We’ve had a few more brilliant weeks crafting as part of Year One’s club! 🖼 We’ve made fireworks that popped, dragons with scales like Zog and lots of Dr Seuss snacks with an Oreo and sweetie hat! We are really enjoying exploring lots of different stories and some that we already know too and we’re…
Reception have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali this week. They have participated in lots of exciting activities that have helped them to remember what happens at Diwali time. They loved acting out the story of Rama and Sita in the woods. Ask them to tell you all about it. They have also…
Year Six have been tasked with creating a food stall for Jim, a Victorian child from the story they are reading in English – Street Child. They have designed their market stall, created a prototype and are now creating the real thing. Children are using junior hacksaws to cut wood, and child-friendly glue guns to…
Reception have been learning about the meaning of Remembrance Day. After listening to a Remembrance Day assembly, the children participated in a range of activities to give them a deeper understanding of the event. They investigated a range of artefacts from world war 2, collaged poppies, counted poppies, practised their army manoeuvres through the cargo…
Huge congratulations to Isabel, Chloe and Grace who were drawn out of the hat this term and received the reading rocket prizes of a book or voucher! 📚 There were more children than ever entered in to the draws this half term and so massive congratulations to every single one of them who read five times a week…
Our judging panel for the Royal Society Book Prize have been busy reviewing books during this this week’s club. They are doing an excellent job so far, in discussing the shortlisted science books and evaluating the different features of them. We look forward to finding out which will be their nominated winner!
Reception have had a lovely time this week learning all about Guy Fawkes and the origin of Bonfire Night. Here the children are reenacting the story of The Gunpowder Plot in the woods, which they loved and found fascinating. As part of this topic, we also discussed the differences between life then and now and…
Year One have become poets today, learning and reciting a seasonal poem by Frances Alexander! They worked in teams to spot the rhyme, learn the words and even add actions to the poem, considering how seasons change and what clothing they would need. Great dramatic poetry reading – we can’t wait to hear your own…
Year One have been enjoying stories as part of their crafting after school! So far we’ve read stories about a kind hedgehog, the scary Gruffalo and a monster party. We’ve made hedgehogs, headbands, tiny mice, bats and spiders that wriggle! Everyone has worked extremely hard and we can’t wait for more story and rhymes after…
Year One have loved reading, sequencing, retelling and acting the story of ‘The Lost Wolf’ by Mini Grey. They have completed freeze frames for the different scenes from the story, and using the language from the book, retold the story in their own words! Their acting skills were amazing and the main character, Little Red,…