3 years ago
Posted on 11th Nov 2022 by Katie Reese

Lest we forget . . .

We have been marking Remembrance in Nursery this week.

We have been exploring poppies through discussions, videos and expressive art and design.

“Poppy flower, red, black.”

“Lots of poppies.”

“Bunny sad . . . explosions, smoke, dark.”

“You’ve got a poppy on. We remember the soldiers.”

“What is war?”

We explored how we could use materials and objects to form poppies.

3 years ago
Posted on 11th Nov 2022 by Katie Reese

Sealegs Puppet Theatre

We were very excited to have Sealegs Puppet Theatre visit our school and perform Edward Lear’s Dream.

We were able to see the weird and wonderful characters from rhymes we have learnt including The Owl And The Pussycat. Piggy Wig was a particular favourite! This has helped our language development and understanding.

The children were highly engaged and sat and watched for a long time! The puppets were beautiful and inspiring.

3 years ago
Posted on 10th Oct 2022 by Katie Reese

A Visit From A Dental Nurse

As part of our U is for Unique project we have been learning about parts of our bodies.

We have a dentist role-play area. Zoe, a dental nurse visited us and taught us how to look after our teeth. She showed us how she looks after patients and how she uses dental tools.

We can use this knowledge in our play. We have learnt new vocabulary such as, “plaque” and, “cavity”.

We are taking this learning further by using mirrors to look in our mouths and creating sketches of them.

3 years ago
Posted on 30th Sep 2022 by Katie Reese

Forest School is a risky business!

A fantastic part of our forest school ethos is that children are challenged to take risks.

We support children to assess and manage these risks.

“It may be too high on this occasion. Try again next week.”

“Do you feel safe?”

“Could you adapt something to lessen the risk?”

“How could you make it trickier?”

3 years ago
Posted on 30th Sep 2022 by Katie Reese

We are settling into nursery well!

The children have been exploring their new environment, making relationships with our caring teachers and engaging with the routines of the day.

4 years ago
Posted on 02nd Mar 2021 by Katie Reese

World Book Day Thursday 4th March ‘Book of Hopes’

This year World Book Day will look a little different . . . there will be no dressing up but we will still celebrate our love for books at school.

If your child is learning from home please take a look at their Seesaw account on Thursday.

If your child is at school they will engage in activities set up by their teacher.

4 years ago
Posted on 18th Jan 2021 by Katie Reese

Reading at home – free eBook library

Reading at home is the most important thing you can do for your child’s learning. Please listen to your child read daily.

You can access free online reading books (like the ones we use in school) from this website.
This way your child can access books that are matched to their phonic ability.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

All you need to do is register your details. Miss Reese has registered hers and got access to lots and lots of free books!

Once registered, you go to the eBook library and can browse the books.
You can select the coloured book band that your child is on. If you are unsure of which book band your child is on, please message their teacher.

Happy reading!

4 years ago
Posted on 26th Nov 2020 by Katie Reese

No Pens Day!

In year 1 we have focussed on using our fine motor skills in other ways today.

We explored design and technology and used skills such as joining, making mechanisms and using cookery tools.

We were inspired by David Attenborough’s tweet of the day about robins and we used our listening skills to gain knowledge about this animal type. We researched birds on the RSPB website by reading facts and discussed and described their habitat, diet and features. We found out that robins are omnivores!

We used this knowledge to create a rocking robin, a robin on a lever and cheese straw worms!

And guess what our theme was for our Christmas tree decorations . . . . fingerprint robins!

5 years ago
Posted on 13th Nov 2020 by Katie Reese

Pudsey fun!

We enjoyed lots of Pudsey activities in forest school today.

We made spotty hot chocolate!

We worked as ‘team ant’ to help our blindfolded friend get from Pudsey to Blush! We had to trust one another and show kindness to our partners.

We made clay Pudsey faces on trees using natural collage materials.

Thank you to all of our parents for donating to Children In Need.

5 years ago
Posted on 10th Nov 2020 by Katie Reese

The Big Pumpkin

In English we are learning about stories which have repeated language in them.

Here is a link to the story we are studying.

Some ideas we are exploring in class are . . .

Retell the story orally and write it.
Create character puppets and retell the story.
Draw the characters from the story and label them, including their features and personality traits.
Change the pumpkin to a different vegetable.
Plan a new story! Set it somewhere different; under the sea, in the forest, in dinosaur land. Once upon a time there was a whale and he planted some seaweed . . .

Watch this version.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks2-the-enormous-pumpkin-movement-dance/z6pyrj6

There is no narration! Can your child narrate the story?

Can you child create a dance to the story and use the music to help them?

In art we have been describing, sketching and making clay pumpkins!

20+ Pumpkin ideas | pumpkin drawing, pumpkin, pumpkin sketch