Lower School (KS1)

Our Reception children have been busy building their number sense this week by digging through the sand to find numbers that were hidden. Once they found them they practised forming the numbers in the sand and then had to bury the number again by tipping the number shown in buckets of sand over…

Our Reception children have been super writers this week, recognising sounds in words and building cvc words. 
 

What superstars!

The children thoroughly enjoyed our second PE lesson this week! They used more apparatus to test and develop their strength and ability. They built on the skills that were practised on Monday by linking three movements together to create a sequence. 
 

Well done children, you are…

This week we have been continuing our learning about shape. All three year groups have done a variety of activities, here are some photos of our Year 1 and 2 children exploring 2D shapes.

We had a great first PE lesson in 2026 on Monday when the children started practising their gymnastic skills!

We have had a wonderful festive time in school this last week with crafts, parties, a panto visit, a Christmas dinner and so much fun. Here are some photos of the things we have been doing. 
 

We wish all our families a wonderful Christmas break.

Mrs Kemp and Mrs…

The children practised lots of maths skills making their cards this year as they measured lengths of material to make a tree. We have been learning about shapes and their properties in our maths lessons so we had lots of talk about shape as they created. 
 

Our reception children have been learning lots about shapes this week, naming them and their properties, drawing and going in shape hunts. Sadly I didn’t manage to get any photos of them!

They have also been investigating the numbers 4 and 5 …

Our Year 1 & 2 children have been developing their understanding of place value this week using place value charts. 
 

They are making great progress!

Our Year 1 and 2 children are busy developing their understanding of place value at the moment. They have been learning how to groups tens and ones to help themselves solve problems with number.

Today they played a game when one child created a representation of a number less than 50 using base…

Our art and design project linked very well to our Geography based topic called ‘Our Local Area’ as we investigated maps as a stimulus for drawing. 
 

The children began by looking at a series of images of maps and sorted them into groups. They sorted them into: old and new, real and…

Our Reception children do lots of counting and recognising numbers activities indoors and outdoors as they learn to develop their knowledge. Here are a few photos of a few activities they’ve done recently…