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...
The Power of Persuasion
In Bluebells, the children have been learning about climate change and how humans are impacting on the environment. In English lessons the children have used their knowledge of persuasive writing to write a letter to their grown ups at home. Their letter was written...
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...
The Day Our Chairs Quit
In English lessons, the children in Bluebells have been reading The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers. They have been learning about and practicing using the features of persuasive letters. Yesterday, after break time, the children came back into...
Exploring ‘Something Fishy’
This week in our English lessons we have been looking at the film clip 'Something Fishy' to inspire our writing. The children have enjoyed watching the short film. After watching the video they then read text about the story and sequence the the correct picture....
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...
Celebrating King Charles’ Coronation in Nursery
We have had a brilliant week preparing for and celebrating the King Charles' coronation, incorporating maths, speaking and listening and understanding the world within our activities. We found out lots of facts about King Charles and what will happen during his...
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....
Bees Homework 21.4.23
English Homework – PAT sheet. Practise reading key words on cards. Play Pairs and Word Thief. Maths Homework – Pages 44-45 Remember to practise reading and spellings too. Homework needs to be in for Friday 28.4.23 Article 29: Your education should help you use and...
Understanding what a non-chronological report is
Owls have enjoyed finding out what a non-chronological report is. They have looked at different types of non-chronological reports this week discussing what key features they have such as a title, subheadings, real facts, pictures and a did you know question. They...
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...