In our meetings this half-term, the school council decided they would like to do more to support our local community. They came up with a lovely idea of linking up with a local care home, discussing reasons such as ‘Some people in care homes don’t have any visitors’, ‘My grandma Read more…
This week we are reading ‘The Little Red Hen’. Today we made bread as a class. We spoke about the fact that we were all helping each other like the animals should have been doing in the story. We followed the recipe closely and took turns weighing out and adding Read more…
Today, Oaks went on a hunt in Forest School to find things that were moving without being touched. When we gathered back together we talked about our findings and discovered that the wind was making things move. We talked about how this relates to God and how just because we Read more…
This week we have been reading the story ‘The tiger who came to tea’. We have also been investigating and making our own tigers. We have all worked very hard!
This week we have been learning about recycling. We have discussed what recycling means and why we recycle. We have then been looking at different objects we can recycle at school and at home.
Snowdrops have all made a bird feeder this afternoon and some have been litter picking. We discussed who and how this helps. We linked our forest school session to our Bible story of the term “Mary and Martha” we split into two groups, both groups did a good deed. We Read more…
This half term we have been looking after our own butterflies. A parcel arrived in Reception and we were very excited. When we opened it, there was tiny little caterpillars inside it. We looked after them and gave them some food. Then they became a lot bigger! After a couple Read more…
This morning it was time to let our butterflies go! We have watched them grow from being tiny caterpillars, to forming their chrysalis and then emerging as butterflies. It has been so interesting to watch them and we have learnt so much about the life cycle of a butterfly. Whilst Read more…
Today Jess from the Life Education Centre came to visit Reception. Jess talked about the different body parts that we have and discussed ways we can keep our bodies healthy. Jess introduced the lovely Harold to us and showed us the special bag he brought the show us all! In Read more…
This week has been the big science share. Reception were challenged to build strong bridges for the Billy Goat’s Gruff goats. Whilst playing outside, the children have built their bridges using different resources such as the big wooden blocks, crates, wooden planks, chairs and the foam bricks. Some of the Read more…