Exploring Colour and Texture
In Reception we have been using watercolours to explore mixing and different textures when we are painting. The children loved the delicate colours the paints made. Clancy and Isabella particularly enjoyed this activity.
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Road Safety
We have been exploring road safety and ways to make ourselves more visible when we are outside.
In groups, we selected a design based on a brief provided and then used fluorescent and reflective materials to build our designs.
After creating our designs, we evaluated them against the brief…
Who will you be today in Nursery A?
In Nursery we love taking on different roles. Throughout the year we use hats, bags, shoes, clothes to be whoever we want to be. In the run up to Christmas we have introduced a variety of more recognisable costumes into nursery and the children have had so much fun. One area of our classroom…
CAFOD World Gifts
Fundraising this Advent
As a year group, we have chosen to raise money for CAFOD this season. We are hoping to raise money to provide safe, clean water for families who do not have access to one of life’s essentials. The children have already started to come up with many different ways in which…
Christmas cards
Christmas card designs are on the go in Reception! The children are using water colours to carefully create their design.
Making Decorations in Nursery B
This week the children are enjoying making handprint salt dough decorations to hang on their Christmas trees at home. We will be painting and decorating our decorations next week.
A Balancing Act
We love every opportunity to practise our gross motor skills in the garden!
Building Work in Reception
We love using the big blocks in the outdoor resource area. Here we have created a strong house made from bricks, concrete and a tiled roof! This should keep out the big bad wolf!
Preparing for the Birthday of Jesus
In our RE topic, Prophecy and Promise, the children have been learning about the story of the Angel Gabriel visiting Jesus to tell her the news of a baby boy called Jesus. The children have been using our small world nativity figures to retell the story. The children learnt about the love that…
Year 2 RE
As part of our RE topic ‘Prophecy and Promise’, the children listened to the story of The Annunciation and then worked in pairs to role play it.
Year 2 Art & Design
The children used paint to mark make in response to music.
What did a Saxon town look like and how did they get their names?
This term we have been focusing on the Anglo Saxons.
In this lesson, we explored what a Saxon town looked like as well as the different roles people would have.
The children selected questions and researched them to create brilliant fact files.