Doves Learning
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15/3/19
This week we began our topic on Denby by finding out about the history of Denby Free School. We walked around school and found out the hall is the oldest part as that was the original schoolroom. During the week we had some History mysteries - artefacts from a Victorian schoolroom. We also made a model of a Victorian school and started sewing a sampler after looking at a sampler that was made in the 1860's. |
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8/3/19
Storytelling Book Week We have had a lovely week sharing favourite books, telling our favourite stories and hearing lots of stories. It's been so good to watch the children so engrossed in books of such a wide variety. They loved making puppets and creating sound effects for their stories and then finally performing them. Dressing up on Friday is always a highlight and as they had worked together on a class challenge they got to watch Shrek in the afternoon. |
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1/3/19
Our first week back was packed with lots of things. We started our Denby topic by thinking of everything we already knew about Denby and then thought of lots of questions we could use to find out more. We have been making use of all our new shape resources and using them to make lots of patterns. On Friday we had a visiting story teller in - Sophie Snell. She told us about the story of The princess and the star. Everyone listened so well and loved the magic singing bowl and the star inside the apple- the star that no one had ever seen before. |
15/2/19
Lots going on this week. We wrote some troll stories after the troll answered our questions. We found out that he didn't have any friends or family,so we wrote some adventures for him to find some. Following on the troll theme we did some bridge investigations. We built some out of bricks, coins, dominoes and multi-link cubes. Finding out about strong shapes and heights of the supports we did a challenge where we only have 4 pieces of paper and masking tape to make a bridge to go over a 15 cm gap and that could hold a pom pom turtle. Lots of great ideas. On Wednesday we prepared a mini picnic by making our own sandwich. These were cut either into half, quarters or eighths. We then had our picnic outside at the end of the day.
Lots going on this week. We wrote some troll stories after the troll answered our questions. We found out that he didn't have any friends or family,so we wrote some adventures for him to find some. Following on the troll theme we did some bridge investigations. We built some out of bricks, coins, dominoes and multi-link cubes. Finding out about strong shapes and heights of the supports we did a challenge where we only have 4 pieces of paper and masking tape to make a bridge to go over a 15 cm gap and that could hold a pom pom turtle. Lots of great ideas. On Wednesday we prepared a mini picnic by making our own sandwich. These were cut either into half, quarters or eighths. We then had our picnic outside at the end of the day.
8/2/19
The Y2's have been using a lot of the new fraction equipment this week that Friends have given us. They have really helped in our understanding of fractions. We also had the Fire and Rescue service in this week talking to Doves about what they do and how to keep safe at home.
The Y2's have been using a lot of the new fraction equipment this week that Friends have given us. They have really helped in our understanding of fractions. We also had the Fire and Rescue service in this week talking to Doves about what they do and how to keep safe at home.
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1/2/19
This week we have looked at an amazing picture of a 3D giant and used it to tell our own stories. We noticed he had a golden key around his neck so we created a story about him trying to find the treasure chest that the key opened. On Friday everyone made a paper plate story book character to go up on our display.
This week we have looked at an amazing picture of a 3D giant and used it to tell our own stories. We noticed he had a golden key around his neck so we created a story about him trying to find the treasure chest that the key opened. On Friday everyone made a paper plate story book character to go up on our display.
18/1/19
We have continued thinking about Little Red Riding Hood this week through, creating, planning and writing an alternative Little Red story; designing, making and evaluating a moving picture including sliders, flaps and levers; reading a variety of different Little Red stories and comparing them with the original. We have also finished off our storybook character paintings by adding extra details.
We have continued thinking about Little Red Riding Hood this week through, creating, planning and writing an alternative Little Red story; designing, making and evaluating a moving picture including sliders, flaps and levers; reading a variety of different Little Red stories and comparing them with the original. We have also finished off our storybook character paintings by adding extra details.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Great to be back and sharing all the excitement of the holidays. We have started our new topic - Once upon a time, exploring traditional stories. Little Red Riding Hood is our first story we are looking at. The Big Bad Wolf came to visit and we asked him lots of questions. We were glad when he left as he was getting hungry!! In DT we have been making moving pictures using sliders and levers.
Great to be back and sharing all the excitement of the holidays. We have started our new topic - Once upon a time, exploring traditional stories. Little Red Riding Hood is our first story we are looking at. The Big Bad Wolf came to visit and we asked him lots of questions. We were glad when he left as he was getting hungry!! In DT we have been making moving pictures using sliders and levers.
Christmas week
Here are a few of the activities we got up to in our last week- Nativity dress rehearsals, performances, Christingle making and service, party, film morning and lots of Christmas craft- quite exhausting !!
Here are a few of the activities we got up to in our last week- Nativity dress rehearsals, performances, Christingle making and service, party, film morning and lots of Christmas craft- quite exhausting !!
,14/12/18
In between our rehearsals in church we have been also doing lots of Christmas crafts, as well as thinking carefully about the first Christmas. We discussed who is the most important person in the story. Then we explored the theme of thankfulness. We thought about who would say thank you in the story- Mary to Joseph, Kings to Angel Gabriel etc. Then we decided to learn from this and say thank you to those around us who do so much for us. The children created thank you boxes, biscuits and cards to give to an adult at home. Hope you all enjoyed them as they all worked so hard on them. We are very fortunate to have a knitted set of people from the Nativity story, which have been created by some of the church members, as well as some wooden bricks. The children have loved retelling the story in their own words using them.
In between our rehearsals in church we have been also doing lots of Christmas crafts, as well as thinking carefully about the first Christmas. We discussed who is the most important person in the story. Then we explored the theme of thankfulness. We thought about who would say thank you in the story- Mary to Joseph, Kings to Angel Gabriel etc. Then we decided to learn from this and say thank you to those around us who do so much for us. The children created thank you boxes, biscuits and cards to give to an adult at home. Hope you all enjoyed them as they all worked so hard on them. We are very fortunate to have a knitted set of people from the Nativity story, which have been created by some of the church members, as well as some wooden bricks. The children have loved retelling the story in their own words using them.
7/12/18
Our Nativity practising has now moved to the church so we are practising speaking louder so we can be heard. The singing is sounding great. We have started some Christmas crafts and activities as well.
Our Nativity practising has now moved to the church so we are practising speaking louder so we can be heard. The singing is sounding great. We have started some Christmas crafts and activities as well.
4/12/18
The Pasada characters of Mary and Joseph visited us today as part of their journey around the village. We then passed them onto Owls class at the end of the day.
The Pasada characters of Mary and Joseph visited us today as part of their journey around the village. We then passed them onto Owls class at the end of the day.
30/12/18
Lots of creative activities this week. The Y2's made their cup and ball games last week and wrote the instructions on how to make them. This week they shared this with Y1's so they could make the games as well. With the left over half of the bottle they all then had to think of a creative use for it - basket, house for a toys, pot, hat- the list was endless!!
Lots of creative activities this week. The Y2's made their cup and ball games last week and wrote the instructions on how to make them. This week they shared this with Y1's so they could make the games as well. With the left over half of the bottle they all then had to think of a creative use for it - basket, house for a toys, pot, hat- the list was endless!!
23/11/18
We have been exploring toys from long ago this week through looking at Brugal's painting of children playing. From this we found many games that we still play today 500 + years later. We have tried to make our own games through recycled materials as we discovered that many toys years ago were handmade ones. So we made cup and ball games from plastic bottles and marble run games from paper plates and scraps of paper.
We have been exploring toys from long ago this week through looking at Brugal's painting of children playing. From this we found many games that we still play today 500 + years later. We have tried to make our own games through recycled materials as we discovered that many toys years ago were handmade ones. So we made cup and ball games from plastic bottles and marble run games from paper plates and scraps of paper.
16/11/18
This week we have started our Toy topic through sharing our favourite toys; finding out what toys our family members played with when they were children and exploring some old toys and finding out how to use them.
This week we have started our Toy topic through sharing our favourite toys; finding out what toys our family members played with when they were children and exploring some old toys and finding out how to use them.
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9/11/18
This week we have been reflecting a lot on the end of WW1. We have created poppies that we put on the fence during our Remembrance service on Friday. Year ones's have been doing lots of learning about 2D and 3D shapes. |
26/10/18
A fun end to our topic- designing, making and eating salad funny faces; our Superheroes day and walk to school.
A fun end to our topic- designing, making and eating salad funny faces; our Superheroes day and walk to school.
19/10/18
This week we have created some helpers for the Evil Pea, so there's been lots of mischief going on. We have also had to keep an eye on them or trap them inside books or under bowls!!
This week we have created some helpers for the Evil Pea, so there's been lots of mischief going on. We have also had to keep an eye on them or trap them inside books or under bowls!!
