DT Cars
This term, Class 3 have been busy becoming young engineers! As part of their Design and Technology learning, the children explored how wheels and axles help vehicles to move. They investigated different types of wheels, learned how axles work, and designed their own...
Bulb Planting with Weardale Railway
Class 3 were delighted to take part in a special community project to celebrate 200 years of the railway in Weardale. Our ECO Warriors rolled up their sleeves and planted 200 bulbs to mark this historic occasion. Working together, they learned about the railway’s...
Bonfire Night
Reception Class enjoyed learning about Bonfire Night and why it is celebrated. The children talked about their own experiences of seeing fireworks, bonfires and holding sparklers. They used oil pastels to draw their own firework pictures, making sure the pictures were...
Halloween Party
Reception Class had lots of fun dressing up in their Halloween costumes. On the afternoon they has a party, playing games such as apple bobbing and pass the bat. The children loved dancing to Halloween songs and decorating Halloween biscuits. It was lovely to see the...
Family Friday
A huge thank you to all of the parents and carers who came along to our Family Friday event last week to spend time in the classroom with their children finding out more about phonics and spelling in Key Stage 1 and reading skills in Key Stage 2.
Halloween Fun
Reception Class had lots of fun doing Halloween themed activities. They loved scraping the seeds and flesh out of the giant pumpkins. They made pumpkin decorations from paper plates, choosing what shapes the eyes, nose and mouth would be. They dressed up in Halloween...
Baking Apple Crumble
We have been learning all about autumn and harvest so we made an apple crumble. We chopped the apples up into little pieces. We measured out some flour, butter and sugar and rubbed them together with our fingers to make the crumble. When it was cooked, we got to eat...
One, Two, Three
Reception Class are learning to recognise the amounts 1, 2 and 3 on sight (subitising). We used the conkers we collected on our autumn walk and looked for groups of 1, 2 and 3 conkers in the tuff tray. We are also using interactive games on Ten Town to practise...
Little Red Hen
We listened to the story of The Little Red Hen and did lots of fun activities relating to the story. We did some cutting and sticking to sequence key events form the story and make a story map. We also made stick puppets to retell the story with our friends. We put on...
Autumn Walk
Reception Class had a lovely morning exploring the countryside on their autumn walk. They found lots of signs of autumn such as crunchy leaves, mushrooms, apples and hundreds of shiny brown conkers. The children filled their bags with autumn items and took them home...