Miss Jones
The children in Year One are learning about Digital Imagery in Computing this half time. Miss Jones introduced the children to the idea of telling a story without words. Miss Jones and the children read the story ‘Flotsam’ together. They discussed why it is important that pictures are in the correct order. The children were […]
The children celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as their favourite book character. The children joined everyone in the hall to see everyone’s costumes and they found out the winners of the book cover competition. The winners were awarded a £5 gift to spend at Dial Lane Bookshop. The children also took part in […]
The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session with Mrs Clark, Debs and Miss Jones. The children sat in the wooden stump circle and Miss Jones explained to the children the bird and worm game. The children were encouraged to either be a hungry baby bird by the nest, or a mother bird searching for ‘worms’ […]
The children in Kingfishers Class were introduced to their new topic – Let’s go in the jungle. The children received a letter from Cheeky Chimpanzee who was playing hide and seek with some of his other animal friends! The children became animal explorers and all joined in and found Cheeky Chimpanzee and all his friends. […]
The children in Kingfishers Class celebrate 100 Days of School. To celebrate our 100 days of school, we had a piece of cake and wore lovely 100 Days of school T-shirts and outfits! The children made a crown and took part in lots of challenges to complete in 100 seconds – writing their name, pegs […]
In assembly the children welcomed the Mental Health Team from East Bergholt High School to their school. The team introduced themselves and told them all about Children’s Mental Health Week. This year the theme was Inside Out – Know yourself, grow yourself. After the assembly the children focused on emotions and used the film ‘Inside […]
Today the children took part in the RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch. The children became bird watchers and went into the Forest Schools area to see what birds they could see and to count how many. They completed an RSPB check sheet and spotted seagulls, sparrows, starlings and pigeons. When they got back to the classroom […]
This afternoon the children in Kingfishers Class took part in their sharing session with their adult/s. The children and adults were challenged to work together to create a dinosaur using recycled materials. The children and adults had lots of fun! The dinosaurs were fantastic. Well done everyone! A big ‘thank you’ to all the adults!
In DT the children in Reception thought about the question – Can we practise and apply threading skills with specific materials e.g. hessian and wool? The children listened to Mrs Clark, Mrs Jones and Mrs Vogel as they explained what to do. The children followed the instructions and tried hard to thread the needle. The […]
The children in Year One continued focusing on Cooking and Nutrition: Smoothies. The children thought about the question – Can we practise food preparation skills? The children were asked to speak like an expert and tell their friends everything they knew about fruit and vegetables. Miss Jones showed the children the equipment they would be […]
The children in Kingfishers Class enjoyed a trip to Colchester Zoo. The children enjoyed looking at the animals and travelling on the train. The children also enjoyed exploring the dinosaur park and the palaeontology lab. The children engaged with the education session – Fastest, Biggest, Strongest – Who’s top in the animal world? The children […]
The children in Kingfishers Class took part in a money sense workshop provided by NatWest. The workshop was called Super Smoothie Shop. The children were shown slides to get them thinking about: what money is, where we get it, how we can spend it and what a ‘business’ is. The children worked in groups to […]