Lower School (KS1)

In the first of our design and technology lessons about food and nutrition the children investigated fruits and vegetables. 
 

Our Reception children have been busy investigating length and height. They have been measuring and comparing different objects as they learn.
 

Here are a few photographs of a couple of their activities. In the first they collected sticks outdoors. With their sticks they compared their…

In this final lesson the children applied their paper shaping skills to create an imaginative sculpture. To inspire them we had a look at representations of the Tree of Life from different cultures around the world. We looked at images of the Tree of Life made by mosaic, carved out of wood and…

In the second lesson of our sculpture project last half term the year 1 and 2 children learnt how to shape paper to make a 3D drawing.

They challenged themselves to build on their previous learning and be able to say …

• I can fold and roll paper to create 3D shapes.
• I can choose how to…

Last half term our Reception children explored making marks with different media, they used wax crayons, felt tips and chalks all in different lessons. 
 

They enjoyed having the freedom to draw with no fixed outcome and talking about their work. 
 

Here are a few photos taken when they…

Our Reception children are learning how to use different materials to make marks in their art activities this week. They are improving their fine motor skills and show greater care and accuracy when they are drawing.

Yesterday they began to explore making marks with wax crayons. They…

Today we started a new art project learning how to create 3D paper sculptures as we work towards a bigger project. To begin with they had some skills to achieve to be able to say …

• I can roll paper to make a cylinder.
• I can combine paper cylinders to make a sculpture.
• I can adapt my…

Our Magic Story Cupboard gave us the most beautiful picture book one day this week, it’s called ‘Molly, Olive and Dexter - Who’s Afraid of the Dark?’ By Catherine Rayner. 

Catherine’s illustrations are so beautiful that I decided they would be a great inspiration for the children to learn and…

Our Year 1 and 2 children have been busy learning how to add and subtract two, two digit numbers crossing and not crossing ten recently. 

These photos show the children adding the digits, talking and learning collaboratively. 

Our Reception children are busy learning how to construct a sentence, here is a snapshot of just one of the activities they have done this week helping them to understand how sentences are made. 

They cut out the jumbled up words, rearrange them to make a sentence and then glue them beneath the…

We have had a little move around in our Lower School classroom and now have a new role play area which the children are really enjoying. Our theme for learning in Year 1 and 2 this half term is ‘Explorers’ and after lots of discussion together the children got to decide what they wanted me to make…

Our Reception are busy learning all about the numbers 1 to 5, they are doing lots of different activities every week helping them to recognise the numerals, write them, count, subtilise, add 1 more and say what is 1 less. 

Here is a snapshot of the learning they did today using play dough where…