Come and see how busy we have been in our class. We have been super explorers looking at micro-habitats for mini beasts and designing and making a vehicle to use on the moon. We are so proud of ourselves.

We have been learning lots of facts and information about Neil Armstrong. He was a wonderful explorer and the first person to walk on the moon. Our task was to write an information poster to give to Year 1 children who don't know about Neil Armstrong. Our posters were wonderful and informative!!

Reception love exploring & learning a new number every week. Number sense is a systematic and structured scheme of work based on a defined set of addition and subtraction facts and a defined set of calculation strategies. Brings the focus to teaching early calculation that phonics programmes bring to teaching decoding.

In Kindergarten 3+ and Reception all children are given next steps linked to their writing development. There are a wide variety of next steps depending on their stage of gross and fine motor development. All children start their day by working on their individual next steps to become confident and skilled writers. We use a range of activities to support children including gross motor movement in the hall, dough gym, fine motor and dexterity activities (nuts and bolts, tweeze

This week reception have been having fun engaging in lots of learning and exciting activities all about number 8.

Reception have been very busy having lots of fun learning. We are exploring the book 'We're going on a bear Hunt'. We have enjoyed lots of different activities in Pine, Beech and Chestnut -painting bears, sequencing the story, role play, as well as designing and building bridges to get the family over the stream. We look forward to seeing where our learning takes us next week!

We are now introducing Read Write Inc videos for you and your child to access at home. You will be sent links to 3 videos to watch and join in. Please encourage your child to take part and practise 3 sounds they have already been introduced to in their phonics lessons in school. Practising these sounds frequently will support your child as they learn and continue to become fluent readers. You will be emailed the links to videos from your class email so keep a look out and hav

Before half term we had a wonderful treat in school. A theatre company performed the pantomime of The Wizard of Oz. Only one actor was in school and all the other actors appeared on a screen. It was really enjoyable and we had a great time. We hope to see them again next year.....oh no we won't..oh yes we will !!!!

The children have had a great first half term in Year One in their new classroom. They have taken part in a wide range of learning activities including reading, writing, number work, PE, Music, Art, Geography, History and Science. They have enjoyed being back in school with their friends and have worked very hard. We hope they have had a good rest during the half term holiday and are ready for the next half term which starts tomorrow. We are looking forward to all the activ