We have started learning about Islam in Year Two. We went over the key facts first and the children did a great job of recalling facts from previous years. Then we got out various artefacts to identify. We completed a task about the Islamic prayer beads and the 99 names of Islam.
This week, we are focusing on capacity in Reception. Our task was to fit as many different objects into our box as possible. We had to think carefully about the size of each object and if they were long or short. We then counted them out onto a ten frame to see who had the […]
We are lucky enough to have Alice in school today from Stoke City. She is completing Keep Smiling workshops with years 2 to 6, explaining the importance of brushing our teeth, eating well and looking after our oral health.
The children have enjoyed creating artwork in the style of Oenone Hammersley. We focused on a piece of art called ‘Lost world’ which links to our work in English and Geography. We discussed the colour wheel and which colours work best together.
This week in our French learning we have begun our new topic of “Healthy Eating”. We successfully went on a vocabulary hunt for new foods and used French dictionaries with efficiency to find some important new vocabulary.
There’s been lots of drama in Year Three this week! 🎭 We have had a visit from Rhodopis, the Egyptian Cinderella herself, and the children interviewed her with very some very interesting questions! We have also used freeze framing to help with our ordering of events ready for writing a retell next week.
This week we have enjoyed planting our own Daffodils 🌼 . We looked at the bulb and talked about the shoots that we could already see, we thought about the different things we needed to do to look after our Daffodils. We know that we need to give them water if it doesn’t rain 🌧. […]
In RE, the children have been learning about what Hindus believe about God. They have learnt about how they believe there is one supreme God and the Gods and Goddesses they worships are just a part of him. They looked at the different deities and discussed what they could see. Some great discussions.
Year One have started their new science learning about materials, grouping and sorting lots of different random items! The different teams decided how to sort in lots of different ways! They sorted by colour, size, shape and purpose and then some sorted by what they were made from, like plastic, wood or fabric. Lots of […]
This week, Reception have been thinking about bullying as part of our PSED work. After listening to a story about a little boy who was not very nice to his friend, we talked about how the friend must have felt. We also talked about what they should do if anything like this happened to them. […]