We had a great morning in Class 1, exploring the classroom and dressing up (and roaring) like dinosaurs! (The roaring might explain the sore throat your child may have come home with!) In the afternoon we even found some dinosaurs exploring the dinosaur den, if you look closely you may see their tails poking out... or was it just the [...]
The children were totally captivated yesterday when we went to watch the Essex Dance Group - they were brilliant and inspiring! We even had a go at a couple of moves ourselves! The photos don't do them justice but give you an idea of what took place!
Wow.........it really was a sleepover! Ten minutes after Reception and Year 1 children left the beach the sun came out and stayed out all evening. It was a busy night: more playing making tea eating tea! more playing - parachute games entertainment teddy bear competition story time ....story time over, all asleep within 30 minutes........................until the morning!! Well done everyone [...]
Here are a few photos of our day on the beach - not quite the weather we anticipated but everyone had a great time just playing together and having fun! The sand castles were excellent! A BIG thank you to Tony for transporting our buckets and spades, and our lunches to the beach AND for putting up a gazebo for [...]
What a wonderful sunny day for our Sports Challenges. All the Reception and Year 1 children enthusiastically took part in the 5 different Challenge Stations today in their respective mini-beast teams of Ladybirds, Spiders, Dragonflies, Woodlice and Butterflies. The activities included:- The 'Welly Throw' Treasure Box Goal Scoring Teddy and Spoon Race & the Obstacle Course - (giving us brilliant [...]
As part of our unit on Symbols we have, for the last few weeks, been learning about the Jewish faith. We have been looking at the differences between the Jewish and Christian faiths and exploring their celebrations, worship and religious symbols.Today we have been learning about the Jewish Passover and the importance of bread within both religions. We also learnt [...]
Classes 1 & 2 had a really lovely day at Exmoor Zoo yesterday. The weather held out for us and we only had to shelter from the rain showers a couple of times. We saw lots of different animals. I wonder how many can you spot from the photos? A big thank you to everyone who came to help us. [...]
Classes 1 and 2 had a lovely walk around Wistlandpound Reservoir, spotting all sorts of things. Thank you to all the parents who gave up their time to help us. It turned out to be a beautiful (but chilly) day.........what a great place to live!
Here are some examples of our solar eclipse drawings - many of them include rockets and aliens so I'm not sure what those glasses were made of!!
We have nearly come to the end of our work on 'Famous People'. The children have really impressed me with their enthusiasm and interest and I know that lots of them have shared what we've been doing at home. I've just spent a couple of hours reading our latest independent pieces of work and have thoroughly enjoyed it! Well done [...]
