was invited to undertake pieces of art work which reflected either the heritage or local history of the area.
Mrs Fletcher worked with some of our children to create a wonderful selection of pieces of art which were then put on display at Victoria Hall Glossop.
The project asked the children to look at two Victorian local pictures and then recreate their own interpretation of them.
The art work, from all primary schools who took part in the exhibition were then judged by a professional local artist Ghislaine Howard.
I am pleased to say that on Tuesday this week Mrs Fletcher was able to attend Victoria Hall with three of our children to receive certificates and a wonderful prize of mixed art materials for the school.
In addition to the prize for the school one of our pupils won a prize and certificate for her individual piece of work.
Well done to everyone for their wonderful work we are very proud of you.
ROAR!!1
Look who came inside out of the sun !
Today we followed instructions on how to make a lamp like Florence Nightingale used on the hospital wards.
Class on were practising their fine motor skills by painting nails !!
The children had lots of interesting questions to ask about being a doctor. They enjoyed listening to their own heartbeat too !
Class 1 have been investigating famous portraits before learning how to paint our own portraits.
The children at St. Margaret’s took part in the Willow Wood Bunny Hop to raise money for Willow Wood Hospice. They had a fantastic afternoon in the sun hopping over obstacles with their bunny ears on. They have raised over £400. Well done to all the children in Class 1 & 2.
Easter themed phonics
Farm fun in the rain!
Origami Carots
Cafod walk for Hunger
Tired little legs now, but they did it! Thank you for all of the donations so far. Every bit helps to stamp out hunger!
What different things do people eat for breakfast around the world? That was the focus of this week’s French lesson. We couldn’t believe that in France people sometimes drink hot chocolate from a bowl for breakfast. Not very healthy! We also tasted pain au chocolat which is a weekend breakfast treat in France. We liked the American pancakes but definitely enjoyed the pain au chocolat more!
Independent writing and drawing outside in the sun.
“I can do my maths with adds”
” I know how to draw fairies. I have a book that teaches you the steps”
A little visitor came to surprise us today in our school library.
Class 1 enjoyed making cards for mother’s day and we counted out and divided our daffodils into bunches to take home. Happy Mother’s Day!
We have been reading lots of funny stories and enjoyed making our own version of the funny story ‘No Thank You!’ The children were the authors and the illustrators!
Class 1 have been using our new library area to investigate animals for our science topic. Did you know you can hear a tiger’s roar 3km away!
Problem solving in maths today !
Our baby clinic role play has been very busy; treating all sorts of poorly babies ! Baby Beau came into visit us and we asked his mummy lots of questions about looking after a baby.
We love a cardboard box in class 1! A delivery of new shelves means we had a dolls house, a boat and a comfy bed for two.
Reception children were preparing our planters for our new vegetables when we found some lovely potatoes from our last harvest. We then planted radish, lettuce, beetroot, potatoes and some lovely wild flowers with Mrs Harrison at dinner time.
Star of the week
The children from Class 1 went to have a look around All Saints church and All Saints school today
Class 1 enjoying Forest Schools
Mrs Manson & Mrs Fletcher – World Book Day
Class 1 World Book Day
Class 1 introduced their toys to their classroom, making sure they followed the rules and having a fun day!
Class 1 are designing their own chocolate bar for Willy Wonka
After having the story of Charlie and the chocolate factory we designed and made our own chocolates. Reception even designed their own chocolate wrappers.
We enjoyed the story of the BFG and talked about our dreams for the future.
Reading
If your child is in Year 1 or 2, they have come home with a reading book and record. We encourage you to listen to your child read each night. Each read will be acknowledged with a Gold Stamp. Your child will be rewarded after 50 reads, 100 reads, 150 reads and 200 reads.
Children in Reception will receive a book to share with you at home from the school library. These count towards reads. The children will receive a reading book over the next few weeks.
Reading regularly builds confidence and fluency and supports the hard work they do in school!
4th October 21 - This is our new English story map. It is a non-fiction, discussion text. This is also in their Homework books.
This information is currently being updated.
