This week in Science we have been looking at our Big Question – ‘Can we sequence the life cycle of a caterpillar.’ We are very lucky to have caterpillars at the moment in the Nursery and we are looking forward to them turning into butterflies. ...
We continued our 'Three Billy Goat' theme this week. We made a dip using goat’s cheese! First, we had to mash the cheese with a fork or spoon and then mixed in a little milk to make it extra creamy. Next, we used our knife...
This week our Eco Warrior Pupil Leaders were invited to join Barking and Dagenham Councillors clean up our local streets. They were given a briefing about how to ensure they remained safe and how to collect litter using the litter pickers that were supplied. We...
Using our book, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, we participated in the story by building bridges across the ‘river’. In the garden we made a bridge using crates and we 'trip trapped' across it. Later, we used the small world goats and helped them across the...
Last week we celebrated World Book Day at Parsloes and we enjoyed the day having the opportunity to read for pleasure. We spent time reading the book ‘Dear Zoo’ by Rod Campbell; bringing it to life by making boxes with the animals inside. As well...
For our new unit of work – ‘On the Farm’, we are reading and learning a new text called ‘The very Busy Spider’. To immerse the pupils in the text we have read it and acted it out; using all of the different animals that...
In science Hedgehog Class have been learning to name the different parts of common plants. We have been using the vocabulary roots, seed, bulb, stem, leaf, bud, flower, petal and drawn and painted pictures. This week we have all planted a broad bean, we will...
In science this week Hedgehog Class have been learning to name the different parts of common plants. We have been using the vocabulary roots, seed, bulb, stem, leaf, bud, flower, petal. We have also been making observational drawings and paintings of plants. [gallery ids="23555,23556,23557,23558,23559,23560"]...
This week, we have been fully immersing ourselves in our new Talk for Writing Text ‘Lost and Found’. We have been designing and creating our very own Arctic scene. We looked closely at a range of photos of the arctic, thinking about what shapes and...
This term we are learning about the different food groups and how they help us to grow and gives us energy. We have sorted foods into groups, annotated recipes and explored where ingredients have come from. Using our understanding we planned a menu for a...