Rainbow, Sunshine & Saturn Class Blog

  Week 3 This week in phonics EYFS have reinforcing phonemes: ure, er as well as common exception word: her. Year 1 have been learning the alternative pronunciations for ow (snow) ie ( chief) ea (head). In maths this week, the EYFS children will consolidate their

Week 2 This week was world book week! We have had a fantastic time taking part in lots of fun activities such as a teacher story swap, a bedtime story in our Pj’s and a stop and read day! We also loved dressing up and looking at everyone’s

Week 1 Welcome back to term 4. As Historians we have started our new enquiry questions’ Which technology invention is the most significant?’ We have enjoyed going on a technology walk around school to spot anything that uses technology.  We discussed what we already know about

Week 6 What a lovely last week of term 3! This week in phonics Year 1 have been recapping sounds: u-e (June, cube) and EYFS ai, ee, igh and oa. We have also been doing lots of sight word practise!

Week 5 As Historians this week we have enjoyed looking at the different houses in Uphill. We looked at a modern house and compared it to the house with the thatched roof by the church. We then looked at what kinds of jobs people living in Uphill used

Week 4 This week was national bird watch week and we loved going out to the field with our binoculars to see what we could see. As Historian we have enjoyed looking at Uphill school 150 years booklet produced last year and photos of Uphill school

Week 3 This week we have been finding out about the Lunar new year. We have watched some videos to see where and how the Lunar year is celebrated. We have then enjoyed creating lanterns, learning to use chopsticks and having a go at writing in Chinese!

Week 2 What a lovely week! Rainbow Class started their week off with a lovely History walk around the village to begin our new enquiry ‘How has Uphill changed through time?’. We looked at the church, walked through the woods and beach and then finished off

Week 1 Welcome back! We have been busy settling back in after a lovely Christmas break. This week we have been recapping and learning new sounds in phonics. Year 1 are recapping new \phase 5 sounds and EYFS have learnt some new trigraphs- ‘air’ and ‘ear’.

Week 7 We have had a lovely, Christmassy last week of term. We very much enjoyed our Christmas party on Monday. We played lots of party games, danced and ate some yummy party food! We have been busy making cards and doing lots of