Blog Author: R Heath

Class 1 went on a barefoot walk through the pages of the story We're Going on a Bear Hunt. 

We have been reading and acting out the story this week and we took our story outside, took our shoes and socks off and felt the different textures underneath our toes - long wavy grass, deep cold river,…

The question we are exploring this half term in our RE sessions is ‘What happens in a church?’
 

Today, we talked about how lucky we are to have our church, St Stephen’s so close to our school and to be part of the church community.  We talked about all the different celebrations we have…

What a lovely and happy time Class 1 had gardening in the outdoor classroom this afternoon. The children worked brilliantly to help tidy the beds and then had fun and took great care planting some strawberry and some different seeds.

We can’t wait to see what grows and to spend time caring for…

Today to finish our current RE unit finding out about Easter, Class 1 we’re thinking about Easter Sunday and why it is so important to Christians. We found out about how Christians celebrate Easter Sunday in church and at home and we shared what we do with our families at Easter.

Class 1 then…

Class 1 have transferred their cocoons to the butterfly net today. Unfortunately our caterpillars haven’t done as well this year but we have been sent some new baby caterpillars to hopefully continue our caterpillar journey next term. But for now we are hoping our few current cocoons that have…

Class 1 have been learning about the Easter story and Easter traditions this week. The children have written sentences to share their knowledge about traditions and have all created an Easter card with the cross symbol and have discussed what this symbolises to Christians.

Have a Happy Easter…

Today in our RE session, Class 1 continued to explore the Easter story and found out about what happened after Good Friday and how Christians celebrate Easter Saturday. We watched some short videos about the Easter story and how Easter is celebrated in church on Easter Saturday and Sunday. We then…

Class 1 have been incredibly busy exploring 3D shapes this week in their maths sessions.
 

They have made beautiful butterflies by printing with 3D shapes to see what 2d shapes are in different 3D shapes, listened to and joined in with some 3D shape songs and today, Class 1 were challenged to…

Class 1 are learning all about pond life this week, with a special focus on frogs!

We listened to the story The Perfect Ribbit, which beautifully explains the life cycle of a frog. The children drew their own life cycles, labelled and wrote sentences to describe the process. The children also…

Today some of our caterpillars have started to hang upside down in their J shapes, getting ready to make their cocoon. Some of our caterpillars have already made their cocoons over the weekend and we have filled in the next part to our caterpillar diary to record our observations.

Our caterpillars are growing! They have eaten lots of food, we have noticed their skin shed, webs and also lots of poo! We have been making observations and notes in our caterpillar diaries, carefully documenting this process.

Class 1 are really enjoying watching them grow!

Class 1 explored minibeast habitats in Science today and why minibeasts like small, sheltered places. We went outside to collect natural materials, sticks, leaves, pine cones and bark to create a bug hotel out of a tyre.