Following our curriculum theme of ‘My Busy Body’ we embarked on wild and adventurous activities. Rock climbing, canoeing, hill walking, zip wire and going underground in the big pit.  Thank you to all the staff who assisted and our volunteer Esther Jackson. We had a magnificent time.            …

The Reception age children in Val and Carol’s class have been riding each week at the RDA stables in New Yatt. We have all made friends with Kipper and Bramble, our lovely ponies, who are so patient and amenable. It’s just a short journey to get to the stables in the school minibus and we  look…

In Jo’s class the theme this term is Seasons. The pupils have explored a range of sensory texts about seasons and weather, as well as making a range of seasonal food. Everyone enjoyed making ice lollies using different fruits and juices, before tasting them and doing some descriptive writing.      

Our theme for the Summer Term is ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ and we have had great fun listening to stories, playing and learning about animals. We loved the ‘Dear Zoo’ story and it was really exciting opening boxes to see what animals the Zoo had sent us. We also found out what the different animals…

This term Kate’s class have decided to tidy up and re-new the ‘Woodland’ area in the sensory garden. We have been out to visit the area, and made a checklist of jobs to do. The jobs include; a litter pick, moving a bench, moving pallets and then using the pallets to make something useful for…

  This Term Sam and Donna’s have enjoyed the story of Noah’s Ark. We listened to the local vicar tell us the story with accompanying props and then we have carried out lots of fun and messy activities related to the story. We have used paint and collage materials to make our own ark. We…

Zoe‘s class have been exercising in different ways. We have all improved at ten pin bowling with some of us scoring more than 100 last week!   We love riding our bikes and have learnt how to ride safely and use our brakes to stop. We are practicing hitting a cricket ball, some of us…

Nic’s Class has been learning to programme and direct robots to reach a destination. They used signs and symbols to give instructions to others and used the iPads to programme a longer set of instructions. They made a prediction to see if it would reach the final destination successfully! Then ……… they watched with anticipation as the robot moved…

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