Blog by Cheryl Langley

For Upper School’s second gymnastics lesson of Spring, they built on their sequences of balances and travelling from shape to shape from their first lesson. They used canon to vary the sequence and improved their balances (counter tension and counter balance) and ways of travel (sliding, jumping,…

Following on from our first Art lesson, we focused on sculptures created by Joan Miro. We observed, compared and discussed any colours and shapes that were similar to his drawings. We discovered that birds and eyes were a common theme of his work. 
 

We sorted photographs of his sculptures…

Upper School thoroughly enjoyed exploring pieces produced by our new artist of focus: Joan Miro. 
 

The children observed closely and discussed various pieces, making comparisons between them. The children listened to one another and shared their opinions brilliantly.
 

We enjoyed the…

Reception have been busy bees counting groups of items and playing lots of games that help with the recognition of the numerals 1-10. We have been jumping and counting, playing interactive games, playing matching games and singing different songs.

They are learning that careful counting is…

Year 1 and 2 have been so enthusiastic to learn our new handwriting! We are using a 'continuous cursive' style which means they are learning to form letters in a way that will help them join up letters in the future - when they are ready.

We started our journey with lots of fine motor skill…

Lower School love learning to count! We enjoy counting the dinner choices on a morning and comparing the numbers saying which one is the greatest / biggest / most and which one is the least / smallest. We enjoy counting out objects, counting on a number line, counting our toys...

We are…

Whilst Reception have been busy mark making, exploring stories and learning to form letters (S, A and T) Year 1 and 2 have been busy revising sounds, learning how to apply these sounds to blend for reading and learning how to segment for spelling words. 

We want to 'BEAT OUR SCORE' every week…

Lower School were unbelievably excited to see the hall transformed with all the apparatus. They listened carefully to our safety rules before starting the timed rotations on the different apparatus. They supported one another with compassion and remembered our safety rules (including no jumping…

Lower School have really risen to the weekly spelling challenges and are improving their scores week by week! Last week, Lower School enjoyed searching for various graphemes (written sounds) in the newspapers and a range of books. They also enjoyed the roll and write challenge to practise their…

Lower School love their PE lessons with Corey! Last week, Lower School learnt how to listen to each other's instructions and pass a small ball carefully to one another. Well done, little ones!

We love visiting the Library Van (and the wonderful Glenys the Librarian!) and having the chance to explore the shelves and boxes for exciting new books to borrow!

Over the last few weeks, Lower School have been working incredibly hard on a variety of mathematical skills...

Year 2 have been busy reading and writing numbers to 100, recognising numbers in different representations, learning about the place value of numbers up to 100 and how we can partition…