Blog by D Bryson

Dem Bones Dem Bones…

What a funny week it has been in Sunshine class finding out all about our bones and why we have them.

We have loved reading and watching the Funny Bone stories, finding the repeating vocabulary in the book and talking about our favourite parts of the stories. We have…

Its all about me…

This week we have really focussed on sharing our likes and interests. We have talked to our new friends and played with our favourite things.

One of the main areas for learning this week has been Expressive Arts. Everybody has drawn a beautiful self-portrait using a mirror…

We are really impressed with how well all the children have started school. They have all been happy and have joined in with all of our activities this week. We have all really enjoyed getting to know each other and have started to make new friends in Sunshine class. 

We have been enjoying…

A Christmas week of festive fun

This week we have really got into the festive spirit.

Here are our top 10 festive moments of the week

1. We have all written our Christmas cards.
2. We have made tree decorations making our names with scrabble letters.
3. We have wrapped our own gifts to…

The Nativity

This week has been all about Christmas and finding out about the very first Christmas long, long ago. We have been reading stories, talking about the characters and deciding who we would like to be in our own version of the Nativity next week.

We have also spent time making and…

Happy Diwali,

This week we have found out all about Diwali, and how Hindu people celebrate it. We have made a big Rangoli pattern, Diwali lamps and tried some Indian food too.

We have done some Diwali dancing and enjoyed some Diwali music.

Our story this week has been The Gingerbread Man.…

Remembering...
This week in Sunshine class we have really focused on Remembrance Day. We have enjoyed talking about poppies, dissecting them and rebuilding them, moving like them in dance, painting them, creating them on biscuits and finding out all about soldiers a long time ago and how brave…

Zooming through the week!

What a fabulous week we have had finding out all about Bonfire night and how it all began many years ago with the very naughty Guy Fawkes and his gunpowder barrels.

We have thoroughly enjoyed creating our own fireworks, Catherine wheels and rockets. We made lovely…

Autumn Fun!
I can’t believe how much we have packed into one week in school. 
Sunshine class has been learning all about Autumn time. We have collected leaves, sticks and acorns, and we have also found out about conkers and how the weather changes during this season.  I am so pleased with the…

Our first full week in school…

What a fabulous week we have had in Sunshine class this week.

The children have already settled in really well, and are following the school rules and routines brilliantly.

We have been great at listening at carpet times. We have learnt 4 new sounds this…

Mmm Pizza!

This week we have really missed Miss Ellison in class as she’s been recovering after having teeth out. We have still been incredibly busy and I am sure she will be very proud of the work we have achieved.

We have been continuing our English topic of Tutankhamun and using the…

This week in Bronze class we started a new topic in English of poetry. We have been learning all about different types of poems and had a go at writing our own. We went exploring round school for new language and ideas for our poems.

In Mathematics our focus this week has been doubling and…