Exploring maps, families, our houses...
In our first week of school, we all talked about where we lived and who lived in their house with them. As part of our PSHE, we talked about different families and what makes us all different and similar.
The children enjoyed sharing who lived in their house and drawing who they live with and…
Meet the Lower School Meerkats!!
Lower School were thoroughly immersed into one of our September reads - 'Meerkat Mail' by Emily Gravett.
We asked questions, made predictions, talked about the story, retold the events and used lots of drama to explore the character's feelings (which are shared brilliantly in the story through…
Year 1 and 2's first PE lesson of the year...
To kickstart their Lower School PE journey, Year 1 and 2's physical activities will be linked to the beautiful Oliver Jeffers' story - 'Lost and Found'. Like the little boy in the story, our Lower School children are going to learn how to demonstrate determination throughout our lessons -…
Reception's First PE Lesson
'Superworm is super long.
Superworm is super strong.
Watch him wiggle, see him squirm.
Hip hip hooray for Superworm!'
Our new Reception children will explore the Julia Donaldson favourite - 'Superworm' - through physical activity. In their first PE lesson, Reception needed to think of…
Choose it! Use it! Put it away!
A HUGE part of Lower School is learning through play...
Our children learn to turn-take, count, hold conversations, problem-solve, make marks...the list goes on!
To help settle our new children in to the classroom we called upon our awesome Year 1 and 2 children to show our new starters how…
Many firsts for our new Lower School children!
Inskip welcomed five absolutely wonderful new Reception children to our school family! These photos showcase how well they navigated around school on their very first day of BIG SCHOOL and how big and brave they were to try their new school dinners.
We are all so proud of each of…
When Lower School snuck into the marquee…
Lower School have loved the opportunity to play outside and bring their small world play to life in the straw - particularly acting out their time on the farm!
Hopefully we can sneak in there again to play before summer!
Inskip visits the Wild Boar Park…Part 1!
We absolutely loved our whole school trip to the Wild Boar Park! It brought elements of our Science, Geography and PSHE learning alive in front of our very eyes!
We got the opportunity to get up close to some fascinating critters and reptiles and enjoyed exploring the farm animals - from…
Lower School’s penultimate week of fun!
We all can’t quite believe we are starting our penultimate week at school…and what a week it will be!
It is always so heartwarming to see our Year Two’s initiating play which captivates the enthusiasm of our younger ones. Before our very eyes, play has evolved and spiralled in different…
Stay and Play Day
Monday was our ‘Stay and Play’ day for our new Reception starters and for a new little Year 1! We absolutely loved having them for the day and can’t wait for them to return!
The Invasion of the Robots!
Lower School absolutely loved displaying their final creation and loved taking them on an adventure around school!
We are so proud of their creativity and teamwork!
Robots have visited!!
Over the last few weeks, Lower School has been thoroughly enjoying our Robots topic!
The Year 1’s and Reception have been loving reading ‘No-Bot…The Robot With No Bottom!’ and we have all enjoyed exploring short stories and animations featuring robots.
Lower School have also enjoyed…