France – Miss Last

Our Class Team

Teacher HLTA TA TA
Kate Last Hayley Doyle Joseph Garcia Lynn McBeth

Contact the teacher at kate.last@abbotsleaschool.co.uk

Our Weekly News

In the boxes below, you can read about our best moments in school.
We are sharing our weekly news every Friday.

Week 23+

France class has had a fantastic week.

They have all worked really hard and created some amazing pieces of work in all of their lessons.

We are looking forward to returning next term feeling rested and recharged ready to learn lots of exciting new things.

We have all has a great term and are looking forward to well deserved rest.

Week 22+

France class have had a fantastic week, they have all worked so hard.

In maths they have been learning how to tell the time, in English we have been ordering instructions and in life skills we looked at British culture in more detail and discusses what makes us proud to be British.

We also celebrated Miss Last’s Birthday this week.
The children are looking forward learning lots of new things next week.

Week 21+

This week in France class we have been busy learning lots of new things.

In English we have been following Zog’s instructions and completing sensory circuits. In Maths we have been learning about time.

We celebrated Chinese New Year with a special visit from a Chinese dragon and martial arts crew, the performance was fantastic and France Class loved every minute of it!

In Life Skills we looked at being part of the British isles and what our favourite thing about being British is.

We also enjoyed our yoga and relaxation sessions throughout the week.

Week 20+

France class have had a very busy week!

We have been focussing on our times tables in maths, in English we have been sequencing stories, in history we looked at Queen Victoria and wrote our own version of a diary entry.

In ICT we used the iPads to create pictures using different techniques. In phonics we introduced our new word sounds and played games and completed some spelling challenges.

In Art we comported mirrored self portraits. And we have also enjoyed playing hot potato and engaging in some social time with our friends from class.

Week 19+

France class have enjoyed learning all sorts of interesting things this week!

The on Monday we celebrated world religion day. On Tuesday we continued learning about our local communities and discussed how we can improve them. We also made beans in toast in our food tech lesson.
On Wednesday we enjoyed learning how to great each other in French.
On Thursday we focused on our maths skills. On Friday we carried on reading Zog and enjoyed our delicious fishy Friday lunch.

We have had a great week! 😊

Week 18+

We have had a great week in France class this week; we have been very busy with our Maths, English, History, science, RE, French and LifeSkills.

We have been learning our times tables in maths, In English we have been reading Zog and sequencing the story.

In history we looked at famous queens from our past, in science we talked about the changing seasons and described what we liked about our favourite season.

In RE we looked at important books throughout different religions, in French we taste tested different French foods and in LifeSkills we looked at what it means to be a part of a community.

We also welcomed Adam to France class this week, he has settled in really well and is very excited about being a part of France class.

We have had a great week and look forward to learning so much more next week 🙂

Week 17+

Happy New Year! It’s been a short but busy week in class France to start off 2022.

The pupils have all arrived back to school happy, refreshed and ready to learn.

On Wednesday we welcomed Miss Last as the new class teacher. The pupils all coped exceptionally well with this change and have settled back into the classroom routine seamlessly.

This week we have refreshed our knowledge on the importance of handwashing and discussed how we can help to keep ourselves healthy. Linked to this, the pupils shared their New Year’s Resolutions and how they can better themselves and help others.

The class also worked hard taking part team building activities by working together to complete a scavenger hunt.

Keep up the great work class France!

Week 15+

France class have had another busy week! We have been practising our nativity performance and then performed it to secondary department on Thursday. Everyone was amazing and sang their songs and read their lines so well!

Well done everyone!

We finished off our learning in maths all about addition, using different methods to solve our addition problems.

We also watched the secondary talent show, which was amazing!

We also had our Christmas dinner on Wednesday which we all really enjoyed. Finally, on Friday we went to the pantomime and again, was all really sensible and really enjoyed the show.

Have a lovely weekend!

Week 14+

France class have been working really hard this week and we have been focusing developing our addition skills in maths using the whole-part model. In English, we have been focusing on kindness and using one of the Christmas adverts to help us understand acts of kindness and ‘give a piece of love’. France class have been practising their lines for the upcoming nativity play and on Wednesday, France class went to imagine that with the rest of KS2. We all had an amazing day and the student’s behaviour was exemplarily! Have a lovely weekend!

Week 13+

Everyone in France Class has worked amazing this week.

In English we met Kevin the Carrot. We designed posters to help look for Kevin using a range of different adjectives to describe him.

In Maths we looked at the Part-Whole Model which is a pictorial representation that shows the relationship between a whole and its parts.

In Design Technology we continued our moving pictures project, talking about how we can use a range of different resources to make our pictures come to life and move. This week we did a plan to design our own moving pictures.

On Tuesday we learnt about St Andrews Day and why he is the patron saint of Scotland.

We also enjoyed a visit to the school library, we chose some books which we have been reading in class.

Week 12+

This week, France class have been learning addition using number lines, ten frames and hundreds squares and during our English lessons we have been comparing fiction and non-fiction texts to help us identify the differences between facts and stories.

We have had fun in our DT lessons building different mechanisms, this week we built a rotation lever.

Our French lessons have been very fun and engaging as we have learnt how to say and understand every day classroom phases and objects in French.