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13/10/18
This week we have been plagued by the evil pea who keeps escaping from Supertato and hiding in the classroom. We have also been planting some crocus bulbs that have been donated. |
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5/9/18
An amazingly busy week with harvesting our school gardening, measuring and weighing our produce, an Autumn walk, baking apple cakes and making pumpkin soup, learning a sunflower poem and sharing our learning in our Harvest Collective Worship. A big thank you to Mrs Dunstan and Mrs Bowler for helping us with the cooking. |
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21/9/18
We've had fun this week finding out about Pete the cat and his magic sunglasses. In Science we have been using our senses, and exploring how to keep healthy - balanced diets, exercise and keeping clean. Our Paul Klee inspired pictures are really stunning and will be part of a display in the hall and classroom. |
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14/9/18
Welcome back. We are starting the year with a topic on our Brilliant bodies. This week we have been looking carefully at our faces and drawing our friends. We are also enjoying being together again and exploring some new toys and games.
Welcome back. We are starting the year with a topic on our Brilliant bodies. This week we have been looking carefully at our faces and drawing our friends. We are also enjoying being together again and exploring some new toys and games.
September 2018
20/7/18
A few highlights in the last week- Denby Beach, Trim trak opening, creating Andy Goldsworthy sculptures. A big thank you to all the parent helpers for coming with us to Denby Beach.
A few highlights in the last week- Denby Beach, Trim trak opening, creating Andy Goldsworthy sculptures. A big thank you to all the parent helpers for coming with us to Denby Beach.
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13/7/18
A fun packed week - scrapping potatoes, cooking and eating them: making party food; outdoor exploring; creating undersea pictures; as well as getting wet in the much needed rain !! |
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6/7/18
Another very hot week which ended with sports morning. We had a fantastic time taking part in running, obstacle, circuit and relay races. We followed it by trying to have a chill out afternoon with our favourtie puzzles, games and making things. |
29/6/18
We have been enjoying the stories about Katie Morag this week. In the afternnons we have been having fun creating her island of Struay with boxes, material and plastic bottles.
We have been enjoying the stories about Katie Morag this week. In the afternnons we have been having fun creating her island of Struay with boxes, material and plastic bottles.
Friday
Lots of BUBBLES !!!!!!
Lots of BUBBLES !!!!!!
Thursday
Our learning today was around the sun and shadows. We also found out the effect of the sun on marshmallows- cutting them in half, eating one half and then putting the other half in the sun and eating it at the end of the day to compare.
Our learning today was around the sun and shadows. We also found out the effect of the sun on marshmallows- cutting them in half, eating one half and then putting the other half in the sun and eating it at the end of the day to compare.
Tuesday
Lots more fun today- watching and creating weather reports, making a tornado in a jar, starting our evaporation experiment, making and testing paper aeoplanes and more....
Lots more fun today- watching and creating weather reports, making a tornado in a jar, starting our evaporation experiment, making and testing paper aeoplanes and more....
Science Week 2018
Monday
Our theme this week is the weather and here are some of the things we have been doing today.
Monday
Our theme this week is the weather and here are some of the things we have been doing today.
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16/6/18
Lots going on this week with our seaside topic. We had great fun thinking up lots of play activities we could do around our topic eg. sorting shells, making playdough picnics, creating wooden boats. |
8/6/18
Activity Day - Part 2 !!!
At last we managed to hold our Activity day dispite it raining that morning. We started off with a whole school warm up that was led by Ruth and some other Y5's. We then went on the bouncy obstacle course which was great fun and exhausting- as well as going on the Trim Trak. Back in the classroom we had our world cup draw with everyone getting a world cup team - prizes at the end of the tournament. Please bring in the results when it starts so we can fill out our chart each day. We did our circuits just before lunch time. Everyone did brilliantly completing 10 excercises at each of the 6 zones. Some got over 15 circuits!! Thank you to all the parents and grandparents joining us after lunch for another warm up and circuits, as well as skipping, ball games and circle games. I think everyone went home exhausted after 2 very active days.
Activity Day - Part 2 !!!
At last we managed to hold our Activity day dispite it raining that morning. We started off with a whole school warm up that was led by Ruth and some other Y5's. We then went on the bouncy obstacle course which was great fun and exhausting- as well as going on the Trim Trak. Back in the classroom we had our world cup draw with everyone getting a world cup team - prizes at the end of the tournament. Please bring in the results when it starts so we can fill out our chart each day. We did our circuits just before lunch time. Everyone did brilliantly completing 10 excercises at each of the 6 zones. Some got over 15 circuits!! Thank you to all the parents and grandparents joining us after lunch for another warm up and circuits, as well as skipping, ball games and circle games. I think everyone went home exhausted after 2 very active days.
7/6/18 Yorkshire Wildlife Park Trip
A huge thank you to our parent helpers - Mrs Stevenson, Mrs Hunt, Miss Gordon, Mr Ward and Mrs Simms for coming with us. We had a wonderful day with perfect weather, good journey, lots of animals, a fun play park and lots of packed lunch!!
A huge thank you to our parent helpers - Mrs Stevenson, Mrs Hunt, Miss Gordon, Mr Ward and Mrs Simms for coming with us. We had a wonderful day with perfect weather, good journey, lots of animals, a fun play park and lots of packed lunch!!
25/5/18
A busy end of half term and our Australian topic - baking and decorating Lamingtons, preparing fruit, having an Australian picnic, creating our own rain shakers and didgeridoos, making Australian board games, singing, as well as having an active day indoors!!
A busy end of half term and our Australian topic - baking and decorating Lamingtons, preparing fruit, having an Australian picnic, creating our own rain shakers and didgeridoos, making Australian board games, singing, as well as having an active day indoors!!
18/5/18
Another very busy week - especially for the Y2's. We had a lovely afternoon on Thursday singing and creating sound stories with Mrs Watson. Everyone made amazing sounds using our pipes didgeridoos, we later decorated them. On Friday we finished our beautiful aboriginal stones- they look stunning. All our Aboriginal work has been put up on a display in the hall.
Another very busy week - especially for the Y2's. We had a lovely afternoon on Thursday singing and creating sound stories with Mrs Watson. Everyone made amazing sounds using our pipes didgeridoos, we later decorated them. On Friday we finished our beautiful aboriginal stones- they look stunning. All our Aboriginal work has been put up on a display in the hall.
11/5/18
We had a visit this week from Animal Magic. It was amazing to see the animals up so close- some on our heads!! Some were Australian animals so we got to ask lots of questions about them. We all learnt so much- especially about sugar gliders. Many of us were very brave and were proud of ourselves as we touched and held animals we had been unsure of. Well done everyone.
We had a visit this week from Animal Magic. It was amazing to see the animals up so close- some on our heads!! Some were Australian animals so we got to ask lots of questions about them. We all learnt so much- especially about sugar gliders. Many of us were very brave and were proud of ourselves as we touched and held animals we had been unsure of. Well done everyone.
4/5/18
This week we had a lovely visit from Janine and Buster the dog. Buster is a Pets as Therapy dog, going into hospitals and schools. He showed us how well behaved he was and what a lovely character he was. Lots of great questions were asked. Some who were nervous around dogs at the start were brave and got quite close to Buster.
Sadly we said goodbye to Miss Lockley who has been with us since November. Everyone has loved her being part of our class. She has helped us all !
This week we had a lovely visit from Janine and Buster the dog. Buster is a Pets as Therapy dog, going into hospitals and schools. He showed us how well behaved he was and what a lovely character he was. Lots of great questions were asked. Some who were nervous around dogs at the start were brave and got quite close to Buster.
Sadly we said goodbye to Miss Lockley who has been with us since November. Everyone has loved her being part of our class. She has helped us all !
26/4/18
This week we have started learning about Australian animals through Wombat goes walkabout. From that we have been doing our own Aboriginal art. Our sunflower experiment has also worked ( some years we get no seeds growing!!) One pot was in the dark but watered, another in the cupboard and not watered. Two more were on the window sill, one watered but not the other. Can you see which is which?
This week we have started learning about Australian animals through Wombat goes walkabout. From that we have been doing our own Aboriginal art. Our sunflower experiment has also worked ( some years we get no seeds growing!!) One pot was in the dark but watered, another in the cupboard and not watered. Two more were on the window sill, one watered but not the other. Can you see which is which?
20/4/18
Lots happening on the hottest week of the year so far, it's difficult to pick the highlights. Year 2's were outside learning with water, how to measure using scales of litres and millilitres. They really enjoyed learning in the shade. Alana brought in her harp to play three pieces she is doing for some exams. Everyone was so impressed by the beautiful, difficult music- WOW!! But the best part of the week was being able to go on the Trim Trak after looking at it all last week. Everyone did so well to get across. The best part was that the Year 2's encouraged and gave words of advice to Year 1's while they went along it. It was great to hear - well done!!
