Art & Design
Woodland Crowns
This week we have been invited to Mr Fox’s woodland tea party. We decided to make woodland crowns to wear on the day. We gathered natural materials from outside and carefully arranged them to make a crown.
Art & Design
Tree Boggarts
Our topic this half term is the enchanted woodland. Today we have looked at mythical creatures that might live in the woods. We went outside and made tree boggarts in the wooded area at the bottom of the field. We used clay and natural materials from outside. See if you Read more…
English
Shared reading morning
This morning Year 4 and Year 1 Oaks had a shared reading morning. The children shared Christmas stories and reading books. They took turns to read to each other and discussed the story. Year 1 Oaks said that they really enjoyed themselves!
Design Technology
Fun with boxes!
We have had lots of deliveries to school which means lots of boxes and Buttercups have put them to good use! We have used the boxes and materials to make dens and have written messages all over them.
Understanding the world
Setting the butterflies free
This week we have set our butterflies free! We watched them grow from caterpillars to cocoons and then into butterflies. The children each took a turn to hold a butterfly before setting it free in Kayden’s Garden.
Year 2 - Ash
Easter egg hunt
We had lots of Easter fun this morning trying to find as many paper eggs as we could in our Easter egg hunt. Well done to all of the winners!
Understanding the world
A special visitor
This morning we have had a very special visitor in Buttercups, Charlie chocolate chick (named by the class)! We made sure we were quiet and gentle as we each had a turn holding or stroking the chick.
Mathematics
Cake making
Ths week we have been learning about weight. For our snack yesterday we made cakes using the balance scales. The children had to balance all of the ingredients with the eggs. We talked about the importance of weighing ingredients and following a recipe and we used lots of language related Read more…
English
World book day
We had lots of world book day fun in Buttercups today! We read lots of our favourite stories, we found some hidden golden tickets and we visited the immersive room which had been turned into Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. We discussed the story and looked at all of the rooms Read more…
Equality & Diversity
Outdoor Chinese dragon painting
To finish off our Chinese New Year week all of the children went outside and worked together to paint a big Chinese dragon on the floor with paints. Each pair had a square of the dragon to fill. The children thought the dragon was very scary!