Blog by Penny Kemp

On Thursday the children used their scientific skills to go and find what lives in different micro habitats. They did lots of observing, questioning, hypothesising and recorded their findings. 
 

This week in science the children learnt about the different types of habitats animals can live in. Then we went outside exploring the local habitat around our school. The children drew a map of the area and then we listed the names of all the animals that may live there.

We have been studying the poem “The Owl and The Pussy-Cat” written by Edward Lear. The children have been learning the poem and they have done lots of great writing inspired by the poem. Take a look at these photos where the Year 2 children were taking the roles of an interviewer interviewing the…

We began our design and technology project this week and in our first two sessions the children investigated wheels and axles. The children looked closely at wheels before having a go at attaching wheels to an axle and a basic chassis to deepen their understanding. In our next sessions the…

Our Reception children have had a great first week back in school after the Easter holidays. They have been doing some super sentence writing, using their phonics well and forming their letters well. They have been doing lots of number work and measuring in maths and have been learning through…

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 have all had fun learning how to measure this week. Working towards the different learning objectives for their year groups they’ve developed their understanding through lots of different activities. Take a look at these photos to see some of their…

Our Year One and Two children made some beautiful cards to give to their families this weekend. They drew some spectacular rabbits following Rob Biddulph the author and illustrator’s tutorial on #drawwithrob. 
 

We’d like to say a HUGE thank you to Mrs Fox, Reagan’s mum and Reagan for bringing five lambs and Reagan’s two pet rabbits Coffee and Toffee to visit us. It was an amazing hands-on experience for the children to learn about caring for animals.

I was extremely proud of the children who listened…

We have been doing some great Easter fun activities in class and at the fantastic Bunny Drive organised by or Friends of Inskip group. Thank you so much to friends who work hard raising money for our school and giving our children lots of fun experiences.

This week we read a great story told through letters as a teacher asks her class to write to her and convince her that they are the best person to take the class’s pet rabbit home for the holidays. 
 

Our Reception children drew pictures of rabbits and explained how they would care for a…

This week Leah and Ellie were are our certificate winners for super learning, well done girls. 

We have been doing lots of maths whilst decorating for Easter this week. The children have sorted eggs into different groups by colour, size, speckles, not speckles and other ways! They have improved their fine motor skills by picking up and placing the buttons on the pathways from the eggs making…