Image of Year 1 - P.E. - Gymnastics
20 Nov

Year 1 - P.E. - Gymnastics

Year 1 enjoyed a Gymnastics lesson this week. They practised balancing on benches, climbing and completing sequences using a straddle, star or pike.

Image of Year 1 - Art and Design - Looking Carefully and Drawing Accurately
20 Nov

Year 1 - Art and Design - Looking Carefully and Drawing Accurately

Year 1 experienced looking very closely at objects and noticing the light and dark on images. They used pencil to draw using a continuous line and using criss cross movements to create shadow.

Image of Year 1 - Science - How Do Daylight Hours Change With The Seasons?
20 Nov

Year 1 - Science - How Do Daylight Hours Change With The Seasons?

Year 1 learned about how daylight hours change during the seasons. We learned that there are less daylight hours in Winter, and more daylight hours in Summer.

Image of Reception - Exploring Our World - A Snowy Day!
20 Nov

Reception - Exploring Our World - A Snowy Day!

The children have been enjoying the snow in the yard. They have been making patterns in the snow and have been discovering different ways to pick it up without getting too cold!

Image of 10 Top Tips for Parents & Educators Educating Children on Spending and Saving
20 Nov

10 Top Tips for Parents & Educators Educating Children on Spending and Saving

Managing money can be a difficult skill to master, even for adults. As such, it’s incredibly important for children and young people to learn all they can before they reach an age at which they’ll be responsible for their own finances. Teaching strategies for saving and responsible spending early on can be a huge help to youngsters, in a way that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. It can be tricky to know the best approach for teaching money management to children, however, especially in terms of giving them practical experience with this important life skill. This guide – made in collaboration with financial education app GoHenry – provides you with expert advice on how to educate children and young people on both spending and saving their cash.

Image of Nursery - Fun in The Snow
19 Nov

Nursery - Fun in The Snow

On Tuesday the children were very excited that we had woken up to a snow covered community! We all got our wellies and wet suits on, wrapped up with hats scarves and gloves and went out to explore in our garden. The children enjoyed noticing the differences in the garden, the slippery ground, the icy leaves and the cold snow among many other changes. We made footprints in the snow, made snowballs and went sledding. Happy snow day!

Image of Pre-School- Physical Development - Fun in the Snow
19 Nov

Pre-School- Physical Development - Fun in the Snow

Today in Pre-school the children have enjoyed fun in the snow. We made a mini snowman, we threw snowballs, laid in the snow to make snow angels using our arms moving them up and down and moving our legs in and out. We had lots of fun playing with our friends.

Image of Year 3  Art - Discovering What I Can Do With Charcoal
19 Nov

Year 3 Art - Discovering What I Can Do With Charcoal

In Art, Year 3 has been learning about Chiaroscuro, an Italian word meaning 'light-dark' and we looked at three pictures including Leonardo da Vinci's 'Saint John the Baptist'. They looked at how Cave people created pictures using burnt wood then created their own pictures with charcoal using light and dark marks.

Image of Year 2 - English - Reading Playground Game Instructions
19 Nov

Year 2 - English - Reading Playground Game Instructions

In English, we read some simple instructions for different playground games and had a go at playing them.

Image of Pre-School-P.S.H.E- What Do Our Bodies Need?-Making Fruit Kebabs
19 Nov

Pre-School-P.S.H.E- What Do Our Bodies Need?-Making Fruit Kebabs

Today Pre-school In P.S.H.E discussed what our bodies need to be healthy. The children told me that we need to eat lots of fruit and vegetables and drink only milk and water to keep our bodies healthy because pop and sweets have too much sugar in them. The children told me they need to exercise like running, jumping and doing our P.E lessons with Mrs Corbally.

Image of Year 2 - PSHE - Fire Talk
19 Nov

Year 2 - PSHE - Fire Talk

This week we had some special visitors from the fire station who gave us a talk on fire safety at home. It was great fun!!

Image of Year 2 - PE - Using Shapes  To Create Balances
19 Nov

Year 2 - PE - Using Shapes To Create Balances

In PE we developed our Gymnastic skills by balancing with different shapes on the large apparatus.