Windy Nook Prepares for World Book Day
Plans are underway for a fantastic day of literary fun as the school prepares for World Book Day on Thursday 6 March 2025. Children should have come home from school with a letter, detailing all the important events. If you did not receive a letter, please let your...
Learning About Grace Nichols in Elms
Over the past couple of weeks, Elms have been studying the poet Grace Nichols. We have read, performed and analysed some of her brilliant poems and learnt about the poet herself. We researched her life and worked together in groups to create the fantastic...
We’re going on a number hunt!
This week we have focussed on numbers. During our maths sessions we participated in small number hunts in our nursery environment both indoors and outdoors. We also talked about the numbers on the doors of our homes and car registration plates. We played number games...
Happy Chinese New Year!
In nursery this week we have been finding out about Chinese New Year and celebrating it. We thoroughly enjoyed preparing and cooking Chinese stir fry. We demonstrating excellent counting skills by counting the amount of children in our group and giving out the correct...
Planets galore!
We have continued to focus on our topic of space this week. We all chose a planet, star or moon from the Solar System and drew it using chalk. We have displayed them in our classroom and they look fantastic! We continued to share space themed stories during snack...
Owls and Robins Journey to the South Pole!
Owls and Robins have been reading the book Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. They have been thinking about the characters and expanding their vocabulary with words to describe emotions. They have also acted out the journey the characters took on their journey to the...
A super space day in nursery!
This week we have continued to help and welcome our new pupils. We have participated in group sessions in the hall to help us get to know each other which we all enjoyed, especially our new children. One of these sessions included a drumming session to celebrate La...
Welcome new nursery friends!
A warm welcome back to our 'old friends' and also to our new ones. Our 'old friends' have made us proud with how well they have helped adults and set an excellent example to our new children. We are also proud of our new children who are beginning to familiarise...
Christmas Celebrations in Nursery
We have had a wonderful week in nursery. On Monday we performed six Christmas songs on stage for our families. We sang beautifully and we signed expertly! To celebrate our excellent performance we made and ate pop corn like the characters in two books that we have...
Holes in UKS2
Over the last term, children in years 5 and 6 have been reading the novel 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. They have produced some outstanding pieces of writing based on the book and today were rewarded with a movie day. They all came together with their cosy blankets and...
Tickly feet and Christmas cards!
This week we made some fabulous Christmas cards. We chose a friend to paint the sole of one of our feet and then printed it onto the front of some folded card. This formed the body of a snowman. Once dried we drew on a face, attached twig arms and then a hat. We wrote...
Christmas is coming!
Christmas has definitely began in nursery this week! We made some reindeer food to sell at our school fayre and also to take home to feed reindeers on Christmas Eve. To make the reindeer food we mixed oats and Rainbow Drops together and then we carefully counted five...