Blackbirds (The Acorn Centre)
Welcome to Blackbirds
We are looking forward to learning, discovering and exploring together.
Me and You. How do you do?
We are very excited to get to know you and your family this year. We can’t wait to spend time with you in class or visiting you at home. We have been working hard to make the environment as stimulating and inviting as possible. We cannot wait for you to play, explore, investigate, discover and create in them! I wonder what you might do here...
Blackbirds Environment
Thanks so much to all of you who have signed up and are already posting on Tapestry. It gives us a fantastic insight into you as a family unit and each child as a unique individual.
If you haven't already posted on Tapestry, please do have a go. Do ask if you need some help with this. We will be looking out for your posts and we are sure you will be looking out for ours too!
Here’s to a settled, happy start to a new school year.
Home Learning
Please continue to support your child to read at home regularly and access Numbots. If your child could work through the criteria listed to achieve the bronze, silver, gold or platinum Maths awards this would also be very beneficial to them.
Check out these links to websites and suggestions of things you can do at home....
Numbots Many of our pupils are already enjoying the Numbots resource at home. You should have received your child's login details (they went home in book bags) but please get in touch if there are any problems.
Speech and Language This website should be up and running by the end of 20.3.20. It will provide speech and language resources for parents to use at home with their child.
Chatterpack Recommended by our SALT.
Term One 2026
Term 1: This is our school, our community
We are very excited to welcome the children back and special welcome to our new children!
Our very first topic...This is our school, our community.
We played lots of 'getting to know you' activities and games to settle the children back into school.
In English the children read 'I want my hat back' by John Klassen. They learned to compose and write sentences with capital letters, finger spaces and full stops to describe characters and predict story events.
During Maths we practiced counting, reading, ordering and writing numbers to 20. The children practiced adding and subtracting using manipulatives whilst also using vocabulary such as more, less, equal to, add, subtract and digit.
In Science we learned about materials and we asked and answered scientific questions. The children investigated, observed and compared every day materials and used vocabulary of property, purpose and texture.
During Topic we are predominately focusing on Geography. The children made maps of what we could see in our classroom, school grounds and in our local community.
Blackbirds - Term 1 - Celebration of Learning
Term 2 2026
Blackbirds - Term 2 - Celebration of learning
Term 3 2026
In Term 3, the children in Blackbirds class participated and enjoyed a range of exciting experiences. The Year 2 children have been learning about germination in Science. They have been carrying out a number of experiments to test what seeds need to germinate for plants to grow. In DT, they learnt about attachment techniques and then applied these techniques to build towers and landmarks.
The children in Year R read the story ‘We’re Going to Find The Monster’ written by Malorie Blackman. They used props to act out narratives and designed maps of the character's travels. They also enjoyed learning about why we celebrate Pancake Day and took part in a pancake flipping competition!
All the children took part in the Maths Mastery workshop and practiced their maths skills whilst playing lots of exciting number games together
Blackbirds - Term 3 - Celebration of Learning
Term 4 2026
In Term 4, the children in Blackbirds class participated and enjoyed a range of exciting experiences.
The Year 2 children have been learning about algorithms in Computing . They designed map mats for the Beebots and programmed the Beebots to travel around the obstacles.
We had a wonderful time on the Year 2 school trip travelling by train to Rochester. We visited the Guildhall Museum and pretended to be prisoners on the military ships, climbed the 100 steps to the top of Rochester Castle to see the battlements and learnt about Norman architecture when exploring Rochester Cathedral.
The children in Year R have loved exploring the natural world during their welly walks to the woods. They amazed us with their listening skills and learnt how to use tools safely to make us some delicious vegetable soup. We also have been learning about why we celebrate Easter and have explored colour mixing and printing to make colourful Easter eggs and bravely tried some hot cross buns.
All the children were scientists and took part in the Spark2Curosity science workshop. We carried out several experiments and learnt about kinetic energy and density. During World Book Day we dressed as our favourite book characters and invited our parents into class to share books with us.
Another fun filled busy term in Blackbirds Class!
Term 5 2026
The Year R children in Blackbirds have had a very busy term! The had lots of fun visiting King George’s park. Whilst at the park they went on a summer nature hunt, looking for signs of Summer. They worked together recording what they found on the spotter sheet. After they played with their friends in the park. They also took part in Balanceability and learnt to ride the balance bikes.
The Year 2 children have been combining IT and Music to be musicians. They used Chrome Music Lab to experiment with sound and compose short musical composition.
In the Blackbirds garden all the children have been designers. They designed, adapted and built obstacle courses. Whilst using their maths skills to score their friends during the races. They also have been artist and used the natural resources to make art installations.
We really enjoyed celebrating ‘Earth Day’ and working together with the whole school to build an interactive art installation in the hall. Our chosen environment was The Arctic, we learnt about the impact of global warming on the animal’s habitat. We made icebergs from junk modelling and made collaged animals.
Blackbirds Term 5
