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The children have had lots fun learning and playing outdoors. Nursery A would like to thank Hattie’s dad for making their new outdoor painting easel. They are thoroughly enjoying painting and mark making together. 

This week we have been planting saplings in our forest area which we will…

We have been reading about Angel Gabriel visiting Mary to tell her she was going to have a special baby and he would be called Jesus. The children reacted the story and talked about how Mary may have felt and how she would have to prepare for her new baby. The children have started to get a crib…

The children had a brilliant time making flatbreads.

We explored different breads from around the world before getting into small groups to make the dough. Then, we used rolling pins to flatten the mixture.

Mila 5A - ‘I liked putting my hands in to form the dough.’

Liam 5A - ‘I enjoyed…

This week in Nursery we have remembered and said thank you to all the wonderful and brave soldiers. The children watched a short animation and then made poppies to take home.  

We discussed the meaning of ‘healthy lifestyle’ and ‘processed food’. The children used a range of skills such as chopping, grating and peeling to make a colourful, layered salad.

The children explored and practised backwards rolls, tuck jumps and balances. They also did exercises to develop their arm strength.

This half term the children have been reading the story of 'The Three Little Pigs'. They are having lots of fun with their friends building new homes using bricks, sticks, straw and playdough for the pigs. The children are talking about the strongest house and sharing their ideas of what to do…

This week we have been exploring the composition of the number 3.  All the different ways to make 3.  Today we used bean bags and a hoop, seeing how many we could land outside and inside the hoop.  The children loved the game and wanted to carry on when we went to play!

Well done to our Year 6 girls who took part in the South Sefton Partnership's Dodgeball competition this week. Also, our Year 5 and 6 Sports Ambassadors have attended the Bronze Ambassador training with other local schools today. 

Today we have celebrated Remembrance Day by reading and analysing the poem, ‘In Flanders Field’ by John McCrae.

Today we used Chatta to explain the diet of an Anglo-Saxon peasant.

The children enjoyed using their oracy skills to explain each particular dish on the menu.

Yesterday we learnt all about the festival of light or Diwali.  The celebrations sounded a little like how we celebrate Christmas with party clothes, party food and meeting our friends and families.  We were very interested to find out about Rangoli patterns and the ‘Diva Lamps’. The children are…