Blog by Penny Kemp

Wow, wow and wow! We had an absolutely amazing morning on Friday when Lauren Child came to talk to us. Lauren talked about all her books, how she writes them and how she creates the illustrations.  It was fascinating. 

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As part of our Geography learning this term the children are building upon their locational knowledge of the United Kingdom by learning the names of the four countries, their capital cities and the surrounding seas as well as identifying characteristics of them. 

They have been using atlases…

The children are using their observations skills daily to observe the changes In the caterpillars as they grow. The children are fascinated by what they are seeing and have been asking lots of questions developing their scientific enquiry skills.

We have noticed how quickly most of the…

Our Reception children have had fun with this activity this week when they tried to free the  flowers they’d picked from the ice! 

They used their senses and explored frozen water and how it changes state when salt or warm water are added. They learnt that the warm water had the greatest effect…

We had a treat this afternoon when Upper School came to our classroom to share their learning about Easter celebrations around the world. Go to their blog page to find out more!

What an absolute TREAT we had on Friday afternoon when the fabulous author and illustrator Petr Horáček came to our school! Petr writes and illustrates children’s picture books, he talked to us about how he began drawing and how he creates his stories. Petr had us all giggling and totally…

Our science topic at the moment is ‘Living Things and Their Habiitats’ and alongside this topic the children are building on their knowledge from earlier in the year by learning about the life cycle of a butterfly first hand. 

Maddison and Reagan’s mum Mrs Fox has very kindly bought the class a…

This week we have been continuing to learn about habitats. Our Reception children have been developing their understanding of the natural world taking part in the discussions and research with Year 1 and 2 about habitats. The Reception children have also been building on their prior learning of…

This week the children developed their ability to recount events in a story by first acting out a scene from the classic “The Wind In The Willows” by Kenneth Grahame. 

In groups the children took on the roles of Rat, Mole and Badger and retold the part of the story when Mole decides to venture…

Year 1 and 2 have begun our science topic developing their knowledge about habitats this week by exploring and comparing things that are alive, dead and have never been alive. They have also looked at local habitats and explored our fantastic outdoor space mapping habitats and finding out what…

A surprise delivery sparked our English topic this week when we received a box of animals and supplies! Our theme for the half term is called ‘Wind In The Willows’ and within English the children will be reading lots of stories where the animal characters have adventures before writing their…

Our Reception children’s PE lessons are currently focusing on fundamental skills. In their two lessons this week they have been hopping, catching, jumping distances, skipping, doing a caterpillar walk and practising over arm throws. 

Our Y1 and Y2 childrens’ PE lessons are focusing on…