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In Nursery we are learning about using different media and this week we have been exploring the marks made by felt tip pens.  So many children have been encouraged to pick up pens use them for a variety of purposes.  We have had pictures created of families, friends, a rainbow cake, a unicorn,…

In RE we have been been continuing to learn about the visit of the three wise men and adapting the well known story “We’re going on a Bear Hunt” by Michael Rosen for “We’re going on a star hunt”.  Today in Nursery A we adapted it further when, with much excitement, we spotted a cat up in our…

The children created a printed leaf surface for use in the next lesson. They then used a range of fruit and vegetables to make a symmetrical design from prints.

Year 2 enjoyed their first session of Mindful Movement with James from Active Sefton. It was very calm and relaxing.

This week we made pitta bread pizzas in nursery.  We took turns, talked about our ingredients which included, tomato purée, pitta bread, cheese and sweetcorn.  We really enjoyed eating them when they were ready.  George commented “I really really really liked the sauce and the sweetcorn too!”…

We have been focusing on linear drawings and collage.

After drawing a section of tree bark and parts of a tree, we used a range of strip cuts to create a collage. 
 

We thought carefully about the choice of colours and placement of each part of the collage.

In this lesson, we considered how each action could be performed.

We continued to use counts to help stay in time with one another.

We used our list of elements found in Norse Myths to create a poem titled, ‘Inside my Norse Myth.’

The poem included expanded noun phrases, similes, metaphors and powerful verb phrases.

We worked in pairs to generate and share our ideas.

Year 1 Yoga

Year 1 enjoyed a wonderful yoga session this morning. They listened carefully to the instructions and the music whilst making the different positions. 

Year 1 Design & Technology 

The children have really enjoyed working as a team to make cardboard towers. We talked about towers that topple and lean. Which team could make the tallest tower? 

Following on from last week’s icy weather we decided to explore what happens to ice and how we can melt it the quickest way.  We started off by enjoying a song from ‘Frozen’ by Olaf who wanted to see what happens to snow in summer!  We then used warm water, salt and glitter to melt the ice.  We…

Last week Reception visited church to. See the crib with the Three Wise Men visiting.  We have talked about the story of the Wise Men and their visit to the baby Jesus and the Angel visiting them to tell to avoid King Herod on the way home. It was great to see the church crib with all the…