Lots happening on the hottest week of the year so far, it's difficult to pick the highlights. Year 2's were outside learning with water, how to measure using scales of litres and millilitres. They really enjoyed learning in the shade. Alana brought in her harp to play three pieces she is doing for some exams. Everyone was so impressed by the beautiful, difficult music- WOW!! But the best part of the week was being able to go on the Trim Trak after looking at it all last week. Everyone did so well to get across. The best part was that the Year 2's encouraged and gave words of advice to Year 1's while they went along it. It was great to hear - well done!!
13/4/18
Great first week back- despite the bleak weather!! The year 1's were using lots of practical objects to show off their learning on lots of, with Miss Lockley. We all looked at seeds in our Science topic and sowed some hoping for new plants in a couple of weeks. In RE we were discussing promises so we went over our classroom and school rules and all promised together to keep them so that we can play and learn better.
Great first week back- despite the bleak weather!! The year 1's were using lots of practical objects to show off their learning on lots of, with Miss Lockley. We all looked at seeds in our Science topic and sowed some hoping for new plants in a couple of weeks. In RE we were discussing promises so we went over our classroom and school rules and all promised together to keep them so that we can play and learn better.
Easter experience.
We spent our last day in school to go, with our church partner, through a series of experiences around the classrooms reflecting on the Easter story. At playtime we all shared hot cross buns. This was followed by reflecting on Easter Sunday and sharing a mini egg!
We spent our last day in school to go, with our church partner, through a series of experiences around the classrooms reflecting on the Easter story. At playtime we all shared hot cross buns. This was followed by reflecting on Easter Sunday and sharing a mini egg!
Our visit to Broadfield Farm
A HUGE thank you to Mr Thompson and Daisy for letting us come to your farm. It was great having Daisy as the tour guide!! We had an amazing time looking at and feeding the cows, bulls, chickens, pigs, piglets, calves, sheep, lambs- WOW so many animals. We had an interesting walk there spotting all the Denby landmarks on the way. The highlight of the trip for most children was holding the tiny lambs, as well as seeing a calf born just that morning. There was so much to see and do. For all of them being so close to animals was an amazing exerience.
A HUGE thank you to Mr Thompson and Daisy for letting us come to your farm. It was great having Daisy as the tour guide!! We had an amazing time looking at and feeding the cows, bulls, chickens, pigs, piglets, calves, sheep, lambs- WOW so many animals. We had an interesting walk there spotting all the Denby landmarks on the way. The highlight of the trip for most children was holding the tiny lambs, as well as seeing a calf born just that morning. There was so much to see and do. For all of them being so close to animals was an amazing exerience.
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16/3/18
This week we have been reading, extending, watching, recreating the story of Rosie's walk. Using matrieals and bricks we made a diarama of the route she took. We also did some observational drawings of farm animals and then put them up in our Reading corner stable. |
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9/3/18
After the snow last week it has been a week of catching up and creating. Lovely Mother's day cards, which I hope have all been safely delivered ( in one piece!!) and newspaper stables for farm animals - this was done with great enthusiasm and copious amounts of sellotape. |
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16/2/18
Book Week - Awesome authors We had a great week writing books, sharing books with our church partners, talking about our favourite books, listening to Mr Walker read us a story, completing book quizzes, dressing up as a story book character but the hightlight of the week was Steve Webb. We had read Tanka, tanka, skunk book a few times and most of us coud recite it. We enjoyed the beat of the words. Everyone loved listen to Steve Webb read it really fast!! |
9/2/18
We have moved onto Mary Anning this week and Dinosaurs. Using the BBC famous people site we watched a film about her and were amazed by her life. In Literacy we have created our own Land of the Dinosaurs stories after reading the Oxford Reading Tree one. We have also been learning some important messages on Internet Safety - if you're unsure ask an adult; never share your personal infromation with anyone except your parents; and think before you click.
We have moved onto Mary Anning this week and Dinosaurs. Using the BBC famous people site we watched a film about her and were amazed by her life. In Literacy we have created our own Land of the Dinosaurs stories after reading the Oxford Reading Tree one. We have also been learning some important messages on Internet Safety - if you're unsure ask an adult; never share your personal infromation with anyone except your parents; and think before you click.
2/2/18
We continued to think about nursing and the Crimea war this week but focussing on the amazing life of Mary Seacole. She visited us on Thursday when we had a chance to ask her questions. Our display in the hall shows how creative we've been with sketches and paper lamps.
We continued to think about nursing and the Crimea war this week but focussing on the amazing life of Mary Seacole. She visited us on Thursday when we had a chance to ask her questions. Our display in the hall shows how creative we've been with sketches and paper lamps.
26/1/18
This week we started to learn about Florence Nightingale. We found out that both her and Columbus were born in Florence! We acted out what the Scutari hospital was like before and after she arrived in Turkey. Then we wrote about it after looking at drawings. In RE we learnt about the Shabbat meal in Jewish families. We looked at all the food they eat and talked about they represent in the Passover story. Then we tasted some parsley and flat bread.
This week we started to learn about Florence Nightingale. We found out that both her and Columbus were born in Florence! We acted out what the Scutari hospital was like before and after she arrived in Turkey. Then we wrote about it after looking at drawings. In RE we learnt about the Shabbat meal in Jewish families. We looked at all the food they eat and talked about they represent in the Passover story. Then we tasted some parsley and flat bread.
19/1/18
Another week on Christopher Columbus- we found a song on youtube that we have enjoyed learning even though it is tricky to fit all the words in! We have also looked carefully at paintings of Christopher Columbus and thought about the commands he might have shouted to his crew - writing them in speech bubbles. Our self portrait paintings have been put up now and we have been enjoying our Columbus cabin, where we have been locating countries and flags.
Another week on Christopher Columbus- we found a song on youtube that we have enjoyed learning even though it is tricky to fit all the words in! We have also looked carefully at paintings of Christopher Columbus and thought about the commands he might have shouted to his crew - writing them in speech bubbles. Our self portrait paintings have been put up now and we have been enjoying our Columbus cabin, where we have been locating countries and flags.
12/1/18
We started our new topic this week on Famous People. The person we are learning about first is Christopher Columbus-
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety two!
We have watched a BBC film, role played being on board a ship and finding land, learnt a poem, and found lots of facts about him.
We started our new topic this week on Famous People. The person we are learning about first is Christopher Columbus-
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety two!
We have watched a BBC film, role played being on board a ship and finding land, learnt a poem, and found lots of facts about him.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
We had a lovely first day back wearing our crowns for Crown Day. It gave a bright start to the year. Thank you for all your creations thye were brilliant.
We had a lovely first day back wearing our crowns for Crown Day. It gave a bright start to the year. Thank you for all your creations thye were brilliant.
Here are just two of the things we have bought for the Reception and Key Stage 1 playground with the money we made at the Medieval Tournament. Thank you for your support with this, be assured we will have lots of fun with them!
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21/12/17
What a week !! Fabulous Nativity play - we are all so proud of the Doves and Sparrows for all you singing, loud voices and dances. It was BRILLIANT !!
A HUGE well done to you all as we won the reverse advent bring a tin competition. We managed to bring in over 200 altogether. Thank you to you all. We watched a short video from the food bank in Belper showing the children where all the tins went to.
We also had a lovely party day - relaxing watching films in the morning followed by Christmas dinner and party games in the afternoon.
What a week !! Fabulous Nativity play - we are all so proud of the Doves and Sparrows for all you singing, loud voices and dances. It was BRILLIANT !!
A HUGE well done to you all as we won the reverse advent bring a tin competition. We managed to bring in over 200 altogether. Thank you to you all. We watched a short video from the food bank in Belper showing the children where all the tins went to.
We also had a lovely party day - relaxing watching films in the morning followed by Christmas dinner and party games in the afternoon.
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15/12/17
This week was - snow, snow sculptures, Nativity practise, dress rehersal, sliding on ice, manarda revisiting, reverse Advent, counting tins, Christmas cards, making calendars, more singing, creating stars, Advent Collective worships and keeping warm !! A fun filled week :)
This week was - snow, snow sculptures, Nativity practise, dress rehersal, sliding on ice, manarda revisiting, reverse Advent, counting tins, Christmas cards, making calendars, more singing, creating stars, Advent Collective worships and keeping warm !! A fun filled week :)
8/12/17
Advent has arrived and with it our Advent collective worship. Some of the Year 2's helped with readings which helped everyone's reflections- you read beautifully, well done. Within class we have all made, cooked and eaten some delicious gingerbread men and houses learning lots about following recipes and how to mix and melt ingredients. We have looked a a few different Nativity scenes this week and have tried to create our own using bricks.
