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Welcome to the Copper Base Blog
Welcome to the Copper Base Blog
Working hard to achieve our goals!!
Welcome to the Copper Base blog. Here you will find pictures of our work and our learning. Please check out the weekly stories tab to listen to the story and song of the week at home. You can share these stories at home with your families.
we have been learning about position
we have been learning about position
we went on a walk around the school and investigated
we went on a walk around the school and investigated
sports day success
sports day success
Some of us have taken part in our year group sports days with great success. Well done team for a great effort!!
The Kings Pants
The Kings Pants
We have bee reading a very funny story about all the different kings pants he wears for different occasions
We designed out own Kings Pants
Caterpillars are in thier cocoons
Caterpillars are in thier cocoons
We have been carefully observing our caterpillars and this week they have gone into thier cocoons! We can't wait to see them as butterflies. Then we will realease into our garden.
We are waiting for them to be butterflies
We are waiting for them to be butterflies
super strawberries
super strawberries
One Copper Base member has harvested a lot of strawberries from the strawberry patch today. We ate them for our snack.
Awesome bags
Awesome bags
inspired by the story the queens hangbag by Steve antony
inspired by the story the queens hangbag by Steve antony
shimmery
shimmery
feathery
feathery
sparkly
sparkly
colourful
colourful
Erin, Robin and Henry have created a fantastic picture of all the Copper Base members. What a great masterpiece.
We have been making rainbow salad
We have been making rainbow salad
A visitor form Joeys kitchen came into help us
A visitor form Joeys kitchen came into help us
Healthy Week moving!!
Healthy Week moving!!
We are getting and moving to this song everyday this week!!
Welcome back to a fantastic week at school - It is Healthy Week!!!! We have been outside exploring and using our bodies in different ways to day.
Super sports Day
Super sports Day
Well done to this member of Copper Base who tried their very hardest in their sports Day races!! Well done!
We have been Boxitects
It is not a box it is a lava chicken!
We have designed and made our objects from boxes
It's not a box it is a recycling bin
We used our imagination!!
It's not a box it is a car
It's not a box it is a car
It's not a box it is a ship
It's not a box it is a house
It's not a box it is a cruise ship
It's not a box it is a petrol station
It's not a box it is an among us!!
Our amazing year 4's really enjoyed thier trip to Leeson House. We did exploring, pond dipping, team games, orienteering and had fun with our friends. Well done team!!!
VE Day 80th Anniversary celebrations
Not a Box City - we have been reading and enjoying the book not a box city. Look at some of the cities we have made.
The children have been reading the book 'Not a Stick'. We have planned different ways we can use the stick. Look at our fantastic ideas.
It's not a stick it is an electricity pylon
It's not a stick it is a bow an arrow
It's not a stick it is a wand
It's not a stick it is a rocket
It's not a stick it is a crossing patrol
It's not a stick it is a diamond Pickaxe
It's not a stick it is Donatello's staff
It's not a stick it is a flag pole
It's not a stick it is a wand
It's not a stick it is a wand
It's not a stick....
It's not a stick....
It's a......microphone
It's a...... bow and arrow
We have been working hard in maths this week.
Matching two digit numbers to pictures
Partitioning numbers to 100
Finding Fractions of sets
happy easter
happy easter
Happy Easter to everyone in Copper Base. We hope you have a great time with your friends and families.
We look forward to seeing you after the Easter break.
Fractions - making quarters
Fractions - making quarters
We have been learning about fractions this week.
making a whole
making a whole
Dividing into groups
Dividing into groups
Easter games
Easter games
This week we will be playing a different Easter games in our attention circle. The box will reveal a different game to play each day on the interactive whiteboard.
We will also be making Easter nests, Easter cards and making Easter cups to bring home some Easter chocolate!!
We are going on safari
We are going on safari
We have worked hard to order the story this week. Oscar took some photos to show our sequencing. Try re-telling the story at home.
The children have got really good at saying the numbers in Tanzanian.
African Animals information books
African Animals information books
Some of us have bene creating African animals information books for the school library - here is sneak peek into some of them.
we're going on a lion hunt
we're going on a lion hunt
Hughie has worked hard on ordering and re-telling the story this week. He was so proud of himself that he took a photo to show everyone.
Well done Hughie!
Fractions with shapes
Fractions with shapes
We have been learning about halves and quarters this week.
Fractions with play dough
Fractions with play dough
W.B 10.9.25 - We have been measuring and comparing the length of objects. We have used all sorts of things to measure with from hands to our feet, from measuring sticks to rulers.
World Book Day 2025 - dress as a word!!
Wednesday
Elmer
Cool
Heart
Super Mario
Green
Lightning McQueen
4,3,25 - pancake tossing fun!!
4,3,25 - pancake tossing fun!!
w.b 24.2.25 Handa's surprise
w.b 24.2.25 Handa's surprise
We have enjoyed this story. We have made our own versions with new animals and new fruits in the basket.
Missing numbers
Missing numbers
We have been finishing the number sentences using the tens frames to help us.
using tens frames
using tens frames
working as a team
working as a team
These boys have been thinking very carefully about our stories and they worked together to sequence this story from last half term. Some really great re-call and remembering. Well done.
Happy Half Term everyone
Happy Half Term everyone
We have had a fantastic half term reading stories about journeys and writing in a different ways. We have particularly enjoyed writing our missing posters for the smartest giant in town. A highlight for our year 3 children has been the Roman Day where some of us dressed up and others took part in making Roman chariots and wearing different Roman hats.
