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We have been discussing animal enclosures today.  What they need for each animal.  The children have been very excited to explore in provision by building their own enclosures. 

To some this might look like a messy busy classroom.  To us it is a creative, collaborative creation that the children have worked hard on all afternoon and are rightly proud of.  It represents relationships, compromise, dialogue, decision making, flexible thinking, resilience, perseverance and…

In Maths, we have been listening for patterns and finding the beat in different nursery rhymes and songs. We have also been looking at patterns around us - spotty, stipy, swirly. Today we identified and made our own repeated patterns with a partner. The children talked about their pattern and were…

To help support our understanding of coordinates, we played in pairs a game of Battleships.

Today we discussed solutions to pollution and how we can help.

In pairs, we used a Diamond Nine to rank which solution we felt would be most effective and least effective.

The children then justified their choices.

Year 1- Science-Plants 

We have been learning how to identify and describe the basic structure of trees. We talked about deciduous and evergreen trees and how they are different. The children enjoyed looking at the different tree rings outdoors and exploring the different shapes. 

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When we returned after lunch today imagine our surprise when we noticed some special visitors to our garden!  The ducks didn’t hang around long after we went to play and they waddled off down towards Year 2 but we were very excited to see them. 

Year 1- Toys in Space 

We have been very busy in Year 1 writing invitations to help cheer up Hotopize who has lost his toy called Cuddles. This morning we had a party with our toys to help cheer him up. We danced to music and ate some party food. We hope Hotopize feels happy and finds his lost…

In RE this week we have been exploring further the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit.  We have listened to the story and used scarves, ribbons and bubbles to explore the feeling of wind and thinking about how Jesus’ friends must have felt.  The Holy Spirit feels like the wind, makes us feel…

The children have been using our new bamboo pipes to experiment with cause and effect using a ball.  They use teamwork and communication skills to make sure the ball didn’t roll off!

The children have shown a real interest in animals since reading 'Silly Doggy' by Adam Stower so we set up a Vet Station with bays and equipment to help look after our sick and poorly pets. The children are having lots of back and forth conversations describing what has happened to their pet and…

As part of our topic about Liverpool Waterfront, Year 2 visited Peel Ports this week. We went to Terminal 1 and watched containers get loaded and unloaded using huge machinery. We then had a walk around the control room and some children had the opportunity to press a button to drop the…