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Is it a fruit or vegetable?

This half term our Design and Technology Topic is ‘Fruits and Vegetables’. This afternoon, Willows have had fun sorting fruits and vegetables in to the correct categories. We discovered that fruits have seeds and vegetables don’t! Even though, we thought tomatoes, pepper and cucumbers were vegetables at first we now know they are fruits!  We named and tasted lots of different fruits and vegetables and have been set a challenge to look out for different Read more…

By Mrs Pillitteri, ago

World Book Day!

As part of World Book Day we celebrations, Year 2 looked at learning, writing and performing poetry. We also shared a story with ‘Dermot O”Leary’ and designed front covers of our favourite book. We read lots of different stories and talked about why we love reading. All of the children looked fantastic in their costume A big well done to Verity who won the prize for best costume in Elm!          

By Miss Wilde, ago

Forgiveness at Forest School

This week Year 5 have enjoyed getting back to Forest School. We recapped the rules and played some games to ensure we remembered them. We are linking our sessions to our PSHE lessons and thinking about Easter. We discussed what forgiveness is and why it is important. We also talked about how lent is a time for Christians to reflect on anything they may have done wrong and ask for forgiveness. We learnt about how Read more…

By Mrs Edyvean, ago

World Book Day

  Willows have really enjoyed World Book Day in and have been taking part in lots of activities. We took part in a LIVE lesson all about rhyming words and how we can use them in our poetry writing. We loved performing a poem as a class, which told the story of Little Red Riding Hood and including actions which helped us remember the lines of the poem. We wrote book reviews and discussed why Read more…

By Mrs Pillitteri, ago

World Book Day 2022 in Year 5

This week Year 5 have been celebrating World Book day. We have dressed up as Book characters, took part in a live lesson, wrote book reviews, designed a new book cover for a book we have enjoyed, made book marks, completed mindful colouring of some inspiring quotes from books, and studied, learnt and performed the poem ‘Malfeasance’. The children looked fantastic in their costumes and did really well in their poetry performance.

By Miss Lomax, ago

French Music

This week in Music, Miss Taylor taught the children some songs in French. We sang head, shoulders, knees and toes and Frere Jacques in French and English. We then listened to the elephant and aquarium songs from the Carnival of The Animals written by French musician Camille Saint-Saëns. We stomped to the beat of the elephant song and moved fish along to the aquarium song. We listened to how the songs were different and how Read more…

By Mrs Greenwood, ago

World Book Day

Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day. We all dressed up in fantastic costumes to celebrate our favourite characters. We read lots of stories and talked about why we love having stories read to us. A big well done to Bobby who won the prize for best costume in Snowdrops!

By Mrs Greenwood, ago

France and Pancake Day

Bonjour! This week we have been getting letters from Bertie Bear who has gone on holiday to France. We have looked at different French landmarks and have used lots of different adjectives to describe them. We have also had a go at saying different French words including French foods. On Tuesday we had Crepe Day and tried different pancake toppings, we loved the syrup! We also loved trying the French Croissants. In the continuous provision Read more…

By Mrs Greenwood, ago

World Book Day

We had lots of fun for World Book Day – everyone made lots of effort dressing up and looked fantastic. We have been trying to complete as many of the ‘25 ways to celebrate World Book Day’ challenges. These are some of the different activities we have completed: We drew a picture of the character we dressed up as and explained why we dressed up as this character. An acrostic poem on Reading We have Read more…

By Mrs Graham, ago