Firstly, we need to start by saying how amazingly the children behaved on our trip to the theatre today. To say they were excited was an understatement – for many of them it was their first experience of a coach, the theatre and a school trip! Despite their excitement they sat beautifully on the coach … Read more
We have started looking at fractions this week, in Year 2. We are starting practically by making equal groups from the whole. We are sharing cubes and folding paper. We are doing a lot of this work with our partners to start with. We will eventually work towards using bar models to work out some … Read more
Our Space topic has really taken off in Reception! Check out some of the wonderful learning the children have done during Discover & Do….
The children in Pine and Cedar class really enjoyed their visit to St Mary’s church on Tuesday morning. When they first arrived, the vicar talked to them about the church and showed them some of the different features of a church. The children had a chance to ask questions, and then to have a good … Read more
The children in Willow and Rowan Class had a fabulous day celebrating World Book Day. They talked about their favourite books, wrote book reviews and created characters for Story Land. They also enjoyed hearing all about Sarah Oliver’s books (author of Polyanne, The Mermaid’s Wedding and Lionel Messi – The Ultimate Biography) She gave them … Read more
Hazel class had an amazing World Book Day. Everyone came dressed up in wonderful costumes and shared their favourite books with each other. The children met a real author called Sarah Oliver and then became authors of their own by writing books. We finished the day by creating potato characters! Can you guess who is … Read more
On Tuesday 1st March Hazel class had an amazing day at Shuttleworth, starting with a ride on a coach. When we arrived we split into groups and were shown around the gigantic hangars. There were so many different planes, cars, bikes and busses to see and learn about! The children remembered lots of facts about … Read more
The children in Hazel class have been enjoying exploring the big apparatus in their gymnastics lessons. We have done a lot of work on jumping and landing safely, finding interesting ways to move and discovering what shapes we can make with our bodies. We have also learned how to put the equipment away safely!
During group activities the children work in 5 groups, some of which are led by adults, while some work independently. Each day the children do a new activity so that over the course of the week all 5 groups have done each of the 5 activities. Last week in Ash class, the adult led groups … Read more
What a busy week it’s been in school; there has been so much on! Following on from this, in separate posts, you will be able to see some of the wonderful things the classes have been involved in this week from the Pancake Race today to celebrating World Book Day yesterday. And whilst all this … Read more
