Blog Author: R Heath

In our RE session this week, Class 1 were thinking about about how as well as giving presents to family and friends, Christians like to help other people. We talked about how we help those less fortunate than ourselves by making up parcels for those in need, raising money for charity through Carol…

Class 1 had such a lovely time this morning working with their Prayer Partners to create their own Christingle.  Before they made our Christingles, Class 1 found out about the meaning behind the Christingle and what each object on the Christingle represents.

This afternoon, Class 1 then enjoyed…

What a lovely time Class 1 have had today for Christmas Jumper day. They all looked fantastic and sparkly in their Christmas jumpers and have loved the different Christmas jumper themed activities in class. There was some lovely Christmas jumper designs being made on the creative area, some great…

Today Class 1 went on our Christmas Trip to Lower Drayton Farm. We all had the most amazing time and made lots of special memories. 

We went on a bus ride to Jingleville where we went on a sleigh ride, made reindeer food, sand art crafts, wrote a letter to Santa and went to meet him! We met…

Class 1 wrote their letters to Santa and posted them in the North Pole post box.

The children were then each able to meet Santa and ask him for their favourite thing they would like for Christmas.

Class 1 were fabulous in their Nativity performance on Tuesday!

They had lots to learn and remember but they were all fantastic, they should all be very proud of themselves well done!

What a fabulous time Class 1 had this morning at our Farm on Wheels visit with Sheila and her beautiful animals. 

All the children chose which nativity character they would like to be and then had such fun meeting, stroking and finding out about all the animals that live on Sheila’s…

This afternoon, Class 1 and the rest of the school were invited to go into St Stephen’s church to see all the fantastic Christmas trees on display at their Christmas tree festival. We enjoyed walking around and looking at all the beautiful and differently decorated trees and even spotted our…

In our maths sessions this week, Class 1 have been exploring squares and rectangles and finding out about their distinct properties. 
 

Today, we took our learning outside and went on a shape hunt to spot squares and rectangles in our environment. All the children were fantastic shape spotters…

Class 1 have read the text Little Glow this week and have explored all things Light and Dark.

We looked at images of different objects that create light and how they work. We talked about electricity, batteries and fire! 

The children then explored creating star constellations using picture…

Class 1 explored the snow together this morning, we wrapped up warm and worked together to build some snowmen.

We talked about the changing season and about the weather and temperature and have set up some water in various pots and containers to explore in the morning to see what happens to…

Class 1 focused on Road Safety this week. The children watched videos on how to safely cross the road and how to act when in and around vehicles. 
We set up a pretend road and we practised crossing over the road using a toy figures. We remember to stop, think, look and listen.