To celebrate the end of our learning on Pirates and Mermaids we had a ‘dress up’ day and class 1 was awash with beautiful mermaids and swashbuckling pirates! Even the cooks in the galley entered into the spirit of our day by wearing pirate costumes and serving up pirate food; fish bites and chips (but…
As part of our learning on Pirates and Mermaids we visited Dawlish Warren where we spent time with a Countryside Ranger from the Nature Reserve and then spent an afternoon on the beach. We learnt about the importance of camouflage and enjoyed some pond dipping and bug hunting and then we went onto the beach…
Class 1 have been developing our food technology skills; weighing, creaming, mixing and binding as we made ‘ships biscuits’. We added some chocolate chips pretending they were worms, weevils, maggots and grubs! We have enjoyed imagining what pirates might have eaten and we each wrote our own pirate menu using what we have learnt about…
We are delighted to inform you that our school has recently been judged as being outstanding following our recent Church School (SIAMS) Inspection on June 17th 2014. The report highlights some significant strengths: The quality and clarity of vision for its ethos and distinctiveness has enabled the school to build on its already outstanding provision…
Class 1 revisited Haldon Forest as an opportunity to see, hear, touch, feel and smell how the woods have changed since our last visit in the autumn. It also provided us with the opportunity to join in the 15th Birthday celebrations of ‘The Gruffalo’ by following and engaging in the activities of The Gruffalo Trail which is being rolled out at…
With great excitement we have launched our final topic of the year, this half term we will be learning about Pirates and Mermaids. No sooner had we entered the classroom, we were already immersing ourselves in Pirate play and exploration. By break time maps had been made along with treasure chests and treasure. Games had…
Following on from the wonderful work on Claude Monet earlier in the year Class 1 have been discovering the work of Vincent Van Gogh. We shared two lovely stories; ‘Katie and the Sunflowers’ by James Mayhew and ‘Camille and the Sunflowers’ by Laurence Anholt. We looked at many of Van Gogh’s paintings of sunflowers and the created…
Class 1 have been developing their flower garden. We have sown some seeds; ladybird poppies, poached egg plants and forget–me-nots. We look forward to these flowering year after year and they will serve as a happy reminder of our time spent in Class 1. A kindly neighbour has given us some bedding plants and we have learnt to recognise and…
We have had another lovely week in Class 1 with two particular occasions where our learning has been initiated and led by the children’s interests. For show and tell one class member brought in a selection of herbs from her garden which she was able to describe and name. As a result of this we have now been investigating…
As part of our learning on Gardens and Growing we were fortunate to visit a local allotment where gardener Peter Murfin showed us around. Once more we were reminded of how fortunate we all are to be living and learning in a rural environment. Our walk there through the village gave us an opportunity to talk about…