Mathemagicians
A visit to see how we’ve grown!
The school nursing team visited the reception children today to see how they had grown. The children were fascinated to see the measure they used to find out how tall they are. They also enjoyed looking to see how heavy they are in the electric scales. There was lots...
Christmas is Coming!
We have had another super busy week in nursery preparing for Christmas! We completed our snowmen Christmas cards which not only look fantastic they were great fun to make and incorporated counting, creativity, communication skills, social skills, self-help skills and...
More Christmas Preparations in Nursery
This week we have completed our calendars, made reindeer food to sell at the school fair, practised our Christmas sing-a-long and made a special hat to wear for our sing-a-long. We have incorporated maths and phonics into our Christmas preparations. For example we...
Christmas has started in Nursery!
This week, we have focused on the story, Bear Stays Up which tells the tale of a bear struggling to stay awake in the lead up to Christmas. However, with the help of his friends and some teamwork he succeeds to stay awake. We have had a great time using props to...
Another busy week in Nursery!
We have continued to focus on the book, You be You and independently produce fish themed artwork as well as sculpting fish from play dough. Some of our children made their own register this week after observing the adults in nursery which led to other children making...
Accurate Angles in Year 5
This week in year 5, we have been focussing on different types of angles. We started the week by identifying different angles and then we moved on to learning how to measure these using a protractor. The children learnt how to make sure their measuring was as accurate...
Remembrance and Road Safety in Nursery
To commemorate Remembrance Day we made poppies in a variety of ways. We drew and painted poppies and coloured a template of a poppy which has been used to contribute to our whole school display. We also produced pictures of poppies on the interactive white board. We...
Matching amounts to words
This week in Maths Owls have enjoyed working with a partner to count an amount of objects and then match it to its word name. They carefully placed counters on each object, using 1-2-1 correspondence counted them onto a 20 frame and then matched it to its word card....
Shape Sorters in the Bees
Today the Bees have been sorting 3D shapes according to their properties. We used Venn Diagrams to sort the shapes using the labels given. They learned that the middle part if the Venn Diagram is an intersection. Article 12: You have the right to give your opinion,...
Right Angle Hunt in Bluebells
This week, the children have been learning about right angles. We began by practicing out clockwise and anticlockwise turns. The children learned there are four quarter turns in a whole turn. They learned that these are called right angles and are 90 degrees. The...
Artists like Alma Thomas in Nursery
As it is Black History Month this month we have focused on the artist Alma Thomas who was a black abstract artist. We examined two of her pieces, which are called Nursery Blue and Eclipse. The children really impressed us with their artistic talents and their...
Keeping Safe while Online
This term in UKS2 our main focus for IT and Computing was online safety. The children have discussed different scenarios that they may find themselves in and more importantly which reporting mechanisms to use if they feel vulnerable or in danger. Article 12: you have...