Blog Author: Mrs McMeakin

The children have been introduced to a range of drawing tools, such as pencils, chalk and pastels. We have made basic marks and how these marks can create different textures. Today we made different marks using white oil crayons, then created a wash to paint over revealing our patterns. 

In our Geography work this half term we have been exploring natural and manmade objects. We talked about what makes an object natural or manmade and thought of our own examples. We then went on a walk around our school grounds to explore what natural and manmade objects we could see. We have…

The children have been exploring day and night. We talked about how the Earth rotates and makes a full turn every day. We discussed when part of the Earth faces towards the sun it is daytime and when Earth faces away from the sun it is nighttime. We have learnt that Earth rotates and the sun…

We have been exploring the seasons of the year and what the weather is like in autumn, winter, spring and summer. We talked about what each season looks like and sorted the months of the year into what season they fall under. 

The children enjoyed their daily collective worship today by gathering together and taking part in tactile prayer. Tactile prayer such as gentle colouring has a soothing quality that promotes a sense of stillness, creating the conditions for a more reflective and receptive prayer experience.…

We have had a special arrival in Reception! We were welcomed back from the half term break to caterpillars in our classroom! We have talked about the life cycle of a butterfly and even watched a time lapse of the process! We have just loved checking in on our own caterpillars each day, two have…

This week we have been talking about how to keep ourselves healthy.  We discussed ways of exercising and healthy foods to eat.  We then chopped up fruit to make a spectacular fruit salad.  The children loved doing this but found the pineapple quite tricky to cut up.  

This week we have been looking at more traditional toys and games from the past.  We went outside and played Lucy Locket, Ring of Roses and In and Out those Dusty Bluebells and Farmers in his Den.  The children loved playing the old games and have started using them on their own on the yard at…

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…

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. 

Our last day at the farm.  We managed to squeeze in so much! We started by playing in the park and getting the chance to hold some Guinea pigs. We then went on a train ride followed by our packed lunch! We then met lots of animals and had the chance to feed lambs, goats, sheep and a cow.…