Safer Internet Day is held every February all around the world. Safer Internet Day gives us a chance to think about all of the wonderful things technology can help us with, but it is also an opportunity to think about ways we can keep safe online and what to do if we see something we are worried abo
To link to the RSPB Birdwatch, the children across school have been learning about birds in their Forest School sessions. Through predator and prey games, stalking in the woods to thinking about feeding patterns and camouflage in the woolly worm hunt, we have all had birds on the brain. Finally the
This week in Reception, we continued our topic on journeys by learning a little about China and the Chinese New Year festival . We tasted some Chinese food and had a go at eating with chopsticks. We also made our own dragons to dance with and made lanterns and dragon puppets. Take a look at some
Reception children are learning about the feeding habits of birds Forest School style. Off to the field to build a big nest together, working the grass and branches round and around to create the shape. Sticks were placed inside to represent the hungry chicks, then it was off into the woods to find
This week in Reception, we have been looking at different types of transport as part of our topic on Journeys. The children have discussed how they travel to school and what journey they take, sharing this on Tapestry as well as creating a pictogram of how we travel to school on Purple Mash. The chi
This week, we have been looking at maps and plans as part of our topic on Journeys. The children were excited to share pictures of their bedrooms that they had posted on Tapestry. After talking about our rooms, the children got busy having a go at drawing their own plans of their bedrooms or oth
With the current cold weather, there really is nothing better to do than curl up in bed or lie in front of a fire reading a book. There are so many great new releases coming out in 2023 – from well-know authors like Julia Donaldson, to new authors and books from other cultures. I hope that you will
The last two weeks have seen our Reading Buddies programme taking place again across school. Each half-term, older children read with their buddy class. It is a great opportunity to be leaders and for the younger children to read and discuss a book with somebody. It was lovely to see so many of the
This term during all of our Forest School sessions we will be learning about birds and taking part in the RSPB Big School Birdwatch. You can join in the survey at home too with the Big Garden Birdwatch. The first week back has seen some predictably wild January weather, so with this in mind the sess
This week in Reception, we read the story Squirrel’s New Years Resolution. The children shared their experiences of Christmas and new year at circle time and we talked about things we would like to achieve in the coming year. The children had some great aspirations such as, learning to swim or ridin
