Bear Snores On
This week we have enjoyed the story, Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. We learned that a bear has paws with claws and we made a bear claw snack by cutting bread into circles, buttering it, halving the bread and then placing some chip sticks along the...
Diwali activities and celebrations in nursery
We have had a super time finding out about Diwali this week. We made Rangoli patterns using the computer and collage materials and we also made our own Diva lamps using clay. To make the Divia lamps, we rolled some clay into a sphere, pushed our thumbs into the centre...
Bluebells Bring Fractions to Life
Today, Bluebells learned about fractions by working with some 'concrete' materials to find unit fractions of an amount. They worked in groups to sort a variety of objects including dogs, flowers, books and straws! They were asked to find 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, 1/7 or 1/2 of...
Early Years Maths – A guide for parents
We have attached some booklets about how to support your child with early maths. We hope you find them useful. If you have any questions please contact a member of the Early Years Team who will happy to help. Regards Mrs Ramanandi Article 17: You have the right to get...
Mirror, mirror on the shape!
Today Year 5 have been looking at symmetry. We discussed what it means and where we see it in everyday life-children then looked around the classroom trying to spot symmetry. We then had a look at how we can find the line of symmetry on a 2D shape, using mirrors to...
We’re going on a shape hunt!
Nursery did some exploring inside and outside today to find some shapes. We compared the sizes of the shapes that we found and talked about the curved and straight sides on the shapes. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be...
Cake Fractions with Bluebells
Today, Bluebells got their first taste of fractions - and Mr. Newman's cakes! We have started a new topic in Maths and it is all about understanding how fractions work. We started with 1 whole cake and we then said that if we cut it into 2 equal parts, each part is...
Phonics and firework fun!
Another busy week in nursery! On Tuesday we used some sticks to produce some fantastic sounds for our phonics session. We tapped on lots of different materials like; wood, metal, rubber, concrete and plastic and then described what each noise sounded like. Our focus...
Concrete Pictorial Abstract
The Concrete Pictorial Abstract approach is now an essential tool in teaching maths at KS1 and KS2, so here the Beeches and Oaks were looking at the different aspects of this model. Our children are introduced to a new mathematical concept through the use of...
Autumn walks and Halloween fun!
The Dragonflies have had a fabulous week of fun learning this week. They have explored the great outdoors looking for signs of autumn, collecting autumn leaves and other autumn treasures. They have also spent lots of time outdoor making wands, a witches lair and...
Thinking about Fractions!
This week we have began our revision of fractions! All the children have agreed that using both concrete and pictorial resources will help in their understanding. Why not visit this website to and access some of the games!...
Times Tables Battle
Hello Tulips and Snowdrops, Over half term you have a battle set up on Times Tables Rockstars. Every correct answer in any game type is worth 1 point towards your team's score. In other words, you can play in Garage, Rock Slam, Soundcheck, etc and earn 1 point per...