Lower School (KS1)

We have been working with clay this week learning how to roll, pinch, mould, join and decorate the clay with our hands and tools.

The children have made a pinch pot as a present for someone at home and a decoration for their Christmas tree. When they have dried the children will be painting…

We are getting very excited in Lower School now that it is December and we are counting down the days until Christmas Day! Our kindness elves Eric and Ernie are back again this year watching and spotting children being kind to one another. As an extra surprise this year we have been so lucky to…

We have been learning how to use bossy verbs and give instructions this week and using the tuff tray to act out and make up more stories about Robin and her family of mice.

In the film Robin Robin, Robin and her family of mice have rules that they must follow to be successful in their sneaking…

The children have been recounting the story by writing captions to match scenes from the film Robin Robin. 

We had a very special early Christmas treat this week as we got to watch a special preview of Aardman Animations new stop motion film called Robin Robin. Mrs Kemp won a competition on Instagram with her teacher account @mrskempcreativeteaching from Netflix, Twinkl and Aardman Animations  for the…

We are busy making our brains bigger with lots of number learning in Lower School as usual this week by finding the difference, comparing numbers, adding three digits and money.

Today the Year 1 and 2 children investigated which was the most effective way to get rid of germs after discussing why we needed to.

In answer to the question ‘Why is it important to wash your hands well?’ ...

”if someone is ill and they touch something then you touch something then…

This week the children had to help Mr Wolf with a dilemma. He spoke to the children from his den in the Forrest where he was hiding after the terrible events in Grandma’s Cottage! He was so terrified of the woodcutter and so sorry for what he had done (trying to eat Granny and Little Red) that he…

Thank you to our school councillors in Middle and Upper school who planned a fun way to raise money for Children In Need this year!

Some Lower School children brought their bikes and scooters to school and then all either ran, scooted or cycled laps around the track, or up and down the…

The children have been developing their art skills. Firstly the Year 1 and 2 children they a timed exercise where they practised looking closely at an object and doing some continuous lined drawings. 

Then we all looked closely at fireworks (whilst listening to Handel’s Music for the Royal…

Our week began excitedly recounting their experiences of Bonfire Night and lots of them enjoyed fireworks, bonfires and family fun.

We have been using our senses all week as we remembered the experiences of Bonfire Night, listened to beautiful music composed by George Frideric Handel and…

As an extra activity to develop their skills of using their senses to explore the world around them and create great vocabulary the children played with my birthday roses that had started to die!

It was so lovely to see them enjoy an open ended task that began with them pulling the petals off…