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…
Class 2 are finding out what plants need to grow. As part of this the children in Class 2 have planted lettuce seeds in containers. They will water them and measure their growth over a period of time. We are also growing seeds in the classroom to find out what growing conditions are the best…
Class 1 are using prayer pebbles; We are invited to hold a pebble in our hand and say a prayer… We might like to thank God for someone who is special to us… We might like to thank God for the beautiful world we live in… We might like to thank God for the good…
Friday was the day set aside for planting up our class garden. Thankfully the weather was perfect for working in the garden and we were very fortunate to have help on hand to advise us. Once all the weeds were removed we were ready to start planting… The potatoes are planted as are the peas….
How lovely it is to be back in school with such eager children ready to learn! This week we launched our new topic; Gardens and Growing. We made a list of all the jobs that need to be done in a garden; ‘weeding, tidying, raking, hoeing, planting, watering, digging, mowing.’ We have also started to…
Before the holidays we planted an Easter Garden and look how much it has grown! We are using our Easter Garden to help us retell the story of Easter particularly focussing on the Resurrection and the appearances of Jesus to his friends before his Ascension…lots of lovely stories to explore and get to know!