Sunflower Class Blog 

Sunflower Spring Challenges

Spring Art: Be inspired by an artist and see what’s growing in your garden!

David Hockney, a famous British artist has created these colourful Spring pictures in his garden. Can you draw or paint pictures like him?

Grow a Rainbow

A great idea for a fun activity at home - grow your own Rainbow! With just felt tip pens, kitchen roll and water!

Online Safety

With the increasing use of smartphones and internet ready devices during this challenging period, it is important to still remain vigilant in how our children are using their devices, what they are accessing, and who they are communicating with and how.  It is also important to put some limit on their devices to give them time away from the screens, to spend quality time with their family and pursue other activities.

As parents we can find this challenging and difficult to manage. Google have released FAMILY LINK - a fabulous app that allows parents to monitor and manage devices set up with a Google account and Android devices. The following is a guide on how to access to set up this app.

I would also like to remind you of the parent guides to the many popular apps children will be using to keep in contact with their friends, such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and gaming platforms on the web.  Whilst social contact is important during this time, it is vital that we ensure our children are using these safely with the correct privacy settings.

Family Link Guide for Parents

Online Safety at Home

Children's mental health

Stanford E-Safety Advice

Some free interactive activities and games from www.atschool.co.uk

Can you read all of Mr. Thorne’s tricky words?

Can you read all of Mr. Thorne’s Evil ‘E’ words?

Can you tell the time on the clocks?

Date:

3 April

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Our Learning

Hello Sunflowers, I thought you might like to see these photos that were on our ipads. Hope you are all keeping well.

Love from, Mrs. Brady 😊

Date:

23 March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Sports Competition

We recently had our second intra school competition, led by Premier Sports, on Archery and Dodgeball. Please see the overall winners…. Well done to Red team!

Date:

13 March

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Sport's Relief 2020

What an amazing day. The Sunflowers have all been very active exercising in the hall and also in the classroom. M- Jumping Jacks made me very fit.

B- The push-ups made me have strong arms.
J- I enjoyed meeting the badminton lady.
O- I really liked all the sports.
N- I enjoyed doing the exercises in the classroom, I did loads

Date:

12 March

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Year 1 Kite Making

The Sunflowers have made a great start on making their kites. They are using a great range of skills, including Maths skills.

M- We cut out a paper diamond shape.
G- We carefully measured the kite with a ruler to see how long the pieces of wood would need to be.
L- My pieces of wood were 22 cm and 17 cm.
O- I liked sawing the wood. I drew a pencil mark first when I measured, so I knew where to cut the wood.
A- Mrs. Bennett helped me join the pieces of wood together by tying some string.
A- I fixed my wooden frame on my diamond kite with sellotape.

Date:

11 March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

‘Don’t Tip The Ship!’ Science Investigation

On Tuesday’s Science Day Seedlings, Sunflower and Pumpkin classes all joined together to investigate 3 different things. In this group we made boats that were all the same and tried to keep them afloat with different objects. We counted how many cubes, stones or counters we could put into the boats without them sinking. We had lots of fun investigating in the water!

Date:

10 March

Posted by:

Miss Brady

British Science Week: Is everyone's body the same?

The children played 'Simon Says' to learn the different parts of the body. They compared their bodies with others: looking at eye colour, hair colour, height, size of their hands and feet and length of their arms and legs.

J- I looked in the mirror and I could see that I have blue eyes.
J- My hand was bigger than a Year 2 boy's. I was surprised because I'm in a little class and he is older than me.
C and T- We found out that we have the same sized hands.
A- Mrs. Brady's hand was almost the same size as mine!
B and E- We are what we thought: the older person is taller.
W and J- We had the same sized feet, even though we are not the same age.
T- Everyone in our group has two arms, two hands, two eyes- but some things look different. There might be different colours and different sizes and shapes.
F- I enjoyed drawing around a person and making the picture look just like them.

