British Values
Celebrating the Coronation
Reception have loved celebrating the coronation today. We have all been wearing red, white and blue, we have been making our own crowns, playing games and we even had a picnic together. It was lots of fun!
Design Technology
The Big Bad Wolf is coming!
This afternoon the children have been thinking about the houses in the three little pigs story. We talked about the different materials they were made out of and whether those materials were a good choice to build with. The children then made their own house, choosing materials that they thought Read more…
Art & Design
The Gingerbread Man
This week we have been learning about The Gingerbread Man story. We have been designing our own gingerbread, making one in the play dough area and acting out the story. Everyone really enjoyed acting out the story and being different characters! This afternoon, we have been very busy designing our Read more…
Music
African Drumming
Bluebells have had a fantastic afternoon taking part in an African drumming Workshop. We learnt all about Djembe drums. We learnt that they come from Mali and are traditionally made from wood. Everyone had a go at playing different rhythms on the drums and played along to some African music.
Christian Values
What is a good friend like?
This week we have been learning about being a good friend and who is special to us. We read The Rainbow Fish, then discussed what makes a good friend and how we can be a good friend. During the story we discussed how the fish would be feeling. Everyone then Read more…
Reception - Bluebells
British Science Week
This week we have been talking about British science week. The children have discussed what science is and how it is all around us. Reception have been learning about flowers. We have been naming different flowers and learning the different parts of a flower. One of our favourite flowers are Read more…
Outdoor learning
Celebrating Holi
Reception have been learning about the festival of colour, Holi. To celebrate the festival, we have had a messy play afternoon today. We all went outside and chose different coloured powders to throw onto the floor and used chalk to create beautiful colours and patterns. We shouted “Holi Hai, Holi Hai” Read more…
Growth Mind-set
Being My Best
This week we have been talking about ‘being my best’ in our SCARF lessons. We read a story where a girl called Ruby was going to give up. So we all thought of some nice messages to encourage her to keep trying and not to give up. Everyone then acted Read more…
Reading
World Book Day
We have all enjoyed celebrating World Book Day. We have been very busy reading lots of stories together, designing our own book covers and creating a bookmark. Everyone looked fantastic in their costumes!
Computing
Keeping Safe Online
This week we have been learning about being safe online. We have discussed when we should use our iPads, mobile phones and computers. Then we discussed what we should do if something happened while we were using it. Jessie and her friends, taught us a song to help us. We Read more…