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Nursery - Literacy - Mark Making
During our Chinese new year celebrations, the children made their own red envelopes and gifted them to a friend in class. The children used various different pencil grips to hold their crayons and scribed on their paper to create marks. Some children were even able to give meanings to their marks and tell their friends what they had drawn. The children then placed their good luck pictures inside red envelopes, along with a chocolate golden coin to represent the money usually gifted in these Chinese traditions. The class enjoyed exchanging their envelopes with each other and talking about the pictures they had drawn.
Nursery - Geography - Exploring Chinese Culture
This week we have been celebrating Chinese New Year, the children have accessed different activities set up around the classroom to support their understanding of a different culture. We have looked at the different clothing, food, eating utensils, seating and activities people in China would be accustomed to at this time of year. Nursery class have really enjoyed exploring the Chinese culture!
Year 6: Geography - Data Collection Methods
In geography this week year 6 have been learning about different data collection methods. We decided which would be the most efficient for our current enquiry question.
Year 4 - Geography
In Geography this week, Year 4 have enjoyed learning about how our food choices have an impact on the environment - we looked at different foods such as; dairy, bread and meat.
Year 3 Geography - Describing The Layers Of The Earth
Year 3 started their new topic in Geography learning about the layers of the Earth. They learnt the names of each layer and made a diagram of the layers and wrote information about them.
Year 5 Geography - Researching Innsbruck for a Travel Brochure
This half term in Geography, Year 5 have been learning about the Alps Mountain Range. We have studied the city of Innsbruck in detail, and learned a lot about it. We have even compared Innsbruck to Darwen! Year 5 are bringing this learning together to create a travel brochure, which includes geographical information such as when to visit and the climates in summer and winter, information about the destination such as the continent and the country, travel, tourist attractions and activities, and places to see.
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.
Reception - Exploring Our World - A Leaf Scavenger Hunt
As a part of our "Exploring The World" Unit and this week's Literacy theme on the book "The Leaf Man," Reception class went on a leaf scavenger hunt. The children worked in pairs and had clip-boards with different leaf images to tick. They were brilliant at describing the colours and shapes of their leaves.
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!
Nursery - Literacy - 'We're Going on A Leaf Hunt'
The story Nursery class have been enjoying this week has been 'We're going on a leaf hunt'. We used the scenes from the story and a bit of imagination to go on our very own leaf hunt. The children were observant of their surroundings and found areas in the nursery garden that had similarities to our story. The children were encouraged to copy sound effects and positional language used in the story as they made different movements with their bodies. The children climbed to the top of a big hill, walked through the dark dark forest, rowed across the cold cold lake, found a house to hide from the skunk and with a bit of help from Miss Cooney, the children experienced a waterfall!
Year 5 Tree Planting - Creating a Micro Forest!
Year 5 were very lucky this week to be invited by Lancashire Council to help create a micro forest on Winterton Road. We were all very excited to plant some trees and help to save the planet! It was very muddy, but great fun and we all learned some valuable skills about how to plant trees!
Year 3 English - An Independent Write About Antarctica
Year 3 have been learning how to write a leaflet in their English lessons. They used their knowledge about Antarctica from their Geography lessons to create an independent leaflet.
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