Personal & Social Education

This week at Angel Court the children took the photos. As you can see as the planting becomes more established, the garden is becoming a bright and beautiful place. Colour and texture all around. Todays session saw the children making some seed balls that will be sown both at Angel Court and at scho

Whittling is a lovely activity that allows the children to hone their tool skills. We work towards this stage gradually, ensuring children are confident in their ability and can follow instructions precisely. This allows them to enjoy the benefits of learning whilst minimising the risk. Today they w

The children in Reception and Year 5 were excited this week to set their butterflies free.   The children in both year groups, have been closely observing the changes that took place as the tiny caterpillars transformed into spectacular butterflies.  As they were finally released into our outdoor

As part of our PSHE topic this term on relationships and understanding ourselves in the world, today we looked at the connections we have with others in our class. We made a connection-chain based around the things we have in common that link us.  Our connections to things give us a sense of belong

We had a great trip to Pizza Express this morning, not just the excitement of the bus, and the shops in the Metro Centre, but also the chance to learn about pizza making, kneading the dough, adding the toppings and trying other toppings like olives, chilli and sun dried tomato…and the fact we got

How does Miss Rowe get the chickens in the coop at bedtime? Reception children found out first hand by playing a game of farmer and the hens. Each team had a farmer and a flock of hens. Each hen was blind folded to help represent the language barrier. In the first games the farmer tries to get their

The children in Reception were treated to an Irish dancing taster session this week with Nicola from Jump’n Jig.  Everyone found the session thoroughly enjoyable and they learnt some basic skills required for Irish dancing.  During the session the children danced with the Jump’n Jig bears, used ma

The children in Reception have thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Hall Hill Farm today. We had a great time meeting all the farmyard animals and even feeding a few. After lunch, we enjoyed holding baby chicks, guniea pigs and rabbits and even feeding a baby lamb with a bottle. We rode on the bumpy tract

This week saw a change of pace at Angel Court. Hannah Shaw, a printmaker, came to run a creative session inspired by the wood carvings of Thomas Bewick. First the children looked at some of his books, using magnifiers to hone in on the details. They discussed how much texture and movement he managed

This week we have been studying design and technology.  It all started by investigating which foods are healthy and which are unhealthy.  The pupils all decided that fruit was a healthy option and we used this as a basis for our design for fruit kebabs.  Everyone primarily designed their kebab us