Advent has arrived and with it our Advent collective worship. Some of the Year 2's helped with readings which helped everyone's reflections- you read beautifully, well done. Within class we have all made, cooked and eaten some delicious gingerbread men and houses learning lots about following recipes and how to mix and melt ingredients. We have looked a a few different Nativity scenes this week and have tried to create our own using bricks.
1/12/17
This week we have been getting ready for advent by creating a display on Joy for the hall and well as learning about the advent candles. Our Nativity play is going well with everyone really working hard to learn their lines and songs. W e are still enjoying looking at all the creative homework - amazing sock puppets, board games and items made out of a yogurt pot. Thank you all for putting in so much effort.
This week we have been getting ready for advent by creating a display on Joy for the hall and well as learning about the advent candles. Our Nativity play is going well with everyone really working hard to learn their lines and songs. W e are still enjoying looking at all the creative homework - amazing sock puppets, board games and items made out of a yogurt pot. Thank you all for putting in so much effort.
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24 11/17
This week we have started to put together our Nativity play. We've learnt a few songs already!! We have also all been learning about Pantasaurus and designed our own pants. |
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17/11/17
We have had a fabulous SHARE THE LOVE week. Every day we started with a challenge question- What does love look like at Denby Free? What does love smell like? What does God is love mean to you? We also received a jar of love from Falcons. Each one of us got a message of love for someone in Falcons. The joy on everyones face was beautiful when they read their lovely message. |
10/11/17
We started our Once upon a time topic this week we The Three Little Pigs story. On Monday we had fun retelling it using straw, sticks and bricks, putting on voices for the Big Bad Wolf and little pigs. The wolf who came to visit was a bit scary but we learnt a lot about him by asking him lots of questions. The Year 2's had a very important visit on Tuesday from a fire officer. They learnt about dangers to look out for at home, how to STOP- DROP- ROLL if our clothes ever got on fire, also how to follow a fire plan. She said not to get worried as fires are very rare nowadays but be prepared. On Friday we had a very thoughtful minutes silence by the war memorial in the church yard. We then laid our poppies down with everyone else in school. Please go and look at them they look stunning.
We started our Once upon a time topic this week we The Three Little Pigs story. On Monday we had fun retelling it using straw, sticks and bricks, putting on voices for the Big Bad Wolf and little pigs. The wolf who came to visit was a bit scary but we learnt a lot about him by asking him lots of questions. The Year 2's had a very important visit on Tuesday from a fire officer. They learnt about dangers to look out for at home, how to STOP- DROP- ROLL if our clothes ever got on fire, also how to follow a fire plan. She said not to get worried as fires are very rare nowadays but be prepared. On Friday we had a very thoughtful minutes silence by the war memorial in the church yard. We then laid our poppies down with everyone else in school. Please go and look at them they look stunning.
Our total so far for our Tournament is £280- we are still selling Joke books!! This is fantastic, we all need to decide now on what to spend it on.
Enterprise Week - Our Marvellous Medieval Tournament
In 3 days Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 organised and ran a Medieval Tournament for each other and their parents. Mrs Gill gave us £20 for each class to buy things we needed. We planned it out on the Tuesday and got into groups of 2 or 3 for each stall. On Wednesday and Thursday morning each group created posters and equipment needed for their stall. We also had discussion about prices and rules for each stall. On Friday everyone came to school dressed up in Medieval costumes and we planned where would be the best place to put each stall. Year 2 then set up all the stalls and got ready for the event. In the afternoon we ran the stalls for each other to practise what needed to be done and then at 2.30 pm we opened the gates for the parents. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we soon ran out of cakes, joke books and crafts. A huge thank you to everyone who came along to help us raise money. We haven't totalled up yet- that's a job for Monday.
If anyone didn't get a Jesters joke book you can still order one for £1. All Year 1's and Year 2's have contributed their favourite joke so 40 great jokes for only £1!!
In 3 days Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 organised and ran a Medieval Tournament for each other and their parents. Mrs Gill gave us £20 for each class to buy things we needed. We planned it out on the Tuesday and got into groups of 2 or 3 for each stall. On Wednesday and Thursday morning each group created posters and equipment needed for their stall. We also had discussion about prices and rules for each stall. On Friday everyone came to school dressed up in Medieval costumes and we planned where would be the best place to put each stall. Year 2 then set up all the stalls and got ready for the event. In the afternoon we ran the stalls for each other to practise what needed to be done and then at 2.30 pm we opened the gates for the parents. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we soon ran out of cakes, joke books and crafts. A huge thank you to everyone who came along to help us raise money. We haven't totalled up yet- that's a job for Monday.
If anyone didn't get a Jesters joke book you can still order one for £1. All Year 1's and Year 2's have contributed their favourite joke so 40 great jokes for only £1!!
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20/10/17
We had a great trip this week to Bolsover Castle, exploring the Little castle, indoor horse menage and the ruins. Oh and not forgetting the castle play park - everyone agreed we need one for school!! As you can see we packed so much into the day and everyone was exhausted by the end. A massive THANK YOU to all the parent helpers who came to make the day possible. |
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The last of our family shields created for homework. The children talked about each element really well and about the reasons they used particular colours. We have really loved seeing them all- so different and so creative. Thank you all for all the efforts and thought you have put into your homework tasks this half term.
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13/10/17
This week for Science we walked round the school grounds looking for signs of Autumn. We found different shades of yellow, red and orange leaves, sycamore seeds, walnut shells, and felt that the temperature was cooler. Then we had a really boring lesson making catapults and pinging pom poms around the classroom!! A huge thank you to all the amazing homework learning activities for this topic- lovely bread and honey cakes, fabulous unique castles and towers, creative family shields and great collections of natural things that show Autumn is here. We have really enjoyed looking at, tasting and hearing about all the things you have been up to at home. |
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6/10/17
We have been learning about all the jobs that people did in castles this week, as well as learning a castle song and drawing portraits of some mystery knights!! On Friday we all came dressed in sporty clothes to support the Denby Dash - hope you all had fun running and walking on Sunday. |
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29/9/17
Lots of highlights this week. Starting with a huge THANK YOU to Mr and Mrs Bowler for coming in on Tuesday to share their knowledge and armour with us. It was amazing, all the Infants loved it- their faces were a picture especially when the swords came out!! They learnt so much from touching and trying on many of the pieces. It was also good to listen to it all being put into context for them. Their thank you letters showed how much they liked the morning.
Year 1 and 2 also excelled themselves in the harvest service through sharing their lovely paintings and harvest prayer, as well as an amazing harp recital at the end. Another great week- well done.
Lots of highlights this week. Starting with a huge THANK YOU to Mr and Mrs Bowler for coming in on Tuesday to share their knowledge and armour with us. It was amazing, all the Infants loved it- their faces were a picture especially when the swords came out!! They learnt so much from touching and trying on many of the pieces. It was also good to listen to it all being put into context for them. Their thank you letters showed how much they liked the morning.
Year 1 and 2 also excelled themselves in the harvest service through sharing their lovely paintings and harvest prayer, as well as an amazing harp recital at the end. Another great week- well done.
22/9/17
So many learning experiences again this week- here are just a few. On Monday we went out on the playground with clip boards and looked for objects made from a range of materials. We then discussed why the the tyres were made from rubber and not glass! On Thursday we carried on talking about bucket fillers and spreading happiness by being kind and helpful to others rather than being bucket dippers. The children then wrote down how they were going to fill someone else's bucket that afternoon. On Friday thanks to Dominic and Alana's mum all the Year 1's and 2's went next door to St Mary's church. We all enjoyed exploring outside and in looking and feeling for different materials, as well as making the links to castles. We spotted shields on the ceiling, a spiral staircase, stone walls, pillars, carvings, stained glass windows and wooden seats.
So many learning experiences again this week- here are just a few. On Monday we went out on the playground with clip boards and looked for objects made from a range of materials. We then discussed why the the tyres were made from rubber and not glass! On Thursday we carried on talking about bucket fillers and spreading happiness by being kind and helpful to others rather than being bucket dippers. The children then wrote down how they were going to fill someone else's bucket that afternoon. On Friday thanks to Dominic and Alana's mum all the Year 1's and 2's went next door to St Mary's church. We all enjoyed exploring outside and in looking and feeling for different materials, as well as making the links to castles. We spotted shields on the ceiling, a spiral staircase, stone walls, pillars, carvings, stained glass windows and wooden seats.
15/9/17
This week we have started our Castles topic by looking at the outside of castles - labelling features, looking at different artists pictures, especially Paul Klee and creating our own shape castles. In RE we explored prayer and wrote our own prayers on praying hands.