Date:

9 March

Posted by:

Miss Brady

Finding Out All About The World

The Sunflowers have been learning all about the seven continents of the world. They looked at globes and atlases and enjoyed researching lots of interesting facts.

T- We enjoy singing this song, it helps us remember all the continents.
A- The video shows you where all the continents are.
J- I'm getting better at finding all the continents on maps.

Date:

5 March

Posted by:

Miss Brady

World Book Day 2020

The Sunflowers enjoyed a great day of stories, book sharing and fun activities to celebrate this year's World Book Day.

O- I've had a nice book day because I love reading. My favourite book is 'Avengers.'
M- I love World Book Day because I like to see everyone dressed up. I was Dorothy from 'The Wizard of Oz.'
G- I like dressing up and my friend was the golden ticket from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.'
M- I brought a book about Elsa and enjoyed learning about the story 'Little Red Riding Hood' with Mrs. Brady.
C- I made a 'Going on a Bear Hunt' map with children from other classes.
L-Miss Wilson read a story about elephants and we drew a cake.

Sunflowers did some wonderful home learning too and made some fantastic book in a box models.

Date:

5 March

Posted by:

Mrs Fielding

World Book Day

Date:

5 March

Posted by:

Mrs Fielding

World Book Day KS1 Group Activities

Date:

5 March

Posted by:

Mrs Fielding

World Book Day Books in a box

Date:

4 March

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

Our favourite books

Today some of Seedlings and Pumpkin children worked together for the day with Mrs Smith.

Our whole day was about our favourite books. In Maths we made pictograms and tally charts showing the most popular book we’ve read this year.

In English we wrote about our favourite books and shared our fabulous reading together.

In art we read FUNNYBONES by Janet and Allen Ahlberg, then made skeletons out of many different pasta shapes.

What a great day we had!

Date:

4 March

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

KS1 Singing Festival 2020

The KS1 Choir gave an amazing performance of 'Sail Away' at Grimsby Auditorium. They enjoyed a full day of singing songs, learning actions and dancing. It was great to perform to such a large audience at the end of the day. Well done to everyone in the choir.

L- I used my face to make Carlos the Crab's moody face. F- The band played rock music. I played air guitar.
L- I got to be a member of Bonny the boat's
crew.
O- I could do all the different actions.
A- I really enjoyed singing the songs.
G- Lots of people from my family came to watch me.
C- The songs were all about all the plastic that has got into the sea.

Date:

2 March

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Key Stage 1 Choir

Sunflower and Pumpkin members of the choir enjoyed a fantastic workshop with the musicians and actors from MAPAS (Music and Performing Arts Service).

They have been learning lots of new songs written by local musicians Josie Moon and Pat McCarthy called 'Sail Away'. They are due to perform these songs at Grimsby Auditorium with children from many other schools.

C- I love these songs. I can't stop singing them.
A- I like the ones when we can dance like a crab or wave at a whale.
A-A real band with guitars came to our school.
S- Carrie and Cosmo were very funny.
F- I love Dance of the Dolphins because it's rock music.
J- Carlos the Crab made me laugh so much.
A- We have lots of fun in the choir.
L- I can't wait to sing at the Auditorium on the stage.
A- I just love singing with my friends.

Date:

28 February

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Reading Reward Trip to Laceby Library

The Sunflowers really enjoyed their visit to Laceby Library.

W- We got to look at different books.
L- I liked exploring all the areas.
J- Mrs. Wink told us all about the library.
O- I found some books that were funny.
A- I was relaxing and reading at the same time.
M- The cakes and juice made it like a party.
J- I want to bring my mummy to see the library. Keep enjoying your reading and try to continue to read 3 times or more each week at home!

Date:

14 February

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can we make a healthier sandwich for Paddington?

The answer is yes we can! The Sunflowers all designed, made, ate and evaluated a wonderful selection of very healthy sandwiches.

