Owls find one more and one less.

by Mr McKay | Jan 16, 2026 | Maths, Owls

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...

Winter Wonders in Nursery

by Amanda Clough | Jan 9, 2026 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, Computing, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

This week in Nursery, the children have been fully immersed in a magical world of winter! Our learning was inspired by the story Jack Frost, which led to wonderful discussions about the characters and the winter weather shown in the book. The children shared...

Owl’s get partitioning

by Mr McKay | Jan 9, 2026 | Maths, Owls

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...

From Snowy Toes to Sparkling Trees in Nursery!

by Amanda Clough | Dec 5, 2025 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, Computing, Design Technology, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

The children have been full of festive creativity! They designed Christmas cards featuring fantastic snowmen made from their own footprints. First, they chose their favourite colour of card and practiced their design and technology skills by folding it carefully so...

Elms and Oaks Get on the Road to RIAT

by Mrs Hope | Dec 5, 2025 | Design Technology, Elms, Maths, News, Science

Elms and Oaks took part today in the Road to RIAT STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) challenge. We first learnt about how rockets get into space. We used this knowledge to design our own rockets, thinking about the most effective shapes for the fins and...

Festive Hats Ready for the Big Performance!

by Amanda Clough | Nov 28, 2025 | Art, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Design Technology, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

This week, the children enjoyed a festive craft activity as they prepared for our upcoming Christmas performance. Each child had the choice of making a hat shaped like either a reindeer or a Christmas tree. To begin, the children used their handprints as the main...