Nursery - P.E - Balancing Balloons
During our PE lesson, the children worked on developing their hand-eye coordination and perseverance through a fun balancing challenge. They each selected a giant spoon and used it to balance a balloon. This required great care and focused movement, as the balloons easily fell off. This activity was a huge success, and the children continued to explore the balloons in their independent learning, practicing new skills like throwing and catching with a partner, tapping the balloons in the air, and maneuvering them across the floor with their spoons.
Nursery - Maths - Counting In Sequence
During our maths lesson, the children participated in a fun, hands-on activity focusing on sequential counting and early number recognition using our jumbo birthday cake prop. The main task involved counting and placing candles onto the cake in the correct order, which reinforced the principle of one-to-one correspondence. To support their learning, some children successfully used sound buttons to guide their counting and candle placement. For those demonstrating strong sequential counting skills up to ten, we introduced the visual numerals 1, 2, and 3. They used the sound buttons to support this new knowledge before consolidating it by tracing the numbers with their fingers. This engaging, multi-sensory approach provided excellent practice in both oral counting and linking written numerals to quantity.
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Year 1 - DT - Juicing
Year 1 pupils were busy juicing oranges, lemons, and limes! They worked on important physical development skills, including gross motor skills for squeezing and holding the juicers steady, and fine motor skills for twisting the fruit and manipulating the seeds. They also used their hand-eye coordination and following instructions to complete the tasty task!
Reception- Music- Environmental Sounds
In music this week we have been using our listening ears to recognise the different sounds all around us. We had different picture cards to match up to the sounds we heard on the cd player. The children supported each other if they were unsure what the sound was. We talked about the everyday sounds we hear when we are walking to school or in the garden and if they are loud or quiet sounds.
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Year 1 - RE - Decorating Sukkahs
Year 1 have had lots of fun learning all about Sukkahs! They have decorated their own Sukkahs and discussed what would happen in a Sukkah and why.
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Year 1 - Independent Challenges
Year 1 were busy this week developing core skills across different activities. They focused on literacy by creating silly sentences, strengthened their fine motor skills and measurement by building towers with cubes, practiced numeracy by writing number lines, and boosted their geographical awareness by collaborating to build an aerial map of the school. They learned through focused play and exploration!
Year 5 Maths: Identifying Multiples and Factors
This week, Year 5 focused on Multiples and Factors in Maths. We started today's lesson with a consolidation activity identifying multiples of various numbers, then challenged ourselves to find the factors for those multiples. This practical exercise solidified the children's understanding of the two distinct concepts. This week's learning has successfully set the stage for finding common factors—a crucial skill they'll use throughout Year 5 and in future mathematics.
Year 4 Maths - Adding and Subtracting
Year 4 have been extending their knowledge of adding and subtracting numbers and have worked really hard when exchanging, or needing to change the place value of the numbers within their sums. We have also been practising making sure that we have set out our problems correctly to ensure the correct answer is obtained. Lots of counting skills have been displayed and Year 4 have demonstrated their skills well!
Reception Maths – Repeating Patterns
Our Reception children have been exploring repeating patterns through hands-on activities linked to White Rose Maths. They worked together to spot, copy, continue and create their own patterns using everyday objects. The children loved working practically – sorting, building and chatting about what they noticed. These activities not only help develop early mathematical understanding, but also encourage turn-taking, reasoning and careful observation. Learning through play is such a big part of our EYFS curriculum, and it’s lovely to see the children so engaged and confident as they explore new mathematical ideas!
Nursery - Literacy - Writing Birthday Cards
Our literacy focus this week was on mark making and communication using the Post Office role-play area. The children engaged in the purposeful activity of creating birthday cards for our story character, Lulu. They began by choosing a card and using crayons to color and make various marks. This mark-making is a crucial pre-literacy step, as it builds the muscle control needed for future conventional writing. The lesson concluded with the children posting their finished cards into the postbox. This action helped reinforce narrative sequencing and connected their play to real-world systems, mirroring the postal delivery process just like in our story.
Year 3 - English - Exploring Non Fiction Texts
Our Year 3 students delved into the fascinating world of non-fiction texts this week. They explored a wide variety of informative texts, learning how to identify key features such as headings, diagrams, captions, and indexes.
Year 5 Holy Communion Service
This Tuesday, Year 5 had the opportunity to visit the church for Holy Communion. We explored the meaning of Brotherly Love by reading a passage from 1 Corinthians 13 and discussing its message. After sharing our wonderful and heartfelt prayers, we took part in the communion service, with students choosing to either receive communion or a blessing from Rev Kev. The morning concluded with a lovely lunch shared with the congregation before we returned to school.
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