Thank you to all the parents who came to join us in Class 2 and across key stage 1 for our ‘Stay and Read’. It was wonderful to see all the children enjoying and celebrating reading!

We have been doing some great continuous provision here in Class 1, we have been learning so much. Well done everyone!

We had a wonderful visitor come into Class 1 today. The MHST came in today and spoke to the children about what makes them happy and what might make them anxious. She then gave the children lots of different ways to help the child deal with their emotions.

In SCARF we talked about bullying and what it means to be a bully and how to stop it. The children spoke openly and came up with lots of ways to combat bullying. We have such kind friends in Class 1.

In design and technology, we have been learning about the different components of a car. We then made a car, including a chassis, axel and wheels. Here we are testing our product.

The Year 2s love PE – look how fun it is!

In History we have been learning all about toys from the past and how they are different from today. We had two wonderful visitors in today to speak with us about their toys from a long time ago. The children loved exploring the old toys and hearing from our visitors.

We had a brilliant hook day for our new book, ‘The Paper Dolls’. The children really enjoyed themselves and loved hearing all about the book. Well done children!

Today Key Stage 1 had their project exhibition. We heard children speak about the different things we have been learning and looked at a montage of all their work.

We’ve made a coastline using blocks for our project in geography. The children had to make a coastline with some key physical features, such as, a beach, stack, arch and sea.

We made paper aeroplanes in History after learning how humans took flight and experienced real life aircraft at Newark Air Museum.

For our Design and Technology project, we made some fruit kebabs together. The children displayed knife safety skills and chopped fruit into small chunks.

We are all very proud of the children and are extremely pleased with how far they have come this term, keep it up Key Stage 1!

This morning Year 1 and Year 6 shared their library sessions. The younger children loved listening to the older children read them their stories. At the same time, Year 6 children enjoyed listening to the Year 1 children practise their developing reading skills.

Our pupils in Reception and Year 1, thoroughly enjoyed their workshops delivered by Judith and her team. They taught Reception and Year 1 children a lot of new skills as they travelled through Gambia.

Children made a colourful African mask, learnt traditional songs and dances, the drums and the bongo! The classes came together to put on a very energetic, entertaining and inclusive performance.

Thank you Judith and your team for coming in and working with us.  We have learnt so much about Gambia, through the arts.

Year 1 went to Newark Air Museum and we learnt all about how humans took flight. We looked at how planes developed over time and really enjoyed ourselves!

In Year 1, the children have been taking part in a forest school experience. They learnt lots of skills and had a Gruffalo hunt!

Our last Forest School of the year. We cooked on the fire and made lots of interesting things. Well done Class 1!

Years 1 and 2 had so much fun celebrating Chinese New Year. Many thanks to our parent governor for celebrating with us!

In today’s Beatfeet session, Year 1 were continuing our learning about The Gambia. We listened to traditional music and we used torches to create an ocean effect on the ceiling.

In Forest School, Year 1 learnt how to use a bow saw to create discs to draw on. We then had some delicious hot chocolate!

In Year 1 we had a fantastic Design and Technology day. We tasted fruit and bread and decided which one we wanted to add to our own bread. We then learnt how to use a knife safely, using the bridge and claw techniques. We then tasted our bread, it was yummy!

In History Year 1 have been learning about how humans took flight. Today we created freeze frames from when the Wright Brothers first took flight all those years ago.

Year 1 had a fantastic session with Beatfeet. They made African masks and learnt a song from The Gambia.

In Forest School, Year 1 were carrying on learning lots of new skills, including how to whittle a carrot and walking on a slack line.

In Design  and Technology, Year one were looking at healthy eating plates. They enjoyed learning about what foods are healthy to eat.

Class 1 are looking at ‘Man on the Moon’ by Simon Bartram in English and early flight in Humanities. To kick this term off we made our own class rocket, to accompany this we also made our own planets. Our book was found outside, wrapped in golden paper. It surely came down from space?

In IT, Year 1 are learning about data collection and how to group different objects to make it easier to find things. Great job Year 1!

We really enjoyed celebrating the work of the children this half term with their parents as part of the KS1 Project Exhibition! The children got to demonstrate what they’ve learnt about maps in geography, schools in the past in history and sketching techniques in art. Thank you to all the parents that attended.

Children in Reception, Class 1 and 2 took part in a Beat Feet dance workshop.  They listened to an African story and then learnt a series of actions in time to the music. They retold the story using expression, rhythm, actions and movement to music.

In PE we have been learning about dance. Today we have learnt about how to dance and move like an animal. Well done Year 1!

In maths we have begun our addition and subtraction unit. The children used part whole models and counters to show their working out. We did really well!

Year 1 went on a trip to a Victorian school, we really enjoyed ourselves. We learnt about what school was like for children during the Victorian period. We found it so interesting . We then played with some Victorian toys in the playground. What an amazing trip!