This week we have started our Castles topic by looking at the outside of castles - labelling features, looking at different artists pictures, especially Paul Klee and creating our own shape castles. In RE we explored prayer and wrote our own prayers on praying hands.
Autumn 2017
We've had a lovely start to the year. Everyone returning safely and happily. A bit weary after a couple of days as it's always a shock to the system whatever age you are!! We've spent the first week hearing about each others holidays, reading postcards and settling into new routines. We have started our topic off with learning about St George. We compared the real and legend stories of him. Then we created a display for the flower festival in St Mary's church ( it's well worth going to see and smell the displays).
We've had a lovely start to the year. Everyone returning safely and happily. A bit weary after a couple of days as it's always a shock to the system whatever age you are!! We've spent the first week hearing about each others holidays, reading postcards and settling into new routines. We have started our topic off with learning about St George. We compared the real and legend stories of him. Then we created a display for the flower festival in St Mary's church ( it's well worth going to see and smell the displays).
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Last week fun
We have done lots in the last week of term. On Monday parents came in to look through the books to see all the great learning their child had encountered as well as all their progress. On Tuesday all the Swifts and Doves were very busy creating decorations for the bug party on the Thursday. On Wednesday all 59 children and adults had fun in the sand at Denby beach, the weather was kind to us. Thursday was our Bug party with lots of ladybirds, bees, a stick insect, Goliath beetle, stag beetle and spiders ( I might have missed some!!) Excellent masks and costumes. The morning was spent creating things to eat - caterpillar and flower sandwiches, butterfly and snail snacks, as well as strawberry ladybirds. Despite the weather spoiling our outdoor playing field plans we moved inside and on the playground to play team games - relaying nectar into pots using pipettes and target games - beanbags and pompoms into ladybird and caterpillar targets. We also watched nature videos, as well as doing some caterpillar conga and dancing. Oh nearly forgot a huge thank you to Friends for the ice - creams!! On Friday we all had a fun day tidying up, playing games and then in the afternoon going to watch the leavers service in the church.
An excellent and fun week to end a fantastic year. Thank you Doves and Swifts for all the enthusiasm, fun and creativity you approached all our topics and home learning activities. Thank you parents and carers for all your support and interest in all the activities we have done. Hope you all have a fun, six weeks and keep safe.
We have done lots in the last week of term. On Monday parents came in to look through the books to see all the great learning their child had encountered as well as all their progress. On Tuesday all the Swifts and Doves were very busy creating decorations for the bug party on the Thursday. On Wednesday all 59 children and adults had fun in the sand at Denby beach, the weather was kind to us. Thursday was our Bug party with lots of ladybirds, bees, a stick insect, Goliath beetle, stag beetle and spiders ( I might have missed some!!) Excellent masks and costumes. The morning was spent creating things to eat - caterpillar and flower sandwiches, butterfly and snail snacks, as well as strawberry ladybirds. Despite the weather spoiling our outdoor playing field plans we moved inside and on the playground to play team games - relaying nectar into pots using pipettes and target games - beanbags and pompoms into ladybird and caterpillar targets. We also watched nature videos, as well as doing some caterpillar conga and dancing. Oh nearly forgot a huge thank you to Friends for the ice - creams!! On Friday we all had a fun day tidying up, playing games and then in the afternoon going to watch the leavers service in the church.
An excellent and fun week to end a fantastic year. Thank you Doves and Swifts for all the enthusiasm, fun and creativity you approached all our topics and home learning activities. Thank you parents and carers for all your support and interest in all the activities we have done. Hope you all have a fun, six weeks and keep safe.
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2017 Potato Harvest - YUMMY!!
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Some more of our fantastic bug houses. All of these bug houses have earned each child a Gold certificate from the Wildlife Trust for their contributions to protect and encourage wildlife in their gardens.
4/7/17 Carsington Waters Trip
We all had an amazing day at Carsington Waters today. The children were so well behaviour and had so much fun. We went pond dipping and scooped up some really interesting invertebrates - water boatmen, dragonfly nymphs, newts. In a woodland habitat we did some put some white plastic under the trees and shook the branches. It was incredible what we shook out - earwigs, long legged spiders, aphids and jumping bugs. Among the trees and under logs we also found frogs, centipedes. On the beach by the reservoir we all had a go at creating some stone sculptures. Alot of fun was had by moving stones and collecting goose feathers. The play park also filled many minutes of fun- climbing, swinging and sliding. Somewhere in all of that we had our lunch!!
By the end adults and children alike were really tired but have lots of happy memories of the day. A huge thank you to all the parent helpers who made the day possible - Mrs Chamberlain, Mrs Redfern, Mrs Bowler, Mrs Tongue, Dr Eanor, Mrs Ward. ( more photos of the other group to follow)
We all had an amazing day at Carsington Waters today. The children were so well behaviour and had so much fun. We went pond dipping and scooped up some really interesting invertebrates - water boatmen, dragonfly nymphs, newts. In a woodland habitat we did some put some white plastic under the trees and shook the branches. It was incredible what we shook out - earwigs, long legged spiders, aphids and jumping bugs. Among the trees and under logs we also found frogs, centipedes. On the beach by the reservoir we all had a go at creating some stone sculptures. Alot of fun was had by moving stones and collecting goose feathers. The play park also filled many minutes of fun- climbing, swinging and sliding. Somewhere in all of that we had our lunch!!
By the end adults and children alike were really tired but have lots of happy memories of the day. A huge thank you to all the parent helpers who made the day possible - Mrs Chamberlain, Mrs Redfern, Mrs Bowler, Mrs Tongue, Dr Eanor, Mrs Ward. ( more photos of the other group to follow)
Some of the stone sculptures that we created on Stone island.
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3/7/17
We have finally said goodbye to our butterflies as we released them by our butterfly garden. We are hoping to see them again around our flowers. Everyone has really enjoyed watching them everyday from caterpillars to butterflies. 
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29/6/17
This week our butterflies emerged from their cocoons. Everyone has been enthralled to watch what they did. Mrs Bell had to look after them all weekend as it was too wet on Thursday to release them. She hopes they all survive until Monday !! We have also been investigating symmetrical patterns and shapes this week. Here are a few patterns we've created. |
Here are some of the bug houses that have been made for homework. They are all so good and will provide shelter and protection for lots of different mini beasts. Well done! |
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23/6/17
Spiders Week
Lots of learning about spiders this week. We learnt a poem and put actions to it as well as writing our own, writing them up in our best handwriting. We also created lots of paper spiders and webs. In PE we all had a great time creating obstacle courses and timing each other.
Spiders Week
Lots of learning about spiders this week. We learnt a poem and put actions to it as well as writing our own, writing them up in our best handwriting. We also created lots of paper spiders and webs. In PE we all had a great time creating obstacle courses and timing each other.
16/6/17
Ladybird week- We learnt lots about the interesting life cycle of a ladybird and then found lots of larva and 1 pupa in the school grounds. On our bug hunt we investigated the habitats of mini beasts and thought about why they would like these places. We have also been making more bugs with paper and play dough.
Ladybird week- We learnt lots about the interesting life cycle of a ladybird and then found lots of larva and 1 pupa in the school grounds. On our bug hunt we investigated the habitats of mini beasts and thought about why they would like these places. We have also been making more bugs with paper and play dough.
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9/6/17
We started our mini-beast topic this week with looking at creatures that crawl- snails and slugs. Snails kept appearing all week!! We drew the, wrote about them, made paper snails and looked at Matisse's snail picture, then did our own spiral picture with paper.
MINI-BEASTS TOPIC
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Year 1 and 2 had some excellent cricket coaching from Rachel and Tom
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Here is our hot air balloon display. We designed and then carefully painted our balloon. Then we created a patterned basket and drew ourselves to go in the basket.
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12/5/17
This week we have learnt lots about the Montgolfier brothers and why we still remember them today. It was difficult to understand that before they made their hot air balloon no one had flown before and they didn't really know what would happen if they sent people up. We found out that they sent a sheep, duck and rooster up first!
Using a bin liner and a hairdryer we made our own hot air balloon. We were all really excited when it did rise up into the air!!
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5/5/17
Year 1's have been exploring place value this week and have created number posters, played Hit the Button and matched numbers and their words. In Science we have all been planting seeds. The Year 2's have set up a growth investigation and the Year 1's have planted beans in bags!! Some of the Year 2's have been challenging each other with the chairs game- well done Lewis you used all the chairs! 
