Learning About Ourselves: From Portraits to Planting
This week, we continued our topic of “Ourselves.” The children explored their own identities through a range of creative and sensory activities. Using full-length photographs as a guide, they carefully drew self-portraits with pencils, which are now proudly displayed...
KS1 get programming
During KS1 Computing this half term we have been looking at creating our own algorithms. We have had great fun programming Bee Bots to move around the classroom and navigate obstacles. They worked in groups to give each other positional directions and then key in the...
A busy week in the sun in nursery!
This week we have made the most of the Summer weather and spent extra time outdoors. We have had extra drinks and talked about staying hydrated and looking after our skin by applying sun cream. We have thoroughly enjoyed accessing our school fields and participating...
Transition and much more!
This week our children who are moving on to Reception in September spent two days in their new classrooms meeting their teachers and familiarising themselves with their surroundings. It was lovely to hear and see how happy the children had been and how impressed their...
Baby visitor in Nursery!
We enjoyed having a visitor in nursery on Monday. Miss Clough's great-nephew visited us to help us learn more about babies. He was supposed to visit during our baby animals/mammals topic but was unwell unfortunately. We thoroughly enjoyed having him in nursery and...
Computer Networks in UKS2
This half term in computing, Elms, Oaks and Beeches are learning about communication and collaboration between computers. This week’s lesson focussed on how data is transferred between computers. We learnt how the data is split into packets and transferred across...
Five Little Sunflowers!
We have continued to explore our beach treasure this week. We finished drawing some beach treasure of our choice which has been made into a beautiful display in nursery. We completed beach themed pictures and games on the interactive white board and continued to share...
Beach treasure!
We have started our new beach topic this week. We explored and examined crabs, seaweed, shells, pebbles and drift wood in our investigation area using magnifying glasses. We also shared the book, Look what we found at the beach which is a beautifully illustrated and...
Reading and much more!
In maths this week we focused on counting and recognising numbers. We played a game with baking trays and pictures of biscuits. We counted the amount of chocolate chips in each biscuit and matched it to the number written on the tray. We also played a game called Miss...
Researching Attenborough in Bluebells!
Bluebells have made a start on their new English topic this week which links closely to our Science topic (living things and their habitats). We have been researching David Attenborough and using the chromebooks, books and digital clips to find out about his...
Super snails and much more!
This week we have continued to learn more facts about worms and composting. We started to make a display of what is compostable and which insects we can find in a compost bin. So far we have produced some fantastic worms, fruit flies and snails. We have enjoyed the...