Lower School (KS1)

We have begun our Geography learning this week as part of our half term topic called ‘Penguins, Possums and Pigs’ . The children shared what they already knew about hot and cold places in the world and started to think about what they wanted to learn. 
 

In an activity they looked at various…

We love reading in Lower School! We have lots of opportunities to read every day and always have a story time where I read the children a story they have chosen by voting for their favourite at our book voting station. We have DEAR time, where the children ‘drop everything and read’ and at this…

As part of our PSHE learning we explored the question ‘What makes a good friend?’. Our discussion was sparked by the lovely new picture book by Petr Horaceck called ‘The Perfect Present’. In the story we meet two best friends Tom and Mot and they give each other a birthday present and play on…

What a bunch of superstars our Reception children are. They have settled into school life so quickly I feel like they have been with us for much longer than one week already! They have taken part in activities with myself and Mrs Welsh and formed friendships quickly, well done Luca, Ethan, Theo,…

It has been so lovely to see our children back in Lower School this week and to welcome Alex into Year 2 as well as our new Reception children Luca, Theo, Ethan, Lily and Jasmine. 

We have spent this first week settling into our class routines and school life, focusing on what makes us work…

What a brilliant time we had at our end of term disco on Thursday night! Thank you to our amazing team of Friends who paid for the children’s entertainer Taz and the treats. 

Just take a look at these photos to see how much fun we had, Taz was so funny, the children is faces show it all…

Our art project this half term has been to create some collages of minibeasts. I chose minibeasts for the children to create as they have studied them throughout two of their science topics this year most recently last half term when looking at living things and their habitats. Take a look back at…

We had an exciting afternoon on Friday when the builders from the site building new houses next to our school very kindly brought us some soil for our mud pit and lots of gravel to level out an area that has been used for a lot of digging over the past year! 

Thank you so much to Sam Swaine the…

Building upon our knowledge of everyday materials and how we use them, this week the children have been investigating how to recycle, reduce and reuse materials. They thought about all the different types of objects that we use daily at home and in school and learnt which of the materials can be…

We had a lovely day on Monday when all of our new for September Reception children came to visit us for the day. 

We welcomed Matilda, Jasmine, Lily, Ethan, Luca, Theo and Alfred. The children settled brilliantly, they enjoyed playing, chatting and eating lunch. We can’t wait to see you again…

Mrs Cadwallader brought history to life for us last week by bringing in two photos of herself on holiday at the beach when she was a little girl. I was so impressed by our children’s knowledge as they applied what we had learnt a couple of weeks ago (have a look back here …

Progressing our science learning about everyday materials this week the children have carried out an investigation answering the question ‘which materials change shape?’. They have tested various objects, identified what materials they are made out of and discussed why the object is made out of…