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This week the children in Reception and KS1 have been finding out about and celebrating different festivals. They made Chinese dragons, found out how to do Chinese writing, and tried to eat some Chinese food with chopsticks to celebrate Chinese New Year. The children also enjoyed making hearts for Valentines day.
Our Year 1 children looked fabulous today in their Christmas jumpers. They were full of festive spirit all day and thoroughly enjoyed their hot chocolate and Christmas movie afternoon. Continue Reading
Yesterday was the beginning of Advent and so we decorated our Prayer Area in purple cloths. Each child received a Travelling Crib to take home for the whole of the festive period. This is an opportunity for children and their families to reflect over this festive period of Advent and take part in activities at… Continue Reading
We are just completing our Y6 RE Topic which is called Vocation and Commitment. In pairs, we carried out research into the lives of people who answered God’s call in a special way and lived out their calling through their chosen vocation. Then we used our speaking and listening skills to present our findings to… Continue Reading
Last week was friendship week and in Nursery we talked about how we are all different but all equal. We read the story ‘Simon Sock’ by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet and we discussed how Simon felt being the odd one out. We talked about being kind to one another and how we are all… Continue Reading
We created a whole school art display to celebrate Remembrance Day and brighten up the exterior of our school. Every child in school created their own poppy using a range of media and techniques. The Nursery children made collage poppies using assorted paper and pva glue, they also experienced print making for the first time… Continue Reading
Last week, we celebrated Friendship Week in Year 5! During the week, we thought lots about what it means to be a good friend and how we can celebrate our differences. We kicked off the week with Odd Socks day, where we considered what makes us unique, why being different is so important and designed… Continue Reading
As part of Friendship Week, our children came to school dressed in odd socks. We wore odd socks to school to remind us that we are all different, unique and special in our own way. Here we designing our odd socks…. Continue Reading
Year 1 have really enjoyed all the activities planned during Friendship Week. They worked with Miss McHugh and thought about their friendships. They used a ball of wool to demonstrate how we are an unbroken web of friendships. Continue Reading
To bring our Friendship Week to a close, the children have all made friendship pledges. These have been written onto card people and decorated. The friendship pledges are now on display in our classroom to remind us that we all have a part to play in building positive relationships with others. Continue Reading
