In Nursery we have been learning the story of The Gingerbread Man and making our own dough. We wanted to help him escape and so we have been investigating which materials float and sink. We have also been making boats so that he can cross the river safely without being eaten by the fox! We are also exploring the Nursery garden and the art work of David Hockney. We have painted  daffodils in the same style. A dental nurse came to visit us; we have been learning how to brush our teeth properly. 

YR have been developing their gymnastic skills, balancing, improving their co-ordination and landing in a controlled manner. 'Superworm' has been their focus text, they have been using text mapping to learn and retell the story. The children have enjoyed learning songs for their class assemblies and were very excited to have an audience. During Forest School sessions the children have been embedding the Golden Values through turn taking and sharing, demonstrating stickability and are becoming increasingly independent. They are looking forward to continuing with Forest School next term. 

In English, the children have been writing a recount based on the story of ‘Paddington at the Circus’. They have particularly been focusing on time adverbials and chronological order.

In computing, year 1 have been writing lists, designing a rocket using ‘Sketchpad’ and learning about the importance of instructions being in the correct order.

In RSHE, we have been learning about health and wellbeing. We have been thinking about understanding our emotions, importance of sleep, identifying our strengths, setting achievable goals and relaxation.

In PE, two of the year 1 classes have been learning and practising new ball skills with our coach and in our other PE lessons we have been focusing on team building skills and dance. In addition to our usual PE sessions, we have been supporting Mrs Burton by completing laps for the Marathon.

This term Year 2 have been learning lots of new things. In Science week we investigated our fingerprints and identified different patterns. In Art we created observational drawings of some things we saw outside and used paint to create shade. In Geography we compared an Arctic town to a city in the United Kingdom and shared our findings in a vent diagram. In RE we shared our own experiences of forgiveness after listening to the parable of the lost son.

The children in year 3 have been getting ready for their new History topic on the Ancient Egyptians by visiting Kent Life and taking part in a variety of Ancient Egyptian workshops and activties.​ They have been really enjoying learning about the life cycle of plants and what conditions plants needs to grow, bringing this topic to an end by creating their own greenhouses. During English, the children have produced some fantastic suspense stories and have used lots of dramatic vocabulary to hook the reader in. For their DT topic, children had lots of fun creating their healthy pizzas before taking them home to cook and enjoy. They used excellent chopping skills to chop ingredients ready to sprinkle on top and they looked extremely appetising!

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Following the last update, children finished their persuasive unit in English, each writing a letter to convince Miss Flynn where to go on a school trip this year! We also completed our Roman inspired mosaics and children are very much enjoying planning and making their own bread sushi.

We have also recently learnt a lot about sound during our science lessons and loved the extra experiments during British Science Week!