Designing Cakes in Nursery B
This week the children in nursery received a letter from Mr and Mrs Baker asking them to enter the ‘Award Winning Cake Competition’. The children are thinking carefully and talking to one another about the shape and size of their cakes as well as toppings and flavours.
The Gingerbread Man Crosses the River
This half term we are reading The Gingerbread Man and this week we focused on him crossing the river. We placed a gingerbread man in water and watched what happened. The children could see how he floated at first but then began to crumble and break. They also noticed how the water changed colour…
Graphic Novels
The children created their own graphic novels. They decided their characters and where it would take place. The children enjoyed being creative and having the opportunity to create their own original story.
Year One English - Labelling Emotions
Year One English - Labelling Emotions
Today the children in Year One have been discussing how the emotions of the characters in our book, ‘Lost & Found’, changed throughout the story. We drew relevant emojis around images from the story to help us prepare for our writing later in the…
Nursery B Visit the Library
Every week the children in nursery visit the school library. They enjoy looking at books with their friends and talking about the pictures. We read stories together and talk about what has happened.
Today we read ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’ by Judith Kerr. The children remembered lots of facts…
Library Time for Nursery A
Nursery A enjoyed their first visit to our school library this afternoon. We tried to guess the animals in the ‘Flip Flap Forest’ book and then we had some time to choose our own books.
Library Visit
Year 4 really enjoyed their first visit of the year! Lots of lovely books waiting to be read.
Reading and Relaxation
The children in Y6 enjoyed their first reading and relaxation afterschool club. They voted for the book Ghostlines by Katya Balen. We finished the session with a calming relaxation. The sound of soft snoring could be heard.
Kingsley & Co Book Trip
Year 4 recently visited Kingsley & Co, a Ykids literacy project operating as a cosy cafe and book shop in Bootle.
The children absolutely loved playing, reading and simply sharing books for the day. It was a fantastic experience from start to finish!
Kingsley & Co are a charity run…
World Book Day in Nursery A
As part of our World Book Day activities, we took part in a book swap. In nursery we spread all the books out in our circle and each had chance to choose a new book to read and take home. We love books in our nursery!
World Book Day 2025
To celebrate World Book Day we took part in The Great Big Footy and Booky Quiz.
Afterwards, we created our own quiz questions linked to football and books.
Next, we designed our reading identity outlining favourite books, authors and where we like to read.
In the afternoon, we took part…
‘X’ Marks the Spot!
Our pirate adventure in nursery began on Monday afternoon when we went on a treasure hunt outside and followed clues to find hidden treasure. We used a treasure map of our outdoor area and listened to clues using positional and directional language and following a route. On our journey we found…