We have had lots of spooky goings on this week in Nursery! We have been learning all about the festival of Halloween this week and have enjoyed finding out all about how we celebrate this festival on the 31st October every year. as part of our learning we all spent time designing a face to carve int
This half term, some of the Year Two children attended Lego Club. They built fantastic models, used their problem-solving skills and even took part in an investigation. First, the boys and girls created a Lego maze using the boards and bricks. To begin, the children ensured their maze had an entranc
This week in Reception has been a joy! We read the story of Oliver’s Vegetables, discussing which vegetables we like and dislike. The children enjoyed categorising foods into fruits and vegetables, enhancing their understanding in a fun way. The highlight was digging up and washing potatoes from
Barter Town is in full swing now, we begin each session with a review about the previous week, a town meeting if you like. What went well, what needs prioritising, what issues can be worked through. This gives the children time to reflect and to ask other villagers for advice. It has been interestin
We continue to take part in the Creative Storytelling sessions with the charity Equal Arts and our friends at Angel Court. This week we finished the collage, adding the printed adjectives in strips to represent the winds hair. Leaves were cut out and then curled and stuck into the winds flowing lock
Our gardening club began this week. Bob showed the children what will need doing in the allotments over the next few weeks. First job to collect the potatoes and turn over the soil, getting the raised bed ready for re-planting. They had a good haul and divided the produce between themselves to take
This term in Design Technology, Year Two have been designing, making and evaluating their own toy fire engines. The children learned about an incredible inventor – Lonnie Johnson. Did you know, he invented the super soaker water gun? First, the children looked at some examples of toy fire engines.
Linked with our learning of Autumn, Nursery have been reading the story of the Little Red Hen. We have been talking about Autumn, and all of the vegetables and crops we grow and harvest during the Autumn months. After reading the story “The Little Red Hen”, we worked together to make some hedge
Year 6 children headed out to the Forest School this week to begin in a block of sessions that have a definite theme running in the background but still follow the guiding principles of the Forest School. Last lesson we stayed in class avoiding the torrential rain and set the scene for the next few
Today we finished off our DT and History Greek topic with some delicious homemade Greek inspired loaded potatoes and tzatziki dip. After looking at potential risks with knives and hot surfaces, along with hygiene requirements, we used various chopping techniques to cut up the items in preparation –
