Halloween, Fireworks and Apple Crumble!
I have just realised that this post was not posted last week This week as I had saved it into drafts instead of posting it! Please accept my apology! The usual Friday post will be added tomorrow as normal. Miss Clough This week we have focussed on Halloween and...
Bonfire Night celebrations
Throughout this week, Reception have been learning about bonfire night and all the things we can do to be safe. We made firework pictures using chalk, focusing on the different colours and shapes that they make in the sky. On Friday, we made our own bonfire out of...
Year 5 go to Beamish!
Today year 5 all went to the Beamish museum for a day linked to carbon footprint and climate change. Children have been able to visit the different time periods and take a survey of how the different people used to live. They compared the lives of people in the 1800’s...
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...
Owls go on an autumn walk to investigate
Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 24: You have the right to the best health care possible, safe water to drink,...
Self portraits in Nursery
This week in nursery we have focused on ourselves and completed some beautiful self portrait paintings. We have continued to focus on maths, literacy, ICT, speaking and listening skills, independence, problem solving and physical development during 'Special Helper'...
Become a ‘Code Breaker’ during half term!
Colleagues in the Public Health Team have come up with a great idea to help keep children, parents/carers and wider family members* busy and active during October half term with their 'Code Breakers' resources - click here to view the Code Breakers web page....
Year 2’s Autumnal Adventure
This week Year 2 have been exploring the school grounds searching for signs of autumn. We have discovered lots of things such as apples, changing leaves and berries. We thought about the adjectives we could use to describe the signs such as juicy, crimson berries,...
Colour mixing in the rain!
We have had another busy week in nursery. We have continued to incorporate maths, literacy, physical development and understanding of the world into our special helper sessions. We used our interactive white board daily to record how we travelled to nursery. Our...
Hola from Nursery!
We have continued to welcome some more new children to nursery this week and we are delighted at how happy the children appear to be. We have had another busy week. Our Special Helpers have excelled themselves this week, venturing up to the office to drop off...
Helping Hands in Nursery!
This week in nursery we have continued to focus on our nursery routine and explore the indoor and outdoor environment as well as welcome some more new friends. We have introduced the role of a daily 'Special Helper' to encourage independence, positive relationships...
A fantastic start for the Dragonflies and Ladybirds!
The children in the Dragonflies and Ladybirds class have had a great start to the term. They have settled very well and are enjoying all the activities offered. The children are learning how to make new friends and enjoying playing with old friends too. Article:28:...