: Blog items
Date: 28th Nov 2023 @ 11:19am
Sensory play is a huge part of the children's developmental needs to explore different textures. We enjoy spending this time as part of our morning routine as soon as we arrive to play with a range of different sensory toys and equipment.
Year 6 - Oak's Reading Champions Library Choices
Date: 28th Nov 2023 @ 11:15am
Here are the books Oak's Reading Champions chose today in the library. We will give feedback on the books once we have finished them. Stay tuned...
Date: 28th Nov 2023 @ 11:07am
We had such a fun time exploring Reception's outside area for the first time! We spent most of our time enjoying the water tuff tray. 'Fill, pour and splash' was part of our main vocabulary during this session. We spent time looking at the outside and ensuring that the children become fimilar with their surroundings and enable them to feel safe.
Date: 28th Nov 2023 @ 10:50am
We had lots of fun in our 'Under The Sea' theme week where we played in the water tray and tuff tray, exploring different textures and sounds. We use wigits to encourage the children with their communication so they can begin to associate the words to pictures. We especially loved making BIG splashes with the sea creatures in the water tray.
Date: 28th Nov 2023 @ 9:22am
This morning, Year 6 were the first to visit our new library and were able to pick a brand new book to read in class. There were lots of discussions about the books that we chose and why we chose them. We are looking forward to reading these books and hopefully it will encourage more of pupils to become reading champions.
Reception- Switch Off Fortnight
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 5:59pm
This week Reception have taken part in Switch off Fortnight to try and save electricity, money and the planet from climate change.
Switching off lights when we are not in the room, turning off interactive screens when not in use and ensuring fewer electrical items are turned off at the plug socket, and not just on standby, are the main issues we are tackling in Reception now and for the rest of the year.
"I switch the lights off to save electricty" Lucy.
"Turn things off...turn off your laptop" George.
"I switch lights off at home" Esmai.
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 5:44pm
On Thursday, Reception took part in Forest School. It was a windy day but that didn't stop us wrapping up warm and venturing outside to search for animal footprints, insects and spinkle seeds to feed the birds.
We collected sticks to make a huge nest which we decided would be perfect for a big bird , such as an eagle and listened to a story and played some games too.
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 2:12pm
Today we recapped what the internet is. Then we used our previously learnt image editing skills such as cropping and cloning to retouch images.
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 10:09am
This week in PE, we continued with our Net and Wall Skills unit. We learned the basics of volleyball and the different ways in which to get the ball over the net. We also learned how to serve and then played some mini games.
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 7:53am
Our lovely choir performed at @thegrange's Christmas lights switch on event. It was their first festive performance and they have lots more community events planned in December.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 3:00pm
This week, Year 3 have explored Fossils and how they are formed. We did a mixture of activities such as sorting, becoming a paleontologist, making fossils and looking closely at the texture, shapes and colours of the fossils.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 2:52pm
This week Year 3 had our Together Time in which children work with their adults to see what they could teach them about Climate Zones. We started with a match up activity and then used our digital literacy skills to create a slide on a climate zone- including location, temperature and precipitation.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 12:05pm
Nursery have taken to the seas this week and become Pirates! We've made treasure maps, counted golden coins, worked together to a build pirate ship and made special pirate brews! The children have loved playing together to make up their own pirate stories and have even been fishing for their tea!
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 11:29am
Nursery had a lovely time at Together Time this week. Lots of our Mummy's and Daddy's came to play and we really enjoyed sharing what we do at Nursery.
Date: 22nd Nov 2023 @ 8:11pm
Today, pupils in year 5 were given the opportunity to examine a number of Anglo-Saxon artefacts from the museum. We looked closely at the artefacts and tried to work out what they were made of and what they were for. Pupils also got the chance to try on a chain-mail vest and a reproduction of the helmet found in the 'empty grave' at Sutton Hoo.
Year 6 - Visit with PCSO Debbie
Date: 22nd Nov 2023 @ 3:03pm
This afternoon we welcomed PCSO Debbie Savage to Year 6 to give our children a safety talk around drugs,smoking, vaping as well as knife crime and peer pressure. We discussed different drugs, such as nicotine, alcohol and a range of others that Debbie told us more about. Debbie showed us a range of replica drugs and the side effects of these drugs. We learned valuable lessons this afternoon that we hope will stay with us as we transition to high school.
*NO SUBSTANCES WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CLASSROOM. EVERYTHING WAS A REPLICA
Reception There's no such thing as a Gruffalo
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 6:13pm
The children in Reception have been reading the story 'The Gruffalo'. They have been using props at the storytelling table to retell the story, using loose parts to make their own Gruffalo models, making repeated patterns using autumnal objects, completing Gruffalo themed maths activities, making lists of the Gruffalo's favourite food and making Gruffalo food outside in the mud kitchen. What a busy week! Have a look at our wonderful learning.
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 6:07pm
Today the children in Receptiom enjoyed sharing their learning with their parents and carers. The children showed their adults how they complete their daily challenge and mini me, how they use the continuos provision and how they follow the classroon rules and routines. We hsd a fabulous turn out and the children had a great time!
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 5:51pm
Today we began to formalise the idea of addition as bringing two or more parts together to create a whole. We completed three different tasks that encouraged us to explore and focus on bringing two parts together. We used the correct mathematical language to explain, e.g. ‘3 cubes plus 5 cubes is equal to 8 cubes.’ Some of our grow ups joined us for ‘together time’ and we showed them how we use tens frames, counters, part whole models and cubes to support our learning.
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 4:39pm
Friday 17th November was Children In Need.
Children could join in and raise money for the charity by paying £1 to wear an item that was spotty.
In the afternoon the whole school came together for a special assembly to learn about how the money raised was spent and ended with everyone dancing to the popular song 'YMCA' .
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 4:03pm
Today, we used the Now Press Play equipment to explore bullying and teasing. The story was of a young boy who joined our school and became friends with two girls; however, one was jealous of the new attention divide and began teasing Hasaan (the new boy). We discussed as a class how some of the things Sofia did towards Hasaan were wrong and what we would have done in that situation to ensure it did not happen and we could get help.
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 3:57pm
Today, for together time we used our knowledge of number bonds to create a puzzle. We had to match the number bonds to their correct partner as well as try to get it to fit together as a triangle. We first completed number bonds to 10 before challenging ourselves to complete one using number bonds to 20. A few of us got incredibly creative and made our own puzzle using bonds to 100. We loved showing off our learning to our adults and thank them all for joining us.
Date: 20th Nov 2023 @ 8:31pm
Last week, we were introduced to the digestive system. Using our new knowledge, today we made our own digestive system to represent what it's like inside our bodies.
Date: 20th Nov 2023 @ 1:44pm
In RE we are learning about Islam. Today, we researched more about Eid Al-Fitr. We found out lots of information about Eid from around the classroom and then we used all the information we gathered as a table to make a Google Slide. This gave us chance to practise our digital literacy skills too.
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 12:04pm
Today we wore our spits and stripes in order to raise money for Children in Need. We had great fun in assemble dancing to the YMCA!
