Whole School Homework – Black History Month
Dear All, As a school we are setting homework for half term based around Black History Month. The focus for this in Year 1 has been the book 'Coming To England' by Floella Benjamin. You can find the story on…
Kagan Co-Operative Learning in Year 1 Maths
The children are getting used to Kagan Co-operative Learning Structures and we are all learning as we go, teachers included! Kagan allows us to share work with no chances to opt out. It calls for contributions from everybody. We have…
Eid-Al-Adha
Eid Mubarak to all of our Muslim families! This is a very special time in the Muslim calendar and comes at the end of Hajj, the pilgrimage to Makkah. If you have an older child and would like to find…
Fruit Salad, Yummy, Yummy!
Well, the title speaks for itself . . . on our theme of healthy eating the children have chosen lots of different fruits and vegetables to make fruit salad. Some of us for the first time have used peelers and…
Odd and Even
New concept in reception today . . . odd and even numbers. Thank you to Subegh, who took this lovely picture! Odd and even numbers are hard work and we had to do a lot of preparation before we could…
Oliver’s Fruit Salad by Vivian French and Alison Bartlett
This is a story that we have been reading in reception while we have been thinking about healthy eating. If you would like to play it to your children, please use the link; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcTprkImlmI
Healthy Eating in Reception
Over the past couple of weeks we have been thinking about the food we put into our bodies. Today we did a sorting activity together using KAGAN co-operative learning task, 'Corners'. The children used green, amber and red plates and…
Vaisakhi
During our Easter break our Sikh families celebrated Vaisakhi. Vaisakhi is significant because it marks the birth of Sikhism as a collective faith in the year 1699. If you are unfamiliar with this festival, please find out more with your…
Eid Mubarak!
To all of our Muslim families who are celebrating today we would like to wish you Eid Mubarak! If you are unfamiliar with Eid-al-Fitr and would like to find out more . . . for your younger children please click…