Christian Values
Christingles
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!
History
Sir Francis Beaufort
Willows have been learning all about Sir Francis Beaufort who made the wind speed scale for sailors. He was the captain of a Royal Navy ship and he made a scale based around whether it was safe enough to go out at sea or not. We looked at the Read more…
Religious Education
Jonah and the Whale
This week we have learnt about Jonah and the Whale. We listened to the story and then part way through discussed how Jonah might’ve felt, along with how God might’ve felt. It was interesting to hear some of the opinions within our class.
Art & Design
A tree through the 4 seasons
In our topic we are looking at seasons and how things change over each season. We used different colours to represent what a tree might look like during each season. We used red/pink for the blossom on a tree in Spring. We used green for a Summer tree. We used Read more…
Mathematics
Maths fun!
We had a lovely morning in Maths! We just started ‘subtraction’ and used every day word problems to solve the calculations. For example, Mrs Nuttall had 10 bananas and she ate 2. How many did she have left? Putting the calculations into real life problems help the children to understand Read more…
English
Useful websites
Last year at Parents Evening, quite a few parents asked for useful links to help with their child’s learning, particularly for Phonics and Maths. I have copied and pasted a number of websites we use regularly at school to support your child’s learning. I hope these are helpful 🙂 Read more…
English
Last Weeks Library Visit
We went to the Library last Monday and Mrs Nuttall read a story, chosen by a member of our class. We then all chose a book to take home from the library to keep in school, ready for our independent reading time!
Art & Design
Printing!
Sticking to the theme of Leaf Man and Autumn, Miss Brown came up with a lovely idea for Willows today. She asked them to print with the leaves they found outside and this created a lovely Christmas tree picture. We will be adding baubles with our fingers when they are Read more…
English
Describing our leaves
Today Willows went out into the school grounds and chose a leaf from the ground. They brought it back inside and used their adjectives to describe how the leaf looked, felt and sounded when we moved it. We got lots of adjectives such as ‘crunchy’, ‘green’ and ‘scaly’. We Read more…
English
Leaf Man read in Kaden’s Garden.
We started our topic off by reading Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert in Kaden’s Garden. It was such a wonderful spot to read this book. As we looked up, there were leaves falling all around us. Leaf Man even landed on Mrs Nuttall – she was very surprised! After reading Read more…