Lower School (KS1)

We have been learning about The Royal Family and the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle this Saturday 19th May. This afternoon we made crowns to wear when we have our special Royal Wedding picnic tomorrow at lunchtime. 

Well done Sophie you won the certificate today because you never gave up! You were such a great Tough Tortoise. 

Thankfully some of our planting survived visits from hungry rabbits!

Part of our science learning, which started last term, was to observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants. Over the weeks the chidlren have been working scientifically, asking questions and observing…

It was lovely to watch Lillian and Emily nurse the toy lamb in the toy hospital with Miss Haynes two weeks ago. Emily decided she needed some special green medicine for the lamb's leg so she went over to the creative area took a piece of yellow material and blue paper pretended to mix them…

We investigated the question 'What does a seed need to grow?'.

After a good discussion Year 1 and 2 decided what they thought a seed needed in order to grow. In order to test their theories they planted some cress seeds giving them warmth, light and water but also observed what happened when…

Jamie our great coach from AFC Fylde picked some great sports stars. 

Lots of great learning in EYFS through our farm and gardening topic. 

Claire, no wonder you are so proud of your writing, well done!

The children in Lower School were very excited to see their new improved outdoor area yesterday with the bark pit and have been playing in it already.  Emily commented 'it looks so soft I just want to lie down and sunbathe in it'.

Today the children in Reception decided we were called 'Team…

A huge thank you to DR Tree Surgeons, Denis Rowlandson, our local tree surgeon, who has generously donated a load of fresh wood chip for our Lower School garden today. 

Thank you also to my son, Jasper, who was a real super star working hard in the rain (it wasn't raining when we left home)…

A day of magic moments in EYFS today. 

We did think we were being ambitious planting plants so early in the year and that was without knowing that the freezing weather and snow were on their way.

But one thing we hadn’t thought about enough was just how hungry the rabbits living in the fields surrounding our school were and how they…