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Understanding the World, Communication & Language, Literacy, Physical Development

The children are reading the Christmas Story and learning about baby Jesus being born in a stable. Outdoors they worked together to make a stable using wood, leaves and pinecones. We then added Angel Gabriel,…

This week in our literacy work, the children have joined the Drawing Club! Our Drawing Club has been based on the book ‘The Christmas Pine’ and the aim is to spark the children’s imagination and develop language through creating “magic codes” like letters or words into their drawings. First we…

As part of Road Safety Week, we talked about how to stay safe crossing the road and we practised crossing roads sensibly and safely.

 We used printing techniques to create superb art work. 

We had an amazing time print block making. We used slabs, rollers and printing ink.

The week we have been reading the Christmas Pine. The book tells the story of a Norwegian pine tree chosen to be the annual Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square. The story’s meaning symbolises peace and friendship as the tree is a gift from Norway to the UK. This week the children designed their own…

Expressive Arts & Design, Physical Development

The children have been learning about pitch and tempo through listening to different sounds and types of music. They have used their bodies to identify the tempo - moving and dancing quickly and slowly. Today they waved their scarves high and low…

Today we have been exploring what is the effect of water resistance. 

We discussed how water resistance is stronger than air resistance using the example of trying to move through the pool.

After, we investigated how shape affects the speed an object drops. 

Today we have been investigating square numbers.

We used arrays and multi link cubes to show a range of square numbers.

Year 1-English-Command words
 

We have had lots of fun today learning about command words in English. We rolled the dice in pairs and followed the different commands. 

”clap your hands” “stamp your feet” “bend your knees”

Science Year 1-What types of animals are there?

We have been looking at different types of animals including amphibians, reptiles, fish, mammals and birds. We talked about similarities and differences between each animal. The children then sorted the animal pictures into the different…

Today Year 2 took part in an online Titanic masterclass with many other schools. They were joined by Emma, Daniel and Nathan who talked about museums and the Titanic. They learnt lots of interesting facts about this famous ship and how, despite it never visiting Liverpool, it had strong links with…