Today we had a challenge of hatching our own dinosaur egg. We all had lots of ideas how we would get the dinosaur out of the frozen egg; I’m going to try and cut it out. I’m going to drop it and then it will smash. I’m going to throw it on hard ground. If…
Class 1 have been creating dinosaurs using our ‘Tap a Shape’ construction kit. This creative activity enables us to practice hand eye coordination skills and fine motor skills whilst also developing our creative talents and learning how to use tools safely. It’s also great fun too!
Class 1 have loved immersing themselves in our new topic, ‘Dinosaurs.’ This week we have created our own Dinosaur lands using Playdough and natural materials that we have gathered from our outdoor area. We have been learning that Dinosaurs needed land, water, shelter and food to survive and we included all these things in our own small world…
The children in Class 1 had a wonderful time this afternoon making Christingles for the Christingle Service at St Andrews Church. Volunteers from the church congregation were on hand to kindly guide the children as they carefully constructed their Christingles in excited anticipation of Sundays special service. Thank you to the volunteers who came along…
On Friday Class 1 had their first sharing assembly. It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to share their learning with their families and the rest of the school. The children were remarkable at finding their ‘big’ voices and showed great courage and confidence standing and speaking in front of a large audience. …
Today Class 1 went to Haldon Forest where we had a great day exploring the woods. We followed the Discovery Trail and walked all the way around carrying our own backpacks. We had so much fun exercising, playing and learning as we meandered along the forest paths. Some of the highlights were; making a ring…
A Christmas themed ‘Prayer Space’ with Hannah Richards from Initiatives for Christian Education. Class 1 had the opportunity to participate in 5 activities designed to encourage them to explore their own ideas and beliefs about Christmas. The activities included: Light – Jesus is the light of the world. How can you be a light in the world? Saying thank…
We have been learning about woodland animals. We had the wonderful opportunity to handle real rabbits when Mrs Roberts brought her litter of baby rabbits into class. We used our investigative skills to find out about the rabbits. These are some of the words we used to describe them; ‘soft, fluffy, silky, wriggly, scratchy, lovely, cute’…
Class 1 have been learning about Autumn in the Woods. They were really inspired by the story; Ferdie and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson and Tiphanie Beeke. The illustrations by Tiphanie Beeke were particularly inspiring and we set about creating our own trees in a similar style. First we used chalk pastels to create…
PC Keith came to Class 1 to talk to us about staying safe. He let us try on his helmet and special high visibility jacket. We have been learning about staying safe by roads and we have been learning about how to use a pelican crossing and a zebra crossing. Click on the images below…