This week at Mill Lane, our children have been busy learning all about Easter and why it is celebrated. The children have worked incredibly hard to earn as many house points as possible to ensure that we could have our special rewards afternoon today. The children enjoyed spending time making cakes, creating bonnets, designing and…
In the Kingfishers, we have been learning what estimating is and how we can use it! We had a circle time focused around this. The children took it in turns to estimate how many cubes would be needed to balance the scales. We talked about estimating being a ‘sensible guess’ which the children really enjoyed…
Today, we were very lucky to have a virtual visit from Jamie Redfern who is the minister at Teignmouth Baptist Church. Jamie led a special assembly for all children at Mill Lane, he talked about Advent and the importance of this celebration for Christians. We learned all about Advent being an important part of the…
Today in the Kingfishers, we have been making Christingles. We talked about why Christingles are used and what each part represents. The candle is ‘the light of God’, the orange reprsents the world, the 4 cocktail sticks are the 4 seasons, the sweets represent the fruits of the earth and the red ribbon…
This week, the Kingfishers have been busy learning all about subtraction and exploring how to solve simple questions. We used buzzing bee’s and counting circles to count out the correct amount for each question. We then worked with our friends to count backwards to find the answer. Some of our friends used dienes as they…
Today, we were visited by Emily Powley – a local nurse. She talked to the children about her role and how she became a nurse. We looked at Emily’s equipment and the children loved trying on the different pieces of uniform available such as masks, hats, gowns and bandages. We then spent some time asking…
In mathematics, we are learning all about measurement. We each took it in turns to draw around our friends and then measured their outline using cm and metres. The children then asked if we could measure the reading buddies too and organise them in height order. They worked brilliantly as a team and were able…
This week we are focusing on firefighters and were lucky enough to be invited to visit our local fire station. We were met by 3 firefighters who took us upstairs and answered lots of questions asked by the children. Firefighter Paul talked to us about their uniform and their roles in our community. Mr Lovering…
Today, we were visited by our ‘local heroes of the week’ – PC Bunce, PC Adrian and PC Mark. They talked to us about their job role and how they keep the local community safe. The children each made a fingerprint key ring to take home and tried on a range of police hats, restraints…
For the next 2 weeks in mathematics, we are focusing on measurement: length & height. Today we explored using non-standard measures – counting cubes – to measure our friends. We worked in small groups to measure one another and count how many cubes were needed from head to toe. We recorded our results on a…