Blog by Penny Kemp

This half term in our PSHE lessons we are exploring ideas around the question 'what is the same and what is different about us?' within the theme of relationships.  We are looking at ourselves and others; similarities and differences; individuality and our bodies. 

Have a look at these photos…

This week we have begun to look at stories with a familiar setting. 

As our topic this half term is called 'The Place Where I Live' I decided that we would base our English learning around the Katie Morag stories as they are about a little girl and the place where she lives in Scotland. 

We…

In our RE lesson with Helen this week we began thinking about Day 1 in the story of Creation. We explored the the bible verse Then God said, 'Let there be light': and there was light. Genesis 1:3

The children showed really insightful and deep thinking as they thought about and answered some big…

Year 1 and 2 have been sorting, ordering, counting and understanding numbers this week.

Take a look at these photographs to see their activities ...

Our Reception children are busy doing lots of different activities getting ready to write ...

We were so happy to see Glenys return to visit us on Friday in her brand new library van.  The children and I had the opportunity to see the lovely books and decide which ones we would like to borrow. 

Glenys and the library van will visit us every three weeks on a Friday and we will be able to…

The children and I discussed ways that we should behave in order to make sure everyone stays safe, happy and ready to learn in our class. We came up with a handful of rules that are easy to remember and can be counted on one hand! 

Our class rules are that ...

1. We listen.

2. We are…

Wow what a busy and fun first week we have had back in Lower School! 

We have welcomed our nine new Reception children; Henry, James, Jon-Jnr, Reagan, Wilf, Connor, Kaitlyn, Leah and Charlotte. They have all been superstars this week and settled into school life brilliantly, well done…

Have a a look at these photos to see the fun we have been having today, treats, games and even beautiful pop up book made for us to read by the children in Upper School.

Thank you for the books Upper School we were really impressed by your stories and DT skills!

It’s been an absolute delight…

What a fabulous way to end our school year! We all really enjoyed our summer disco tonight and a big thank you to our amazing Friends for treating us to Taz the entertainer, Taz you were so funny! We all had a ball.

Having learnt so much about animals recently the children really enjoyed their music lesson with Mrs Hurley on Friday! 

Take a look at these photos to see how they were learning ...

In our science lessons we have looked at the human body and looked at the differences between humans at different stages of their lives. Our baby dolls have been played with lot after we used them in our science lesson but were looking a little cold as they didn't have many clothes! So we need to…