The Rules of the Sneak
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 Story of Robin Robin
The children have been recounting the story by writing captions to match scenes from the film Robin Robin.
School Panto!
This week Upper School were part of the audience for the performance of the pantomime, Aladdin. They had a great time shouting at the ‘baddy’ and joining in with all the fun.
Thanks to The Friends of Inskip for organising the ice cream and popcorn which the children all enjoyed during the show.
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Feeling festive!
Christmas crafts have been started to make the school look festive for this Saturday's Christmas Fair. All the children in Upper School have been making stars for the corridor and classroom, as well as metres and metres of paper chains for the corridor!
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…
Winter Weather
The weather took a turn for the frosty and cold this week, however this didn't put middle school off playing and exploring nature during their playtime. The children were fascinated by how the frost had covered everything! They carefully looked at ice crystals on leaves and grass and noticed how…
Indus Valley Craftspeople
The children got creative in their history lesson this week and created their own jewellery inspired by the Indus Valley Civilisation.
We began the lesson by looking at some of the archaeological findings from the area. We considered what materials they had available and how they might have gone…
Design and Technology
Today we got designing and creating our mood boards for our treasure boxes/memory boxes. We had to think about what shape of box we wanted, the decoration on the outside and what the net for the 3D shape would look like. We looked for inspiration using the Swiggle search engine, looked again at…
Maths number work
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.
Science Investigation - Germs
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…
Finders keepers, losers weepers....
In PSHE, we have been considering the phrase 'Finders keepers, losers weepers'. The idea that a person who finds something that is lost is entitled to keep it is not a new one. It has appeared in many laws throughout the centuries. It was thought to first appear back in ancient Rome, where a law…
Letters from Mr Wolf
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…