Science Investigation: Is the Gingerbread Man Waterproof?
This week in science, we investigated a question inspired by The Gingerbread Man story…
Would the Gingerbread Man have been safer swimming across the river or climbing onto the fox?
The children worked in groups to order the method before carrying out the investigation independently. They…
Science Investigation: Who Was Quicker – The Tortoise or the Hare?
This week in science, we explored a question inspired by a traditional tale…
Who was quicker – the tortoise or the hare?
To begin, the children recapped their learning about the five animal groups and discussed the characteristics of animals in each one. We then compared the tortoise and the…
EYFS Literacy: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
This week in EYFS literacy, the children brought our focus story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to life through an exciting outdoor learning activity… in the rain!
The children worked together to re-enact the story outside, becoming fantastic creative problem solvers as they thought carefully about…
Fantastic Fraction Finding in Year 1!
Year 1 have been busy mathematicians this week as we explored finding quarters of a quantity!
We started by reminding ourselves that a quarter means 4 equal parts. To help us understand this practically, we used 4 paper plates to represent the 4 parts and carefully shared counting animals…
Creative Designers in Maple Class!
Over the past few weeks, Maple Class have been busy becoming designers and engineers during our D&T project! The children were challenged to design and create a sturdy, imaginative pencil pot that was both appealing and fit for purpose.
First, the children carefully explored different ideas and…
Super Smiles with Our NHS Visitors
This week, we were very lucky to have some special visitors from the NHS come into school to teach us all about looking after our teeth!
The children learned lots of important facts about how to keep their teeth clean and healthy, including how often we should brush them and which foods and…
Exploring Heavy and Light in Reception
Reception have been busy exploring weight this week through lots of practical, hands-on maths activities!
We started the week outdoors by becoming weight detectives. The children searched the outdoor area for different objects and worked together to sort them into two groups: heavy and light.…
Rosliston Forestry Centre Trip!
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…
Wiggly Worms and Wonderful Discoveries
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…
Building, Counting and Creating 9 and 10 Everywhere
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…
Pebble Art
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…
Art Week Fun: Minibeast Nature Suncatchers
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…
