Class of 2030 (Y1)

This afternoon the children were comparing the lives and works of Florence Nightingale and Kitty Wilkinson. They worked as a group to sort facts into a Venn diagram.

The children worked in small groups to complete a role on the wall activity describing the appearance and personality of the wolf in the story.

The children worked in table groups to do a range of fine motor skills activities. The focus activity was sewing a felt door onto a felt house wall. 

The children played some jumping warm up games before practising individual skipping techniques.

Year One English - Labelling Emotions

Today the children in Year One have been discussing how the emotions of the characters in our book, ‘Lost & Found’, changed throughout the story.  We drew relevant emojis around images from the story to help us prepare for our writing later in the…

Year One Maths - Comparing numbers using ‘fewer’, ‘more’ or ‘the same’

“I have more cubes than you.  You have fewer cubes than me.”

Today, the children have been learning to compare amounts using the language of ‘fewer’, ‘more’ or ‘the…

The children practised their jumping and team work skills when using french skipping ropes.

The children used a cardboard template and a tangle of wrapping paper to create their own version of a patchwork quilt.

Y2 took part in a Children’s University master class all about Space.

Year 1 Science- What are the parts of a plant?

We have been learning about the different parts of a plant. The children played a number matching game to help label the different parts of a plant. We talked about the flower, leaf, stem and root.

Year 1 Maths- count backwards from 10

We have been learning to count backwards from 10 using multiple-links. 

The children looked at the illustration ‘Waves’ by American artist Beth Krommes and listened to Fingal’s Cave by Mendelssohn. They then responded to these stimuli by choosing their own materials to make a range of marks to create their own version of…