Blog by Mrs C Bradley

This week we have enjoyed learning about butterflies. We have read the story of the hungry caterpillar which has shown us the life cycle of the butterfly. We have all been able to make our own life cycle wheels which we can explain to our friends. 

When we went to the butterfly house on Tuesday…

The children have worked really hard this week. On Monday it was St George's day so we looked at the story of George and the dragon and talked about St George's day. The children came to school wearing red, white and blue clothes. Over the week we have re-capped the story and made flags and…

This week has flown by as they say time flies when your having fun. We have read the story of Noah's ark and had a week drawing and painting our favourite animals. These are fantastic and on displaying in the hall. We have written riddles about our animals which give clues to describe…

On Monday we started our week by having a spring walk, we talked about what we could see and what we could hear. 

Brodey 'We saw three squirrels'

Harrison 'I can here the birds singing' 

The children started making Spring pictures using different textures such as grass, sand, paint,…

This week we have had lots of fun doing different Easter activities. 

On Monday we made easter chicks on paper plates using paint and feathers. The children told us what they thought about easter.

"Easter is special because we get eggs" Iyla-Rose

"You can give Easter cards to your friends…

I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff…

This week we have loved reading the story of the Three Little Pigs. Sunshine class were fantastic at acting out the story. Mrs Parkinson was particularly impressed with Harvey who put on a wonderful Wolf voice and Elle who was able to narrate the whole story whilst her…

We started the week finishing off our chinese celebrations by tasting different chinese foods and talking about what we had learnt about chinese new year. 

"I liked the rice best" 

"My favourite was the spring rolls"

Brodey and Elle thoroughly enjoyed their chinese banquet and cleared…

This week in sunshine class it is all about Chinese new year. We have been looking at their traditions. We have done lots of activities such as making Chinese flags, money envelopes, paper chains and Chinese dragon masks. This afternoon we are having a Chinese New Year party. The children have…

My goodness, we cannot believe we are writing our last blog of this half term. It seems that this week has flown by, probably because we have yet again had another very busy week. 

After reading The hungry caterpillar this week we have talked about the story and how caterpillars change. It has…

What an exciting week in Sunshine class. We have looked at the story of The little red hen and talked about why they have not been kind friends. We are happy that all the children in Sunshine class know how to be a kind friend. 

"Leyton is a good friend, he plays with me" Toby

"Brodey is a…

This week we have been working really hard on our phonics phase 3 sounds ch, sh and th. Children are now becoming really smart at segmenting and blending sounds to make their own words. Some children have chosen to write sentences about Rosie's walk all by themselves. This is fabulous.

We have…

We have started our new term thinking about the new year and making our own New Years resolutions

"I want to help my mummy tidy up" - Filza

"I am going to make my bed" - Joshua

"I am going to spend time with my family" - Iyla-Rose

After reading the gingerbread man and talking about the…