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We have started our 'Traders and Raiders' topic and we managed to 'hook' the children in with a Zoom call from a REAL (and a very technologically advanced) Viking! He was brilliant! He described to the children all about Viking life, the raids, the fighting, how they crossed the oceans and the…

This week the children have been learning about the counties and cities of England. Then they researched the areas where the Vikings settled. These are shown in green on the map above of the U.K.We have also looked at computer networks and how messages are sent. The children were able to send…

Tomorrow in Nursery (Friday afternoon) we are making our very own ice cream with an ice-cream maker. 

The ingredients are displayed on the thumbnail picture. 

All dietary needs will be adhered to during any activity that involves tasting that occurs within school.

If your child has any…

As I walk around our school I feel very proud, indeed, of our school family. In every classroom I visit, children are engaged with learning, helping one another and sharing their thoughts and ideas. They give positive comments to one another about their work, and offer advice as to how children…

Our 'Time to Talk' session was extra special today as we had an enormous shell to explore.

We first thought of words to describe the size of the shell and of course our first thought was BIG.

We talked about different words that mean the same as big and could think of ........ massive…

This week, we have been focusing our learning on the Moon. The children used their ICT skills to research facts and then produced a fabulous fact sheet. We also used Oreo biscuits to create the phases of the Moon and finally, the children had a go using the VR googles, where they explored…

We had a fabulous Maths sessions today creating a bar chart using different sea creatures.  All of the children were very engaged and actively involved.

First we used the Numicon pieces to create the numbers at the side of the chart.  We then took it in turns to find sea creatures that looked…

We started our new topic ‘How many pebbles on the beach?’ by having Ice cream! We talked about the different things we could do at the beach and we thought of some delicious foods.

We discussed our favourite flavour of ice cream, and then we scooped, dipped and poured as we made our very own.

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We are really enjoying our new topic called 'Who lives in a rockpool?'.

Our role play area has been changed into an aquarium.  We have been playing I-spy to say and write a list of all of the different things we can see.  Can you find where Nemo is hiding?

During PE we had a go at moving our…

To start our Land Ahoy topic, we have worked really hard on our drawing skills and have peer critiqued our friend’s work to help them improve their art.

We then used a wax resist technique to colour our drawings.

In literacy, we loved looking at the outlandish photos that were found on…

As part of our Engage for our new topic ‘Stargazers’, the children explored size and scale of the planets in our Solar System. They worked out the order of the planets and then had to match everyday objects to the planets to understand the scale. We used a melon for Jupiter, a grapefruit for…

As part of the new topic - we are looking at the Tudor dynasty and the impact of Henry VIII on life in the Tudors.  We will be investigating his role in the murder of his 2nd wife and also how he was able to create his own church.