This week in Reception we have started coming to school for full days! We have now met everyone who will be in our year group and are all enjoying getting to know each other and making new friends. We have started learning our class routines, spent time in our outdoor area, explored the classrooms a
This week, we launched our English book ‘Beauty and the Beast’. This term, We will be looking at different versions of this traditional tale from around the world. To mark our book launch, we made a beast mask using collage. Activities around this story this week have led up to the children writing
“We’re going on a dinosaur hunt, we’re going to catch a big one. What a beautiful day, we’re not scared.” This week, to introduce Year One’s new English Reader, the children went on a dinosaur hunt
This week, year 6 have started their Science unit on circuits and conductors. They have been thinking about the different circuit symbols that are used to represent the components when drawing a circuit diagram. In addition, they had to act as detectives and work out why circuit wouldn’t work and
It has been a real pleasure to welcome our new children to Reception Class this week. We have been so impressed with how well they have settled in and already began to make new friends. The children that have moved up from our Nursery, have been helping their new friends to learn the rules and r
On Friday 8th of May 2020, the majority of the country took time to celebrate VE Day. On this occasion, things were different from the usual anniversary of the day when Germany surrendered in 1945; firstly, this time the day marked the 75th anniversary of VE Day and, secondly, this was the first t
As people might remember, the May Day Bank Holiday was changed this year to Friday 8th May 2020, with the intention of celebrating 75 years since VE Day. Although we are not in school, let’s see if we can still come together as a community to share our gratitude for those who fought, worked and li
Question 1 – How do you get friends and family, who are isolated from each other, to come together and engage in some light-hearted competitive fun? Answer – An online quiz Click here for an actual set of family quiz questions. Click here for answers (only after you’ve tried the quiz!) Before scho
As we move into another three weeks of lockdown, the initial novelty of not being in school will be disappearing, even for children, and the reality of isolation will begin to have a more significant impact. Supporting children to understand what is happening and helping them to feel safe and secure
The staff in EYFS have been overwhelmed by the amount and variety of home learning activities that the children have posted to Tapestry and our e-mail this week. It is evident that parents have been working hard to come up with new activities to make learning fun and keep their little ones busy. T
