Blog by Tag: Understanding the World

This week school have been celebrating Earth Day 2023. Miss Bentham  spoke to us about looking after the environment. She showed us a video of The Ocean Clean Up campaign We were really surprised to see what was collected out at sea. Some of the pupils commented on how lazy people were. We then…

What another action packed week it’s been in Chestnut Class. As it’s a new term we have begun the topic ‘Down on the Farm’. The pupils have enjoyed exploring farm animals toys and singing ‘Old McDonald had a farm’. 

We have also celebrated Eid-al-fitr. The pupils where given the…

In 9A this week, we’ve been learning about Eid. 

The children enjoyed our focused lesson about Eid and Islamic Culture. 

First of all, we discussed what Eid is: a festival to celebrate the end of Ramadan. We recapped what Ramadan is and other important Islamic traditions and aspects of…

Sycamore class had a lovely visit to the zoo this week. 
 The children had such a great time . Learning all about the animals , where they live , what they eat and how they travel around - is it 4 legs , 2 legs or no legs ? 

The children did super listening all day and asked lots of questions…

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What another action packed week it’s been in Chestnut Class. As it’s a new term we have begun the topic ‘Down on the Farm’. The pupils have enjoyed exploring farm animals toys and singing ‘Old McDonald had a farm’. 

We have also celebrated Eid-al-fitr. The pupils…

What a busy term we have had!

The gentlemen in Oak Class have made great progress, the staff team are very proud!

This week we have followed communication board instructions to get creative with Easter crafts and treats. Group 2 also enjoyed swimming on Monday morning.

Our daily relax…

This week we have been very busy in 7A.

On Monday we worked very hard on our number skills and also made some lovely Mothers Day cards, we hope you like them as much as we enjoyed making them! 

In Mrs Wells lesson on Wednesday we talked about our picture frames and what they would look like,…

Sycamore Class absolutely loved celebrating Holi on Wednesday!

Good afternoon,

Today the Chestnut pupils and staff immersed themselves in activities to celebrate Holi. Holi also known as the Festival of Colours, Festival of Spring, and Festival of Love, is one of the most popular and significant festivals in Hinduism.

The pupils were provided with a…

Today Willow Class listened to the story “Hidden Figures” to celebrate International Day of Girls and Women in Science. We had a fantastic discussion about equality and some of us decided we would love to be astronauts! We all agreed that the Hidden Figures did a super job at ensuring planes and…

Well another busy week in 8A. We started the week off celebrating Chinese New Year. Mrs Bentham brought some Chinese food in for us all to try and we made some Chinese dragons which are on the display board. 

We have been learning about how our heart works and we used stethoscopes to listen to…

It’s been another fantastic week in Chestnut class.  This week we have looked at postmen and women. This gave the pupils the opportunities practice mark making and stamping and posting skills when in the continuous provision, along participating in our adapted sensory story of The Jolly Postman. 
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