Ian Billings, a famous author and stand up comedian, is visiting the children today. Ian has seventeen titles published so far and has also penned episodes for CBBC TVs ‘Chucklevision’ and ‘Gigglybiz.’ We are sure that he will inspire the children in his stand up show and workshops that are happening throughout the day.
Year One have been hunting in the woods today to make a counting caterpillar! They found numbers and had to order them then talk about what they noticed. We practiced counting in tens loudly! Ask them if they can count in tens at home too!
We had a lovely trip to see the Weeping Window at Middleport Pottery yesterday. A group of Year 5+6 children spent time exploring parts of the heritage site and particularly enjoyed standing inside the last remaining bottle oven at the site. The children enjoyed the splendor of the poppy display and respectfully left messages in…
Reception have been learning about birthdays this week. We have made our own play dough and are now making birthday cakes with it. We are counting out the candles for the cakes.
Check out this link http://www.csistoke.org.uk/ to learn all about a free World-War-One-inspired CSI event on Saturday 15th September. Find out what activities will be going on both inside and outside – including talks from World War I experts – as well as how you can get involved by taking your World War I ephemera to their…
The expectation for children to achieve a signature in their reading diary from the www.ReadTheory.org website has been reduced. Now, instead of children having to earn 200 Knowledge Points for one signature (or 400 for two), they are now only required to achieve 50 Knowledge Points for one signature (or 100 for two). We ask that…
Year 6 are at Hanley Fire Station. They are taking part in many workshops which explore topics such as drugs, water safety, fire safety and physical and emotional wellbeing.
Mrs Wainwright led an exciting reading assembly this morning that involved the children matching the teachers to their favourite childhood books. There were some surprising choices and the children needed some clues to help them match them all correctly. We hope that this assembly has inspired the children to read some of the recommended texts.…
We are so proud of all of the children that have come to Nursery this week. All of the children have loved exploring their new environment and are beginning to make new friends. The children have settled really well and we can’t wait to see both them all as a whole class next week. Well…
Well done to the 86 pupils who were congratulated in a special assembly this morning for achieving 100% attendance during the Summer term. A fantastic achievement! Anthony in Reception won the cinema voucher prize – we hope he enjoys spending this with his family. A second well done to the 17 children who achieved 100%…