Image of Nursery - Maths - Making Reindeer Dust
17 Dec

Nursery - Maths - Making Reindeer Dust

On our malleable table this week, Nursery class have been making reindeer dust. The children have used spoons, cups, jugs, bowls and various other objects to scoop the ingredients and create their reindeer dust. The children were challenged to use their listening skills and follow an instruction such as, 'one cup of oats' and 'a sprinkle of glitter'. We counted out the scoops as the children added more and encouraged the children to count along and repeat key words 'more' 'empty' and 'full'. Once everything was measured and mixed the children filled up little bags to take home for Santa's reindeer on Christmas eve.

Image of Reception - Worship - Ideas For A School Prayer Space
17 Dec

Reception - Worship - Ideas For A School Prayer Space

Today, Reception Class brainstormed ideas for a new Prayer Space that will be in the entrance of the School. First of all we thought about all the things that the children like about the worship area in our classroom and then considered what else would be good, such as cushions and sand!

Image of Reception - Courageous Advocacy - How Can We Solve The Problem of Litter In our Community?
17 Dec

Reception - Courageous Advocacy - How Can We Solve The Problem of Litter In our Community?

Today Reception Class reflected on why people leave litter around in our community and how that makes us feel. We then thought about ways we can all make our place a better place to live by the actions we take.

Image of Reception - Computing - Colouring Christmas Pictures
16 Dec

Reception - Computing - Colouring Christmas Pictures

Reception Class have been using 2 Paint a Picture to create their own festive pictures. They were able to select different patterns and textures to decorate their pictures.

Image of Reception Class - Art and Design - Painting and Decorating Christmas Trees
16 Dec

Reception Class - Art and Design - Painting and Decorating Christmas Trees

Reception used paint for the base of their Christmas tree. Once it had dried the children used different media, such as ribbon, glitter, pom-poms and sequins to decorate them. They used PVA glue to make sure all of their decorations were secure.q

Image of Reception Class - PE - Ball Skills
16 Dec

Reception Class - PE - Ball Skills

This week, Reception have been practising their ball skills. Working with a partner they had to throw, bounce, roll and catch.

Image of Nursery - Science - What's in the Gift?
11 Dec

Nursery - Science - What's in the Gift?

This week the children in nursery class have been investigating the hidden objects inside presents. The children were asked what they thought would be inside, but we couldn't see anything! Once the gift was placed on the light table, a shadow appeared, the children were challenged to spot characteristics of the shadows they could see to enable them match the correct gifts. The children really enjoyed choosing their own presents and observing what objects appeared when placed on the light table. 

Image of Reception Class - Maths - Writing Numbers
11 Dec

Reception Class - Maths - Writing Numbers

The children have been busy practising their number formation this week! Some great progress has been made this term, well done Reception!

Image of Pre-School-Our Nativity Performance
11 Dec

Pre-School-Our Nativity Performance

Pre-school and Nursery class Nativity performance.The children worked so hard to practise learning all the songs for our nativity.

Image of Pre-School-Our Nativity Performance
11 Dec

Pre-School-Our Nativity Performance

Our Nativity Performance. The children worked really hard practicing and learning all the songs for our performance.

Image of Nursery - Computing - Navigating purple Mash. Create A Stocking
9 Dec

Nursery - Computing - Navigating purple Mash. Create A Stocking

In Nursery class this week we have been looking at Christmas celebrations. To tie in with this, the children decorated their own stockings on purple mash. The children have been learning how to navigate the draw function on this website, understanding that they need to scroll to find the different colours and making the link between the colour selected and observing the change in colour of their marks. The children made marks on their stockings in different ways, some children made lines and movements with their finger to create marks and others decided to tap the screen to create dots. They made some beautiful stockings!

Image of Pre-School-UTW-Investigating Frozen Penguins
5 Dec

Pre-School-UTW-Investigating Frozen Penguins

This week we have been exploring all about penguins, we have learnt that penguins live in the south pole where it is cold and there is lots of ice around. We have then explored ice but our penguins were stuck inside and we discussed how we can get them out. We used our hands to warm up the ice and watched it melt to free the penguins.