Our Autumn Walk
Nightingales enjoyed a walk around the school grounds looking for signs of Autumn. On our way we thought of adjectives to describe our findings. Back at school we wrote a recount of our travels and we are fabulous at writing expanded noun phrases like 'amber, crunchy...
Looking Good at Windy Nook Salon!
This week, we have continued to focus on self portraits. We looked at our features in a mirror before using paint to produce our self portraits. After observing the children and discovering that some of them reenacted going to the hairdressers, we have turned our...
A Busy Week in Nursery!
We have continued to focus on our self portraits this week, completing our pencil self-portraits and commencing some paintings of ourselves. For the first time this half term, we put on our water proof clothing and ventured up to our 'top field'. We had a wonderful...
Spelling Information for KS1 Parents
Please read the attached document for supporting your child with their spelling. KS1 Spelling Parent Workshop pdf KS1 Spelling Parent Workshop For any further information contact your child's class teacher. Article 2: All children have rights. No child should be...
A Busy Time in Nursery!
A warm welcome to our new children and to our returning children. We are delighted at how well our new children have settled and how much progress they have made with adapting to nursery life and our routine. Over the last few weeks we have been focusing on drawing a...
Our Sandwiches Are Jam-Packed in Nightingales!
This week Nightingales have been sequencing events and learning about the features of instructions. Today they followed instructions to make their own jam sandwiches. They made a delicious treat for playtime! Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop...
Drama in Year 5 English
Today in Year 5, the children used drama to act out 'Catch A Lot'- the digital literacy clip we have been looking at for the last 2 weeks. The children took turns to get in role and act out different parts of the story. They all did a fantastic job! Article 29-...
Typing Skills
Word Processing is becoming a huge part of the IT and computing curriculum and learning to type accurately and efficiently will help with that. This week as a starter activity UKS2 have accessed this website to improve this. The lessons are clear and simple to do. If...
Peace at last in Nightingales?
In Nightingales we have been reading the book 'Peace at Last' by Jill Murphy. Today we were thinking about how poor Mr Bear was feeling when he couldn't get to sleep. The children acted out the role using lots of expression. Later in their writing they all knew how...
Vocabulary Ninjas
In Tulips, we have been reading the story Escape from Pompeii. Last week we wrote diary entries from the main character's perspective. The children worked hard and created some fantastic pieces of writing! This week we are writing a setting description describing the...
Letters home from the Front!
In English, the Beeches and Oaks have been studying life on the front lines during WW1. The horrors! The hardships! The conditions......but not forgetting the friendships and brotherhood that also existed. They have written some fantastic letters home from the front....
Tiger Tiger
Today the Bees watched a video and then discussed the life of a tiger in a cage. They thought of open questions to ask the tiger. They took turns to be the tiger so they could answer the questions. Article 12: you have the right to an opinion and to be listened to....