Hope
We have been thinking about all the things we are grateful for in Lower School and also thinking about our hopes for the future for ourselves and the world around us.
Our discussion began with a lovely charity book called ‘Big H and Little h’ that was kindly sent to us by Victoria the author…
The Weather
We are always talking about the weather! In Lower School we are talking about it a little more than we usually would at the moment as it is the focus of our geography learning this half term.
Our new topic this half term is called The Great Outdoors (it's a great topic) our main focus…
Earth Day 2021
It’s Earth Day every day but today we marked the official Earth Day with some beautiful new books. We have started reading them and they are sparking interesting questions and discussions.
The ur sound
Each day in our phonics lessons we practice sounds we have already learnt, words we use in our sentences often and then we learn a new sound. We like to learn in fun ways, today we practiced reading and writing words with the ‘ur’ sound in them outside in our fabulous outdoor learning…
Great Maths Learners
We have been busy making our brains bigger this week doing lots of different maths activities. The Reception children have been looking at numbers to 20 and beyond. They have been using tens frames to make a full ten and then more to understand numbers beyond ten. They have also been playing bingo…
Stolen Carrots!
Oh my goodness we have had a very exciting morning, it all started when Alex found a letter that had mysteriously appeared in the classroom.
The children were very, very excited by the letter and Maddison told us all that she knew that the Easter Bunny could be invisible and hide behind trees…
Easter Cards
Here are the finished cards our EYFS and Year One and Two have made this year to give to their families to celebrate Easter.
Biscuit Baking
The children have been learning about measuring in maths so what better way to practise their learning than weighing out real ingredients to make some Easter themed biscuits?
Lots of learning and fun was had as the children made, decorated and ate their biscuits (with even more hand washing…
Observing Plants
The children have been great science detectives this week. I brought a bunch of tulips that my own children had given to me on Mother's Day into school for the children to have a close look at. They had a look at a photograph of the tulips when they were fresh and noted the differences in them now…