NEWS & EVENTS BLOG

<p>It is a very exciting time in Reception! The children are becoming more confident with their super phonics skills and they are applying them in their play by writing words independently. We are very proud of all your hard work! Well done Reception!</p>

<p>When is a stick not a stick? If you ask Reception I am sure they will share lots of ideas! As part of our literacy curriculum the children have been using their imagination to change sticks into lots of different objects. They have also been using their fantastic phonics knowledge to record their ideas in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Reception had lots of fun in the snow! They practised writing their name and letter sounds in the snow. It was a great opportunity to explore the changes in the seasons and allowed us to reflect and compare with our melting ice investigation last week.</p>

<p>Reception had lots of fun in the snow! They practised writing their name and letter sounds in the snow. It was a great opportunity to explore the changes in the seasons and allowed us to reflect and compare with our melting ice investigation last week.</p>

<p>On Friday we enjoyed a fabulous story writing workshop at Live Tales, part of Live Theatre, We worked with a team of writers, illustrators, directors and playwrights to create our own story. We had such a wonderful time and impressed the editor, who had originally believed that children couldn&#8217;t write exciting stories &#8211; we soon [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Friday we enjoyed a fabulous story writing workshop at Live Tales, part of Live Theatre, We worked with a team of writers, illustrators, directors and playwrights to create our own story. We had such a wonderful time and impressed the editor, who had originally believed that children couldn&#8217;t write exciting stories &#8211; we soon [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We have enjoyed a busy few weeks in Nursery!  The children have learnt lots of new skills and taken part in a range of activities linked to our &#8216;All about me&#8217; and &#8216;Autumn&#8217; topics. We have read many stories but a particular favourite was &#8216;Leaf Man&#8217; by Lois Ehlert.   The children were introduced to printing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We have enjoyed a busy few weeks in Nursery!  The children have learnt lots of new skills and taken part in a range of activities linked to our &#8216;All about me&#8217; and &#8216;Autumn&#8217; topics. We have read many stories but a particular favourite was &#8216;Leaf Man&#8217; by Lois Ehlert.   The children were introduced to printing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We have enjoyed a busy few weeks in Nursery!  The children have learnt lots of new skills and taken part in a range of activities linked to our &#8216;All about me&#8217; and &#8216;Autumn&#8217; topics. We have read many stories but a particular favourite was &#8216;Leaf Man&#8217; by Lois Ehlert.   The children were introduced to printing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There were smiles and laughter all around when our Nursery and Reception children visited the Northern Stage Theatre to see &#8216;The Three Bears&#8217;!  They watched and listened so well as the story was acted out and they had great fun dancing to the music and joining in with the actions.  What a wonderful day we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There were smiles and laughter all around when our Nursery and Reception children visited the Northern Stage Theatre to see &#8216;The Three Bears&#8217;!  They watched and listened so well as the story was acted out and they had great fun dancing to the music and joining in with the actions.  What a wonderful day we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There were smiles and laughter all around when our Nursery and Reception children visited the Northern Stage Theatre to see &#8216;The Three Bears&#8217;!  They watched and listened so well as the story was acted out and they had great fun dancing to the music and joining in with the actions.  What a wonderful day we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 2 enjoyed reading the book The Dot by Peter H Reynolds &nbsp; &nbsp; . We were inspired to produce some fantastic art work like the character in the story. We learnt a lot about colour mixing whilst we were experimenting! What an exciting afternoon!</p>

<p>Year 2 enjoyed reading the book The Dot by Peter H Reynolds &nbsp; &nbsp; . We were inspired to produce some fantastic art work like the character in the story. We learnt a lot about colour mixing whilst we were experimenting! What an exciting afternoon!</p>

<p>It was lovely to get to know all of our new nursery children by visiting them at home with their families.  They each enjoyed receiving their new book as a welcome gift. What an exciting year we are going to have with them all!</p>

<p>It was lovely to get to know all of our new nursery children by visiting them at home with their families.  They each enjoyed receiving their new book as a welcome gift. What an exciting year we are going to have with them all!</p>

<p>Today we enjoyed working in small groups to produce a presentation all about a piece of natural geography in London, the River Thames. We thought about how the river began at a source near the Cotswolds and ended in the North Sea. We also learnt about the famous bridges it passes under, such as London [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 2 have enjoyed having pen pals from Belsay school throughout this school year through The Linking Project. sadly we have not been able to meet up with our pen pals this year but we have kept in touch throughout the year by writing letters, exchanging postcards, sending pictures and even writing acrostic poems about [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Year 2 have enjoyed reading, writing and reciting poems this week. We have enjoyed reading different types of poems and performing them with actions. We chose our favourite poem to write and perform. We also made finger puppets to use to illustrate and perform our poems. &nbsp;</p>

<p>This term, Nursery have enjoyed taking part in a Circus Stories Programme.  They have listened to and joined in with some fabulous stories read by Megan from Seven Stories and they have been taught some new and exciting circus skills such as plate spinning, flower sticks and juggling by Paul from Circus Central.  We have [&hellip;]</p>