Snack and Chat!
Snack time is always popular in nursery but even more so on Mondays as the children are so keen to share with us their weekend news and catch up with their friends. Here they are developing turn taking, conversation, eye contact, vocabulary, listening skills and much more. The children choose…
Perfect Pancakes
Last Tuesday was a hive of activity in Nursery A as we celebrated Shorve Tuesday. Children had a chance to make and eat pancakes with some traditional toppings. We even made one for Mr Dinsdale! We talked about the reason why we have Shove Tuesday in preparation for…
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!
Nursery B’s Shrove Tuesday
Today the children have been learning about Shrove Tuesday and Lent. Together we made pancakes and all had a turn at mixing, whisking, pouring and eating!
Magic Moments!
Not content with simply building a wall for Humpty Dumpty, two of our creative learners in nursery decided to work together to make a bed for him, using some blocks as a blanket to keep him warm. Look at those smiles!
Maths -Making and talking about arrangements (Nursery A)
As part of our mathematics focus this week we have been putting blocks together to make arrangements. We have been making towers and lots of children decided to build a wall for Humpty Dumpty. We discussed the different shapes and how flat shapes are easier to stack than curved or slanted…
Design Technology
As part of their work on mechanisms Y2 investigated axles.
Year 2 Lego Club
The children in Lego and k’nex club are becoming more creative each week. We’ve had so many different designs and the children have been working brilliantly together. Today some of the children chose to make marble runs using the Lego baseboards.
Year 1 Crudites
Year 1 Crudités
Year 1 enjoyed chopping the different vegetables into strips and making a delicious dip. “It was so yummy. I liked it all.”
Future Architect
Architects of the future here in Reception. The boys spent most of the afternoon building this airport!
Let’s Build in Nursery A
Using a mixture of wooden blocks and natural resources, the children decided to make a fort today. The children worked together and side by side to create their masterpiece. There was lots of discussion and negotiating taking place too. We didn’t want to tidy it away at the end of the day!…