Bean Planting🫘

31st March 2026Chloe Smith

After reading ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ this week, we were so excited when we came into our classroom to find the giant had left us a present – our very own beans to plant! We looked at how we plant seeds and what they need to grow. We learned they need;
🫘Light
🫘Water
🫘Soil
We then planned our own seeds and we are so excited to see them grow!!🌱

Road Safety🚗

5th February 2026Chloe Smith

This week Class 2 had an important visit from a Road Safety Officer from South Tyneside Council. 🛣️ We learned about zebra crossings, different types of traffic lights, crossing patrol officers and how to stay safe when crossing the road.

We learned that we should always:
STOP 🛑 ✋
LOOK 👀
LISTEN 👂
THINK 💭
…before we decide to cross a road, and to always hold a grown up’s hand when we cross.

Phenomenal Phonics✨

29th January 2026Chloe Smith

In Class 1 we have been working super hard to learn new sounds and new tricky words! We have been learning how to spell some of our new words using our spelling rules;

🌟Say the word
🌟Sound talk the word
🌟Sound talk using segmenting fingers
🌟Talk about how many sounds are in the word
🌟Write it

The Dinosaur that Pooped at Monkton!

19th January 2026Chloe Smith

After reading “The Dinosaur that Pooped the Past” we went outside to find that something had been left in our garden. We took a closer look and couldn’t believe what we saw… it was dinosaur poo!!! We talked about how this must mean a dinosaur had been in our garden! We looked at it very closely (some of us even knew the dinosaur must be a herbivore because we could see lots of leaves and twigs!) and created a list of adjectives to describe it, including;
🦖smelly
🦖squishy
🦖soft
🦖lumpy

We then wrote some fantastic sentences to describe the poo using some AMAZING adjectives!!

Christmas Story Night 🎄

11th December 2025A Aldcroft

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Christmas Story Night! We had a gorgeous night returning to school in our pyjamas, sipping hot chocolate, and enjoying a lovely Christmas story together. The evening was filled with fun activities that got everyone into the festive spirit! 🎄

Here Comes Jack Frost❄️

1st December 2025Chloe Smith

After reading Here Comes Jack Frost, Class 1 received a very important letter… a letter from Jack Frost himself!! It told us that Jack had been to visit us but because it has been so hold, he lost his hands and needed our help to find them! We quickly set off in search of his hands and finally found them in our garden! We took turns to feel his hands and used some fantastic vocabulary to describe them, including;

❄️ Freezing

❄️ Icy

❄️ Chilly

We then talked about how we could make sure Jack’s hands didn’t melt until he got them back. We had some wonderful ideas, such as, keeping them away from something warm, keeping them in the fridge and keeping them out of the sun.

Remembrance Day♥️

18th November 2025Chloe Smith

Class 1 have been learning about Remembrance Day. We learned about Remembrance Day is, why it is importance and how we mark this occasion;

We discussed the importance of poppies and what they symbolised and using lots of different materials, created our our poppies. Using Lego bricks we stamped a poppy petal design and then painted our stems using green paint, we were able to create lots of beautiful flowers. We also used pipe cleaners, cupcake cases and pom poms to make our own flowers and even made some from play doh.