Church for the Easter Service with FS2
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This week, FS2 joined the rest of the school with a walk to our local Church for an Easter Service. We listened to each class perform an Easter poem aloud to the rest of the school. This was followed by an Open the Book performed story about Jesus and the Last Supper. We ended our Easter Service […]
Egg-citing Easter Baking
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Yesterday the FS1 children took part in an Easter baking activity. 🐰🍪 We created sugar cookies in the shape of an Easter egg and bunnies. The children did really well at following instructions to weigh, pour, mix and knead their ingredients together to create the dough. Once the cookies were baked the children couldn’t wait to take […]
Y3’s Silent Debate on Climate Change
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Y3 have loved participating in a silent debate this week to look at the future of our planet of climate change was to continue happening. Pupils added to the statements to agree or disagree and linked this learning to what they already know about the Arctic.
Easter Crafts Workshop
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Last week we invited our adults in to join in with some Easter Crafts. 🐰🎨 We had three different crafts to be trying out and we had lots of fun. We could make bunny ears out of paper plates, make an Easter basket and design an Easter Egg. All of the adults and children got stuck […]
FS1 Learn Sewing
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The foundation 1 children have created and their very own ladybirds by learning a new skill this term, sewing. The children tried really hard and listened carefully to the instructions and were able to sew the material together to create the ladybirds body by using a simple stitch method. They then drew the spots onto the […]
FS1 Easter Craft Day
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The FS1 children enjoyed a morning of egg-cellent crafts with their parents and grandparents during our Easter craft workshop today. We created bunny headbands, stretchy chicks, fluffy lambs and many more lovely crafts for the families to take home. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves and we look forward to planning the next one. Happy Easter from the Early Years […]
Toy Workshop
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Last week we were visited by Clifton Park Museum who delivered a toy workshop to Beech Class as part of our History unit ‘Toys and Technology’. In our first session we spent time investigating different toys from the past. We discussed how these toys are made out of different materials including wood and metal. For some toys, the […]
Year 5 Visit Kelham Island
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On Friday, Year 5 visited Kelham Island in Sheffield to support their learning about the industrial revolution. The children had fun learning about the different roles in the steel making industry, enjoyed hearing the story of Harry Brearley and his making of rustless steel and loved watching the most powerful working steam engine in action The […]
Holly Class have a Busy Half Term
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Holly Class have had a busy half term learning about lots of new topics! As part of PSHE they have been learning the importance of team work. They were set a challenge to work in small teams to produce a pop-up book based on a traditional story. Each team had to assign different roles to […]
Fieldwork with Y6
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Y6 completed some fieldwork observations today by going on a local area walk. We used tally charts to collect data about different buildings in the area: bungalows, shops, detached houses, parks and many more. We also practiced our compass skills whilst walking around the fields. When returning back to school, we used this data to […]