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.…
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!
Puppets!
The dream cave has been transformed this week with an uppers theatre and lots of hand puppets. The children are excited to put on shows for each other.
Pancake Play
In preparation for pancake day tomorrow we have set up a tuff tray for the children to practise their cooking skills!
Budding Microbiologists!
In Reception we have been investigating germs. We used pepper in water to illustrate how germs cling to our skin and talked about how they can make us sick. We then washed our hands with soap and were astonished at how the germs did not stay on our hands! We discussed how important it is to make…
Mark making in the Spring sunshine!
The children in Reception have enjoyed mark making in the sunshine using chalk, pencils and whiteboard pens. We have been practising writing super sentences!
Spring has Sprung!
The children were very excited to discover that over the half term holiday, flowers are starting to peep up through the soil in our garden. We have to be very careful not to trample the delicate flowers. We can’t wait for the weather to keep improving and the exciting changed to our environment.…
Sensory Smelling
This week we have created a sensory smelling station in our garden. We have put several herbs and spices in jars and encouraged the children to smell them and talk about them. They loved the coco powder but the garlic salt was not so popular!
Tasting Fruits
This week we have been reading Handa’s Suprise in class with Reception. The children have explored the contrast between some of the clothes we wear and the traditional clothes of Kenya, where the story is set. We looked at differences and similarities between types of animals and houses in…