Children in year 5 got the amazing opportunity to go attend a maths challenge at Exeter Road. The children worked as a team to complete a series of maths based activities. They competed against three other schools in our area and they all did fantastic. A big well done to all the children involved!
This term we have been looking at a story called ‘Sigurd and the Dragon’. It links to our Viking topic and we are currently writing our own versions of this story. When we haven’t been writing we have made character puppets or masks and built settings from Lego to help our understanding of the characters.
Here are some images from World Maths Day that took place on Thursday 14th of March 2019: EYFS on World Maths Day: World Maths Day – we sang the days of the week song and listened to the story about a daily delivery of penguins. The children counted out 7 penguins and 7 days…
Here are some images from Science/STEM week:
As part of our new topic the children have been bringing in photographs of their family pets. The children have been writing their pet’s name for our display. It is important to encourage early mark-making by giving it a meaningful purpose.
Recently in Reception, the children have been setting up their role play area as a shop and learning to count, match and compare items. They have been talking and writing about what they would like to be when they grow up. The children have also found out about technology used in the school buildings.
This week, we had a special visitor join us for an Art workshop. We joined Miss Yelland’s class and made jellyfish using coffee filters, felt pens and water. We also melted crayon wax to create sea side designs which will be displayed down at TAAG later on. We had such a fun afternoon working on…
Year 2 went on a visit to Paignton Zoo on Thursday 28th February. The children have been explore different land animals and this allowed the children to see the animals in their own environments. There children were able to share their knowledge of different habitats in their workshop session and get hands on with real elephant teeth…
