Doveridge Primary School

Class 1: Magic Moments

Here in Class 1 we like to give the children many ‘Magic Moments’ to create excitement and engagement and to enhance and celebrate learning.

Throughout the term, the children work their way up the Class ladder when they demonstrate good behaviour. At the top of the ladder is a reward pot! At the start of each half term, as a class the children decide what reward they would like to have at the end of the half term to celebrate their fantastic behaviour. We have had some excellent days including, Halloween Parties, Ice Cream days, Beach days, Class baking days, and bring a toy to school. We find that allowing children to choose their own reward increases motivation, as the reward becomes something personally meaningful and desirable to them. When the children choose their own treat, they are more invested in achieving the goal or behaviour required to earn it. It also teaches decision-making and delayed gratification, as they must think ahead and work towards something they value.

Incubating Chicken eggs

During the summer Term, we were lucky enough to get the opportunity to get to incubate some more eggs. This time they were chicks! The children waited in anticipation until we arrived in school one day to find that they had finally begun hatching- how exciting! We fed, watered and nurtured them until they were too big to keep in our Classroom any longer. Mrs Carnwell decided that she would take them home with her to live alongside The Little Red Hen.

The Gruffalo

Whilst strolling through our Forest the children stumbled across an owl, a fox, a mouse and we found the story of The Gruffalo. The children were so excited and they decided to build a trap during one of our Forest School sessions to try and catch her. They worked together, showing great team work, excellent resilience and fantastic problem solving skills and finally created an incredible trap. The children waited in anticipation until eventually we got a visit from The Gruffalo!! It was truly amazing!

Incubating duck eggs

We were very excited to discover an incubator full of duck eggs had arrived in our classroom. We have been learning all about what the incubator does, why it moves, why it's warm etc. Last week we candled the eggs to see if any were fertilised. We couldn't believe our eyes when we could see the duckling's eye. It was a real magic moment! We are very excited and are counting down the days until they will hopefully hatch.

Class 1 trip to the Adventure Farm

Because Class 1 children continue to show great interest in animals and particularly farm animals, it was decided that our Summer theme would be 'Spring has Sprung on the Farm'. To begin this topic, we took a ride on a coach (for some their first time ever!!) to visit the Adventure Farm. We had a day filled with fun, excitement, animals and play. We enjoyed every second and want to say a big thank you to the PTA for funding this!

September to present - Secret Reader

Every Friday we have a Secret Reader (parents/ grandparents/headteacher) that come into the class to share their favourite children’s stories. We are always so excited to discover who it will be!

Animals and Pets
As part of the half term’s child chosen topic of ‘Animals and Pets’, we have been very lucky to have had visits from your pets!

Julia Donaldson themed World Book Day

Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day: We had lots of fun making our own pancake batter, tossing our pancakes, having a pancake race and of course, eating our pancakes!

Animal Print discovery!!

Literacy enhancements and hooks throughout the year - We have made our own bread like The Little Red Hen.

We made gingerbread men to support our Gingerbread Man book focus.

We made our own play dough to help us follow instructions.

We picked our own ‘poisonous apples’, washed them and turned them into lollies. We also dressed up and enjoyed a visiting theatre performance to enhance our Literacy work when we were learning about Snow White.