On Friday class 2 had a visit from a nurse to learn more about what they do. We wrote a list of questions to ask her and we were even able to have a look at some of the equipment they use! We are really looking forward to our school trip so we can compare […]
We were very lucky in Early Years as one of our parents, Mrs Chaturvedi, came in to tell us all about Diwali, the annual festival which is celebrated throughout the world by Hindus and Sikhs. She told us lots of information about Diwali and even brought in photographs of her family celebrating together. Mrs Chaturvedi […]
The first phase of phonics is all about listening to sounds and differentiating between them. Children are encouraged to describe sounds and replicate these sounds. Today, the Nursery children brought their dancing shoes to their phonics lesson. We listened to lots of different types of music and danced to them. It was so fascinating to […]
Miss Howard and class 6 delivered some excellent training for our parents today about our school calculation policy and how parents can help their children at home. Here they are in action:
Class 6 started reading their new class novel today, the beautiful picture story ‘Ice Trap!’ By Meredith Cooper. With Murmur, we highlighted good language features; words and phrases we want to use in our drama and writing. We found powerful verbs, descriptive adjectival phrases and some adverbial phrases. We also picked out key words we […]