This week we have been focusing on our PSHE Big Question – ‘How can I work in a team?’ We have been learning about how to work together when completing a task, such as a jigsaw puzzle. Then we linked it to our Talk for...
This week in Literacy, as part of our Space Explorers topic we matched the different items found in space and in our sensory story book, Exploring Space. We matched a space ship, stars, an astronaut as well as other things that might be found in...
In the Meadow this week, we have practiced our paper mâché skills to create our own rockets. Later in the week we will be painting them in a colour of our choice with a picture of ourselves in the window. Children will then use them...
In our science topic, the children have been learning about the circulatory system. They developed a better understanding of how muscles need energy from food to make them work. How our bodies are designed for an active life so we need to take plenty of...
This week in History, Year 5 were re-enacting the Viking raid on Lindisfarne. A small group of us were monks and the rest of us were Vikings. Lindisfarne was the first major Viking raid in AD 793. We learnt that the monasteries were an easy...
During our reading sessions, we have been exploring the text of Persephone. We have been discussing the thoughts, feelings and actions of the characters of Persephone, Hades and Demeter and how these are revealed through the text and the illustrations. We have also been focusing...
This week in PE, Year 3 have been learning about volleyball and practising the skills needed to play games with control and accuracy. The children worked on throwing, catching and hitting the ball carefully, focusing on aiming accurately, controlling their movements and working well with...
This half term Year 1 have been exploring their five senses. This week, we used our ears to explore how we can hear a range of sounds. We went on a listening walk around the school, ensuring that we tiptoed through the corridor and made...
Our Topic in Hedgehog Class this term is Transport. We have been learning about different types of transport and in Understanding the World we have been looking at similarities and differences between transport today and transport in the past. On Tuesday we looked at Mrs...
In Nursery this half term we are looking at our Big Question: ‘How do vehicles go?’ We have looked at different toy vehicles in the provision; speaking about the wheels, engine and steering wheel. However, this week was very exciting for us, as we had...
