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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!

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…

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.

The children used paint to mark make in response to music.

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.

The children in Nursery A can’t wait for their library slots each week.  This week it was fantastic to see so many children recognising The Three Pigs book that we have been using so much in nursery and competing to be the first to read it!  There is such a buzz of excitement when we visit our…

There has been a plethora of imaginative play taking place this week outside with our large scale resources.  Children have made vehicles, boats and bridges over ‘cold choppy water’.  We have also noticed independence with wellies, shoes and coats improving vastly over the past few…

Christmas preparation is in full swing in Reception.  We are slowly working our way through costumes for our Nativity play.  Watch out for any lines in book bags this week.  

Blitzkrieg

Today, the children learnt about the different cities that were targeted during the Blitz. Did you know that Liverpool was the second most bombed city in the country? Why do you think this and what was the most bombed?

The children worked in pairs to add two 2- digit numbers (not across a ten). They were given the opportunity to use concrete resources to help them solve the calculations.

The children enjoyed exploring  and practising a range of rolls during their lesson led by Emily from Beth Tweddle Gymnastics.

Year One Maths

In today’s maths lesson we learned about addition by ‘adding more’.  We used ten frames and counters to help us with our addition, ‘First, then and now’, number sentences.