Counting in 2’s!
This week, Reception children have been learning how to count in 2's, and thinking of reasons why we would need to count in 2's. We looked at pairing socks and wellies together and worked out how many pairs before counting how many individual. The children became...
KS1 Visit St Alban’s
KS1 have been learning about Christian churches and their role in the community. Today we visited St Alban's church. Reverend Danie told us all about her job and the children learned about the parts of the church. They sang and danced and some of the children even...
Magnificent Measuring in Bees
The Bees have been learning how to measure accurately. They know this is very important because they might want to be joiners, tailors or builders when they are older. They practised measuring objects in the classroom and in the playground before being given a...
All about the snails!
It has been all about snails this week in Reception! The children have enjoyed learning facts about snails, digging for them as well as incorporating snails into our writing and maths sessions. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be...
Tiny Crab is a Tidy Crab
This week in nursery we have focussed on the story, Tiny Crab is a Tidy Crab. The story is about a crab who lives on a beach and it explores how he feels when his friends visit and don't tidy up after themselves. This follows on from our science week and caring for...
Football Frenzy!
As part of this term's PE, Years 3 and 4 have kicked off their football lessons. The children worked on ball control and dribbling skills. Each class was coached in walking and running with the ball at their feet, plus dribbling past defenders and looking for space....
LKS2 Quad Kids
Yesterday, 20 children from years 3 and 4 participated in a quad kids athletics event. All children participated in four events: the 50m sprint, howler throw, 400m run and the standing long jump. One of our teams came 5th out of 21 teams. The children showed fantastic...
Science Week in Early Years
We have had a super week being scientists and thinking about how to look after our planet this week. We examined our mini wormeries daily using magnifying glasses to see if the worms had made any tunnels or ate any food. On Friday when we looked at our wormeries for...
LKS2 Visit the Pond
To celebrate science week, the children in years 3 and 4 have visited our school pond. In science, we have been learning about classification and habitats. The children used nets and specimen jars to locate and study different pond animals. They then used the animal's...
Worm Charmers in Nursery!
We have had a super week in nursery being scientists and continuing to find out information about worms. We made our own mini wormeries by filling plastic bottles with layers of sand, soil and leaves. Each group chose a different food from our compost bucket to put at...
Wonderful Worms!
We have started to learn about worms this week. We focussed on the story, Yucky Worms which informed us that worms are very important as they help our plants and flowers grow and they are not yucky as the tile of our story suggests! We have found out lots of...
What grows in your garden?
This week, the children have been continuing to look after the garden in the outdoor area. After speaking about the importance of a healthy diet following the story 'The Colourful Present' the children prepared the planters and planted salad vegetables that we will...