The children enjoyed an afternoon getting creative in our Forest School. They worked together selecting their own natural materials, then bringing their images to life in a stick frame. This is such a beautiful activity that the children enjoy all year around. Helping them to observe t
This week, the children in Reception and Year 4 met up to share stories together. Reception each chose a library book to share and the Year 4 children read with them. It was lovely to see how much both year groups enjoyed socialising together and enjoying favourite stories. Article 28 – We all
Week 2 of our Jubilee based sessions with our friends at Angel Court. Todays focus was sowing some wild flowers and getting some of the edible plants in the ground. First job, using our senses, who can identify the herbs? and Which plants are soft fruit? Dom then showed us how to sow wildflower se
This term, Reception a have been given the opportunity to work with a specialist gymnastics coach. The children made a very impressive start to their new unit of work this week by learning to do forward rolls. By the end of the session most children were able to do this and both classes then mov
This week in Science we have been looking at the digestive system and how the body processes the food and drink we eat to get the nutrients and energy out that we need to live. To help, today we did a practical demonstration using tights, toothpaste, bread and cola. It was a bit messy but very v
In PE, Year Two have been practising their ball skills. This week, the children had to control the ball using their hands and feet. First, the children had to move the ball around their body in the same direction. When they heard ‘change’, they had to carefully change the direction the ball was mo
As part of our PSHE unit this half term, we have been looking at how we can keep our bodies healthy. This week we focussed on what we put into it: food! The children (and staff!) wrote down everything they had eaten in the past 24 hours and summed up whether it was a healthy, balanced diet. If it wa
In our geography lessons this week, the boys and girls have been developing their map reading skills. Initially, the children recapped the countries found within the United Kingdom and they learnt that they live in the county of Tyne and Wear. All of the children have enjoyed using atlases to explor
In Computing, Year 1 have started their new topic all about programming Bee-Bots. The children began by investigating what the different buttons could do. They were able to identify and use the forwards, backwards, right turn and left turn buttons. It was very tricky to remember that we needed to pr
This weekend we were grateful that our hens finally came out of their Avian Flu lockdown. So wonderful to see the hens ranging free with the children again. Meanwhile time to create with clay, make dream catchers, hunt for mini-beasts, swing in the trees, build dens…..goodness the children were bu