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UP, UP AND AWAY
28/4/17 An excellent start to our Up, up and away topic. We make flying wordles that we made into paper aeroplanes. We all had fun throwing them outside. As Mrs Bell's design wasn't great she challenged all Year 1's and 2's to bring in their own designs from home. Well done to Daisy and Alana for producing fantastic aerodynamic designs. We all loved the story The Great Round the World Balloon Race by Sue Scullard. The illustrations really inspired us to start creating our own designs. |
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In PE this week we used the parachute to play games- washing machine, sharks and cat and mouse. A fun and energetic time was had by all.
To decorate the walls we created some hot air balloon using strips of paper. We then drew ourselves to go in the basket. |
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Easter Week
A very busy, creative and reflective week. Through the week we made Easter cards and Easter baskets. In RE we reflected on the emotions of Easter week by looking at the last week of Jesus' life. We shared this in the Easter collective worship on Friday afternoon along with our Easter week acrostic. We also had a lovely, thoughtful collective worship at the Spinney led by the Eagles. Everyone was reflective and showed excellent behaviour through being respectful. Well done to Isabelle and Jessica for winning our Easter bake off. A huge thank you to everyone else who made cakes and then came to buy them after school. |
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FIESTA TIME
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This week has been the final week of our Mexican topic. We have all really enjoyed it. On Friday we had our party day celebrating all we had learnt. The children wore mask and sashes they had created and played their shakers along with the songs they had learnt. They were also used to accompany our salsa dancing and conga! We feasted on a variety of dips and vegetable sticks the children had prepared, many of them trying guacamole and chilli dips. They also had tortilla crisps to also use as dips. We finished off with hot chocolate with marshmallows and Mexican sombrero biscuits that the children had decorated. A great ending to a fun topic. We've also run 1,658 m this week. |
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24/3/17
This week we have been exploring, through drama and looking at paintings and artefacts, a Mexican magic key story. On Friday as well as adding funny accessories to our uniform we had a visit from Larry the lamb. A big thanks to Nancy and Mrs Bell for bringing him in. We have also over the last 3 weeks taken up our morning run around the playground. Each week we try to increase the laps, now up to 8 laps! Week 1 we ran 2,088m, week 2- 2,441m and last week only 1.512m as we got rained off. Well done Swifts and Doves. 
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17/3/17
Another very busy week with learning ranging from finding quarters of grapes, writing instructions, making Mexican masks to creating Easter books and exploring friendships by working together on the playground. Our Mexican pots are finished just awaiting to be photographed!! |
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10/3/17
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Our clay pots have now been painted but need final decorations- pictures next week. We have been following lots of instructions this week so that we can learn how to write them. We made origami dogs- hopefully you have had a go at home with your instructions, as well as putting instructions in order. In Numeracy Doves have been problem solving with sequential patterns. 
3/3/17
We started our Mexican topic this week. After making flags we created clay thumb pots which we will paint when dry. A big thanks to Denby Pottery for the clay. 
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24.02.17 - The Swifts did a wonderful job of dressing up for World Book Day in a variety of fantastic costumes. There were owls, cats, badgers, Wild Things and a couple of Max's. Well done Swifts and all the costume makers.
3/2/17
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We have made towers taller than the tallest child, Viking long boats, houses and castles. Many thanks Friends, we're really enjoying these. |
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This panoramic picture of the Quad's light exhibition really captures the atmosphere. Many thanks to Isabelle's Dad for sending us the photo.
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20/1/17
Following our visit to see the Light instillation at the Quad we have created a class and then individual poems about our experience. They were all fantastic.Here is the one we created together.
Rising fire
Golden flying birds
Multicoloured rainbow
Beautiful green beanstalk
Yellow flashing lightning
Falling pink petal
Swirly
Gentle
Graceful
On Thursday afternoon we created a wind sock with a partner. We decided it needed to be waterproof, colourful, stable and floaty! We had to tie all the pieces together as we knew that glue and sellotape wouldn't be any good outside. After we made them we tried them out on the playground and then attached them to the fence and gate. We are now waiting for a windy day !
Following our visit to see the Light instillation at the Quad we have created a class and then individual poems about our experience. They were all fantastic.Here is the one we created together.
Rising fire
Golden flying birds
Multicoloured rainbow
Beautiful green beanstalk
Yellow flashing lightning
Falling pink petal
Swirly
Gentle
Graceful
On Thursday afternoon we created a wind sock with a partner. We decided it needed to be waterproof, colourful, stable and floaty! We had to tie all the pieces together as we knew that glue and sellotape wouldn't be any good outside. After we made them we tried them out on the playground and then attached them to the fence and gate. We are now waiting for a windy day !
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13/1/17 Derby Museum and Quad visit
Half of the infants went on their trip to Derby Museum and the Quad on Friday. At both places we were exploring art, both traditional and modern that showed weather. We had an amazing time exploring the Joseph Wright gallery as well as the Children's TV, animals and nature galleries. You can see below 2 of the paintings we looked carefully at. Around the gallery we had an I- spy to complete so we spotted things within each painting.
At the Quad the children experienced the light instillation, getting really involved in finding and touching the Japanese characters to explore what would happen. We also sat back and just relaxed and enjoyed watching the weather and images on the screen, while listening to the chill out music- amazing experience.
The rest of the infants are going this Wednesday, we know they are going to enjoy themselves. A big thank you to Friends for paying for our trip.
Half of the infants went on their trip to Derby Museum and the Quad on Friday. At both places we were exploring art, both traditional and modern that showed weather. We had an amazing time exploring the Joseph Wright gallery as well as the Children's TV, animals and nature galleries. You can see below 2 of the paintings we looked carefully at. Around the gallery we had an I- spy to complete so we spotted things within each painting.
At the Quad the children experienced the light instillation, getting really involved in finding and touching the Japanese characters to explore what would happen. We also sat back and just relaxed and enjoyed watching the weather and images on the screen, while listening to the chill out music- amazing experience.
The rest of the infants are going this Wednesday, we know they are going to enjoy themselves. A big thank you to Friends for paying for our trip.
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13.01.17 - The Swifts have been very busy consolidating their understanding of time; o'clocks and half pasts. They have matched clocks to times, set the hands to match times on the laptops, ordered the days of the week and learnt a new song and dance routine to remember the months of the year.
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Mrs Clare has been carefully setting up the new weather station and went outside to check it was all in working order. She is going to attach it to the canopy and we should hopefully have an accurate weather forecasting system in school from next week.
Thank you Mrs Clare!
Thank you Mrs Clare!
6/1/17 HAPPY NEW YEAR
This week we have started our weather topic but looking at seasons. We have thought about our favourite season and then created a painting for each season. For the painting we used different printing techniques - fingers, cotton buds and sponges. We have also started to learn a seasons song from youtube. For PE everyone loved getting all the apparatus out for gymnastics- practising balances and jumps.
This week we have started our weather topic but looking at seasons. We have thought about our favourite season and then created a painting for each season. For the painting we used different printing techniques - fingers, cotton buds and sponges. We have also started to learn a seasons song from youtube. For PE everyone loved getting all the apparatus out for gymnastics- practising balances and jumps.
The Swift and Dove Class enjoyed a surprise visit from Father Christmas on party day. He made sure they knew they needed to be asleep on Christmas Eve before he would leave them any presents. He very kindly gave everyone an early Christmas gift. Thank you Santa!
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15.12.16 - We hope that you enjoyed watching our nativity 'Shepherd's Delight'. We have gathered those naughty, naughty sheep up for another year. We have spent the week making Christmas cards, calendars and tree decorations and enjoying our Christmas dinner. We are all looking forward to the last couple of days in school including the films, party and Christingle service.
Lily has kindly donated half of her sponser money from the Denby Dash to Swift class and they have used it to buy a weather station ready for next terms topic and for the school to use for years to come, thank you Lily!
Lily has kindly donated half of her sponser money from the Denby Dash to Swift class and they have used it to buy a weather station ready for next terms topic and for the school to use for years to come, thank you Lily!
9/12/16 - Swift and Dove Class have been busily practising the Nativity all week and we are looking forward to you coming to watch us next week. The children have been making decorations for the classrooms and trees and completing Christmas colouring pictures by solving addition and subtraction sentences.
Swift Class had the most amazing time at Heanor Fire Station! The children and grown ups learnt so much about fire safety and what the firefighters have to wear and do in order to keep safe and put out fires. You must ask your children to demonstrate the BA Shuffle to you, it is a very special and important firefighter dance. The children got to watch their very own Pudding Lane go up in flames and watch as the flames spread very quickly from house to house and then watch as the flames were put out. All the children got to use the hoses, including soaking Mrs Foulke and to sit in the fire engine. Many thanks to Firefighters Patrick, Bestwick and Stevenson and also to Mrs Gill, Mrs Burgess, Miss Hunt and Mrs Chamberlain for coming with us and making the visit possible. Finally a huge thank you to Mrs Simms who was instrumental in organising the visit, came along to help and arranged for all the children to have free bus travel.
