Caterpillars
We have had a special arrival of caterpillars in Reception! The children have loved watching them grow over the last week. We have talked about the life cycle of a butterfly and found out that butterflies lay eggs, a caterpillar comes from the egg. The caterpillars then form a chrysalis before…
Fruit salad
The children have made fruit salads this week! First, we explored fruits and vegetables and the difference between them. We then carefully prepared melon, pineapple, strawberries, banana and tangerines to add to our own fruit salad!
Planting flowers in our prayer garden
We have tidied up our prayer garden and planted some sunflowers! We can’t wait to watch them grow. The children have been watering them each day.
VE Day
The children have been learning all about VE Day and why we celebrate it. We have been colouring our own Union Jack flags and role playing having a picnic!
Reception Farm Trip
Reception had a brilliant time visit Windmill Animal Farm last week. We had lots of fun playing in the park, feeding lots of animals and held some amazing critters!
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Palm Sunday
After listening to the scripture about Palm Sunday, the children re-enacted Jesus arriving into Jerusalem on a donkey. The children waved palms and shouted “Hosanna” as Jesus arrived.
Writing special messages in RE
As part of our work in RE, we have been talking about loving our neighbour and how we can show love to one another. We wrote special messages to one another and put them in the post box to send.
Architects of the Future
These girls have spent a good part of their afternoon working together to build a camper van. They are going to travel around Australia it visiting lots of places!
Underwater Sea Creatures
As part of our work on our book ‘The Pirates Are Coming’ the children were tasked with investigating their favourite sea creature and telling us all a bout it. They could draw pictures, make models - anything they chose. Look at the amazing creations they have made. We are so proud of them.…
Spring walk
Today we went on a Spring walk around our school grounds. We saw new signs of new life growing in our flower beds, buds beginning to bloom and lots of daffodils growing. We talked about how the spring season is the season for growing and new life and how we too are learning to grow and make good…
Rockets
As part of our work on space for British Science Week the children have enjoyed building a rocket in the garden. We have also watched parts of the Tim PeakeLive ~Space Lesson on BBC telling us all about how to become an astronaut and what its like in space!
Shrove Tuesday
In celebration of Shrove Tuesday, the children had a special visitor come in to school to make pancakes with the children. We talked about what ingredients we need to make pancakes and how they are cooked. The children choose their toppings and ate their pancakes together!