Blog Author: Mrs McMeakin

This week we have been talking about how to keep ourselves healthy.  We discussed ways of exercising and healthy foods to eat.  We then chopped up fruit to make a spectacular fruit salad.  The children loved doing this but found the pineapple quite tricky to cut up.  

This week we have been looking at more traditional toys and games from the past.  We went outside and played Lucy Locket, Ring of Roses and In and Out those Dusty Bluebells and Farmers in his Den.  The children loved playing the old games and have started using them on their own on the yard at…

We have been discussing animal enclosures today.  What they need for each animal.  The children have been very excited to explore in provision by building their own enclosures. 

To some this might look like a messy busy classroom.  To us it is a creative, collaborative creation that the children have worked hard on all afternoon and are rightly proud of.  It represents relationships, compromise, dialogue, decision making, flexible thinking, resilience, perseverance and…

When we returned after lunch today imagine our surprise when we noticed some special visitors to our garden!  The ducks didn’t hang around long after we went to play and they waddled off down towards Year 2 but we were very excited to see them. 

Our last day at the farm.  We managed to squeeze in so much! We started by playing in the park and getting the chance to hold some Guinea pigs. We then went on a train ride followed by our packed lunch! We then met lots of animals and had the chance to feed lambs, goats, sheep and a cow.…

We have had a wonderful first day at the farm! We had the chance to feed baby lambs, goats, cows and alpacas. We listened to the farmer as they told us all about the animals on their farm and they even let us stroke a tortoise, gecko and snake! We went on a train ride and had the chance to…

This week the children have been taking part in their weekly PE sessions. This half term we have been focussing on ball skills. This week we explored throwing balls at a target using one hand. We had a circuit of different activities including aiming at a target, throwing under ropes, in hoops and…

We have been talking about how we are welcomed into school, our homes and our church. How we say good morning to each other, wear smiles on our faces and take care of one another. We talked about how we are part of Jesus’ family and how Jesus welcomes Everyone. We made banners decorated with our…

Today we have been working in partners to represent numbers 6, 7 and 8. Either the numeral or numicon was shown to the children showing 6, 7 or 8. They then, in partners, worked out what number was being shown and represented this on a 10s frame. 

We love to share our Home School Diaries with each other. Every Friday we sit in small groups and discuss our weeks home task. We love to listen to one another, ask questions and find out about our learning! 

The cubes have created lots of excitement in class and today the children were trying to build a tower that was taller than the teacher! Lots of great mathematical language was used and the children had lots of fun.