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1/12/16 Leaf learning
On Monday Doves went out in the afternoon to learn in the leaves. They came up with loads of learning activities they wanted to try out - sorting leaves, naming them, making leaf kebabs, creating leaf sculptures but what they enjoyed the most was having a team competition to make the tallest pile of leaves. After that we all enjoyed a leaf fight!! |
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Enjoy what the children have been up to each week!
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25.11.16 Swifts have been learning more about the Great Fire of London and in particular about Samuel Pepys and have been writing their own diary of the events of September 1666. In numeracy the children have been learning to add by counting on from the largest number which they have put in their heads (on post-its!). In RE the children have been discussing the gift of love and I hope you got to see the small gifts they wrapped with the special message attached.
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18.11.16 Swift and Dove class have spent the week celebrating differences. In numeracy Swift class have been collecting data on our favourite animals and superheroes and representing this in pictograms. In literacy the children have been writing riddles about themselves and we enjoyed practising for our performance in collective worship. We have been learning about what it is like to have asthma and carried out an experiment with balls and a tunnel, we looked at lots of famous sports stars who don't let it change what they do. Finally we talked about how every snowflake is different and unique just like us and each made a paper snowflake for our classroom display.
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Doves performed our Great Fire of London song with sign language, as well as learning to sign our names. This was linked to us learning a bit about what it was like for deaf people to communicate. We also learnt how we were like a box of crayons-
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11.11.16 We have had another busy week in Dove and Swift class. The children have made their own Pudding Lane after watching film clips showing the streets of London in 1666, they have then used this to support their writing, describing the streets and life around the time of The Great Fire of London. In numeracy the Swift class have been playing 'What's my number?' They have had 2 digit numbers on headbands and had to ask each other questions in order to identify it. The children also really enjoyed showing each other their special gifts and explaining why it they are so special to them.
04/11/16
The Doves and Swifts have had a great return to school following the break. The Swifts have been moving like robots in numeracy, moving in quarter, half, three quarter and whole turns and then testing their learning on the Beebots. In literacy we have made our own firework shape poems and watched as they came to life as a firework display on the laptops. In RE the children have been learning about the giving and receiving of gifts and really enjoyed receiving their own little gifts, as seen in the photograph. The children have been learning the 'or' and 'ur' sounds and will begin learning about The Great Fire of London next week.
The Doves and Swifts have had a great return to school following the break. The Swifts have been moving like robots in numeracy, moving in quarter, half, three quarter and whole turns and then testing their learning on the Beebots. In literacy we have made our own firework shape poems and watched as they came to life as a firework display on the laptops. In RE the children have been learning about the giving and receiving of gifts and really enjoyed receiving their own little gifts, as seen in the photograph. The children have been learning the 'or' and 'ur' sounds and will begin learning about The Great Fire of London next week.
20/10/16
It has been a wonderful last week of term for both the Swifts and Doves. The Swifts have written invitations to their teddies who then joined us on Wednesday for a fantastic Teddy Bear's Picnic, where teddy shaped sandwiches, crisps and cakes were enjoyed. We also played hide and seek from the bears on the field.
It has been a wonderful last week of term for both the Swifts and Doves. The Swifts have written invitations to their teddies who then joined us on Wednesday for a fantastic Teddy Bear's Picnic, where teddy shaped sandwiches, crisps and cakes were enjoyed. We also played hide and seek from the bears on the field.
14/10/16
The Doves and Swifts have had another fantastic week. Dove Class have been writing about the adventures of Bob and Boris the Bears. Swift Class have been helping Farmer Pete with his 10 sheep and finding the different ways he can arrange his sheep to make 10, they also had great fun running around outside finding the pairs of numbers that make 10. They have also been writing some wonderful stories based on Whatever Next and the adventures of Baby Bear.
The Doves and Swifts have had another fantastic week. Dove Class have been writing about the adventures of Bob and Boris the Bears. Swift Class have been helping Farmer Pete with his 10 sheep and finding the different ways he can arrange his sheep to make 10, they also had great fun running around outside finding the pairs of numbers that make 10. They have also been writing some wonderful stories based on Whatever Next and the adventures of Baby Bear.
7/10/16
Our big project this week was making teddy vehicles. In groups of 3 we designed, created and then tested out our vehicles. They had to carry teddy for 1 metre so he didn't fall out! We learnt how to turn boxes inside out and the Year 2's got to saw dowelling to the right length. In the end they all looked fantastic and worked.
Our big project this week was making teddy vehicles. In groups of 3 we designed, created and then tested out our vehicles. They had to carry teddy for 1 metre so he didn't fall out! We learnt how to turn boxes inside out and the Year 2's got to saw dowelling to the right length. In the end they all looked fantastic and worked.
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Doves and Swifts hope that you enjoyed the Harvest breakfast and festival service.
Swifts had a visit from PC Foulke who with the help of their wanted posters had apprehended Goldilocks. Goldilocks came into school and was very sorry for her crimes and the children decided to forgive her and help make and write cards for the Three Bears. The children have also been busy making cards and helped decorate the hall ready to give Mrs Briggs a surprise on her very last day. We will miss you Mrs Briggs.
Swifts had a visit from PC Foulke who with the help of their wanted posters had apprehended Goldilocks. Goldilocks came into school and was very sorry for her crimes and the children decided to forgive her and help make and write cards for the Three Bears. The children have also been busy making cards and helped decorate the hall ready to give Mrs Briggs a surprise on her very last day. We will miss you Mrs Briggs.
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23.09.16
Doves and Swifts have had a busy week reading new Bear Tales. Doves have also been writing and saying prayers with bears. They are now in our class prayer book. Swifts have been trying to solve the mystery and mayhem that Goldilocks left behind her! Altogether we have been getting ready for our Harvest Festival by thinking about the food that we have grown this year, as well as the food we get from other countries. We then looked at a film with Pablo the Superbanana- all about the journey of bananas and Fairtrade.
Doves and Swifts have had a busy week reading new Bear Tales. Doves have also been writing and saying prayers with bears. They are now in our class prayer book. Swifts have been trying to solve the mystery and mayhem that Goldilocks left behind her! Altogether we have been getting ready for our Harvest Festival by thinking about the food that we have grown this year, as well as the food we get from other countries. We then looked at a film with Pablo the Superbanana- all about the journey of bananas and Fairtrade.
16.09.16
Swifts have had another fantastic week! They learnt the actions to the story 'Peace at Last' and performed in front of one another with instruments and then to the Doves and Sparrows. Later in the week we had a visit from Mr. Bear who answered all the questions we had including; how old he was (72), where he lives (France) and how he celebrates Christmas (with chocolate cake). In numeracy we have been working with teen numbers and in particular how they are made of a ten and then some ones, we have also continued to work on our counting in two's. In RE the children talked about groups that they felt they belonged to like school, their family and the church and represented these on a shield. The children have been recapping the sounds 'ch', 'sh', 'th' and 'ng'.
Next week we will be learning all about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Swifts have had another fantastic week! They learnt the actions to the story 'Peace at Last' and performed in front of one another with instruments and then to the Doves and Sparrows. Later in the week we had a visit from Mr. Bear who answered all the questions we had including; how old he was (72), where he lives (France) and how he celebrates Christmas (with chocolate cake). In numeracy we have been working with teen numbers and in particular how they are made of a ten and then some ones, we have also continued to work on our counting in two's. In RE the children talked about groups that they felt they belonged to like school, their family and the church and represented these on a shield. The children have been recapping the sounds 'ch', 'sh', 'th' and 'ng'.
Next week we will be learning all about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Welcome back!
Swifts and Doves have had a wonderful first week back in school. All the children have shared their adventures over the holidays.
Swifts have begun the theme of Bear Tales by spending the week with their teddies, they have made name tags for them, labelled them and then written sentences about them. In numeracy the children have been working to identify all the Numicon pieces, they have been 'Shaking off' the number that is less and today they have even been counting in two's. They have all made a super start to the new school year and we hope they have been sharing some of the things they have been doing.
Swifts and Doves have had a wonderful first week back in school. All the children have shared their adventures over the holidays.
Swifts have begun the theme of Bear Tales by spending the week with their teddies, they have made name tags for them, labelled them and then written sentences about them. In numeracy the children have been working to identify all the Numicon pieces, they have been 'Shaking off' the number that is less and today they have even been counting in two's. They have all made a super start to the new school year and we hope they have been sharing some of the things they have been doing.
We had a fab end to our school year we visited Denby Pottery Beach.
