This week was our first full week in Reception. We have had a great time meeting new friends and learning the rules and routines of the Reception classroom. We have enjoyed reading the story Rumpelstiltskin where the princess has to guess his name. We then played lots of games to learn our fri
In Maths at the start of the year we always revisit place value, looking at what each digit within a number is worth. In Year 3, we progress onto numbers up to 1,000 so this week we’ve reviewed hundreds, tens and ones and next week we will introduce the thousand. Today we’ve been using place value c
In maths, Year Six have been working on a unit of work based on place value. During the unit of work, the children have developed a clear understanding of what each digit in a number represents within ones, tens hundreds, thousands up to ten million. They are also able to read and write numbers up t
In Maths, Year Two have started to learn all about Place Value – the value a digit holds in a number. The boys and girls began their lesson counting in tens. They marched, hopped and jumped while reading the multiples aloud. During the lesson, the children were shown a set of objects and were asked
In our Forest School the children learn how to confidently find and use natural materials. They recognise the properties of the living world around them so that they can then use it to their best advantage. They do this by gathering materials whilst still ensuring that the plants are protected and n
Last week was Farm Week in our nursery, Miss Rowe brought the hens in so the children could learn a bit more about why farmers keep hens. Of course the children have met the hens before many times, this week we really focused on egg production and what that means for us humans. The children were sho
We were so proud to share our recent class assembly with families and friends, where the children showcased their learning journey from our trip to Hall Hill Farm. The assembly began with an introduction explaining how our visit to the farm linked to all areas of the Early Learning Goals; from explo
Over the last couple of weeks, the children in Year 6 have taken part in a challenge to make £5 grow. The children each had up to £5 (which they had to pay back) to spend enterprise projects. Working in groups, the children had to come up with a business plan, design a logo, make a budget, market
This week, the children in Year 1 have been learning how to read and partition numbers up to 100. At the beginning of the week, the children showed a lot of resilience when counting forwards and backwards within 100, filling in missing numbers on number tracks. The children then learned how to count
Today, the boys and girls in Year Two transformed into rock stars to launch a new Maths app – Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS). The children looked fantastic with coloured hair, bandanas and even tattoos. The children listened to a short assembly all about TTRS and couldn’t wait to get started. When t
