Another busy week in nursery!
On Monday we introduced our new friends to the wider classroom by having a fabulous music and movement session in our school hall. Once again, it was wonderful to see our 'original' pupils set such a good example. For maths this week, we focussed on spatial awareness....
Spring has sprung in Reception!
Spring has officially sprung in Reception, we have been waiting since Autumn for our Spring bulbs to grow and they have finally flowered! Throughout this week, we have been looking closely at the daffodils and tulips, in particular the shape, colour and different...
English – The sun and the North Wind
In English, we have been covering fables. In particular, Aesop's fables, that usually include animals or weather as characters within the story. The children have learnt about morals and how they underpin fables. On Thursday, we had the opportunity to re-enact the...
Composting and much more!
A warm welcome to our new friends in nursery. We are very proud of the way in which they have settled into nursery life. We are equally as proud of our 'original' children who have showed genuine care and empathy towards their new friends and helped them to follow...
Exciting Easter Activities in Nursery!
We have continued to focus on Easter this week. During our group time we made some tasty egg shaped biscuits and decorated them by applying some icing in the shape of a cross and adding raisons on top. We worked extremely hard to finish off our Easter cards by writing...
Easter Cards and much more!
This week in nursery, we have been learning about Easter. We shared The Easter Story and produced Easter related art work, computer pictures and made play dough crosses. We started to make our Easter cards which have chicks on and discussed 'new life' and that our...
Terrific Tennis in LKS2
This half term in PE, the children in years 3 and 4 have been developing their tennis skills. They have been focussing on basic racket skills by playing different games. The children have also focussed on their positioning inside the court and how to win points. These...
Mother’s Day and much more!
This week we have continued to focus on the book, Titch. We made some beautiful Mother's Day cards and discussed the different heights of the stalks/flowers on the front of the card. During maths we continued to use the balance scales to find heavy and light items...
Titch
This week nursery, our focus has been growing and plants. We read the story, Titch and re-enacted the main parts using props. For maths, we used cubes to measure the heights of all of the plants in our classroom. We discovered that Kelly (one of our plants) was the...
Shrove Tuesday (a week later) and much more!
We have had a super busy week in nursery. On Tuesday, we read the story, Mr Wolf's Pancakes and made our own pancakes. We thoroughly enjoyed adding delicious toppings to our pancakes and eating them during snack time. We learned the song, Mix the Pancake, Stir the...
Space Party!
On Tuesday, for Valentines Day we drew pictures of people who we love or are special to us.We have continued to focus on Space throughout the week. It has been wonderful to observe the children independently drawing and making rocket and planet themed creations as...
Eggciting Science in KS1!
We all know the story of Humpty Dumpty. Today in KS1 the children were given a challenge. In groups they were given a different material to protect an egg when dropped from a one metre height. We talked about the properties of the materials before predicting which...