When children are healthy, happy and safe, curiosity is ignited and learning is optimised. In this section, you will find out what children in school and nursery have been learning this week.
This morning, sapphire class had their very own Starbooks café! We had hot chocolate and read mystery books from our Starbooks bags!
It was great to see the children embracing new books and trying new styles and authors!
I told them when they get older and life is hectic, they will love the opportunity to sit in a cosy café with a good book – they felt very grown up then!
Peridot Class have been working very hard on our cooperation display, which is now up in the school hall.
Children were interested in ballet dancing this week. We talked about what that looks like and then researched on the computer. Children then independently found some dancing dressing-up clothes and started copying the moves - fantastic!
This week is Children’s Mental Health week. In Emerald, we have talked about strategies to make us feel calm and happy with one being mindful colouring.
The children enjoyed colouring with some calm music in the background.
In our geography lessons we have been learning about the polar regions and what makes them unique 🌍
Children have been busy using lots of different ways to make marks, practising their fine motor skills. This afternoon they listened carefully to ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ and then retold the story by drawing pictures of the sequence. Lots of fantastic language was used in retelling the story and children gave real meaning to their marks.
At Forest School this week we have been looking for signs of spring. Children noticed some daffodils popping through the ground and some buds appearing on the trees. Of course, it wouldn't be Forest School if they didn't play in the mud!
The Peridot class have been working hard on their writing about the book, ‘Let’s all creep to crocodile creek’. We have been thinking about vehicles that we would use to take us on an exciting journey.
This week year 3 had a health and safety session with the fire department. They learnt what to do if there was a fire in the home and about how to keep themselves safe!
We even got to see what it was like to work for the fire service!
The Peridot Class enjoyed learning how to programme the Beebots. They made them move to different points on the Beebot mat. The Year One children then made their own Beebot mats.
Emerald class were tasked with creating a poster about the school value ‘respect’ which will go onto our class display board in the hall.
The children have shared their ideas on how we can be respectful to others and to the world. 🌎
Diamond class have been looking at different ways of opening a new paragraph in their writing.
This could be using:
• adverbial phrase
• speech
• character description using a range of nouns/pronouns/synonyms
• use of a subordinate clause
• action word or onomatopoeia
• question
• repetition of a word or phrase
The children are so creative, they should feel really proud of their ideas!
