The children in Nursery have taken a great interest in minibeasts and this week in particular we have been looking for ladybirds! Together we have enjoyed making playdough ladybirds by adding black beans to the their backs and we have made ladybird art work, carefully counting spots onto their backs
This week in Reception we have been exploring healthy eating and what it means to be healthy. The children talked about how we can be healthy by drinking water, eating less sugary foods and keeping our bodies healthy through exercise. We have read the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’ as our focused t
Over this half term in Computing, Year 4 have been using the application FMSLogo to program a screen turtle to draw simple shapes and letters. We have been creating snippets of code and then will be putting them together to form longer algorithms. Of course at first it went wrong and the turtle wo
In Computing, Year Two have been using Chrome Music Lab to create their own musical patterns. The children explored how they could adapt their pattern by adjusting the tempo (the pace of the music) and the instrument used. Some of the children chose to create a repeating pattern while others used th
Linking to the fractions work Year 5 have been undertaking recently, this week we have begun working on decimals! We started by looking at fractions with denominators of 10 or 100, and how we can turn these into fractions, which we found really easy! After that we looked at denominators such as 25 a
It has been a busy week of fitness for Year 6 as they had an extra session of agility and movement with Mr McMann in addition to their regular P.E. lessons. The school are committed to ensuring the children receive a full P.E. provision, with health being one of the key drivers of the school’s curri
Over the last half term Year 3 have been taking part in various Forest School activities, writing rhymes, tower building and this week, creating simple games. The common link is the need for the children to collaborate no matter what the activity. This over-arching theme of collaboration links direc
Mrs Cunningham, our Kidsafe leader, visited both Year 3 classes with her puppet KS. She talked to the children about who they could go to if they were worried. The children made their own list of trusted adults, which included grown-ups at home and in school. Mrs Cunningham also talked about �
Year 2 enjoyed working in teams to create a stick tower, co-operation helps make most job easier. No fastenings allowed. They were very proud of their handy work as you can see. They were given no guidance before hand so it’s interesting to see the variety of methods employed. This task is linke
Year 6 really demonstrated the knowledge and confidence that they have gained over their years in our Forest School. With a checklist to fall back if needed, they set up the fire pit ready for cooking. This included ensuring all safety measures were met before any lighting takes place, Chopping wood
