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…
Category: NURSERY BLOG
4B Faith in action
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…
Category: YEAR 4 BLOG
Plants
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.
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Creating imagery with ‘The Raven’
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!
Category: YEAR 6 BLOG
Church visit Y1S
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
Music - Y1S
We had a really good lesson in music yesterday. We were using the glockenspiels and playing along to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
English in Autumn 2 - Y1S
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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Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Year 4 English
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…
Category: YEAR 4 BLOG
Year 4 poetry slam
To consolidate our poetry unit of rehearsing and performing a poem, both classes got together to battle it out. Lots of great performances using expression and intonation and an enjoyable time had by all. Well done Year 4!
Category: YEAR 4 BLOG
Enjoy your half term break Y1S
What a lovely start to Year 1 we have had!
Your children have worked so hard and really made a positive start in their new class. Enjoy your week at home and I shall look forward to seeing them after the break.
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Science Y1S
We have finished our learning about materials i year 1 this week. We will revisit parts of this over the year to keep our learning fresh in our minds.
This week we used a variety of materials to find out which ones are absorbent. We had great fun doing this!
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG
Looking after our teeth Y1S
Last week we learnt about keeping our teeth clean.
We used tooth brushes and talked about how often we should brush our teeth and why it is so important. Let’s keep brushing!
Category: YEAR 1 BLOG