Reception have had so much fun today practising their numbers. Here on the photo, they are showing you how to make numbers to 10. They have also practised their number skills using the NumBots game and been on a number hunt. They have completed number jigsaws and sang number songs. At the end of the […]
Category Archives: EYFS
Number Day in Nursery!
We have had a very busy day today thinking all about different numbers and why it is important to try hard with our maths learning. We have been practising to write them in sand, glitter and paint, thinking of different ways to represent numbers and been using our counting skills and number recognition to play […]
Funetics and Sports at Hillside
In the EYFS and Key Stage 1, the children took part in dance sessions, team games, individual skills tests and parachute games. We were very fortunate with the weather and it was a very enjoyable and successful day.
A Fun Trip for Nursery!
This week the children’s learning has been based around the nursery rhyme ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ we have enjoyed creating our own buses and talking about where we have been or would like to go, drawing pictures of people on the bus and having a go at labelling them – listening very carefully for […]
Meet Sparkle and Shine!
Nursery had a very exciting delivery of 2 chicks yesterday (unfortunately not the ones that we had in the incubator!). We had a busy afternoon getting them settled in the classroom, thinking of special rules and how we need to do to look after them and having a vote to pick their names! We are […]
Nursery’s Very Egg-citing news!
Nursery have had some chick eggs delivered this week, they are very excited to see what might happen on Monday! Here is a little picture showing them ready for their final weekend of incubation. Fingers crossed for an update on Monday!
Earth Day and St George’s Day in Reception
Reception have had a lovely first week back, learning about some very special days. On Thursday, we learned all about Earth day and what we could do to help to restore our planet. The children came up with some fantastic ideas such as picking up litter and recycling it. We also learned about what we […]
Times Tables Rock Stars and Numbots Leaderboards
This is the moment the children have been waiting for… the leader board for both Times Tables Rock Stars and our new online maths programme – Numbots. Below shows the top three times tables champions from each year group. (Year 2 to Year 6). Year 2: 1. Brooke 2. Alex C 3. Bobby Year 3: […]
Easter Competition Winners
A huge congratulations to our Easter competition winners. We were blown away with the effort that the children had put into their designs. After much deliberation, each class teacher made the difficult decision and chose two winners who received the prize of a large chocolate egg. A big well done to all who took part. […]
Easter Treasure Hunt
Over the last couple of days the EYFS, KS1 and KS2 have all taken part in an Easter Treasure Hunt. The EYFS and KS1 hunt involved the children finding Easter eggs, within which were hidden clues from the Easter story. Once the children had solved the clue, they were given an item that linked to […]