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Some of the children in Willow class sat in our outdoor reflection area for our morning worship today.

What an incredible day we had at Rosliston Forestry Centre!

The children were full of excitement as we became real-life nature detectives, exploring a range of different habitats around the centre in search of minibeasts. Armed with nets, brushes and magnifiers, we carefully searched high and…

Our theme for Art week centred round marine preservation, particularly the dangers of plastic in the ocean.

We discussed how art can have a purpose and is often quite poignant.

In our sketch book we planned our piece of art and began collecting plastic recycling to add to the art.

We…

 Willow Class tested different circuits to see if it would light their bulbs.

Willow class have thoroughly enjoyed designing and creating book covers. We thought carefully about the appropriate fastenings and how we will add the details.

Sewing has become one of our favourite things.

Once we had completed our covers we evaluated the finished pieces against our…

Our classroom has been full of excitement as we turned into young scientists today… with a wriggly twist!

We created our very own wormeries to help us answer the question: what do worms do to the soil? The children were so curious and couldn’t wait to get started.

First, we worked together…

We’ve been busy mathematicians in EYFS this week as we explored the numbers 9 and 10 in lots of exciting ways!

The children have been finding and making 9 and 10 using a wide range of resources, both inside the classroom and out in our outdoor area. It was wonderful to see them taking their…

What a night to be proud of! On an electric evening at Tamworth’s SnowDome our children took part in the Tamworth Schools swimming gala finals — competing against much larger schools and showing exactly what Mary Howard and St Andrew children are made of.

Seven of our children qualified for the…

What a wonderfully creative time we’ve had during Art Week! This week, our classroom was full of imagination as we explored the work of pebble artist Erzsebet Szilajka.

Inspired by her beautiful creations, the children became artists themselves, using pebbles as the main feature of their…

This week for Art Week, Maple Class have been getting creative outdoors by making beautiful minibeast nature suncatchers – and what a wonderful link to our new Science topic on micro-habitats and minibeasts!

The children began by exploring our outdoor area, carefully collecting natural…

As part of our art topic on paper sculptures, Maple Class have been busy working collaboratively to create a giant spider sculpture.

We began by looking closely at spiders, exploring their structure and key characteristics. The children noticed important features such as the number of legs, the…

Our Green power project is well underway in Oak class. This week we have been measuring the frame of the go-kart so that we can begin to make the bodywork.

We have decided our theme will be the rainforest.

Watch this space to see how it turns out.