Lower School (KS1)

We had the loveliest time on Tuesday afternoon when Upper School came to spend time with us and have some fun. The children from Upper School reminisced about the things they loved doing when they were in Lower School and had the chance to play with the children and  everyone enjoyed themselves.…

Our Reception children have been building on their number skills and knowledge of numbers to 5. Over the past two weeks they have been counting one more, one less as well as joining in with Year 1 & 2’s maths talk every day!

Take a look at these photos where they were singing and acting out the…

This week in maths we are having lots of fun learning about doubles, near doubles and putting all our skills and knowledge into practice! 
 

Practicing our letter formation in the snow!

We have started this term thinking about stories from the Old Testament, learning that these are the stories would have heard as he was growing up. 
 

The children learnt about the story of Moses when he was put in a basket and pushed out into the River Nile by his mother. This was a great act…

We have had a very special day today, a delicious Christmas dinner cooked by Mrs Billington, our Lower School Christmas party and then a visit from Father Christmas with presents for all the children in his sack! 
 

Merry Christmas to all our fantastic families in Lower School, thank you for all your support this term!

Here are the children’s beautiful collages Christmas Tree cards they have made for their families this year. Take a look at the previous blog post to see how the children created their…

We have been learning lots of art skills by painting and printing. In preparation for making Christmas tree collages the children firstly learnt how to create a ‘wash’ using paint, painting over wax drawings of snowflakes to create a background winter scene. 
 

Then the children printed with a…

Congratulations to all our fantastic children who performed in our Christmas nativity story this year! We are so proud of all of you.

Here are some photographs of Lower School children …

We have been busy learning how to read and spell our ‘tricky’ words and make sentences up with them in!

A snapshot of our phonics and handwriting learning today …

Our Reception and Year 1 children have been deepening and exploring their understanding of number with some fun, Christmas themed activities this week. 
 

Take a look at these photos …