Outdoor PE – Spring is almost here!

This afternoon the children enjoyed a sunny, yet chilly outdoor PE lesson. They worked on improving their aim and accuracy with throwing at a target.

Sharing strategies to help us subtract

Year 1 have been learning to subtract. The children have been taught how to use different practical and visual resources and strategies to help them get a better understanding of how to take away amounts from a whole.

Staying safe on the internet.

We have been sharing our experiences on using the internet on different electronic equipment at home and the steps we need to take to keep safe. The children were very responsible and knew that they always needed to tell a safe adult before they used the internet and to make sure they also let their… Read more »

Rangoli patterns with chalk

The children have been learning about the Hindu religion and have made their own Rangoli patterns in art using chalks, sketching outlining patterns and repeating them. Our playground now looks very bright and in Hindu culture they believe that having the patterns displayed on the floor attracts good luck.

This weeks new e books and tricky words.

This weeks e book titles are now available. I have also included a list of the ‘tricky words’ (words which do not follow the usual spelling or phonetic rules) that the children have been working on this term. EYFS are learning level 2 and 3, whilst year 1 are mostly secure with these and learning… Read more »

Nee Naw, Nee Naw the ambulance is here!

Class 1 had some very special guests in for a visit. Georgia and Molly from the Essex ambulance service came in to see us and tell us all about being paramedics. We even had a look round the ambulance and tried out the heart monitors and oxygen!