Year One Party

Year One had a fabulous party day, they enjoyed making their own party crowns.. our elves even had their own crowns! Then enjoyed playing games and dancing to Christmas music before we ate some party food.

Computing in Year 1

This year in computing we have been developing understanding of the word technology, getting used to using a laptop and developing use of the mouse and keyboard. So far we have practised logging on using our username and password, created art work and typed our names.

Year 1 Local Area Walk

Today we have enjoyed a walk around our local area to help us develop knowledge for our topic ‘Houses and Homes’. The children enjoyed recognising familiar shops, streets and even some of their houses! We focused on developing knowledge about different types of houses such as terrace, detached, semi-detached, bungalow, Read more…

Gymnastics in Year 1 and 2

Year 1 and 2 have enjoyed getting back into gymnastics this week, we practised balancing and coordinating our bodies.. Year 1 focused on performing controlled spins both on the floor and on apparatus whilst Year 2 focused on travelling in curled positions. Both classes demonstrated great agility, balance and coordination.. Read more…

Transition into Year 1

The children had a lovely afternoon, exploring their new classroom and getting to know their new teachers. The children enjoyed working in the different areas of continuous provision, especially the construction area where they created some amazing models and the writing area where they wrote some super sentences!

Smithills Farm!

Yesterday we had a super day at the farm! We took part in lots of amazing activities and learned lots of facts all about farm animals. First of all we all took it in turns to have a ride on the donkeys! Then, we went on a tractor ride and Read more…

The Queen’s Jubilee!

We have had such a fun day celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee! We enjoyed our special Jubilee lunch in the hall! We even had a special visit from the Queen herself! After lunch we had a fun afternoon playing lots of games and taking part in lots of fun Jubilee activities. Read more…

Under the Sea!

In Reception we have been learning all about what lives under the sea. We have really been enjoying our new aquarium in the role play area. We have also written some amazing sentences all about what lives under the sea and read some super interesting stories about sea creatures. Here Read more…

Making dens in Reception!

Reception made a reading den in the outdoor area this afternoon. We chose our favourite stories to take outside with us, to read in our reading den. We all worked together and took it in turns to build our reading den.