T- I made a banana sandwich, it was yummy.
J- I had lots of tuna, it's healthy because it doesn't have lots of sugar.
H- My sandwich had fruit inside it. I put watermelon in it and all the bread went soggy.
W- I loved eating mine!
M- I cut my sandwich into triangles to make it look good.
O- I wouldn't put lots of pickles in it again, as it tasted very sour.
B- My sandwich wasn't very nice. I think it was because I put too much pepper in it.
J- It was fun making sandwich and I liked eating mine.
F- We used lots of skills like chopping, cutting, peeling and grating.
C- My sandwich was healthier than Paddington's because mine didn't have any sugar in it.

Date:

12 February

Posted by:

Miss Wilson

Friendship Event

Children enjoyed the various crafts and activities at our Friendship fundraising event.

Date:

10 February

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Safer Internet Day

The Sunflowers have been learning all about how to stay safe when they go online.

W- My dad checks my games before he lets me play them.
T- Don't tell anyone on the internet your real name and where you live- they might be strangers.
G- Ask an adult to help you find the right games for your age.
C- Don't write horrible messages online.
G- If you see something scary or not very nice on the internet, tell a grown up straight away.
B- If you put your name, age, address and what your school is called on the internet, you are telling everyone in the world your personal information.

They designed some internet safety posters, which have some very important messages.

Date:

10 February

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Exploring the famous artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo 1527-1593

The Sunflower's have been finding out about Arcimboldo and have been fascinated with his fruit and vegetable faces.

Arcimboldo is well known today for painting portraits of people made out of different types of fruit, vegetables, meat and fish. He would pick food that had a connection to whatever he was painting. For example, when creating a picture of autumn, he used fruit and vegetables that grew in autumn.

The Sunflowers have created fruit and vegetable faces of their own using oil pastels and also on the computer.

Date:

10 February

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Mental Health Awareness Week

Sunflower's got some great relaxation tips through yoga exercises from Year 6 pupils.

G- It was good to learn things from Year 6 people.
F- It made me chill out.
W- I liked the finger exercise to help you breathe calmly.
M- It was a bit like when we did animal yoga in PE.

Date:

4 February

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can I find out about toys and games long ago?

Mrs. Griffiths visited Sunflower Class and gave a very interesting and interactive talk about lots of different old toys and games. She told the children how her Grandad and Dad used to make her toys out of wood when she was little. The children had fun exploring many toys, including; a diablo, a yo-yo, tiddlywinks, jacks, a spinner, a whip and top, cats cradle, marbles and draughts. She also demonstrated how toys could be made from paper, such as a fortune teller and a paper plane.

Mrs. Brady would like to thank Mrs. Griffiths for sharing all her wonderful toys and games. Everyone learnt something new today!

B- I learnt how to play draughts today, it was fun.
J- I knew how to play draughts, so I showed everyone.
J-Marbles were fun, I rolled them.
O- They yo-yo was easy to do.
M- We used wool to play with. I had never thought that wool could be a toy.
T- Tiddlywinks are fun, I didn't know how to play that before.
F- I had seen jacks before, but I didn't know what they were called.
A-Thank you Mrs. Griffiths for a lovely afternoon!

Date:

28 January

Posted by:

Miss Wilson

LQ: Can I sing songs to an audience?

Seedlings and Sunflower children joined together to sing songs and actions to say thank you to the volunteers and helper in our school.

Date:

24 January

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can I make a carp kite?

The Sunflowers read instructions on how to make a Japanese carp kite. They used paper, wool, sellotape, wood, glue and tissue paper to construct their kites. M- I made my kite very colourful because the Japanese kites were very colourful too. F- I used a hole punch to make the holes where my wool would go through. L- When we rolled it up, it made a cylinder shape. They had lots of fun seeing if their kites would fly outside.

A- It flew really well in the wind.
J- I made mine fly up high in the sky.
A- It looked like a flying fish.
J- Mine wasn't very good at flying. I think it wasn't windy enough.

The children then evaluated their kite and discussed what worked well and what could have been improved.
T- I would have liked a longer string, so it could have gone up higher.
G- My fish broke a bit because I hadn't used enough glue.
O- I wish I had made mine with more colours. I think it could have looked nicer.

