RAF Glide into Windy Nook
Children in Year 5 and Year 6 recently enjoyed an online event hosted by the RAF in which they worked in teams to design, build and fly their own glider. Children learned principles of aerodynamics to help them to design a glider which could last the distance in our...
Preparing for Christmas and fun in the snow!
This week we have started to prepare for Christmas. We made some fantastic hats that we will wear during our Christmas performance. We chose to either make a Christmas tree hat or a reindeer. We used handprints for the main part of the hat and decorated them...
Road Safety Week
This week, children have been learning all about the dangers of the road and how to stay safe as pedestrians/cyclists. We had some workshops on Road Safety delivered by Tyne and Wear Safety, assemblies with Living Streets to learn about the importance of walking to...
Road Safety in Reception
This week is Road Safety Week. The children enjoyed a fun afternoon finding out how to cross the road safely. They took turns at pretending to be pedestrians, road users and the road crossing patrol (Lollipop person). Have a look at this video the children have been...
Road Safety in Nursery
This week in nursery we have focussed on road safety. We discussed the importance of holding our adult's hands while crossing the road and how to cross safely. We practiced using the key words; STOP, LOOK, LISTEN THINK and used toy cars and figures in a tough tray to...
A belated bonfire extravaganza!
Throughout this week, Reception have been learning about bonfire night and all the things they need to do to be safe. The children enjoyed sharing their own experiences of firework shows and many enjoyed the bright colours but not so much the noise. The children...
Diwali in Nursery
This week in nursery we have been finding out about Diwali, The Festival of Light. We made our own diva lamps using clay and painted them using some metallic paint. We talked about the fact that clay can be shaped and changed before it dries and hardens but once it...
Remembrance and Poppies in Nursery
This week in nursery we have focussed on Remembrance Day. We discussed why we wear poppy badges in the week leading up to Remembrance Day and we created poppies in many different ways. We painted, drew, used the interactive white board, made collages and used some...
Halloween Activities in Nursery
Our activities this week have linked to Halloween. On Monday, we made black playdough and added silver sparkles. We created some wonderful Halloween themed items like; spiders, slugs, worms, bats and creatures with multiple eyes! We have worked on strengthening our...
I can do it!
This week we have read the story of Elmer. We discussed diversity and having similarities and differences by linking the premise of the story and the fact that we are all different. We participated in Elmer themed activities by creating Elmer/elephant pictures, using...
Getting familiar with the KS1 yard!
Over the last couple of weeks in Reception the children have been developing their gross motor skills, exploring the painted trails on the KS1 yard as well as playing on the tyres. The children have enjoyed playing the different games independently and practicing...
Cauliflower Cards and much more!
This week in nursery we created a Christmas card by making a hand print Santa Clause. Our beautiful artwork will be sent to a company called Cauliflower Cards who will produce our cards which will be available to buy in the near future. We have made our own play dough...