Blog Author: Penny Kemp

In our geography learning we are looking at the weather and how it changes in the UK. We have started by revisiting learning about continents and where in the world the UK is. 
 

The children started by looking through atlases and talking about what they saw, they practised using an index to…

We have been reading the story ‘The Odd Egg’ by Emily Gravett over the past week or so and doing lots of different writing activities linked to the story. 

The children wrote letters to Duck the main character a few days ago and put them into our magic portal in the hope that magic would carry…

After a big discussion about our topics for learning this term their children chose their role play area. It doesn’t actually link to any of our learning topics (ha, ha) but it is what the children decided they wanted and that is the most important thing! Their first request was a shoe shop which…

One of the phonics games our children play is called ‘Nice to meet you’. Each child has a word which is their name for the game. They greet each other with a handshake and “nice to meet you ….” Reading the word their friend is holding. It’s a great game which you can easily play at home!

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As part of our science topic ‘habitats’ the children found a variety of minibeasts whilst looking in micro habitats in our outdoor area and around the meadow area of our field. 
 

Our Year one and two children used their recent maths learning where we have been looking at data collection in…

As part of our maths learning the children have been investigating the best way to collect data. Today they went outside to record how many birds they could spot in and around our school grounds. They decided that keeping a tally was the most effective way to record the amount. 
 

In our maths learning today they children have been investigating the length and height of different things inside and outside our classroom. After measuring in cms they measured in metres. 

 

The children had a fantastic time (as you can see from these photos) bringing all their learning over the past weeks about growing, food, health and nutrition together to prepare, make and test healthy smoothies. 

We have had a wonderful treat this afternoon when two lambs and five Silky hen chicks came to visit. 
 

Our topic this half term is called the ‘The Farm Shop’ in science we have been learning about plants and animals linked to those you would find on farms. In our RE lessons we have been…

Learning the ‘ow’ sound with lots of different reading and writing games, today we got the chalk and went outside!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mums and loved ones who care for our children like Mums, your children love you! We hope you have a great day this Sunday being celebrated. 
 

Our sunflower seedlings are growing well! The children recorded their progress today …