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...
A Fabulous First Week in Nursery!
A very warm welcome to our returning children and our new children. Although there have been some initial tears and 'wobbles' we are very proud of how well the children have separated from their families and settled into nursery routine. We have had a wonderful time...
Keith the Cat and so much more!
We have had an extremely busy week! We started to focus on the story, Keith the Cat with his Magic Hat and made our own version of the book by drawing illustrations and using images from the book. Some bees feature within the story of Keith the Cat and we were lucky...
Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car Part 2!
We have continued to focus on the story, Mr Gumpy's Motor Car. We finished our fabulous car paintings, continued to design cars on the computer and make cars using play dough. We also made some delicious edible cars using fruit and salad, using cocktail sticks to hold...
Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car
We have continued our transport topic this week and focused on the story, Mr Gumpy's Motor Car which we will continue next week. We made Mr Gumpy's car outdoors with the large construction materials and acted out the story. Some of us painted Mr Gumpy's car and drew...
Awesome adjectives in Nightingales!
This week Nightingales have been super creative with words. We have been reading Dogger by Shirley Hughes and looking at the setting in the story. We sorted adjectives and nouns to create expanded noun phrases and found many different options. Then we created more...
The Mystery of the Missing Writer in Bluebells
Bluebells took to the outdoors today to explore the mystery of a missing writer. Decades ago, a writer and illustrator called Harris Burdick walked into a publishing house with illustrations, a title and one line of text for 14 different stories that he had created....
Sports Day and much more!
This week we have continued to focus on activities which link to the story, Mr Gumpy's Outing. We created some excellent drawings of Mr Gumpy in his boat and some of the other characters from the story too. We attached a steering pole to our drawings which was...
Magical Reporters
Over the last few weeks, the children in Tulips have been reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This week, they wrote newspaper reports, reporting the news that Voldemort has been killed by Harry Potter. The children have worked hard on their reports all...
Another busy week!
This week we have focused on different forms of transport, in particular, boats. We read Mr Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham and discussed how Mr Gumpy moves his boat by using a steering pole as opposed to using oars. We watched a video of people using oars in a...
Look at our Playtimes in KS1!
Playtimes at Windy Nook have just got a bit more exciting. We now have lots of pens, pencils and crayons so the children can be creative at playtimes. We have a big box of books so they can lie on the rugs and read together when the weather is dry. We still have lots...