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Year 1 Yoga

Year 1 enjoyed a wonderful yoga session this morning. They listened carefully to the instructions and the music whilst making the different positions. 

Year 1 Design & Technology 

The children have really enjoyed working as a team to make cardboard towers. We talked about towers that topple and lean. Which team could make the tallest tower? 

Following on from last week’s icy weather we decided to explore what happens to ice and how we can melt it the quickest way.  We started off by enjoying a song from ‘Frozen’ by Olaf who wanted to see what happens to snow in summer!  We then used warm water, salt and glitter to melt the ice.  We…

Last week Reception visited church to. See the crib with the Three Wise Men visiting.  We have talked about the story of the Wise Men and their visit to the baby Jesus and the Angel visiting them to tell to avoid King Herod on the way home. It was great to see the church crib with all the…

In Reception we have been talking about being a good friend to others as Jesus was a good friend to us.  We discussed what makes a good friend and the things we like to do with our friends.  Some children visited Mr Dinsdale because they have been noticed for being lovely friends and looking after…

Today the children made their own pizzas to eat at snack time. They listened carefully and followed the instructions to make delicious pitta bread pizzas. We used our senses to feel, taste and smell the ingredients and focused on the words first, next, finally. 

Well done children!

Year One - Design Technology Structures

This week we have been exploring how free standing structures need a strong wide base to stay stable.  The children used cardboard boxes to explore the best way of building their structure.

Our current topic in Art is painting. We have looked at he work of different artists, including Georgia O’Keefe whose work was focused heavily on flowers. We were inspired by her work and have been working on re creating paintings of flowers in her style. 

The children in nursery are reading 'Let's All Creep Through Crocodile Creek' and other stories about animals going on a journey. The children wanted to go on their own adventure through a forest or a jungle so we created our own jungle in the classroom. The children are enjoying reading stories…

We had an amazing time working with Emily from Beth Tweddle.

The children have been interested in the theme of winter this week with all the cold weather we have been experiencing.  We created ‘snow’ for our cold weather animals using shaving foam.  Playing with shaving foam provides children with a different sensory experience and opportunities to make…

The children made prints using a natural object. They experimented to create a repeating pattern.