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This week Mrs Hollingshead brought in some chicks to share with the class. We have spent time observing them and understanding how to care for them. We talked about how they need food, water and warmth to grow. [...]

Class R have had a wonderful and exciting week for science week. We have been exploring how magnets work, building our own sand timers and investigating how to make a circuit. Here are some of the photographs -  its lovely to see the concentration, joy and excitement on their faces. [...]

Over the past two weeks we have been immersing ourselves in the idea of time travel and adventuring to new worlds. As part of the whole school topic, we have been exploring the plot of the story 'Strangeworlds Travel Agency' and we have built our very own role play area on this theme. Here [...]

This week we had a wonderful time searching for signs of Spring. We found daffodils and snowdrops as well as some muddy puddles to jump in.

Class R Learning Letter Spring 2

This week in outdoor learning, we made a hedgehog house. We learnt all about nocturnal animals and how some animals hibernate over winter. We then filled a box full of newspaper and leaves, cut out a little door and used polythene to make a waterproof roof. Finally we placed our hedgehog house next to [...]

Here is a copy of this half terms learning letter. Just click on the link below: Autumn 2 learning letter

This week as part of our outdoor learning, we looked for and collected a special autumn leaf. We looked carefully for the features of our leaf, noticing its colour, shape and texture. We then drew our leaf, trying to include as much detail as possible. The children tried so hard and we were so [...]

Class R had such a wonderful outdoor learning experience on Monday afternoon. We put our physical skills to the test and practiced climbing on the equipment. We looked for creatures in the undergrowth and were so excited to find a snails, worms and slugs. Here are a few photographs of us in action. [...]