This week, year 4 have begun studying their new English text called ‘When The Mountains Roared’. It is a gripping story about a girl who moves from Australia with her father and grandmother to run a hotel in the mountains of India. It is a story full of suspense, drama and peril, and the children ar
In English, Year Two have started to read their new book – Hansel and Gretel by Anthony Browne. To introduce the text, the children created a gingerbread cottage. They were given a paper plate and a selection of sweet treats for decoration. The children coloured in their chosen sweets, doors and
Our English reader this term is The Princess and the Pea. We began by playing a memory game where we looked at different objects to help us predict what the story was going to be about. The pupils looked at a princess, a prince, a crown, a castle, a pea and a bed. The children used these clues to
We have had a fun and festive week in Reception. Read our poem to find out more. Christmas week has been magical, full of cheer,With busy little hands and smiles ear to ear.We crafted with care, both big and small,Christmas tree cards and calendars lined our wall. Inspired by forest school and S
This week, our Reception children shone brightly as they performed their nativity play. Their confident singing, joyful dancing, and clear retelling of the nativity story filled the hall with festive cheer. It was wonderful to see how proudly they took on their roles, whether as narrators, shepherds
This week, Year One and Year Two have performed their Christmas show – Prickly Hay! The story is about a stable boy, named Sam, and his helpful friend, Shrew. Together, they make sure that the manger is filled with soft, comfortable hay for the baby Jesus. While doing their important job, lots of vi
This week, Reception has been full of festive fun! After reading the story Santa Post, the children were inspired to write their own letters. We practised using our phonics to write down our ideas as independently as possible. As part of our learning, we also discovered what happens to a letter once
This week in Nursery we started the first of our Christmas activities. We enjoyed listening to a story called “letters to Santa” and began by thinking about how we could write him a letter. We then used our super mark making skills to record what gifts we would like to receive on Christmas Day.
This week in Guided Reading, we tried something a bit different – a programme called Reader’s Theatre! We used the scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Charlie finds the Golden Ticket. First, the children listened to the text being read aloud so they could hear how fluency, express
This week in Reception we celebrated National Nursery Rhyme Week 2025, and the children had a wonderful time learning this year’s five rhymes: Sing a Song of Sixpence, Humpty Dumpty, When I Was One (I Played the Drum), I Hear Thunder, and Two Little Dickie Birds. Throughout the week the children t
