We have been working incredibly hard on our typing skills. 

We had some amazing exploration and reflection time in the Eco garden. 

We have been programming our robot Earl and working on our word processing skills on a computer. 

We explored the Sukkot box and discussed how each item is linked and why. 

We had an incredible day at the farm! We saw lots of farm animals and animals you wouldn’t normally see at a farm in the Uk such as Emus and meerkats. All the children had a go at feeding some of the animals and handling the rabbits and Guinea pigs. We then spent some time learning about the lambs and how to care for them. We saw twin lambs who were less than 24hours old and had a cuddle with some of the older lambs. 

We discussed special places, what makes them special and then used our experience of special places of worship to recreate them. 

We have explored many different fossils from fossilised fish to a trilobite. We demonstrated how ammonites lived and then turned into fossils. We shared what we knew about extinct and endangered animals. We then found a list of animals that are critically endangered. 

We took part in an amazing event at church organised by the parishioners. The stations of the cross to explain Holy Week events. 

We had an incredible school trip to the open centre, Mosque and  Gurdwara. We learnt lots , shared big questions and tried new foods. 

Receptions planted some cress seeds in a tuff spot and we cared for it and it grew really quickly which meant we could harvest some for cress sandwiches. 

We enjoyed playing an opposite game as a warm up to our amazing discussions about our home and school responsibilities. 

We made trenches and no man’s land in the classroom and discussed living conditions, what the soldiers experienced on a daily routine bacon and tea for breakfast, how they sent the messages via carrier pigeons. 
 

When the war started ( 1914), when it finished 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month in (1918). 

We explored a palm cross and discussed its importance in Holy Week. 

We had a lovely visitor and a chance to explore a police car and see what equipment is needed in a police car as well as check the sirens and lights work before getting the chance to sit in it and test the seats for comfort. 

We had a lovely day exploring books and sharing our favourites with one another. 

We discussed photographs and shared what might show us it’s in the past or present. 

Whole school Ramble!

We made our own paper today from paper which had already been used. 

The children were using the computers to design their piece of bunting from their planning. The children were able to turn on the computers, log in and access paint independently. 
 

The Yr1s were able to design three different pieces of bunting and then had to select one of their own designs and explain why they had picked that one. 

We learnt where our first aid kit in the classroom is, how to call 999, how to put someone in the recovery position, what is in a first aid kit and what we would do if an adult needed help. 

Exploring the uses of different types of technology such as I-pads we can use to scan QRcodes on the class displays to retrieve information or share our hard work. 

We discussed our special places and started to look at the different places but places can be different but be special for the same reason. We then started to look and compare church’s to mosques. 

We have had lots of fun building a London home from 1666 before The Great Fire of London. 

We made our classroom look like a church today. The whole class lived out the school values particularly teamwork, respect and love. The children shared ideas and thoughts and then worked together to make their vision come true. We then decided we needed clergy and so we selected a pupil to act this role and they read Jonah and the whale from the Bible. 

Mrs. Stals and I have been amazed by the children’s homework of a special place in a shoe box. All children had time to share with a peer 1:1 and then share with the whole class as well. 

We discussed different jobs in the past and jobs now and compared them. Then the children dressed up and acted out different job roles. 

The children explored the use of primary colours and lines to create a piece of art work. 

We talked about our favourite place in school, the world and then started to talk about how places can be a spiritual place and how those places make you feel. Mrs Gresswell spoke about Mother Shipton’s cave and how it made me feel. The children then said church, sealife centre “like I’m underwater with all the sea creatures”, “aquarium you can see types of fish but there is more to see” and “the beach sometimes we get to go but sometimes we don’t”. 

Parks enjoyed the Christingle service in school and sitting on the pews. 

The class explored the Eco garden and found a few animals there are all part of the insect family. 

We created a map and a map key as a group and used different items from around our classroom. The children then created their own map and key. 

We have worked extremely hard this half term on our moving picture. 

Children have been working hard learning how to turn on a computer, log on and use the mouse correctly. 

We have looked at Guy Fawkes and discussed why we celebrate bonfire night and then made firework pictures using forks as a method to get the spikeness of the fireworks. 

As a class we looked at the idea of Jesus being a baby and growing up and so we looked at our own baby photos and compared to now. The children really enjoyed drawing themselves as a baby and sharing their photos with the class. 

The children spent some time exploring musical instruments. The children really enjoyed this and enjoyed keeping a pace. 

As a class we started to look at the Nativity story and who the characters are. We used the knitted figures to act out the story and discuss the importance of the characters. 

We have had a lovely afternoon working with Rashford class talking about our topic for Autumn 2. 

Mrs Gresswell has worked in each class to unpick the Lord’s prayer, the big frieze and discuss our Collective Worship what we like what and how we can make it even better. 

Reception year 1 have had a great workshop held by inspire about creation. 

Children enjoyed using their own imagination to create something special. 

We have tried lots of different fruit and discussed why fruit is important and why we need a balanced diet. Please continue to have those discussions at home around food; where does food come from such pork comes from pigs or apples come from trees. 

We have had lots of fun logging on and creating a picture on paint. 

The children created freeze frames of how they relax. We had a lot of watching Tv, laying down, reading a book and swimming. 

We had a lovely visit from two visitors who we welcomed into our school family and we learnt lots about what babies need to survive. 

Parks class really enjoyed our Lord's prayer walk to church and then exploring church. The children's favourite find was the church bells. 

The class have had a lot of fun exploring their faces in a mirror and drawing a self portrait. Week on week the children will develop and focus on one feature of the face and then put all of their hard work together to create a finished self portrait for the children to compare to their very first one. 

As a class we have started to look at the Big Frieze!

As a class we shared what we thought the human body needed to stay healthy. My favourite quote from todays session was "Sleep gives you a different type of exercise." Well done Parks!