This week Nursery has been on an adventure to space! We loved learning all about space where we found out about planets, aliens and rocket ships. We used 2D shapes to build our own rockets which we would use to travel to space, we identified circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. We talked thro
Year One have been extremely busy this week learning to count all the way up to 20. The children enjoyed counting forwards and backwards and also learnt how to write the numbers down in digit form. During the week, the children were able to use counting equipment such as counters and tens and ones
As part of our All About the Birds topic, the children have been looking at the structures of different nests. They’ve watched videos of the nest building in action and looked at some real birds nests in class. They then took this information and applied it to their own nest building. Before the chi
This week in Reception, we have been learning all about our local area as part of our topic on Journeys. The children became keen observers as they carried out a traffic survey, watching the dual carriageway from the school fence and using tally charts to record the different types of transport they
The children in Year 2 have been working hard to name and describe the properties of 3D shapes. They worked with a partner to look at common 3D shapes and to check whether their friend could name them. They were then challenged to count the number of faces and to recognise whether they were curv
The Reception children rounded off their first week of term with a virtual workshop from the Postal Museum, kindly supported by Royal Mail. The session was based on The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, and the class followed along as our jolly postie guided them through a simple retelling o
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, 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
Working as a team so that you are successful can often be a challenge, lots of ideas and personalities to accommodate. Different learning and communication styles, it can be a real struggle and takes practice. A small team may be easier to manage but may lack variety of ideas, a large team can bring
In Maths year One have been learning about shape. First, we learnt the names of some shapes – circle, square, triangle and rectangle. We then used these shapes to draw a shape picture. We were extremely creative. A shape robot, a train and a castle were amongst the ideas. Later in the week
