Penguin and Pinecone…a friendship story!
We have concluded our work on Penguin and Pinecone this week. In the story, when Penguin first discovers Pinecone he describes him as a curious object and tries to eat him, soon realising that he is "...too hard to be food...". So, we made some edible pine cones...
Letters of Complaint
Over the last two weeks, the children in Tulips have been writing letters of complaints. They have been complaining about a terrible stay at a hotel and this week about their visit to a ran down play park. The children needed to use formal language along with other...
Year 6 – Reporters
This week in English Year 6 have been looking into Storm Arwen which broke on our shores back in November of last Year. They looked at various media outlets and also watched interviews with people from the North East who were quite seriously affected. Then they...
Proud to Present our Reading Skills of Five Minutes Peace
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 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being,...
Bluebells Become Apprentice Tea Tasters
Children were greeted in class today by a poster asking for 'Apprentice Tea Tasters'. After agreeing to help, children tasted 3 different teas and made tasting notes before creating phrases and labels for some of the tea they tried. The taste testing was a hint to our...
Final week before Santa arrives!
We have had another super busy week preparing for Christmas! We thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas party and everyone looked fabulous in their party clothes! We made some reindeer dust to sprinkle on the ground ready for Christmas Eve to show Rudolf the way to our...
Nursery Christmas Crafts
We have had a very festive week! We have worked really hard making our Christmas cards which were completed in several stages. We all made a white footprint to represent a snowman which we found really funny as the paintbrush tickled our feet! Once the footprint was...
A Letter From Bradley
During the last couple of weeks Year 6 have been reading 'There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar. They have all agreed that it's an excellent book and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Bradley Chalkers is the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous...
Bear Stays Up!
To introduce the Christmas season, we have focused on the story, Bear Stays Up. We have had great fun using props to act out the main parts of the story, making pop corn, making bear faces with brown play dough, creating bear pictures on the computer and searching for...
Dragonflies are bookworms.
Dragonflies enjoy some quiet time in our school library. They love sharing stories with their friends and choosing a book to take home. 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...
Dragonflies have fun in the snow.
This afternoon in Dragonflies we braved the weather and headed out for an afternoon of outdoor learning. We began the afternoon being scientists and observed what happens to a pine cone when it is left to soak in cold water. We let the cone sit in the water while we...
Baby Goes to Market
This week, we have focused on the story of Baby Goes to Market. The story incorporates early mathematical skills as well as giving a little insight into Nigerian culture. The children thoroughly enjoyed dressing up in traditional African clothing and acting out the...