Shrove Tuesday in Nursery!
We have had a super day reading Mr Wolf's Pancakes by Jan Fearnley today and making our own pancakes to taste. Collaboratively, we produced some amazing pancake batter, watched and smelled the pancakes cooking and then chose which topping we would like on our pancake...
The Big Debate!
This week the Beeches have begun to look at balanced arguments. Today we discussed mobile phones and whether or not children should be allowed to bring them into school; as you can imagine it was quite lively at times. Article 16: You have the right to privacy....
The Press Conference!
Last week the Beeches became writers for the day. We attended our very own news conference which was held by Dr Latham. The reporters quickly took notes and asked questions to gleam further useful information. Than you Dr Latham for a professional and factual news...
Typing up the Scoop!
Following on from last week's investigation - the Beeches have converted their notes into newspaper articles. Please take a minute to read through some of them. They are very good and quite mysterious too! Abi L Alex I Newspaper template alexamdragardner newspaper...
Warhorse Research
The Children in Oaks and Elms have been working on Michael Morprugo's book Warhorse over the past few weeks. Today, they used the chromebooks and printed fact sheets to research the use of horses during World War 1 with the aim to write a non-chronological report on...
Winter Haiku Poems
This week in Tulips the children have been learning about Haiku poems. They started the week recapping their knowledge of syllables and learning about the syllable structure of a Haiku poem. Then it was time to write their own. The children used our school grounds as...
Planning our Newspaper Reports
This week the Beeches will be planning and writing newspaper reports. They became reporters for the day and asked each other a series of questions - this information will become a huge part of the 'Scoop'! Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education....
Beeches in Role
This morning the Beeches were refining their drama skills through a bit of role-play! Here they are acting out some of the main characters (James and Simon) from our class book The Ghost of Thomas Kempe! Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You...
A new year and new beginnings!
Welcome back to our existing nursery pupils and a warm welcome to our new friends! We have had a busy week both indoors and outdoors participating in activities linking to our space topic. We have enjoyed spending time in our space station role play area and listening...
Nightingales are proud to present…
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. .... cross-curricular work based on their topic of winter. We used this theme to carry out a science investigation to find out how long it takes for ice to melt. In English we watched the John Lewis Christmas...
Advert Research in Oaks
As part of our Christmas build up in English, children are going to be making their own adverts to persuade everyone to buy sprouts this festive season. Today, they all carried out some research into effective adverts by looking at a range of different brands and...
Bear Snores On…
This week we are focusing on the book, Bear Snores On by Jane Chapman. We are bringing the story to life all week and today we 'popped white corn and brewed black tea'! The children thoroughly enjoyed listening to the corn pop, watching it jump from the pan and...