Year 2 children have loved their art topic all about Jackson Pollock. We practised being action painters and practised using different skills to create abstract art.
Year 1 has been learning about why the church is a special place to Christians. We were very lucky to be invited to attend St Nicholas Church and had a wonderful tour. We looked closely at the features of a church, learning lots of new facts along the way!
The vicar was so impressed by our outstanding behaviour and questions he has invited us back for another visit!
The children in year 2 have been working hard in English lessons. They have been using Talk for Writing to learn the story of the little red hen. We even visited the chickens in school!
We have been exploring the Nursery areas and sharing with our friends. All of the staff are so proud of the children, they are helping and beginning to share independently. Well done boys and girls!
Today we celebrated our first Nursery birthday! We had a wonderful morning singing happy birthday and making birthday cakes to share. Our birthday boy chose to make a banana flavoured cake. We had to use our big muscles to mash the bananas and whisk the mixture together. We then shared them. They were DELICIOUS!
Our first visit to Forest School!
Mrs Gibson and Mrs Charlton challenged us to put our own suits and boots on. We tried so hard and even helped each other. We were so excited whilst we waited at the gates. We sensibly followed the instructions to climb the stile into our wilderness! We explored the areas, running, climbing and jumping. Some of the children discovered minibeasts. The children then began to roll logs to discover more! We identified; worms, slugs, beetles, ants, woodlice, earwigs, spiders and centipedes! We then learnt how to use magnifying glasses correctly to observe them. When we had finished we rolled the logs back to keep our bug friends safe. We also shared milk and snack at our base camp. What a fantastic way to end our week!
We had a wonderful time sharing ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. We worked as a team to make a GIANT bear. We also drew and painted pictures of the bear!
Year 3 have made a terrific start to Farm Club!
Each week we clean out the chicken and duck coop then fill it with lovely fresh straw.
We love to pick the fresh produce that we have grown in our very own allottment then feed these treats to our lovely chickens and ducks.
We love learning about growing food and caring for our animals !
Year 5 have made an excellent start to the term across all curriculum subjects, including their new topic ‘Earth and Space’. We have dived into our new class text: ‘A Firework Maker’s Daughter’ by Philip Pullman, focusing on fluency when reading aloud and learning about the context of Indonesia and the experiences of rice farmers and sulphur miners.
In Mathematics, we are practising recalling our multiplication and division facts at speed in the first 5 minutes of every lesson and we are building on our prior learning about place value using base 10 equipment and part-whole models. In English, we are studying narrative texts, beginning with ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ by Michael Morpurgo and revising our basic skills in grammar.
We are very excited to begin this week studying Earth and Space in Science and have considered how scientists have gathered evidence about the spherical shape of the Earth over time. On Monday, we will all be logging on to the UK Space Conference 2021 for a special film event: Spaceship Earth!
As part of this year’s school council elections, lots of children planned and delivered their own speeches, expressing the importance of our school values and demonstrating excellent leadership skills. Our two worthy winners were appointed by democratic vote and the process reminded us of the importance of standing up for our beliefs and listening carefully to the voices of others. Well done on a super start to the term Year 5!
Some information about an ADHD Support Group which parents may find useful.
