Image of Year 4 - PE - Dance
22 Jan

Year 4 - PE - Dance

During PE this week, Year 4 have enjoyed creating movements mimicking a spy! This will all be put together to create a dance at the end of the unit. Well done Year 4!

Image of Wake Up Wednesday - Health and Fitness Apps
22 Jan

Wake Up Wednesday - Health and Fitness Apps

Over time, more and more fitness apps have been finding their way into circulation. Usually free to download – at least initially – these apps claim to offer helpful advice and assistance in routine management to those looking to lead a healthier lifestyle. While these platforms can be useful, they do present several safety concerns. These issues become more significant when we consider that children and young people can use these apps to stay active – whether out of concern for their own health or for reasons of body image. Our free guide breaks down the risks of health and fitness apps and offers expert advice on how to address these concerns to safeguard younger users.

Image of Nursery - Fine Motor Skills - Threading
21 Jan

Nursery - Fine Motor Skills - Threading

Our fine motor focus this week has been threading! The children were provided with wooden dowels and big beads, their task, to fill up their dowels with various different shapes. This activity has been available for the children to explore all week and they have thoroughly enjoyed filling and emptying their dowels. Some children were able to use their maths knowledge to count their beads and also describe the shape and colour of each bead they used. Well done, nursery class.

Image of Nursery - Maths - Positional Language
21 Jan

Nursery - Maths - Positional Language

Linking with this weeks story, 'The three billy goats gruff', the children have been exploring a story set up while using selected positional language, 'on top' and 'under' to describe the position of the different characters. The children used their knowledge of the story to help them build on their understanding, they were able to place the troll under the bridge and vocalise 'under' they were also able to place the goats on top of the bridge and correctly identify their position.

Image of Year 1 - Art And Design - Sculpting Using Paper
21 Jan

Year 1 - Art And Design - Sculpting Using Paper

Year 1 are exploring sculptures in their Art and Design lessons. This week we experimented with joining, folding and rolling paper in different ways to create various sculptures.

Image of Year 1 - P.E. - Team Building
21 Jan

Year 1 - P.E. - Team Building

Year 1 have been learning team building skills during their P.E lessons this half term. This week they explored how they could manipulate the parachute in different ways by working together.

Image of Year 1 - Computing - Following An Alogrithm
21 Jan

Year 1 - Computing - Following An Alogrithm

Year 1 are working on the unit Lego Builders. They are learning how precise instructions are essential for programming a computer. This week they followed a set of instructions to produce a coloured bird.

Image of Year 3 - Visit To Church For The Communion Service
21 Jan

Year 3 - Visit To Church For The Communion Service

Today Year 3 went to church to take part in the Communion service. They wrote and read out their own prayers, as well as completing a reading from the bible. After the service they enjoyed having lunch with other members of the congregation who were at the service.

Image of Reception Class - Maths - Capacity
21 Jan

Reception Class - Maths - Capacity

In maths this week the children have been learning about mass. They have used the balance scales to explore heavy and light objects. The children then explored the mass of different objects using cubes.

Image of Reception Class - Counting the Buttons on the Gingerbread Man
21 Jan

Reception Class - Counting the Buttons on the Gingerbread Man

Reception class have been using the smart board to support their learning in class. The children had to subitise or count the buttons in the gingerbread man and find the correct numeral.

Image of Reception Class - Class Worship - Jesus Walks on Water
20 Jan

Reception Class - Class Worship - Jesus Walks on Water

This week in class Worship, the children learned about the bible story of Jesus walking on water. The children acted out the story and developed an understanding of having trust in Jesus. The children also discussed how they would have felt if they were on a boat, stuck in a storm, and they saw Jesus walking towards them on water.