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As part of our topic ‘Under the Sea’ we have read the story Somebody Swallowed Stanley by Sarah Roberts.

In this story a plastic bag is blown into the ocean and goes on a bit of journey meeting lots of different sea creatures.

The Jellyfish can’t work out what type of sea creature Stanley is.

Some of the creatures he met got into a little bit of difficulty as plastic bags are not supposed to be in the ocean.

Stanley ends up washed up on the beach and is found by a little boy who turns him into something useful.  He turns him into a kite.

We used plastic bags to make our own Jellyfish in the Art & Design Area. 

We cut the bags into long strips to use for the tentacles and stuck them to the inside of a bowl.  Once the tentacles were dry we used smaller pieces of the plastic bag to cover the body and added eyes. 

We love how long and colourful the tentacles are and we think they look amazing hanging in the corner of our classroom.

The sun has been shining for our ‘Fun in the Sun’ topic and we finally managed to go on a shadow hunt. We had a lovely afternoon hunting for shadows. We used everyday language to talk about size, quantities, patterns and shapes. Afterwards, we got into pairs and drew around our own…

Lots of brilliant learning this week! The children have enjoyed investigating fossils and using clues to decide what different types of dinosaur ate. Following on from this, we have learnt all about exoskeletons and endoskeletons. We played guess the animal and labelled the human skeleton. In…

Every Friday morning, we have a celebration assembly which consists of various awards: Pupil of the Week, Act of Kindness, Lunchtime Award, Captains’ Choice (team captains rewarding children who sit beautifully during assembly), Reading Awards, Scores on the Doors (teachers award their class for…

We have started a new topic all about ‘Under the Sea’.

To start off our topic we have been exploring

Similarities and Differences

We have been looking closely at the markings on the Clown Fish.  There are lots of other fish that also have stripes.

We talked about…

This morning, we discovered that an alien spaceship had crash landed into our outdoor play area!  Mrs Channing gave us permission to examine the scene, provided that we stayed behind the police tape. There was a flashing red light in what looked like a camera.  Was it watching us or sending a…

On Thursday this week, we enjoyed a visit from The Dogs’ Trust. We learned how to keep ourselves safe when approaching unfamiliar dogs, what to do if they attacked us and how to ensure we don’t upset dogs by respecting their space and feelings. 

Today, we have learned all about centripetal forces and how they act against the pull of gravity. The best way to show this of course, was to have the children try to attempt to move a bucket of water upside down, over their heads, without getting wet. The children quickly learned that, in order…

What a busy week we've had!  The children have made a super start on their new topic, 'Land Ahoy' learning about sea creatures and creating wax resist water colour pictures, well done.  Jess and Jake shared their authentic looking treasure maps which they made at home using coffee to stain them,…

Today, we have learned all about centripetal forces and how they act against the pull of gravity. the best way to show this of course, was to have the children try to attempt to move a bucket of water, upside down, over their heads without getting wet. The children quickly learned that, in order…

The children had an amazing time having Afternoon Tea with the Queen! They drank tea out of china cups and saucers, whilst munching on delicious scones, marmalade and jam sandwiches, chocolate cake, biscuits and meringues! This was all to engage the children with our exciting new topic, ‘Bright…

We had a lovely visit from Dogs Trust this week. The lady told us why we should be careful around dogs and showed us techniques to make sure we are safe.