Year R loop the loop!
Year R continue to practise their gross motor skills and build their core muscles. During our art lesson this week, we concentrated on making loops and circular movements using whole arms, shoulders and generally moving the whole body.
After a short warm-up, we practised our moves within…
Embrace Your Body
Body image is a topic that quite often comes up as children get older and I came across this video which seeks to promote body positive imagery among our children. The messages that our children receive are a concern as they can feel under pressure to conform to an 'expected' body image by their…
Conversations About Life Online - NSPCC
Children are spending more and more time using the internet and helping them to understand the internet better is the best way to shield them from its worst excesses.
I’d like to draw your attention to an article the NSPCC published earlier this month: ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for…
Year 3 Magnificent Mountains
To finalise our learning on Mountains and Rivers this term, today we designed and made our own models. To begin with, we chose the materials we wanted to use before getting to work on our masterpieces. Once the models were complete we added the labels, detailing the features of both rivers and…
Woodland Trip Year 2
Welcome to the woods!
The sun was shining and Mr Frost had come out for our trip to the wider woodlands. We looked at where the pine trees and broadleaf trees grow. There was so much room for exploration with natural materials and we returned with many happy and tired faces.
Year 2 went on…
Woodland trip Year 3
Welcome to the woods!
The sun was shining and Mr Frost had come out for our trip to the wider woodlands. We looked at where the pine trees and broadleaf trees grow. There was so much room for exploration with natural materials and we returned with many happy and tired faces.
Year 3…
Forest School Term 3 Year 3
This term Year 3 learned about rivers and rocks - which we built on in Forest School. The children let water flow down the mound although it was difficult to follow the flow of the water. They ended up taking the long gutter for support and making use of the new water butts. The children found…
Forest School Term 3 Year 2
Our first week back was too stormy to be outside - we found out about the Big Bird Watch instead indoors. The children listened to bird poems, brainstormed what they know about garden birds already, took a quiz about which garden bird they were, they made binoculars and created their bird log…
Forest School Term 3 Year 1
We had the owl babies visiting Forest School this term. Year 1 played a bird game - trying to find wool of different colours and learning about camouflaging. We supported the birds in our area but making natural bird feeders from apples, seeds and string. After a couple of weeks they had all…
Forest School Term 3 Year R
FE FI FO FUM who likes to have fun?
Forest School had some fairy tale inspirations this term. We read Goldilocks, made binoculars to go on an animal hunt, explored small animal world play and climbed the ladder. The weather was icy - and who needs more than a natural playground (as long as you…
Storm Whales collages - Year 1
Throughout the term, Year 1 pupils have been working towards the completion of their Storm Whale collages, inspired by Benji Davies' book, The Storm Whale. Pupils have created a background, midground and foreground for their artwork. Their backgrounds depict a stormy sea using oil pastels and…
Sea dance - Year R
To practise their gross motor skills this week, Year R pupils have been swimming through an imaginary sea!
To begin, we had a gentle swim in the tranquil sea. We practised our front stroke, back stroke and breast stroke to ‘Sitting on the Dock of the Bay’. Very relaxing. When the imaginary…