Date:

17 January

Posted by:

Miss Wilson

LQ: Can I enjoy reading and listening to stories with others?

Seedlings and Sunflowers are joining together on Friday mornings to read to each other. Children will talk about the types of characters within the story and suggesting other possible endings too.

Pupil Voice:

WV: The Seedlings like to listen to us read.
DI: It gives me practice to get better at my own reading.
JM: My reading book makes me laugh.
EE: I can't wait to share my new book next time.
EA: I liked look at the pictures. The story was funny.
AV: I like stories

You can see more pictures on our Gallery page.

Date:

18 December

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Christmas Party Fun!

Everyone had a fantastic time at our Christmas party.

J- I liked dancing with some of the Seedling children.
M- I enjoyed pass-the-parcel.
S- The food was delicious.
T- I did the baby shark dance.
O- I was good at musical bumps

Date:

13 December

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Happy Christmas Jumper Day!

The Sunflowers have had lots of fun in their lovely Christmas jumpers and they have raised money for the charity 'Save the Children.'

T- We are helping boys and girls who might not have lots of nice things like us.
A- Some children might not have a mummy and daddy and we can help them.
O- It's us giving them a Christmas present.
W- I like Christmas jumper day, it's special.

Date:

12 December

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Key Stage One Stars Shine in Christmas Nativity Performances

Well done to Sunflower and Pumpkin classes for their wonderful performances of 'Shine Star Shine.' Lovely singing, acting, dancing, reading and instrument playing.

Date:

12 December

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Goodbye and Thank You!

The Sunflowers said goodbye to Miss Hartley today. She has been a great student teacher and the children have really enjoyed her lessons. We wish her good luck at her new placement.

Date:

11 December

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can I design and make a moon buggy?

The Sunflowers have enjoyed the challenge of making a moon buggy this term.

B- The astronauts can move more quickly on the moon if they drive a moon buggy.
T- Astronauts drive around and collect moon rocks.
H- I really liked making my satellite. I wanted my moon buggy to look real.
O- I liked using real tools, like a saw. It was tricky to attach the wheels.
C- I liked using lots of different materials that I brought from home.
H- I can't wait to play with mine. The wheels really move round.

Date:

5 December

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Christmas Enterprise for The Stanford School Christmas Fair

The Sunflower's had a wonderful time making their Christmas gnomes and mosaic coasters. A very special thank you goes to Mrs. Drury for all her hard work and help with these projects. The children have nearly sold them all and have made £128.00 so far!

Date:

4 December

Posted by:

Miss Perrin

Feeling Festive at Stanford School

At Stanford we have a Christmas tradition where each class makes a Christmas hoop to decorate the hall. Each year we have a different theme and this year it was ‘Winter Wonderland’. The children have worked very hard to make decorations to put on the hoops and they look fantastic….don’t you agree?

Date:

7 November

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can I learn how to play dodge ball?

The Sunflowers competed in a very energetic session of dodge ball led by the Premier Sport's Team. They learnt some new skills and enjoyed being really active!

L- We had to throw balls at each other.
O- If the ball touched your tummy, you were out.
T- It was a hard game because everyone was really good.
W- I love competitions and the blue team won.

Date:

11 November

Posted by:

Miss Wilson

LQ: Can I listen to the musical performance ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’?

We thoroughly enjoyed the story ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ performed through music by MAPAS. There were lots of actions and we learnt all about the different types of musical instruments including ‘percussion’ and ‘string’ instruments.

Pupil Voice

R.M “The shakers were a percussion instrument.”
O.B “I liked the big taiko drums.”
E.S “I liked the giraffe song when he learnt to dance.”
S.C “I was chosen to play a percussion apple, I had to shake it in time with the music.”
J.M “A bow is made from a horse’s tail!.”

