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…
Class 2 engaged with all of their learning during Behaviour and Safety week with interest and enthusiasm! We started the week finding out about safety in the home, with a particular focus on electricity, using resources on the Internet to extend our understanding. During our First Aid workshop the children really enjoyed learning how to put people…
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…
Class 1 enjoyed welcoming a visitor from the British Red Cross. We learnt about the importance of cleaning a wound before putting a plaster or a dressing on it. ‘If we cut ourselves we have to wash it first so that no germs get into our body. Then we can put a plaster on it.’…
Class 2 had a fantastic morning with healthy physical exercise developing strength, balance, flexibility and coordination. Class 2 children said “It helped us a lot with our self-confidence. Some of us were really nervous when we first arrived, but all of us had a go and surprised ourselves at how well we did. Some of…