Children's Mental Health Week!
This week, on top of Safer Internet Day, we have also been taking part in Children’s Mental Health Week, which, we are sure you will agree, is extremely important. As you know, human beings are intrinsically connected to each other, and these connections are vital for the wellbeing of all…
Safer Internet Day!
Yesterday, we had an assembly all around being safe on the internet, in preparation for today, which is Safer Internet Day! The learning main topic of conversation around this has been based around this year's theme ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’.
In…
Experimenting with materials and their properties!
When looking at properties of materials, it was clear that the children weren't so secure on their understanding of waterproof, absorbent, transparent and opaque. We decided to set up an experiment that would enable us to test and observe these properties of materials. Within this experiment, we…
Birdwatchers on the loose!
Before bird watching, we talked about how many different birds we knew. With over twenty different species I was very impressed! Answers ranged from sparrows, woodpeckers and kingfishers to flamingos, penguins and ostriches! This led to conversations around which types of birds we would be likely…
Puppet Masters!
As part of our new Design and Technology topic, that ties in with our Big Question, we are going to be designing and making hand puppets to retell the story of the 3 Little Pigs. Before we can start designing and making, it is really important that we investigate different styles of puppets and…
Snuggle Up and Read Bags!
Detective, detective!
Welcoming the children back after the Christmas holidays was a crime scene! The children had to be police detectives and use the clues to figure out what story character had left the clues behind. The clues were revealed one at a time and in between each one, they had to think about a story that…
Second-hand School Uniform
Has your child grown over the holidays and in need of some new uniform? Second-hand uniform is now looking much nicer and can be found just outside the school office for you to access at any time during school hours! Cash payment will be accepted by our lovely office ladies with all money going to…
Food Bank Donation!
Not only did your toy donations help us to raise lots of money at the Christmas Fayre for our school, but they have now gone on to Riviera Life Church Food Bank to help even more people at Christmas time! What a lovely thing to see!
Christmas Lunch and Jumper Day!
Today we really did get into the festive spirit! With our Christmas jumpers and reindeer hats at the ready, we enjoyed a wonderful Christmas lunch cooked by the school kitchen. There was plenty of cracker pulling, joke telling and Christmas brownie eating! It was so lovely to see all of their…
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