Creating poppies for our Remembrance Day service
Class 1 have been very busy creating our Class 1 wreaths and individual poppies ready for our Remembrance Service next week.
The children worked together to create our beautiful wreaths using red and purple handprints and discovered that red poppies are for the soldiers who died in the wars…
Wedgwood pots!
Class 2’s Wedgwood inspired pots are looking fabulous! The children worked really hard to sculpt and mould their clay pots, finishing them off in the iconic Wedgwood blue and white colour palette. I’m sure you’ll agree, they are fantastic!
Our timelines
The children loved plotting their own history on their timelines yesterday! They loved sharing their history with the class; sharing memories and discussing their photos.
Poster competition
This afternoon, each child designed a poster to promote the village Christmas Lights Switch on happening at the end of November. Three local schools entered and the winners will be announced in due course, but here are Class 3’s entries.
Watercolour poppy painting
We have been painting poppies with watercolour ready for our Remembrance Service.
Finding out about Diwali
To launch our Celebrations topic, this week Class 1 have been learning all about Diwali.
We have watched a video about a family preparing and celebrating Diwali and listened to the story of Rama and Sita. We have made our own Festival of Light lanterns and created and explored making…
Being Creative with Circles and Triangles
In our maths today, Class 1 have been exploring circles and triangles. We have talked about what makes a circle a circle and why a triangle is a triangle. We played a game where we had to listen to clues to determine what shape Mrs Philp was hiding in her bag and then we got creative.
We all…
Film Friday
For completing their good to be green charts, the children have enjoyed Film Friday this afternoon! No trip to the cinema is complete without popcorn!
Pyjama day
The whole school enjoyed coming to school in their pyjamas today. As an extra treat, we developed our teamwork skills by playing games with the parachute. In the afternoon we enjoyed snacks and a film. What a fun end to a wonderful first half term, Class 3 have worked so hard for the last 8 weeks…
Performance Poetry
Today we read a selection of poems about war. We chose our favourite to perform to the class, following tips from the author Michael Rosen. He explained the importance of things such as facial expression, hand gestures, changing the tone of your voice and using plenty of expression to add to the…
Wedgwood pot painting!
This week Class 2 painted their Wedgwood inspired creations, they are looking incredible!
Post Office
Class 1 have enjoyed the story The Jolly Postman this week and have learned all about the journey of a letter. We watched what happens to a letter as it travels through the sorting office and how it reaches its destination.
We created our own post office in our classroom and have been enjoying…
