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Last week we read the first story in the Bible about God creating our beautiful world. Today we decided to go for a walk around our school grounds to look for some of the beautiful things God has given us. The children identified flowers, plants, trees, leaves and grass as…

Year One English - Labelling Emotions

Today the children in Year One have been discussing how the emotions of the characters in our book, ‘Lost & Found’, changed throughout the story.  We drew relevant emojis around images from the story to help us prepare for our writing later in the…

Year One Maths - Comparing numbers using ‘fewer’, ‘more’ or ‘the same’

“I have more cubes than you.  You have fewer cubes than me.”

Today, the children have been learning to compare amounts using the language of ‘fewer’, ‘more’ or ‘the…

Building upon our knowledge of the Bible being a special book, we listened to the first story in the Bible and then heard it retold us in our golden box.  The children were mesmerised by the light for light and dark and understood that the cloths represented the sea and land.  We learned that God…

After a long, wet lunchtime, Mrs McIntyre shared some flute playing with the children in Nursery A.  They guessed what material the flute was made from and learned about how the sounds are made by blowing across the mouthpiece and different high and low sounds by pressing the keys.  They then sang…

The children practised their jumping and team work skills when using french skipping ropes.

This week the children baked cookies together. We talked about the different ingredients and followed the instructions to make delicious chocolate chip cookies. We used scales to measure the ingredients and mixed and stirred using wooden spoons and whisks. The children then used their hands to…

The children used a cardboard template and a tangle of wrapping paper to create their own version of a patchwork quilt.

This week the children in Nursery have been helping to develop our woodland area.  We had a generous donation of logs, so we used our strong muscles to move them into position to create a circle. During our time in the woods we are building our resilience and confidence by taking risks and…

We have been reading The Gingerbread Man! Today, we received a letter from Mrs and Mr Baker, telling us they are hosting a cake competition. Together, we designed and labelled what we thought was an ‘award winning cake’. The children then made their own designs and labelled what was on their own…

This half term, Year 6 have been having gymnastics lessons led by Beth Tweddle. Today, we worked on our group routines and then finished the session building pyramids. 

In Nursery A we have been demonstrating our love and care through role play.  We have been caring for our ‘babies’ by making sure they are fed, clothed and well looked after.  We have names for our dolls so that they are treated with dignity and respect.  We talk about why we need to look after…