Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School
Autumn 1
Welcome to Puffin Class Page
Welcome to our class page. My name is Mrs Cottee and I am Puffin Class teacher.
I hope that you have all had a fabulous summer. I loved meeting the children in July and am very excited to get to know them better. Year One can be a big change but please be assured we will try and ease them in gently.
This page is updated constantly so please can I ask that you check it as it will contain information on things happening in school, what we are learning and most importantly lots of photos of the children in school.
Most importantly we all want your child to be happy at Holly Hill, please DO contact me at anytime if you have any questions, concerns or even just to say hi. I am usually around at the beginning and end of the day, you can drop me a note with your child or phone school if you would like to speak to me.
I am really excited about the new school year as we have lots planned for the children.
Mrs Cottee
Our topic for the first half term is
ENCHANTED WORLDS
Watch this space for more information!
Please see our knowledge organiser to find out what the children will be learning this half term.
We are teaching the children to read with the Little Wandle phonics programme. Please find the weekly home learning sheets which support your child.
Friday 20th October - Looking amazing for our Red Card to Racism day
Some of our Puffins received a 100% attendance certificate from Mrs Leal to day - brilliant achievement.
Fabulous pumpkins
Well done to this week’s Heroes - you are amazing.
Wednesday 18th October 2023 - Finding number bonds to 5
Friday 13th October -Non uniform day raising money for our Christmas events paid for by Friends of Holly Hill
Today was Black Excellence Day and the children were involved in various discussions and activities. The children found out about Floella Benjamin after listening to the story book she wrote called Coming to England.
Mo Farah was a big hit with the children and they enjoyed watching him winning two gold medals in the 2012 Olympics.
In the afternoon the children did lots of activities based on Mo - they looked at real medals from race, made their own medals, painted portraits of Mo and of course practised the Mobot.
Thursday 12th October - Well done to today’s Star Writers
Computing - Digital writing using word
Art - Working in the style of Kandinsky
Wednesday 11th October - In Science today the children learnt the months of the year and worked out which season they belonged to.
Friday 6th October : Writing a sentence with our new grapheme.
Maths - Finding different ways of making 5
Wednesday 4th October 2023 - What a fabulous day we had at Sherwood Forest today learning about the legend of Robin Hood
Lunch - the highlight of any trip!
Den Building
Sherwood Forest Selfies
Tuesday 3rd October - Today in RE the children learned about Jesus calming the storm on Lake Galilee, they then created art work inspired by the story.
In Science this week we are measuring rainfall - the rain catcher was put out yesterday morning and we looked this afternoon, there were 10ml of rainfall.
Monday 2nd October - Today in Maths we started our unit of work on part part whole models.
Wk beg 25th September 2023 - Our core book this week is Once Upon A Time. It is a wonderful story featuring many fairy tale characters and supports lots of talk and vocabulary.
Friday 29th September - Phonics
Friday afternoon - Art and computing using primary colours in the style of the artist Mondrian.
COOL TIME - Choose Our Own Learning
27th September We enjoyed using thermometers to investigated temperature around school.
Wednesday 27th September - The children orally retold the story using large pictures from the book.
A group of mixed KS1 children also went to Horsendale Primary School to take part in a Footgolf tournament.
Friday 22nd September - Well done to this week’s Hero
Art - Using collage to create art work in the style of Piet Mondrian
Monday 18th September- This week we continue with our core book Goldilocks and the 3 Bears.Today the children drew their own story map in preparation for writing the story tomorrow.
Well done to today’s Star of the Day
Friday 15th September - Our first Holly Hill Heroes. We are so pleased that you both joined Holly Hill, what an amazing week you have had!
Today we started our Computing unit of work - logging on and using Clicker Paint to draw.
Thursday 14th September - Today the whole school watched an assembly which launched a new online program that teaches children internet safety called Interland Adventure.
Well done to today's Star of the Day
Enjoying Active 15 in the sunshine
Wednesday 13th September - Well done to today's Star of the Day
In Science this term the children are learning about seasonal change. This afternoon we spent some time exploring our lovely environment looking at the plants and flowers we could see and describing them.
Tuesday 12th September - Well done to today’s Star of the Day
Wow what a busy day it has been in Puffin Class. Starting the day with Phonics
followed by reading practice groups
In the afternoon we did Maths. The children used 10 frames to make numbers to 10.
Monday 11th September - Well done to today’s Star of the Day and the first person to wear our new rosette.
This week in Maths the we focussing on counting and writing numbers to 10.
Friday 8th September 2023 - Our first Puffin Class Star of the Day.
Maths - Sorting objects
We had a discussion as a class about how we can follow The Holly Hill Way
Thursday 9th September- Puffin Class 2023 -2024
The children did their first piece of writing about their summer holidays.
and had lots of opportunities to explore their new classroom and outside area.
Wednesday 6th September- Class room set up ready to welcome our new Puffins
What a fabulous first day all the children have had - trying to pass the tambourine without it making a sound.
