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 had a great week exploring many different areas of the curriculum! From identifying and classifying trees and plants in the (rather muddy) woods to building Sukkah’s as part of their RE work on Sukkot to investigating number and ordering from smallest to greatest and vice versa, they’re really impressing their teachers! Year […]
This week Reception have been learning about the Jewish festival of Sukkot. At this special time, Jewish people build a Sukkah outside in which they share food and meals in for 7 days. We built a Sukkah using a forest school tarp along with a covering of branches and leaves. We decorated our Sukkak with […]
Year One have been learning about Judaism as part of their RE lesson on belonging. They spent time studying different Jewish items, playing Kim’s Memory Game, drawing the symbols and then learned about Shabbat, the meal enjoyed before the Jewish day of rest on the Sabbath. They used clay to create their own symbols too […]
Reception have been reading ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’ this week as part of their topic on telling stories. In the story, Mr Wolf makes some Pancakes so on Tuesday the children chose their town topics for their pancake tasting. We also linked this to RE and Lent. We also created our own sock puppets based in […]
On Monday, Mrs Ashton held an assembly about Lent. The children learned the meaning of Lent and why Christians adhere to this practice. We thought about what we could give up for 40 days and how difficult if would be and we also discussed how nice it would be to think of 40 acts of […]
Nursery have celebrated Shrove Tuesday by tasting pancakes! They had a choice of lemon and sugar or chocolate sauce. They were thoroughly enjoyed.
Nursery have had great fun celebrating Chinese New Year! We have looked at the job role of a chef and made our own chef hats to wear whilst we tasted Chinese food. We completed lots of fun activities, including performing our own dragon dance! Well done Nursery!
Mr Mellor and Miss Pinnington would like to say a special thank you to Year Two for working so hard to learn their lines, songs and dances ready for the Nativity. From the beginning, they all took it very seriously and were determined to put on the best show they could. They have been superstars […]
Today, we visited Milton Church for our annual Christmas service. The event was led by children from years three to six with a range of carols sung by the whole school throughout. The traditional Nativity was given a slight twist, in the form of a tv news report. The Newscasters reported on the birth of […]