Week beginning 8th July
This week we prepared beautiful rushes for our annual rush bearing service. Our new Reception children joined us for an afternoon and we shared the book the Koala who could - we then made our own koalas from torn newspaper. We continued with our Art, printing with leaves and we had a sunny day…
Week beginning 1st July
We have had a lovely time meeting the new reception children this week and introducing them to our revamped outdoor provision area. They fitted in just perfectly. At the beginning of the week we had a go at printing with plasticine and made some excellent effects! The Nelson librarian also…
Week beginning 24th June
This week we have been printing by taking rubbings, we then collaged our work - they look fab! We have studied plants and decided how we can tell they are healthy.
Week beginning 17th June
This week we have had green fingers! We have compared lots of different seeds and planted our own. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that they will grow! We also dissected bulbs to see what they are made up of inside. Our English this week focussed on non-fiction writing - we compared several…
Week beginning 10th June
This week we were lucky to have a local farmer come in to tell us all about his job - we asked some brilliant questions. We started our art topic of printing by using our hands and feet to print with and then turned this into artwork by overlaying the outlines of flowers. We also started our…
Week beginning 13th May
This week the children have been exploring properties of materials. We couldn’t work out if it is a solid or a liquid! Look at the pictures - can you decide? We were also lucky enough to have Father Paul join us this week with the Lectern bible. Wow is it heavy! Thank you for sharing your…
Week beginning 6th May
This week the children have been engineers. They have designed and started making their car bodies and chassis. Keep you eyes peeled for the next Lamborghini design in the next week when we complete them and test their speed!
Week beginning 29th April
The infants have been scientists this week, investigating a range of materials, their properties and their uses. We started by looking at materials that float and sink before going on to find out which of the materials are waterproof and non-waterproof, in order to make a ladybird’s home water…
Week beginning 22nd April
This week has been a real hive of activities...we have discussed climate change for Earth day and designed posters to raise awareness. We have welcomed the start of spring and the drier weather, enjoying our outdoor activities. We have looked at the world’s oceans and learnt a song to remember…
Week beginning 15th April
What a rubbish start back to the summer term!! The infants have had loads of fun learning all about the three Rs Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We made pictures in art by recycling rubbish, that showed how we need to save our planet by reducing litter, and we made compost from our old snack, food…
Week beginning 25th March
This week our maths has focussed on gaps in learning identified in assessment week. Year 1 and 2 have been looking at place value using base 10 and using this to help them add 2 digit numbers that bridge 10. Reception have been looking at measuring and comparing heights and lengths. As scientists…