Date:

11 November

Posted by:

Mrs Perrin

Stanford Remembers

The children in their individual classes have been thinking about Remembrance day, what it means and why we wear poppies. Today we joined collectively for our Remembrance assembly to observe 2 minutes silence thinking about those who have sacrificed their lives for others during times of war. After this some Year 6 children shared poems they have written about the wars.

Date:

7 November

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Meeting an author!

The Sunflowers met Pippa Goodhart and enjoyed a really exciting story time.

They had the opportunity to ask her lots of questions. This is what they found out:

Pippa has been writing children's books for over 25 years!

She has written a total of 120 books so far!

She became interested in children's books when she worked in a bookshop.

Pippa told us how her books were made in a factory and how she works with different illustrators.

We really enjoyed her catalogue style book called 'You Choose.'

Date:

31 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can I investigate which materials are waterproof?

Winnie the Pooh needed a new umbrella. So The Sunflowers tested lots of different materials to find out which material would be the most suitable to use to make him a new umbrella.

A- We put water on to lots of different kinds of materials to see which ones were waterproof.
A- I predicted that cardboard would be waterproof because it is thick and strong. The water took a while to soak through, so I was nearly right.
L- Plastic was waterproof because the water didn't soak through.
S- The water just sat on top of the plastic, so I thought that would be the best material for Winnie's umbrella.
T- It was funny testing Miss Hartley’s waterproof things.
A- I predicted that plastic would be waterproof because when I go to Morrison’s and it’s raining, my shopping stays dry inside my plastic bag.

Date:

31 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Key Stage 1 Reading Breakfast

The Sunflowers invited their parents and grandparents in to school for a special reading breakfast. They enjoyed reading together and tucking into some lovely breakfast snacks. Some children selected books from the class book corner, some children decided to read their reading book and other children brought their favourite books in to share. We had some lovely feedback too:

'Very enjoyable. I have really enjoyed this morning and look forward to another. Thank you.'

'Fabulous. It was lovely seeing all the children excited about reading and I think everyone enjoyed all the yummy treats. Well done to all the staff.

''Very much enjoyed coming to read with my daughter and see her new classroom. Her reading has come on in leaps and bounds. Thank you for the snacks!'

Date:

30 October

Posted by:

Miss Wilson

Happy Halloween!

There were spooky spiders, ghoulish ghosts and perfect pumpkins at our Halloween activity event after school.

Pupil Voice:

L.B "I made a ghost with a scary face."
A.D "I liked making a mummy with white strips. I did it by myself."
E.W "I made a spider, I had to twist its legs."
A.V "I enjoyed the hotdog."

Date:

18 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Autumn Fun!

In Science, the Sunflowers have been learning all about seasonal changes and looking at signs of Autumn. For Golden Time today, they all made these lovely autumnal leaf hedgehogs.

W- It was the best lesson ever!

A- We collected so many leaves. I liked looking at all the different colours.

J- The Autumn leaves were everywhere outside.

Mrs. Brady- The Autumn leaves were everywhere inside too! Happy Half-Term Everyone. Don't forget to go on your own nature walk with your family to find other signs of Autumn.

Date:

17 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can I learn about healthy eating?

Today we had a visit from a lady who works for Chartwell's School Meals. She read the story of the Hungry Caterpillar and told us all about healthy food choices.

J- I liked it when we tried all the food.
B- I tried lots of new food.
L- I tried cress.
O- I made a caterpillar, then I ate it!
O- I made a sun out of carrots, sweetcorn and a wrap.
M- I liked the grapes. I shared some of my food with my friends too.

Date:

16 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

African Animal Yoga: Can I improve my concentration, balance and control?

The Sunflowers have been enjoying some yoga sessions and making African animal shapes with their bodies.

A- I liked doing the lion because I could stick out my tongue and look fierce.
M- The butterfly was a nice one to do because my legs moved like wings.
B- The snake was my favourite one.
T- I was a very strong mountain.
G- The giraffe pose was very tricky to do. I have been practicing it and can do it now.
W- I like yoga because my Grandma does yoga too.
L- I loved being a flamingo.
T- I had to concentration really hard and listen to the instructions.

