Classes

Spring Assembly

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Achievements, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Parents, School Events, Visitors

The children in Kingfisher Class hosted the assembly this week and told the parents and the rest of the school what they had learnt about Spring. The children shared their work, which included checklists of items found in spring, sentences about what they see in spring, ‘what am I’ poems of spring items, measuring daffodils with rulers, paintings […]

Church Visit

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Community, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Trips

Kingfisher Class took a walk to Stratford St Mary church and were greeted by Reverend Rosalind. The trip to the church linked to this terms topic of cultural celebrations and the children are learning about the church and what it is used for. Reverend Rosalind provided the children with a quiz, they had to look at the […]

Bikeability Success

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Achievements, Curriculum, Swans

7 children from the Swans class were recently involved in a 2-day Bikeability course. They learnt some basic manoeuvres and also how to ride their bike safely on the road, showed an awareness of potential hazards and also demonstrated a basic understanding of the Highway Code. All children passed their Level 2 award. Well done children!

Forest School Fire

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Community, Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Trips

The children enjoyed another Forest School session. They recapped over the rules and learnt some extra rules as they were going to have a fire. The children got actively involved collecting sticks for the fire. Leanne told the children how to make a fire and the children listened and watched carefully. During the session the […]

Woodpecker’s Class Assembly

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Curriculum, Parents, Woodpeckers

Last week the Woodpeckers shared their learning in front of the school and parents. The children retold the story of Noah’s Ark using actions and shared their own versions of the 10 commandments. The children also shared some of their wonderful recounts based on World Book Day and celebrated their achievements. Well done!  

Mother’s Day Lunch

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Classes, Community, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

Today children and mums (and grandmums) enjoyed a belated Mother’s Day lunch.  Rachel, the cook, prepared a roast chicken dinner followed by sticky toffee pudding and custard.  There were lots of empty plates and very full tummies! It was lovely seeing so many of you join us for this special lunch.

Signs Of Spring At Hall Farm

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Community, Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Parents, Trips

The Kingfisher Class visited Hall Farm today looking for signs of Spring. The children followed the farm trail and they saw daffodils, buds on trees, lambs and calves. The children were allowed to feed the baby lambs using a bottle of milk; they really enjoyed doing this and the lambs were very hungry. The children also visited the café […]

Rats Make an Appearance at Assembly!

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Owls, Parents

It was the turn of Owls class to host the assembly on Friday.  The children shared some poetry work, including Kennings and list poems and they also performed ‘A Dinosaur Rap’. The newest additions namely Fudge & Dusty (the class rats)  made an appearance and the children explained how to care for them.  They also […]

Awesome Egyptians!

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Curriculum, Owls

Our Ancient  Egyptian topic involved learning about the mummification process.  We used toilet rolls to practise mummifying different members of the Owls Class. We also learnt about pyramids and built our own using Minecraft.

World Book Day

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, Swans, Woodpeckers

Today the children and staff celebrated World Book Day by coming to school dressed as their favourite book character. The day started with a parade in the playground, looking at the different costumes and characters. The children then took part in different activities in their house groups. Miss Jones provided an activity based on Maths […]

Year Two SATs Club

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Curriculum, Extracurricular, Woodpeckers

The children in Year Two enjoyed their first SATs club session looking at 2d and 3d shapes and grammar. The children enjoyed playing games using their subject knowledge and working together.  

Maths Day

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Kingfishers, Maths, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Wednesday the children and staff celebrated World Maths Day. The children had lots of fun using their mathematical knowledge to problem solve and investigate. Kingfisher Class had lots of Maths challenges which involved counting, patterns and shapes. Woodpeckers and Owls Class took part in a Murder Mystery afternoon solving problems and finding clues. Swans class […]