This week the children began to look for signs of early Spring and loved celebrating their books on World Book day. Early signs of Spring World Book day It was lovely for the children to share their books with an adult, and they enjoyed using tools to help them design characters from potatoes . In […]
We started our week by looking outside for signs of Spring. We had a walk up to the wildlife garden and found crocuses, snowdrops and daffodils. We read ‘It starts with a seed’ and talked about how plants grow. Inspired by the book the children have also planted some seeds and thinking about the life […]
This week the children have listened to the story of the Bears Winter house . They learnt how the bear used sticks and moss to make a cosy house for him to sleep in all winter . The children made their own winter dens. The drag the old christmas down from the caretaker driveway and […]
This week we have read the lovely story of 10 on a sled. The children loved counting all of the animals as they fell off the sled. We went in the hall and made our own sledge and snowy hills to slide down. They enjoyed moving like the different animals and practising their throwing and […]
This week we are learning all about our garden birds and looking out for them in the school grounds. We went into the hall and used the apparatus as branches, trees and nests. We’ve been using the binoculars to see if we could spot any birds. We saw lots of magpies and pigeons! We’ve also […]
This week we are exploring the celebration of Chinese or Lunar New Year. We have learned the story about the animals racing across the river to set the order of the animals for the years. We learned that this year is the year of the rabbit. We have been learning how people celebrate Chinese New […]
This week we have been continuing thinking about the months and seasons and the weather. As it’s been quite a wet week, we’ve been designing our own wellies. We’ve been having lots of fun in our new sandpit and enjoyed jumping in the muddy puddles. Enjoying the rain on their bikes and the sandpit The […]
Happy New Year! The children have settled straight back into Pre-School and have been enjoying exploring indoors and outdoors. They were keen to talk about their holidays and what they had got for Christmas. Quite a few children told us they had been on holiday to the seaside! We have been talking about our wishes […]
… my true love sent to me a fantastic whole-school assembly! Every child (and adult) in school came together in the junior hall to enjoy and join in with performances from the Junior Choir and the Y2 Nativity. This lovely event was completed with a full rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas, with each […]
Have a look at some of the exciting things we’ve been doing to get ready for Christmas. We’ve learned the story of St Nicolas and the Christian nativity story. We’ve been making St Nicolas, Christmas decorations and cards. We’ve loved exploring the ice outside and we went on a walk to the local church. We […]
