Blog Author: Mrs Powles

The children had a fabulous morning learning about Pancake day. At the beginning of the week we read the story, Mr Wolf’s Pancakes. The children really enjoyed the story and were surprised with how it ended. They decided they wanted to help Mr Wolf by writing him some instructions to follow, which…

We had a fabulous time at the Space Centre today. The children were fascinated by all of the different objects and artefacts to explore. We started the day by going into the huge planetarium, where we learned all about what it takes to be an astronaut. It was very interesting to learn all about…

The children in Year 1 have been learning about the spelling patterns for the ‘ow’ sound. They were able to use their phonic knowledge to write a selection of words containing the sound. Well done Year 1!

The children in Year 1 had a fabulous RE lesson with Miss Jennings this afternoon. They have been learning all about ‘What do Muslims believe?’ 

The children learned all about the 99 names of Allah and then they made special pieces of artwork to represent 1 of the 99 names. Lovely work…

Our year 1 children have had a wonderful lesson exploring clay as part of their art topic. They have tried different techniques to shape and mould the clay. 
In their lesson today, they have made clay pots using the pinching technique. They had a great lesson and loved making their pots which we…

We have had lots of fun this afternoon in our music lesson. The children really got ‘into the groove’ by finding the pulse in different pieces of music. They stomped, clapped and swayed in time to some Latin music. They then used the musical instruments to play in time to the pulse. We listened to…

We had a fabulous day, learning all about why we celebrate Bonfire Night. We completed lots of fun activities in our forest school area, the outdoor classroom and in our classroom environment. Our favourite activities included making breadstick sparklers, they tasted delicious! We loved making…

Thank you for a wonderful morning on the bouncy castle! 

We have had great fun this morning finishing off our ‘Carp Kites’ in DT. The children spent yesterday afternoon decorating their kites with tissue paper and this morning we constructed them. The children have had lots of fun flying their kites around our playground! Great work Year 1 and 2! Your…

The children in Year 1 & 2 had a wonderful afternoon learning more about Queen Elizabeth l and King Henry Vlll, as part of our history. They were given the task of acting as ‘jesters’, ‘kings’ or ‘queens’ to entertain each other. The royal jesters had a great time on stage entertaining our royal…

What a wonderful day we have had at Arboretum! Our Reception children were so excited to see Stickman this morning. We were so lucky that the rain stopped before we visited him and his friends. Here are a selection of photos of our fabulous day. Well done Reception! You were all superstars and I…

Our last two science lessons of this half term are all about ‘Stickman’. The children have made their own stick people and dressed them in some wonderful outfits.
Today we have immersed ourselves in the story, all ready for our exciting trip tomorrow. Well done Reception!