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Today in Year 11 we have been looking at a very relevant news story, the election in the USA.

We discussed who the presidential candidates were and we looked at their policies. We then had a discussion about who we thought we would vote for. After discussing their manifesto we then voted. It…

This week the children have been very excited about bonfire night. We have explored lots of different areas of learning using elements of fireworks and bonfire inspired words and patterns. The children created some very colourful pictures and used amazing communication with peers talking about…

This week in 7A has been a busy one!

Our ‘new’ food this week was plums. Some of us had never tried plums but we all really enjoyed them. A few people said they were like a cross between an apple and orange.

Autumn poems found the rhyming words and then coloured rhyming words in different…

This week willow class have had a very busy week. Some of the children went swimming working on their water confidence and techniques. On Wednesday some children had a lovely walk to the park working on their road safety and stranger danger. Towards the end of the week we explored the celebration…

Diwali in 7P

This week 7P celebrated Diwali. The learners looked at a PowerPoint on what activities Hindus do when they celebrate Diwali. 

The children learnt that Diwali means “Festival of Light” and it marks the beginning of the new year in the Hindu calendar. 

We looked at all the…

Maple class have been very busy this week engaging in lots of Autumn themed activities. We have been exploring Autumn coloured rice through pouring and sprinkling, improving our fine motor skills with the hammer , pumpkins and golf tees and making play doh pumpkins and spiders. We have thoroughly…

Beech class have had a great first week back after half term. This week we have enjoyed celebrating Halloween and Diwali.

During our continuous provision, we have loved making witches potions, exploring flour ghosts, making spooky monsters and used our fine motor skills to explore the…

This week has been a busy first week back. As usual we first looked at what our friends had been up to over the half term. Some of us went on a holiday, some had some sleepovers, and some of us stayed and did lots of different things with our family and friends. We have celebrated Diwali in lots…

This week we have celebrated all things Halloween in Chestnut Class, we have had lots of spooky continuous provision and Halloween themed group sessions. 

Our group sessions this week have included; 

• Halloween Sensology- We explored our different senses with Halloween themed…

Welcome back to Autumn 2 - this will be a long term with lots of exciting things happening along the way, leading up to Christmas! As I forgot to publish the blog at the end of last term, some of the photos are of our last week in term 1 - apologies! 

The week started off with us making some…

Learners in Sycamore class had a fantastic surprise when they arrived at school this morning. Overnight, a pumpkin patch had appeared on the grass outside their classroom! Everyone went outside to choose their own pumpkin, which they then brought back into the classroom. The next job was to scoop…

This term 9A have done some fantastic work in our speaking and listening in circle time. To help us remember to take turns to listen and to speak we use ‘The talking turtle’ which means that we can speak if we have hold of it and if we don’t then it we listen and wait our turn to speak. This has…