This week we have started our Talk for Writing / Rhyme Time unit on 'Hickory Dickory Dock'. The pupils learnt the rhyme with actions, using our text map. Once we did this, we worked on creating a new rhyme by changing the mouse in our...
This week, Reception have been designing their own gingerbread men. They took time to observe the shapes and features they would need and chose their own colours for their design too. Next week we will be making salt-dough and baking our very own gingerbread men....
On Wednesday we welcomed six new pupils to Parsloes Primary School. Our new ARP opened on Wednesday with a stay and play session for all the families. As you can see the pupils had great fun and we hope the adults did too [gallery ids="17465,17466,17467,17468,17469,17470,17471,17472,17473,17474"]...
This week in Nursery we have been learning the colours. We were able to sort objects into the different colours and match this with the name. We also played with different coloured blocks and jigsaws. This reinforced our learning. [gallery ids="17454,17455,17456,17457"] ...
This week in Year 5, we have been investigating reversible and irreversible materials. We mixed sand and gravel together in containers to see to how we can separate the mixed components using a sieve. We also created a mixture of sand/glitter and water, passed the...
This week Year 1 have been exploring different materials. They went on a material hunt around the school and labelled any materials they could find. They had lots of fun writing their own labels! [gallery ids="17427,17428,17429,17430,17431,17432,17433,17434,17435,17436,17437,17438,17439,17440,17441,17442"]...
This week, we have been focusing upon developing our sketching skills in Art. We have been looking at paintings by Henri Rousseau, who liked to paint pictures of jungles. We also discussed how to use our pencils very gently against the paper when sketching. We...
In year 6 this week we have been honing our arithmetic skills. We have been learning how to use the expanded method of short division to help us when we move onto long division. In art we have continued to develop our drawing skills, copying...
This week, Year 4 have been improving their hockey skills. They have learned how to hold their hockey stick correctly and use it safely. In the photos, you can see them having fun practising their dribbling and passing skills. [gallery ids="17395,17396,17397,17398,17399,17400,17401,17402,17403,17404,17405,17406,17407,17408"]...
This week, in Year 2, the children have been exploring how the numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9 can all be composed of two parts where 5 is one of the parts. The children used the rekenrek to represent 5 ‘and a bit more.’ [gallery ids="17387,17388,17389,17390,17391,17392,17393"] ...