Blog by Miss D Ellison

Once upon a time there was a wonderful class of 17 children. One day a giant sunflower grew outside their classroom. I wonder what could be at the top of the sunflower? 

This week rainbow class have been looking at the story of Jack and the beanstalk before beginning to create our own…

What a fun week we have had!

On Tuesday we had a parcel delivered from Goldilocks.

"She wanted us to make some porridge." - Daniel

"The porridge was marvelous!" - Reegan

"I put sugar in my porridge." - Lily-May

"We wrote a letter to Goldilocks about how to make the porridge." -…

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Geography

Last Friday was Chinese New Year. This week in geography we have been learning about Chinese New Year and next week we will be comparing China to where we live. 

"We ate Chinese food." - Drew

"The food was fantastic. My favourite was the…

This week we have been looking at poetry and have written our own class rhyming poem. Have a look at our poem below! We worked in groups to write our poem and then collated all the verses to create one big poem. 

We did have to come up with some nicknames for each other because…

We couldn't write our blog today without Mikquell featuring in it somewhere! Today is his birthday! He's even brought us a delicious cake to enjoy. 

"Happy Birthday Mikquell!!!" - Nicole C

"We have been learning about Mary Seacole in History. She went to Crimea to help the soldiers." -…

Rainbow class have been channelling their inner Monet this week and have created a beautiful scene from Monet's garden for our class display with Miss Hargreaves. 

"We have been making our own water lillies." - Nicole C

"I have drawn a Japanese bridge and painted my picture using…

This week Rainbow class have been learning all about Florence Nightingale. 

"She was a famous nurse and she helped soldiers who would have died." - Ada

"She cleaned the hospitals." - Lily-May

"She looked after the soldiers." - Arham

"She was called the Lady with the Lamp because she…

We have been continuing to read our class novel 'Charlie and the chocolate factory' this week. 

"We have been writing about Willy Wonka." - Drew

"Willy Wonka is as funny as a clown." - Arham

"Mr Wonka did a roly poly in the story." - Philip

"He had a tall, red hat as red as a robin's…

This week we have been getting into the Christmas spirit with lots of crafts and of course our nativity performance.

I want to say a HUGE well done to all the children for their amazing efforts in the nativity this week. I am so proud of each and every child for learning their lines and then…

This week in infants we have been practising for our nativity performance. 

"Our nativity is called 'A Twinkly Treetop Tale.' - Arham

"We have been learning the songs." - Drew

"We are learning our lines to tell the story." - Nicole W. 

"I have enjoyed singing." - Esther. 

In…

The end of a short but settled week in Rainbow class. 

We've had a lovely start to our Autumn term 2 and the children have come back to school ready and raring to learn. 

This week in English we have started a new topic looking at information texts. We have been learning about Orang-utans.…

This week has been a very busy week in Rainbow class! 

On Monday we continued learning about The Great Fire of London and the children wrote their own diary entries as Samuel Pepys. We have now finished our topic on the fire and the children have thoroughly enjoyed learning all about it. 

In…