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After reading ‘Supertato’ by Sue Hendricks and Paul Linnet, the children went home and created their own Supertato hero. They shared their wonderful creations with their friends and talked about their different super powers.  

This morning, the children in Year 5 enjoyed reading and relaxing in shade.

The heatwave this week has been a fantastic opportunity for discussion around how to keep cool and hydrated during hot weather.  We have learned lots of new vocabulary and scientific facts! The children have been brilliant in the hot weather and as a special reward we enjoyed a hot weather ice…

Today we received a letter from some very evil peas who were on the loose in our classrooms.  We decided to design a trap to catch them and asked the children to come up with their own ideas and to make them in the classroom.  The children loved this activity and rushed to provision to have a go…

Today we have read 'Supertato' by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet which has the children very excited and wanting to be superheroes themselves. They are making their own superhero masks and thinking about what super powers they would like to have. During snack time the children were surprised to…

Our new book for this half term is ‘Supertato’. The children have already enjoyed freeing some naughty peas from ice! We are expecting chaos to ensue!! 

This half term we are reading 'Supertato' by Sue Hendra. This week the children received a letter from the Chilly Peas asking for their help. The children were given a selection of tools including hammers, tweezers, pliers and scissors, to help free the frozen peas from the ice. They used their…

In Nursey we have been reading 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle and learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. The children have used their cutting and sticking skills and a paper plate to show the life cycle of a butterfly. They were able to talk about the different stages and the…

This week the children have enjoyed engaging in sensory water play.  Intended to support fine motor skills and develop mathematical and scientific concepts, the children have focused on this form of play for extended periods.

Today we discussed solutions to pollution and how we can help.

In pairs, we used a Diamond Nine to rank which solution we felt would be most effective and least effective.

The children then justified their choices.

The children have been using our new bamboo pipes to experiment with cause and effect using a ball.  They use teamwork and communication skills to make sure the ball didn’t roll off!

The children are enjoying the warmer spring weather and are having lots of fun outdoors. They are listening to stories, playing together, practising ball skills, sharing and taking turns.