On Tuesday we celebrated Pancake Day. We discussed the significance of Pancake Day on the lead up to lent. We tried lots of different toppings and decided which one was our favourite. The chocolate spread was a clear winner. Yummy!
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…
In art, year 1 have been learning about and creating 3D art. This week, in forest school, we created our own 3D sculptures, of an animal of our choice, using clay and natural materials. After working so hard in lessons today, we also had some free time exploring forest school 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…
In our ‘Reflective Friday’ worship, we often use something called ‘Picture news’. This is a discussion based on something that is currently in the news and it links both with the Bible and Christian values, and our British values. We decided to take part in the picture news Christmas challenge, 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 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…
In forest school this week, we have been on a hunt around the forest. We found lots of pictures from the story, The Good Samaritan. The children discussed the different parts of the story and then they worked together to put the pictures in the correct order. Once they had Read more…
Bluebells have been learning about Remembrance Day. We have been making our own Poppies using different materials and we have completed our two minute silence.