We hope you all have a wonderful half term and a rest with your friends and family.
3d shape exploring - 14.2.25
3d shape exploring - 14.2.25
We have enjoyed working with 3D shapes this week. We have been learning the names and making 3D structures.
making a 3d shape structure
making a 3d shape structure
We can label all the 3D shapes in our models.
Number Day - 7.2.25
Number Day - 7.2.25
We have enjoyed taking about numbers today - we enjoyed making number scenes
We used numicon
We made number t shirts.
Some of us wore numbers on our bodies and some of us wore t shirts with numbers on.
w.b 3.2.25 - stretching and balancing in PE
w.b 3.2.25 - stretching and balancing in PE
We are learning to use the space on the mats
We are learning to use the space on the mats
We are learning to knit
We are learning to knit
This was tricky but we listened and persevered,
SO proud of our achievements
SO proud of our achievements
Nature club 28.1.25
Nature club 28.1.25
Investigating the pond area
Investigating the pond area
W.B 27.1.25 Marvelous Maths has happened this week.
w.b 20.9.24 Adding using bricks
w.b 20.9.24 Adding using bricks
We have been learning to add in different ways!
Adding using a number line
Adding using a number line
nature club - 15.1.25
nature club - 15.1.25
Some of us have enjoyed a visit to the pond this week. We did some pond dipping and explored the pond area.
music and movement club - 14.1.25
music and movement club - 14.1.25
we had a great time on the drums!!
we worked as team to make a maze to climb under and over
we worked as team to make a maze to climb under and over
it was a challenge but we did it
it was a challenge but we did it
We have been enjoying the story 'We are going on a bear hunt' this week. We worked together to order the story.
Learn new language.
Plan and innovate our own stories by changing the character
We also changed the places in the story.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Welcome back to 2025!! We have made a great strt back this week. We have begun with reading the story - we are going on bear hunt' to kick start our story theme all about journeys. We have enjoyed going on our own hunts today.
Merry christmas and a happy new year
Merry christmas and a happy new year
Well done Copper Base for a fantatstic term. You have all worked so hard. Have a lovely holiday and we will see you back in school on Tuesday 7th January 2025!
Happy Holidays!!!
We had great fun at the Christmas cafe!!!
Making christmas cupcakes for our christmas cafe.
Making christmas cupcakes for our christmas cafe.
We stirred the cupcakes
We stirred the cupcakes
We mixed the ingredients
We mixed the ingredients
We scooped the mixture into cases
We scooped the mixture into cases
12.12.24 - What silly glasses!!! We have been having fun trying these silly Christmas gasses and making each other laugh this week.
A visit to the secret Shop
A visit to the secret Shop
We all got to visit and choose our gifts for our families. It was great fun!
Fun was had by all
Fun was had by all
W.b - 2.12.24 - we have been reading the story 'Penguin' by Polly Dunbar. The penguin finds it very hard to talk untill something silly happens...
Here we have worked together to sequence the story.
This week we are enjoying a story called 'Also an Octopus'. It is about making a story up using our own imagination. We have been learning the story using a story map to help us.
Following the story plan.
Using the book to follow the story plan.
Checking the story on the board and then matching it to the story plan.
Using a story counter to follow the story plan.
We have been enjoying following this weeks story on a story map. We were able to see what was going to happen next.
21.11.24 - Fun in the snow at school. We have really enjoyed the snow today.
Here are the title covers of our fantastic books we have made using ideas and vocabulary learnt through the 'Oi....' series of books. See the weekly stories tab for a look at the stories we have been listening to.
15.11.24 - We have been rhyming this week. With have been matching words that sound the same and sound different and we have played different rhyming games. We have written our own rhyming stories which we are really proud of and will be published in our school library.
8.11.24 - lots of interesting and fun maths going on this week. We are working really hard to add and subtract numbers in different ways.
Oi frog!
Oi frog!
We have been working on the story Oi Frog this week. There are many differnt funny rhyming pairs where we have been matching animasl to what they sit on - did you know that lions sit on irons and parrots sit on carrots!!
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
We have been busy building the abbey in the Copper Base. We used our own initiative and we worked together.
24.10.24 - We have been learning how to play a ukulele this week.
7.10.24 - We have been practicing our writing skills this week.
7.10.24 - Look out some of our autumn craft!! We have been enjoying getting messy in the exploration room this week.
This member of Copper Base has been practicing some writing from thier reading book at home. They showed it in show and tell this morning. Great work.
30.9.24 - Marvelous maths is happening here in the Copper Base. We are using numicon to help us work out 1 less/more and 10 less/10 more. We are starting to notice a pattern.
23.9.24 - We have been enjoying our show and tell sessions. We all take turns to listen to each other and we are learning to ask easch other questions about what we have brought in. Here are some of things we have been showing this week.
We have been having fun trying to balance on the large ball. We are trying to hold our whole body up by lifting our arms and legs. It was great fun!
16.9.24 - Look at some of our amazing writing!! We have been working hard on making a vehicle alphabet book to publish in our school library.
16.9.24 - We have been ordering the alphabet this week. We have found a vechle that begins with evey letter and we have made an alaphabet book for the school library.
We have enjoyed leanring to listen and move. This week we sang and played with the shakey eggs.
We have been learning to create sentences about our vehicles. We have used the colourful semantics programme to help us create a super sentence.
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