Art
Wow! What a masterpiece! The children in both classes collaborated to produce a large scale collage based on Moor Park, in the style of Henri Rousseau.
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Moor Park Trip
Children in Year 1 enjoyed their trip to Moor Park this week. We looked at the weather recording equipment next to the observatory and spotted signs of Winter. Both Mrs Jacques and Mrs Billingsley were impressed that the children could identify the equipment including weather vane, rain gauge,…
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Bird Feeders
In Year 1 we have been learning about what happens to animals in Winter. We found out that some animals hibernate during the cold Winter months. It can be difficult for birds to find food during Winter so we have made bird feeders from pine cones, lard and seeds. Next week we will be spotting…
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Winter walk
In Y1 we learn about the seasons and go for a wak around the school grounds each month to see what has changed. Friday was a great day for learning about Winter. We noticed that all the leaves had fallen from many of the trees and it was a lot colder than the last time we went for a walk. We even…
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Y1 Church visit
Year 1 enjoyed a visit to Church to look at the Nativity scene. They were very knowledgeable about the story of Jesus’ birth and their behaviour in Church was impeccable. Well done Year 1.
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Outside learning
Year 1 have been doing some of their learning outside this week. We have enjoyed comparing the lengths and heights of different objects. We have loved acting out ‘Room on the broom’ which is the story we are reading in English this week.
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Love thy neighbour
This week we have been reading the bible story 'The Good Samaritan' and thinking about who our neighbours are. The we thought about the story and understood that God wants us to love everyone. We have made cards for our Parish neighbours and will be taking them to church to give to the…
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Science - senses
We have been investigating our senses in science this week. We enjoyed using our sense of smell and taste. Most of us didn’t like the smell of the sardines and we thought the lemons tasted sour! Next week we are going to focus on our sense of sight and hearing.
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Our senses
We are learning about our body in Science.
This week we have been testing our senses. We matched sounds, smelled and tasted food, sorted textures and tried to complete everyday tasks whilst blind folded.
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Happiness!
We were thinking about our feelings in 1Sacrament this week. We talked about what makes us happy. We thought our families and friends help us feel happy. We did some activities which made us feel happy including making (and eating) an apple crumble using apples from the school garden and doing…
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PE
We have been practising lots of skills in PE this week including bouncing a ball, pencil rolls, balancing and jumping.
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Our School family
Last week we had a tour of school looking for all the people who make up 'Our school family'.
We met our Head Teacher, Miss Hannah and our Deputy Mr Aris. We also met Miss Liddle, a class of year 6 children learning Spanish, a cook, a cleaner, the site supervisor and our wonderful office staff,…
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