This week in Pre-Nursery we have had lots of fun. We began the week with the children spotting something strange in our classes sitting on the screen. As they got closer, we realised we had…
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Nursery: Artists Old and New
Nursery have enjoyed continuing their discoveries about dinosaurs. Our key text this week was ‘Dinosaurs love underpants’ . The dinosaurs in the story were not so good at sharing, so we talked about…
Read MoreReception: Fireworks and the Festival of Light
This week we have been learning all about Diwali, we learnt the story of Rama and Sita and acted this out using props. Some children in our class celebrated Diwali and their Grandparents came to…
Read MoreNursery Are Thinking Big!
Nursery started this half term with a brand-new theme. The biggest clue was the exciting discovery of some enormous footprints in our classrooms. We set about investigating them, and after some discussion we decided that…
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This week Nursery engaged wonderfully with their first traditional tale of the year: ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’, We practised retelling it, and used blocks and instruments to accompany the different parts of the…
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Another wonderful week in Year 3. Still feeling inspired by their trip last week, Year 3 have been using their knowledge of the Neolithic period to create prehistoric art using charcoal and pastels. We are…
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Nursery were very excited to have our very first nature lesson with our environmental teacher, Ms Ioannou. The children were first taught how to put on their gardening gloves. They practised making a hole with…
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We’re excited to share that our Year 4 pupils have been studying the vibrant and unique world of Ndebele art, focusing on the work of renowned South African artist, Esther Mahlangu. This traditional African…
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The general theme for this week has been ‘myself’. We discussed what we are like on the outside (our body and features) as well as the inside (our feelings, our preferences and personalities). We read…
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Welcome to Week 2! We’ve had another busy week in Pearl and White Class, where we introduced our theme for this half term, ‘Me and My Family’. This week the children have spent some time…
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