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'...
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,...
‘Taking 10’ to Read
As part of World Mental Health Day on 10th October, Key Stage 2 attended a live webinar by esteemed author, and founder of 'Power Thoughts,' Natalie Costa. During this live broadcast, the children were given opportunities to share ideas on how to find empowerment...
Phonics and reading meeting for Reception class parents
Further to the Reception class parent reading meeting in school this week, please find attached information about phonics and reading information. You can download the presentation as a PDF, where there are QR codes signposting you to different areas of support from...
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...
Read Write Inc. superstars!
The children in KS1 love our daily phonics lessons. They start by learning a sound and then reading words with the sound in them. Then, we use our Fred fingers to help us to spell the word. We work hard to read both real and alien words, and not forgetting those...
Poets in KS1
This week, Robins and Owls have loved learning the poem 'Don't' by Michael Rosen. It is a silly poem that made us laugh. We started by rehearsing the poem and adding actions to help us remember it. Then, we worked as a class to create our own version of the poem....
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...
Mmm- Jam Sandwiches
Year 2 have been learning how to write instructions this week. They started by reading instructions to make a jam sandwich before making their own. They were able to write their own instructions for somebody else to read using time words, bossy verbs, bullet points...
Election Time in KS2
Yesterday in KS2, the children took part in their school council elections. The children have been learning about what makes a good speech. They then spent some time writing a speech explaining why they would make a good school councillor. Each class then listened to...