This week in the ARP we started our new topic, Totally Roar-Some. During our entry point we learnt about dinosaurs. We explored different types of dinosaurs, looking at their main features and size. During our investigations we excavated dinosaurs. We looked for dinosaurs in the...
This week Year 1 took part in their creative hook for their new Talk for Writing story ‘Cinderella’. The children made sure they each had their tickets to attend the amazing movie premiere. They walked the red carpet pretending to be famous. They then took...
This week Reception came into school to find that a mysterious egg had been left in their classroom! They spent a long time investigating the egg and made predictions about what might be inside. We decided to put the egg somewhere safe outside while we...
This week as part of our topic, 'Towers, Tunnels and Turrets', Reception had a very special visitor. A Queen came to class to see our amazing hard work! The children asked the Queen a range of questions using important question words, to find out all...
This week we visited Thorndon Country Park as part of our entry point for our new topic based on the Gruffalo. We did lots of different activities including creating owl art using things found in nature, pine cone hunts in Squirrel School, tree climbing, camouflaging...
Year 2 started this term by creating our own 'toy museum' in the classroom. We brought small toys from home and shared information about our toy. This also links to our Talk for Writing unit, which is a non-chronological report. We have read the text...
Year 4 had a lovely start to the final term when they visited the Natural History Museum for a workshop about earthquakes and volcanoes. The children enjoyed the interactive voyage of discovery and gained a valuable insight into how volcanoes occur and ways to be...
This week Nursery had a special visitor, a very brave knight! The knight gave the children a task to complete, which was to create their own castle to display in their classroom. The children worked hard all week to set up their new role play...