Back in the autumn term, the school applied to the Woodland Trust for a pack of trees. Time rolled on and last week 420 tiny trees arrived at school! Dea, from the Woodland Trust, had already arranged to come into school and help us plant them. She had marked out an area on the school field…
To kick-start our writing week, the children were visited by a range of animals including a tenrec, barn owl, gecko, giant millipede and several snakes! They learned about where the different animals originally came from and if they were endangered or not. They also discovered that the Lesser Tenrec was more closely related to an…
Our Reception children have been learning to write using lots of different resources and inspirations. All the children in the school are learning how to write their letters in a cursive style, which will help children with their joined writing and presentation. To help the Reception children learn these tricky letter formations, our amazing Year…
In Willow Class, our Foundation children have been doing lots and lots of super maths! In adult led and child initiated learning, the children have been developing their understanding of number using a range of resources, including Numicon, counters, Multilink and other concrete representations of number. We are really pleased with how the children are…
Our new starters have been with us for a month now. We are delighted with how they have all settled and are starting to get used to school routines and activities. Each new starter has had a Year 5 or 6 buddy to sit with at lunch, and these buddies have been amazing – very…
This week we have themed our learning around the story ‘Supertato’ by Sue Hendra. We received a letter from the Evil pea to say he had kidnapped the carrots and had frozen them in a bowl of water! As a class we had to write a letter to plan their release! We have been designing…
This week Willow Class have been explorers! We have discovered some Dinosaur eggs, Dinosaur footprints and a Dinosaur Dig pit. Our new summer topic is “Let’s Explore” we have asked the children what they would like to explore and we are very excited about the results. Keep posted for more adventures!!
In Willow Class this week we have been measuring in length. We have looked measuring with cubes, we have used language such as longer than, shorter than and we have also started to look at using a ruler. We have also had lots of fun trying to measure the width of our classroom. We counted…
Willow Class have been creating some artwork in the style of the famous artist Wassily Kandinsky. We have been looking at colour mixing and how to create lighter and darker shades of colours. Have a look at our Gallery, we are super proud of our final pieces!
This week in Willow Class, we have been investigating which objects float and which objects sink. We predicted what would happen first and then tested them to see if we were correct. Next week we will be using this knowledge of materials to make boats. We are going to see how many marbles they can…