Miss Powley’s class made the most of a wet and windy day by practising their skills on the slackline. Everyone showed resilience and respect for each other. Everyone got better and better at balancing – well done!
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…
Today we were visited by two members of the RNLI- Sean and Steve. We have begun talking about our brand new topic ‘Our Heroes’ and the children were very excited to meet two local heroes. Sean showed us the uniform and equipment that they use- helmets, dry suit, bear suit and a life jacket. The…
We were very fortunate to have a visit from Chris from South West Animal Services. Chris brought with him a barn owl, a dog, gecko, chameleon, a tortoise, a Madagascan hedgehog and a snake! The children loved learning about the different animals and listened carefully to instructions given. They were given the opportunity to hold…
Miss Powley’s class had a lot of fun using peelers to make magic wands from willow twigs. We had all sorts of lengths, thicknesses and styles. One even had a unicorn hair and moon tear essence in it!
Kung Hei Fat Choi! This week, we have been exploring Chinese New Year and in particular focusing on the year of the rat. We shared a Chinese story called Lanterns in the Sky which explores how Chinese families celebrate new year with their families. We each made a clay rat to take home and even…
Today, we used a globe to locate different countries. The children each chose a selection of animals from our topic books that they would like to know more about. We then worked together to find out where the animal originates from and then find this location on the globe. Alfie was very eager to know…
This week, we have been sharing the story, ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’. We have been exploring animal patterns and were all very interested in why tigers have stripes. We took our exploring outside to the wildlife area where we used crayons and paper to create tree rubbing stripes for our tigers. The overall effect…
Miss Powley’s class had the most brilliant time visiting Pennywell Farm last week. We started our day with Ben the elf who showed us around the farm. We met a range of different animals: horses, pigs, cows, goats, guinea pigs and rabbits. We then made our way to the cosy café to enjoy a Christmas treat…