Lower School (KS1)

We had a lovely surprise when we arrived at school today ...

We opened our presents and spent an hour reading together and sharing our lovely books!

Today we had a competition to see who could design the best Christmas jumper, the winning designs would be the ones that were colourful, well thought out and detailed designs. 

Congratulation to Tommy from EYFS, Emily from Year 1 and a tie breaker with three winners from Year 2 with Sophie,…

We have been busy making cards and tree decorations for our families. Year one and two children really enjoyed sewing which for most of them was a new skill to learn. 

The children have also looked very closely at photographs of themselves and then painted a picture of themselves as the…

Something strange is happening in Lower School, we keep hearing rumblings from up above our classroom and on Thursday the children came to school to find that overnight lots of new leaves had appeared on our giant beanstalk in the classroom! 

The children think that maybe that was why we had no…

We had a new arrival in school this morning, the children came into school to find Zog waiting for them! 

Happy 5th Birthday Tommy, we hope you have a fabulous weekend celebrating!

In Lower School we have been learning about why we wear poppies and the significance of 11am on the 11th November. Also that it has been 100years this year since the First World War ended. 

We have made some poppies in an art lesson to remember and say thank you to all the soldiers who have…

We have had a busy first week back after half term with a lot of learning and fun happening in Lower School. This half term in EYFS the topic is 'At The Park' and the children were thrilled to see their new role play area which is Percy's Hut in the park based on the stories written by Nick…

We had great fun on Friday the children came dressed as their hero or heroine. Thank you to all our parents for supporting this fundraiser.

Isaac came as Captain Edward Smith, Captain of The Titanic.

Ted came as  his grandad Ted who fought in the Second World War.

Bethan came as Mary…

So far in our learning we have been lucky enough to have received photos and videos of penguins all the way from the Falkland Islands and now we have news of pigs and piglets much closer to home!

This week our exciting learning continued, as my Family pig, Delilah, gave birth to 8 lively…

Our topic this first half term is called Penguins, Possums and Pigs. Over the past few weeks the children have been learning about penguins. They have learnt about their habitat, where they can be found in the world, as well as how they survive and grow.

We have been lucky enough to receive…

We learnt about seasons in Reception this morning and what to spot when looking for signs of Autumn. We had fun outside spotting different signs of autumn and found: fallen leaves, cooler weather, wind and leaves changing colour.

In the classroom we had fun using conkers and leaves for…