Thank you to the parents who came armed with junk modelling this morning! We have been making rockets and spaceships! We have also made progress on our planets!today we painted them "These are the rockets boosters!"
In class 2 we have been very busy making crafts to take home today. Handprint wreaths, 3D snowmen and lolly stick stars....all in 1 morning! Wow...Miss Summerville couldn't believe how many things class 2 managed to make! 😀 We talked about how Christmas means different things to different people so we tried to answer the question: What does [...]
In class one this week we have started looking at measuring. We have been exploring different ways of measuring, from using blocks to count to using rulers and measuring tape! We have been estimating how big we think something might be...and then comparing our findings! We have also been practicing our writing - lots of us have decided to write [...]
​ ​Mrs Holbourn asked Class 2 to bring in any gifts they were lucky to receive when they were born to compare against the ones the Wise Men brought to Jesus. We were shown some beautiful gifts and even though we thought they would be completely different to those the Wise Men brought, there were some similarities: Edie: "Gold is [...]
This week we have loved reading the story 'We're going on a bear hunt'. We now know the story *almost* off by heart! So, during our golden time this afternoon we put our wellies on and we went on a bear hunt! We went through the swishy, swashy grass...through the deep, cold river (kind of), through the oozy mud, braved [...]
Stepping stones have been busy doing Christmas activities today. One of the activities was foot painting! The children have enjoyed the sensory experience and have come out with some humorous comments, one of which was " the paint is hot!" The adults have had much fun modelling the mistletoes activity! [categories, stepping stones, whole school]
Our friends and families board is slowly filling up! We have had some new additions over the last couple of weeks! Thank you to the parents who have emailed over photos or given them to a member of Stepping Stones staff. As you may notice we have also added children's wow moments slips to the board. The wow moments are [...]
We have had a very exciting day today. The children came in to find out that the egg we have been looking after had hatched over the weekend. It turned out to be a dragon egg! When it hatched, Miss Smale managed to take a picture of it flying away. We can't believe it! This inspired us to do lots [...]
The Christmas tree is up in Stepping Stones and the Christmas activities have begun! Today we have practiced using scissors, colouring and glueing a Christmas tree and baubles. All of our Christmas creations will be placed in a Christmas file and given to parents at the end of term, expect lots of glitter and beautiful Christmas creations! [Categories, [...]
Our topic in Stepping Stones is The Gingerbread Man story. We have made salt dough gingerbread boys and girls and we have started to fill our display board with all things gingerbread related! The children have designed their own gingerbread Boys and girls which have been finished off with a photo of themselves! [categories, Whole School, Stepping Stones]
