This week week we have started Getting ready (and very excited!) for Christmas! On he first of December, we had such a surprise when we found that Santa had sent a cheeky elf for our classroom. We had a vote and decided he would be called Snowdrop Elf. So Read more…
The children in Key Stage one and two have all worked hard creating some fantastic artwork. Each class created a piece of the nativity story. Year one painted animals for the stable. Year two made some 3D sparkly stars. Year three created Mary and Joseph. Year Four produced a collage Read more…
In RE we are learning about Jesus’ life as a journey. We shared important milestones in our lives and discussed why they were important and meaningful as part of our life’s journey. We talked about the difference between secular and religious milestones and and how they might be celebrated Read more…
Today in RE we heard the story of Moses and the burning bush. We discussed how Moses might have felt when he approached the burning bush and what we can learn from the story. We created freeze frames of the story including Moses being placed in the basket in the Read more…
This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year. We have made paper lanterns, learnt the New Year story and created puppets for the characters, made Chinese dragons and tasted some Chinese food. It was very yummy!
Elm had a great afternoon on Wednesday creating Christingles. We first learnt about why we make Christingles and what each part of the Christingle represents, then we enjoyed making our own Christingles. The children then learnt a little more about Christingles during assembly on Thursday. The children were very Read more…
Ash have had a fun but busy afternoon. We learnt why we make Christingles and what each part represents. Then we made our own Christingles and managed to resist the temptation of eating the sweets on them. We also made our Christmas jump up’s ready for the school Chridtmas Read more…
Children learnt about why we make Christingles and what each element represents. We had lots of fun making them but the sweets were so tempting and our classroom smells like oranges now!
For RE today we looked at Islamic art and how it is used to decorate everything from clothing to mosques. We then went outside to write some special words that are important to us. We used colourful chalk to write our important word then used patterns to decorate it. We Read more…
Wow! What amazing patterns the children have created this afternoon! As part of our RE topic this half term (Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?), we have been learning about Islamic Art. The children studied some examples of Islamic art and discussed how the shapes were arranged Read more…