Miss Jones
The children have been very interested to see how the garden has been developing on day two. The artificial grass has been laid and the equipment has arrived. The children enjoyed watching the men at work again and have asked lots of questions.
Work has began on the Early Years garden. We were very lucky to receive a grant for the work to take place. Pentagon Play are installing the new play surface and equipment. The Reception children are enjoying watching the men at work and have been asking them lots of questions. We are looking forward to […]
During Road Safety Week the children, parents and staff put on their walking shoes and participated in Walk to School week, even in the wet weather. The children participated in different road safety activities during the week. The JRSOs also taught the children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class how to cross the road safely. On […]
This week the children were very excited as they were writing a reply letter to their Pen Pals. The reception children worked with Miss Jones. She read the children their letter from their Pen Pal and they wrote a reply to the letter with adult support. They answered their Pen Pals questions and thought of […]
The children were excited to find out what they would be doing during their ‘Forest Fun’ session. The children sat engaged while Miss Jones made salt dough, they were able to name the ingredients Miss Jones was using. The children sat and listened to a story called ‘The Very Helpful Hedgehog’. Miss Jones and the children […]
The children received a letter from Spencer’s Mummy explaining that it was going to be Spencer Bear’s Birthday and she wanted the children to plan a party for him. The Year One children wrote Spencer Bear’s Mummy a letter explaining what they were going to do – the Reception children wrote invitations, made birthday cards and bunting, […]
The children worked in their house groups to create a poppy wreath. They worked in pairs and drew round each hand, one on green paper to represent the leaf and the other hand on red to represent the poppy; they then cut out their hand-prints before they were arranged into a wreath shape. The poppy […]
Miss Jones showed the children a clip on the computer of fireworks; she then asked the children to look carefully at the shapes they made and the colours. The children were able to tell Miss Jones what shapes they made and the colours they saw. The children put on their wellington boots and headed outside. […]
This week in History, the Year One children have been learning about Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot and the Reception children have been creating their own fireworks using a salad spinner. They painted fireworks while listening to Handel’s firework music. Mrs Clark explained Handel was a composer who wrote music and that the music was classical. The […]
After school some of the Year One and Two children joined Miss Jones for games club. The children enjoyed playing different games. It was lovely to see the children taking turns and playing the games according to the rules.
This morning the children worked with a family member and created a model of their house. They planned what they were going to do and what they were going to use. They constructed their model using recycled materials. The children used their cutting and sticking skills. The children really enjoyed working with their family member and […]
On Wednesday 10th October, children, parents and staff took part in Walk to School. The staff provided a walking bus from both ends of Strickmere so children could be dropped off and then walked safely into school. It was lovely to see so many walking to school and to see a smaller amount of vehicles […]