We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Class 1 went on a barefoot walk through the pages of the story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt .
We took our shoes and socks off, then felt the different textures underneath our toes. There was long wavy grass, deep cold water, a big dark forest and a swirling snowstorm. At the end we came to a…
Our beautiful cross designs!
Our new question in RE for this half term is Why do Christians put a cross in the Easter garden?
To start finding out the answer, today in RE Class 1 thought about why a cross is an important symbol to Christians. The children found out how Jesus died on a cross and that the cross represents…
Animals
This week we have been learning about animals that would live in the jungle. We read the story of Rumble in the Jungle and thought about the habitat those animals would live in. Then we went for a ride on our magic classroom carpet and landed in the jungle. We heard so many different animal…
Children’s Mental Health Week 2026
This week we shared a story called ‘Find Your Happy’. We talked about all the different emotions we have and practiced expressing these emotions with our faces. The children all made a picture drawing all of the lovely things they do or have that make them happy.
Superhero PE
What a fantastic PE session Class 1 have had with Mrs Castell today!
Using the skills the children have been focusing on this term, Class 1 took part in a superhero themed obstacle course. They challenging their balancing, jumping, listening and catching skills throughout the obstacle…
Winter Walk
This week Class 1 enjoyed a winter walk. Before we went out, we learnt about the different seasons and the signs we can look for to help us know which season it is.
On our walk, the children worked in pairs to tick of items on a tick list when they spotted them. We didn’t manage to spot…
Our mustard trees!
In our RE session we continued to find out about why some stories are so special. We talked about the bible and how Jesus was a great story teller and used his stories to share special messages with his followers.
We shared the parable of the Mustard Seed and talked about it’s important…
Caring for our teeth!
Class 1 today had some special visitors who came to talk to us about how to care for our teeth.
The school nurses bought their friend Charlie and his giant tooth brush and toothpaste and the children helped him to brush his teeth. Everyone worked together to sort different food and drinks…
What a fantastic and fun PE lesson we had this week in Class 1!
What fun Class 1 had this week in our PE lesson! Mrs Castell was so impressed with the children’s balance and agility skills and their listening. All the children enjoyed using the benches and equipment and playing the games together at the end.
I wonder what skills the children will work on…
Feeding the birds
This afternoon we went outside to hang our bird feeders we had made in topic last week. We could hear all of the birds chirping. Class 1 really hope they enjoy the feeders!
Alien Phonics
Class 1 have had such fun this morning practising their phonics. We have been incredibly busy learning new sounds and this morning while in the provision, the children enjoyed playing a game which help to reinforce their phoneme grapheme correspondence.
They had to listen carefully to the sound…
Exploring mass in Class 1!
Our maths focus this week in Class 1 is mass and capacity. Yesterday, we explored mass and used our bodies as a balance scale to work compare the mass of two objects and decide which is the heaviest and which is the lightest. All the children knew if the object was heaviest, the hand holding that…