Welcome to Owls
Hi and welcome to Owls. Our teacher is Mr McKay, who is accompanied by Mrs Collison and Mrs. McDonald
In Owls we love to have fun and learn lots of new and exciting things. We always try our best in everything we do.
Resources:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Important Information for Owls Parents
Homework:
Choose one of the activities each week as a homework task. You can choose any activity you want from the table and you can record it in your homework book. Once you have completed the task, colour the box and add the date you completed it. Homework books will be handed out on a Friday to be returned on the Wednesday.
Spellings
Spellings will be given out half termly. Children will have the chance to learn each week’s spellings throughout the week before applying these in class on a Friday. The children will tick and fix each spelling as they go to encourage application of the spelling rule. If you have misplaced the spelling overview, please ask at drop off or collection and I will get you a copy.
P.E. – Tuesday
Children must come to school in their school P.E. kit of plain white t-shirt, black shorts, leggings or tracksuit bottoms and plain white or black trainers.
School Lunches
If your child is having a school lunch please ensure that payment is now done through our online payment service.
Please sign up to and check ARBOR for regular updates and information.
Thanks
Mr McKay
Online Homework and Information
Resources
Phonics websites for games to help support your child with phonics.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase3Menu.htm
For more information about helping your child with phonics please refer to the following websites.
P.E.
Safer Strangers
This week KS1 have been learning about keeping safe. We have been talking about what makes a stranger a safer stranger. We know that people who wear uniforms and badges can help to keep us safe. . Article 29: Your education should...
Fight, Flight or Freeze
Over the last 2 weeks in PSHE, KS1 have been thinking about fight, flight, freeze. When we are worried or anxious, we react in one of these ways. We then sorted red and green thoughts and discussed why we put each card in that category. We then looked at strategies...
Dance Adventures in KS1
This half term our KS1 children have been busy going on dance adventures! They’ve pretended to be explorers heading off on exciting journeys — packing their bags, travelling through new places, discovering surprises and even meeting jungle animals along the way. The...
Owls and Robins investigate subheadings.
This week, Owls and Robins have been looking at subheadings. The children discussed how they could sort the vehicles and what the subheadings may be. They discussed and shared facts with partners. Once the facts had been sorted they then taught children from other...
Ready, Set, Roll! KS1 Create Moving Vehicles
KS1 have been busy becoming designers, engineers and problem‑solvers through our Design & Technology project: Moving Vehicles. The children have followed the full design process – researching, designing, making and evaluating – to create their very own model...
I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll make some pancakes
Owls and Robins had a great time making pancakes. After reading 'Mr Wolf's Pancakes' the children helped add flour, milk and eggs to a mixing bowl before whisking. They all loved tasting them after, choosing either plain pancakes or ones topped with lemon and sugar....
Exploring Beebots in KS1
This week in Computing, KS1 have been busy becoming brilliant young programmers using our Beebots! The children worked with the Beebot mats. Their challenge was to programme the Beebot to travel from one image to another by planning the route carefully. First, the...
KS1 Interview With Our Head Teacher!
This week, our KS1 children had the exciting job of interviewing our Head Teacher! They asked some brilliant, thoughtful questions about what it’s like to be a leader in our school. They found out that Mrs Forrest always wanted to be a Head Teacher and a teacher. They...
Owls find one more and one less.
Owls have continued to build their confidence with numbers to 50 this week. They’ve been using Base 10 to make different numbers and exploring how many tens and ones each number contains. The children have also enjoyed practising finding one more and one less—adding...
Lego Club Chowdene Family Hub Jan 2026
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities. It should also help you learn to live peacefully, protect the environment and respect other people.
Owl’s get partitioning
This week, Owls have been investigating numbers to 50. They have been counting in multiples of 10 and making numbers up to 50 using base 10. On Friday they started to partition the numbers into tens and ones using a part whole model. They were amazing...
Key Stage One’s Christmas Party
Owls, Robins and Nightingales had a fantastic time at their Christmas party. There was dancing, party games and a special treat that all the children enjoyed. We were even lucky enough to get a visit from Santa who gave the children an early Christmas present. Merry...