Blog Author: Janine Brady

Reception have been learning all about capacity. We have used words such as full, empty, half full, nearly empty and nearly full to describe what we could see if each cup! #enjoy #evolve

Reception arrived back into the classroom after lunch to discover a very loud crashing sound, we wondered where is was coming from. We checked the school camera and found something very unusual outdoors, we ran to investigate. We found an engine, rocket ship parts, food, space boots and a space…

Reception- This week we have been learning about penguins and how they keep warm in the icy waters. We wanted to see how the blubber keeps the penguin warm, so we decided to do an experiment. We placed one hand in the icy cold waters with no protection, then placed our other hand in the ice cold…

Reception enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year this afternoon. They did lots of fun activities whilst learning all Chinese culture and traditions #enjoy #embrace #evolve

Pre School enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year this afternoon. They did lots of fun activities whilst learning all Chinese culture and traditions #enjoy #embrace #evolve

Reception had a delivery of a penguin, we discussed and debated where it might have come from. We then found the book 'Lost and Found'. We enjoyed reading the story and learnt that the Penguin was from the South Pole. We looked where the South Pole was on a map. We then wanted to help the penguin…

Reception have been learning all about Winter. We read the story 'Winter Worries', all about a Hedgehog who wasn't sure what happened to him during winter as it was his first experience. The children learnt new words such as 'hibernate' and 'migrate'. They learnt that some animals fall into a deep…

Reception, Pre School and Nursery had the best Christmas party, wow they really do have great dance moves! They even had a visit from Father Christmas! #enjoy

Reception were so excited to discover that Santa had been to our class whilst we were having lunch, he left us lots of pictures of him playing within our classroom. We noticed that he had a box wrapped up in Christmas paper, so we looked around and found a special delivery. Inside was the story of…

Reception have been in the festive spirit this week! We have been making our own snowmen using a range of resources, becoming elves in Santa's work shop and working hard to following instructions to draw a penguin #enjoy #embrace

Reception have been learning all about the composition of 4 & 5.The children have worked hard to develop their skills in seeing which numbers are used to make numbers up to 5. We have also been learning about pattern and rhythm during our computing session. #enjoy #evolve

Reception have #enjoyed the story 'Little Red Riding Hood' this week. The Wolf ate all of Grandma's food, so we decided to write a new shopping list for Little Red Riding Hood to collect for her Grandma. We have also enjoyed making axe's for the Woodcutter and playing in our new roleplay area…