Our Geography lesson has taught us about the different countries within the UK and interesting facts about each country.

Week 11+

Another busy week for us in France Class. This week in English we continued looking at non-fiction text. We even had a go at writing our own non-fiction text.

In Maths we looked at 3D shapes and looked at the properties of the shapes. In Geography we learnt the names of the four countries of the UK and their capital cities. We used a fact file to answer questions on the UK.

We also had Design Technology this week and learnt how we can use different mechanism to make moving pictures. The students made great moving pictures.

In Computing we looked at programming and used the Beebots. We gave the Beebots different commands and then had to guess the shape it was making.

Well done France Class!

Week 10+

France Class have had a busy week.

In English we have continued our work on fiction and non-fiction and this week we looked at the features of a non-fiction books. We read lots of non-fiction books and learnt lots of interesting facts.. In Maths we looked at 2D shapes. We learnt about quadrilateral shapes and made tessellated patterns using different shapes.

On Wednesday it was World Science Day. We had lots of fun completing different activities while learning lots about Space.

On Thursday we took part in a minute silence to remember the fallen soldiers, we also learnt about Remembrance Day and why the poppy is used as a symbol of remembrance and hope.

Great week, well done France Class!

Week 9+

France class has had a great first week back after half-term! In English, we have started to look at non-fiction books and have been learning the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts. In maths, we have been learning all about shapes and using mathematical language to describe their properties. In Geography, we have looked at the continents of the world and had to locate the UK on the world map. In computing, we have started learning about algorithms and programmed the   beebots to be able to travel to a designated space. In LifeSkills, We have focused on being positive and having a positive mindset. In p.e we had to work as a group and develop our teamworking skills. Have a lovely weekend.

Week 8+

France class have been so excited for Halloween this week. We got ready to celebrate at our amazing party on Friday, hosted by Key Stage 5, with lots of crafts.

In food technology, we made chocolate apples dipped in sprinkles and banana ghosts dipped in white chocolate. They were delicious!

On Wednesday, we carved our very own pumpkins and designed spooky faces.

In English, we read spooky rhyming stories and were able to sequence the events of the ‘Funny Bones’ book and then rebuilt our own skeleton with fantastic teamwork.

Have a great well deserved half-term break France Class!

Week 7+

This week the students of France class have worked incredibly hard.

In maths, we started looking at fractions. We identified halves and quarters and used our maths resources to practise making parts of a whole number.

We finished off this Term’s project, ‘Childhood’, with a quiz. All students passed with flying colours and will be bringing home their certificates!

In food technology, we took a trip to our Food tech room, donned aprons and used all the equipment to make an apple and blackberry crumble. We chopped and baked, it was amazing!

In PE, we split into teams and challenged Portugal class to a game of bench ball. We used all our throwing and catching skills and enjoyed playing with our friends.

Have a great weekend France Class!

Week 6+

This week France class have been working really hard in maths, using greater than, less than and equal to when identifying groups of larger numbers.

In English, we have started to read poetry and have enjoyed using rhyming words and being incredible poets. We really loved celebrating national poetry day on Thursday with our new rhyming knowledge.

In food technology we made a delicious and healthy fruit salad, some of us even tried mango for the first time.

As part of national space week, we looked at how life would be like as an astronaut in space.

Using laptops, we researched Rosa Parkes as part of our Black History Month learning. We created fact files and shared our findings with the rest of class.

Well done France class, have a great weekend!

Week 5+

This week, we celebrated European Day of Languages. We visited different classes and completed activities and tasted some delicious authentic foods.

France class have started reading a new book in English, ‘Oscar gets the blame’. We used laptops to create and type our own storyboards.

In maths we have consolidated our learning of partitioning numbers into 10’s and 1’s. In food technology we loved making apple pies! We measured the ingredients carefully and added honey and cinnamon. It tasted delicious!

In life skills we learnt all about how our bodies our changing as we grow older.

Week 4+

This week the students of France class have worked extremely hard consolidating their maths knowledge of teen numbers and above up to thirty.

We have used the numicon and our counting base 10s to help us.

In food technology we really enjoyed making rainbow fruit kebabs. We practised our cutting skills and even tried some new fruits, they were delicious!

Wednesday was World Fitness Day and we celebrated by holding our very own mini Olympics. France class cheered on their friends and enjoyed competing at the various activity stations. We all won medals and certificates for being amazing!

Week 3+

This week, France class continued reading the book ‘Not now Bernard!’ and produced some excellent writing using some brilliant adjectives.

We also visited the school library for the first time and chose a book to bring back to class.

In food technology, we made a delicious vanilla milkshake. We blended ice cream with milk, it tasted amazing!

In maths, the students’ used numicon to help counting forwards and backwards to 20.

We enjoyed a visit to one of our newly refurbished sensory rooms

Week 2+

France class have had an amazing first week and have settled in well.

In English, we have started reading ‘Not now Bernard’ and then created our monsters with warning posters to go with it. In maths, we have been looking at 2-digit numbers and using our skills of place value to show how many tens and ones the number has. In PE, we have been practising our throwing and catching skills. We have made a start on our project and started to learn about childhood and what it means to us, reflecting on childhood memories.  We also took part in our enrichment clubs on Friday afternoon and had lots of fun building Lego and making art!

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