Last week, Reception enjoyed a week of learning all about Chinese New Year. We listened to the story of the Great Race, where we found out about the animals that the years are named after – this year is the year of the dragon. We made Chinese lanterns, paperchain dragons Read more…
This week we have been learning about Healthy Eating. Yesterday we made a smoothie using a blender. We were all very careful around the blender and talked about safety. We tasted the smoothie we had made and tasted some shop bought smoothies to see which flavours we liked the most. Read more…
This week in Forest School, Snowdrops made a fire with the support of an adult. They were shown how to use a fire starter and taught how to be safe around the fire. The children loved sitting around the fire, singing our nativity songs and roasting marshmallows! All of the Read more…
This morning, we have had a visit from some oral health nurses. They talked to us about the importance of looking after our teeth and what happens if we forget to brush our teeth. We then took part in lots of activities, we looked at models of good and bad Read more…
This week, Snowdrops have read the story of ‘Jesus washes feet’. We talked about how Jesus had performed a caring act to show his friends that he loved them and how this links to our Christian Value of Friendship. As a class, we thought of some ways that we can Read more…
This afternoon, Snowdrops have had such a lovely time working with Year 6 in their classrooms. We shared a story called ‘Come over to my house’ by Dr Seuss. We talked about how all of the houses in the story were very different to each other, just like our own Read more…
This week Snowdrops have been looking at Diwali, we looked at how people celebrate the festival. We found that it is also known as the festival of light. We used resources in the classroom to make some beautiful, bright Rangoli pictures, and did some henna pictures too. We compared the Read more…
This week, Wiggle brought us the story of ‘The Good Samaritan’. We discussed how the story links with our Christian Value of friendship. We talked about which of the characters showed kindness and friendship towards the man in need and how this made the man feel. The children used the Read more…
Today we discussed how everyone is special. We looked into the mirror and said “I’m special because….” and then told another member of the class why they are special. We thought about how bring different to one another makes us special and that we should celebrate our differences. We enjoyed Read more…
Snowdrops went on a prayer hunt during Forest school. They searched for images of Jesus. We discussed the differences and similarities of the pictures. We then thought about what we think Jesus looks like and drew our own Jesus! The children added lots of detail to their pictures, such as Read more…