This week we harvested our potatoes, there were lots of them so we shared them with Mrs. Briggs. First we learned how to scrape them and then Mrs. Briggs kindly let us boil them in her kitchen. Once they were cooked we put some butter on and got to taste them. Yummy, they were delicious. Thank you Mrs. Briggs.
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We had a fantastic time at the open centre and Mosque. First we visited the open centre and enjoyed lots of activities. We wrote our name in arabic and turned it into a badge, dressed up in their traditional clothing, did wordsearches and played musical instruments. Then we moved onto the mosque a guide showed us around and we learned lots. She was very impressed how much we already knew when she questioned us. Our bus journey was very exciting too as some of us had never been on a double decker before.
We would like to say a huge thank you to all the helpers we are really grateful of your support. |
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This week we have been creating Islamic patterns and making model mosques. We have learned lots ready for our visit next week. We also had a fantastic sports day.
We have had an amazing time this week doing forest schools. We made mud faces, leaf bracelets and grass sculptures. Thank you Mr. Chuck and Mrs. Foulke it was great fun. A really big thanks goes to Mrs. Redfern for coming into school and helping us too.
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We had a fantastic time at the zoo on Monday. There are some amazing animals there.
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We think the sewing they have completed is amazing I'm sure you will agree.
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Wow what a busy first week back we've had. It's like we haven't been away! We have finished our week by making posters for our Euro 2016 Games and baking cupcakes to celebrate The Queen's 90th birthday.
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We have started doing some sewing you will love the end results watch this space!
We hope you all have a fantastic break and well earned rest.
We hope you all have a fantastic break and well earned rest.
W.B.2.5.16
We have had a lovely walk up to Bluebell Woods in Denby. We had to see if we could spot certain plants and bushes along the way. We also had the opportunity to sketch what we saw. It was stunning. Thank you to all who came along on the day to help, it is much appreciated. Thank you. |
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This week continued on from last week we have been writing instructions on how to make a jam sandwich. Of course we had to make them first and eat them or we wouldn't know what to write! They were yummy.
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W.B. 11.4.16
This week we have been working on following instructions to plant a seed. We sowed seeds and recorded 'what to do' in our writing books. We have also started to fill in a seed diary which will be completed as they grow. We will share the results with you.
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21.3.16
This week we have been celebrating Holy Week and Easter. We have talked a lot about Jesus, listened to stories and shared videos in collective worship. Some of the children took part in collective worship and acted out the story. When we got back to class we made crowns to represent the prince and Jesus from that particular story. The children have written prayers which have now been made into a classroom prayer book for us to use throughout the day. We also had a walk around the church and made our own stained glass window. We made Easter nests and hot cross buns which we all enjoyed in a whole school picnic at the end of a very busy day.
We would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter and thank you for your continued suport.
This week we have been celebrating Holy Week and Easter. We have talked a lot about Jesus, listened to stories and shared videos in collective worship. Some of the children took part in collective worship and acted out the story. When we got back to class we made crowns to represent the prince and Jesus from that particular story. The children have written prayers which have now been made into a classroom prayer book for us to use throughout the day. We also had a walk around the church and made our own stained glass window. We made Easter nests and hot cross buns which we all enjoyed in a whole school picnic at the end of a very busy day.
We would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter and thank you for your continued suport.
14.3.16
The children wanted to spend their enterprise money on thinking games. We now have about 15 of them that they really enjoy playing. They also wanted to give a quarter of the money to charity. After much discussion they decided to give £15 to guide dogs and £15 to the Syrian refugees.
The children wanted to spend their enterprise money on thinking games. We now have about 15 of them that they really enjoy playing. They also wanted to give a quarter of the money to charity. After much discussion they decided to give £15 to guide dogs and £15 to the Syrian refugees.
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7.3.16
Doves have had a really busy week again which has included a traffic survey. We observed and tallied transport for ten minutes. It's amazing the amount of traffic that passes through in such a short time. We also learned how to cross the road safely ready for our walk around the village. We went on our walk, talked about what we saw and filled in our plan which we used for our writing. We have decided its a VERY busy village.
Doves have had a really busy week again which has included a traffic survey. We observed and tallied transport for ten minutes. It's amazing the amount of traffic that passes through in such a short time. We also learned how to cross the road safely ready for our walk around the village. We went on our walk, talked about what we saw and filled in our plan which we used for our writing. We have decided its a VERY busy village.
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29.2.16
This week in literacy we have been making leaflets for our school. We think they look fantastic. In computing we have been doing directions and year 2 have been working on algorithms! |
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22.2.16
This week has been bookweek, we have had a super week doing book reviews, dictionary work, creating posters for a competition, a sponsored spell and dressing up as something that starts with a letter D. Our characters included 2 Dorothys, Dracula, a dalmatian, a duck, 2 donkeys, David Bowie and many more. They looked amazing!
This week has been bookweek, we have had a super week doing book reviews, dictionary work, creating posters for a competition, a sponsored spell and dressing up as something that starts with a letter D. Our characters included 2 Dorothys, Dracula, a dalmatian, a duck, 2 donkeys, David Bowie and many more. They looked amazing!
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12.2.16
We would like to say a big thank you to all of you for your super homework this term. You have made some really great games, created many super things from recycled yogurt pots and much more. Thank you for your continued support.
We hope you have a lovely holiday.
We would like to say a big thank you to all of you for your super homework this term. You have made some really great games, created many super things from recycled yogurt pots and much more. Thank you for your continued support.
We hope you have a lovely holiday.
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1.2.16
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25.1.16
Wow, what a busy week we have had again! We have done lots of work. In numeracy we have been doing time and some of us got to make our own clock to use in the lessons. Our literacy has been based on 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff.'Again we had a special visitor 'the troll' and we got to ask him lots questions! In D.T. we made a moving picture which had to include a lever and it worked, the troll came out from under the bridge when you moved the lever. |
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18.1.16
This week we have had great fun with our dice, domino and cube challenges. Our enterprise project raised £68 profit not bad for a 15 minutes sale! All the domino biscuits. keyrings and dice bracelets sold out. Great effort everyone. Our slideshow shows just a few activities we have done. |
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11.1.16
We have continued with our work on Little Red Riding Hood but focussed on the wolf. We sorted words into the correct category, what he looks like and what his character is like. Then we made a 'WANTED' poster followed by some super descriptive writing. Again we had a special visitor in school ' the wolf,' we got to ask him some questions, this helped us with our writing. Luckily for us the wolf had already eaten his breakfast!
We have continued with our work on Little Red Riding Hood but focussed on the wolf. We sorted words into the correct category, what he looks like and what his character is like. Then we made a 'WANTED' poster followed by some super descriptive writing. Again we had a special visitor in school ' the wolf,' we got to ask him some questions, this helped us with our writing. Luckily for us the wolf had already eaten his breakfast!
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4.1.16
This week we have been looking at 'Traditional Tales.' We have really enjoyed reading and sharing our favourite ones. We acted out scenes from the tales and even had a special visitor to the class 'Red Riding Hood.' |
W.B. 14.12.15
We have finished off 2015 doing lots of winter activities. We have made calendars, cards, biscuits and decorations.
We have finished off 2015 doing lots of winter activities. We have made calendars, cards, biscuits and decorations.
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Our nativity was a huge success the children were brilliant! On Thursday we had a DVD and popcorn morning followed by a fun filled Christmas party. We also got a visit from Santa who gave us all a present to take home. We would like to wish you all a happy and healthy 2016. |
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W.B.7.12.15
This week we have been doing lots of winter activities. We have also been in church to practise the nativity. We hope you enjoy it next week! |
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W.B.30.11.15
This week we have been learning African dances with Bema from the African Ark group. |
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W.B. 23.11.15
Following on from Peace week we made our own 'peace doves' from paper plates and recycled CDs. |
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W.B. 9.11.15
For Rememberance Day we made poppy crosses from sticks and material, then we put them in the ground by the war memorial.
For Rememberance Day we made poppy crosses from sticks and material, then we put them in the ground by the war memorial.
W.B. 5.10.15
This week we have worked together in small groups to create trees using different textures - soft, smooth, hard, rough and bumpy.
This week we have worked together in small groups to create trees using different textures - soft, smooth, hard, rough and bumpy.
On Thursday we made a clay conker after we had looked at the one Mrs.Bell had shown us. We rolled the clay into a ball, made a thumb pot for the shell and made it look spiky by pinching the clay. Then we painted them and covered the conker with PVA glue to make it look shiny.
Here are a few of our finished conkers, we think they look great. What do you think?
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W.B. 19.10.15
On Tuesday afternoon we had a visit from Kuldip and Glyn from Specsavers in Ripley. |
We ended the week with a fitness morning and making fruit kebabs.
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