As you are aware, parking around the school grounds can be problematic for our school community and the local residents.Today we received the attached, with information from the thelocal authority. They shared some details about a strategy that they are using involving an ANPR system. Hopefully this may help to alleviate some of the parking […]
On Thursday afternoon, Mrs O’Neill accompanied 7 keen gymnasts from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 to a KS1 School Games competition held at Tribe Dance, Cheer and Fitness on Cromwell St. Luckily, the girls were well prepared in their gymnastics lessons by Nikki from Flyte gymnastics, who even came back into school on Wednesday […]
Oaks loved meeting our ‘Maths Moonling’ this afternoon and celebrating his 1st birthday! He is going to visit us each week and leave us some number work based on how old he is that week! Oaks enjoyed exploring the number 1 and thinking about the different things which we can do 1 of, and how we […]
Oaks have loved being so close to the diggers this week! We have talked about how the builders needed to get to our outdoor area to connect some pipes and the children loved having the digger so close to our room, even though it was a little bit loud at times! We can’t wait to […]
Super raindrop counting this morning! We counted the number of raindrops and matched the correct number of raindrops to the number on the umbrella! Well done Oaks!
Oaks have loved doing our experiment this morning! The water in the jar was the sky and the shaving foam was the cloud. Madison told us that the cloud was “floating on top.” We then added in some rain water (food colouring) and watched to see what happened! Daisy told us that the “rain went […]
Oaks have loved watching the mini pitch developments this week! We have talked about what the diggers were doing and how the pitch is being made. We especially enjoyed watching the digger trying to get onto the big lorry today – Henry and Freya thought it was very funny when it kept on slipping back […]
Oaks have been learning about weather this week. We read the story ‘Windy Day’ and used this to inspire our special writing. First we made big movements in the air and then we wrote them on the big paper with pens. Can you see our windmill circles or our sailing boats going backwards and forwards? […]
Oaks loved visiting the hall this morning and thinking about what might be behind the mysterious door which has appeared. Poppy thought that the plastic tape was “so no-one goes in it.” Hallie thought that there were “skeletons from Halloween” decorating the door. Jack noticed some red handprints on it. Oaks have really impressed the […]
This week reception have really enjoyed their phonics sessions. They have learnt four new sounds and their rhymes. It has been great seeing the children practising writing their letters on the board.
Our book of the week has been The Everywhere Bear. We have enjoyed completing lots of bear activities including bear threading, bear patterns, bear painting and listening to bear stories. We are extremely excited because today is the day that our class bears Reggie and Stanley go home with one lucky member of our class. […]
Over the past 2 days it has been lovely meeting the new reception children and their parents. It has been a very exciting time for all involved. They have had a wonderful time exploring the classroom, the new resources and meeting the new member of staff that they will be working with. We are definitely […]
What a great three days we have had in our first week of the new term. The teachers had some exciting training Monday and Tuesday, and we eagerly awaited Wednesday, when the children came. The term has started brilliantly, and we cannot wait for the year ahead!
