After a bus ride across the border, and a stop for lunch at Gretna Green, Year 6 arrived at Lockerbie Manor for their adventure to really begin. Before the activities began, there was the excitement of finding the dorm rooms which would be our homes from home for the next couple of days. Once beds
Today, on the last day of the half term, we enjoyed a fantastic performance of Ada and the Code Crusaders, brought to us by The English Touring Opera. Following on from last year’s great show The Vanishing Forest, written and performed specifically for schools, this year’s show was about Ada Lovelac
This half term in Reception, we have been reading and learning the traditional tale Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have really enjoyed exploring the story and becoming familiar with the characters, key events, and repeated language. This week, we completed our class story map, where we worked
This week Year 6 have completed their SATs and enjoyed an afternoon picnic and games to celebrate. The staff have all been really impressed with the children’s hard-work, positive attitudes and resilience when they have found something difficult. All we can ever ask of them is to do their best and t
We’ve had some wild weather this week so took advantage of our Forest School being near warm classrooms to enjoy making placement art with natural materials. The learning focus over the last few weeks has been to recognise the difference between things of abundance and those that are more fleeting.
Year 6 documented their own Forest School session this week. As the year progresses so the children get more autonomy within their sessions. Some of them decided to link into their Second World War topic and build air-raid shelters. These were very impressive, robust, with good knot-work and well ca
In Forest School Reception children have been learning about different flowers and natural objects. This week they worked together in small teams to collect some of their favourite things. They each had their own museum board to place them on and could organise them in a way they felt was most appro
This week in Reception, we have been reading the story Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent Van Gogh. We enjoyed exploring some of Vincent Van Gogh’s beautiful artwork, especially his famous sunflower painting. The children used oil pastels to create their own bright and colourful sun
Reception were busy in the Forest School this week identifying flowers and seeds. They did a really impressive job collecting dandy-lions, daisies, cherry blossom and beech nut husks, these were then used in the Creative Clay Area and Mud Kitchen. After all that running around they still had enough
a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb;}tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;}tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5;} This week in Reception, we have been enjoying the story Jack and the Beanstalk, which we will continue to develop over the half term through our Talk for Writing sessions. The chi