Date:

10 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

World Mental Health Day

Sunflower Class know how important it is to look after their mental health. They discussed the different kinds of feelings people might have. They soon realised that some feelings can make you feel good and some feelings can make you feel bad.

O- We all put on yellow clothes.
T- We collected £26.00 for the charity.
C- If you feel sad, you should talk to people.
T- If we are upset we can talk to staff, mums and dads and grandparents.

Date:

10 October

Posted by:

Mrs Marsden

World Mental Health Day

As today was World Mental Health Day the children have been thinking about how we can promote positive mental health and what we can do to help us to control our emotions if we are experiencing negative emotions.

In Year 1 they looked at a book called Little Beauty where a gorilla goes through different emotions. The children talked about the different emotions and thought about whether the gorilla had done the right thing to help himself. In

Year 2 the children coloured in hearts and then thought about what they could do if they wanted to feel calm.

Date:

1 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Sunflowers enjoyed celebrating the Harvest

Thank you for all your kind donations of food which have all gone to the Harbour Place charity. Many thanks also to Mr. Stevens and Mrs. Mawer who came along to help us celebrate.

Date:

30 September

Posted by:

Miss Wilson

Harvest Festival

Our Harvest Festival was a joyful celebration introduced by our head boy and girl and Star anise class performed a poem. Rev. Philip Stevens came to say a prayer and give thanks for the food at harvest time. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our celebration, the donations of food will be sent to the homeless charity, Harbour Place.

Date:

27 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Sunflowers and Seedlings entertained their parents and friends at the Stanford Centre today.

They enjoyed singing 'If You're Happy and You Know it!' The Sunflowers also performed a new version of 'Aiken Drum' with different kinds of food for the man in the moon's clothes.

F- We wanted to sing for our parents.
W- We raised money for poorly people who need special nurses.
A- We enjoyed a drink and a cake too.

Date:

26 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Our Giraffe Day!

The Sunflowers enjoyed a special day where they learnt all about giraffes; where they live, what they eat and what they like doing.

They explored giraffes in lots of creative ways too. They shared stories about giraffes, played with giraffe toys, made masks, created giraffe dances, painted and collaged giraffes, as well as making dough and plasticine models.

L- I could make plasticine giraffes with black spots.
A- I loved making a giraffe out of paper. It was tricky cutting the body parts out and putting it altogether.
A- I made a giraffe drinking dance in P.E.
C- I liked looking at my friend's special giraffe toys.
O- I liked painting. I did a tall giraffe.
T- I saw giraffes have different colours and patterns when I looked in the giraffe books.

Date:

19 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can I make an African headband?

The children have been looking at the Maasi tribe in Art - at all their colourful clothing and jewellery. They wanted to have a go at making a Maasi headband- so here they are!

Date:

19 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Sunflower Home Learning

Look at all this wonderful home learning! We are looking forward to seeing a lot more this term!

Date:

18 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can I read, write and spell the Year 1 Common Exception Words?

This term, we are looking at these words. 

Every day we have a spelling lesson. To help you improve at spelling, log on to The Spelling Shed and play all the exciting spelling games!

Date:

17 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Can I use my senses to explore the fruit from our story 'Handa's Surprise?'

The children enjoyed exploring some of the exotic fruit from the story.

J- The pineapple was sweet and juicy.
M- The mango was slippery.
T- Mrs. Christie used a special tool to make pineapple rings.
H- There was a stone inside the avocado.
G- The passion-fruit had a nice smell.
L- The pineapple is spiky.
G- The avocado smells fresh.
A- The mango feels very heavy.

Date:

17 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Settling into Year 1

The new Sunflowers have had fun exploring their new classroom, toys and equipment . They work very co-operatively, they can share and they all work very hard. Well done everyone!

Date:

16 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Super Start!

The new Sunflowers have made a super start in Year 1. Well done to everyone!