Bonfire Night at school!

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We had fun by the bonfire toasting our own marshmallows and making s’mores! Fab way to spend a Wednesday morning and happy faces all around! 
 

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Making Music

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In our music this week we created different patterns using coloured counters. We used percussion instruments to follow the pattern. We then used chrome music lab on the ipads to create a musical pattern on the ipads. We had a vote to see which way of making music we enjoyed most. It wasn't a…

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Celebrating Diwali in Reception Sacrament

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Last week we learnt all about Diwali. We made rangoli patterns, did some mehndi and even had our own firework show after making firework stick in outdoor adventures. 

 

During our literacy sessions we focused on the story of Rama and Sita. On Friday we acted out parts of the…

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Autumn Y1S

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This afternoon we went on a hunt for Autumn leaves. We discussed what happens in Autumn and then we had a challenge: find an Autumn leaf from three different types of tree. Back in class we drew them and wrote about what happens in Autumn.

 

Words to learn: seasons, Autumn, Winter, Spring,…

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Pumpkins and Diwali

We’ve had a busy week in Nursery. We chopped pumpkins to a delicious soup. We used the leftover pumpkins to improve our fine motor skills and hand eye coordination by hammering golf tees into them. 
The children really enjoyed learning about Diwali, they made diyas from salt dough and decorated…

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4B Faith in action

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4B had discussed ways in which we could put our own faith into action and we decided that we wanted to give back to our local community as well as be stewards of Creation by going to Grange park and picking up any litter lying around.  Behaviour was impeccable and a brilliant morning was had by…

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Plants

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At the start of year 2 we planted some sunflower seeds so we could observe how plants grow and change. We were really excited to see how much they had grown (with a little bit of help from a greenhouse!) Today we have measured the height of the plant and identified the roots, stem and leaves.

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Creating imagery with ‘The Raven’

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Year 6 read the poem ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe, focusing on the imagery within it. They studied metaphors and similes before writing and performing their own spooky poetry to the class!

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Church visit Y1S

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We visited church today. Your children were really well behaved and respectful as we looked at different parts of the church. 

Category: YEAR 1 BLOG

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Music - Y1S

We had a really good lesson in music yesterday. We were using the glockenspiels and playing along to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. 
 

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English in Autumn 2 - Y1S

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We have started reading traditional tales in year 1 this week.

Over the next 6 weeks we will be reading:

  • Farmer Duck
  • The Gigantic Turnip
  • The Little Red Hen

On Tuesday we talked about the farm animals we know, we played with toys and painted our favourite farm animal. 
 

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Year 4 English

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As a stunning start to our new English unit, The Weather Weaver, both classes went outside to look at the clouds and decide on what would be the best way to catch one.  We also thought about what we would want our own cloud to do and what its personality would be like, then went back in to class…

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