Dear Parents,

This week’s fairytale stories were ‘The three little pigs’ (nursery) and ‘Pigs might Fly’ (reception). We loved both stories and children had to write about their favourite part of each book.

We explored the differences between planes and helicopters and what makes them fly. Using junk modelling the children created their own planes and helicopters using features such as blades and wings.

In Maths, we looked at what a pattern is. Children had the opportunity to create their own repeating patterns as well as spotting patterns in their classroom environment.

In RE, we explained what Ascension is – the time when Jesus returns to heaven and the promise of the Holy Spirit’s descent on Pentecost/ 40 days after Jesus was resurrected.

Important changes:

Starting on the 9th of June we are changing our afternoon pick up routine. Morning drop off will remain the same. Afternoon pick up will be from the main playground. This is to prepare children for their transition in Reception and Year 1.

We hope you have a fantastic half term!

Thank you,

Miss Panayiotou

Dear Parents,

This week’s fairy tale was ‘Little Red Riding hood’ for nursery children and ‘The little Red and the Very Hungry Lion’ for reception children. Children discussed the feelings of little red’s and wolf’s and what they might say to each other. Reception children wrote speech bubbles to show how a character is feeling.

We also looked at similarities and differences between life in Africa and our own. Using “Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion”, children learnt about: African landscapes (savannah, jungle) and how children live in different parts of the world.

In Maths, we focused on Sharing & Grouping– even and odd sharing as well as play and build doubles.

In RE, we looked at the bible story ‘Noah’s Arc’ and recognised that God protected Noah, his family and the animal.

We hope you enjoy the sunshine this long weekend!

Thank you,

Miss Panayiotou

Dear Parents,

This week we have been reading the stories of ‘The three Billy goats gruff’ (nursery) and ‘The three Billy goats fluff’ (reception). We looked at the setting and described the houses of the troll and the goats. We used adjectives to make our sentences longer. We also looked at how and where we find bridges. We explained that there are certain things that have to be done to build a bridge and rules must be followed. The children worked in groups using collage materials to create a bridge.

In Maths, we explored grouping and sharing i.e how to share a given number. For example, 12 can be shared in 6 groups of 2.

In RE,  we looked at the story of ‘The Good Samaritan’ and recognised that God wants us to help people and be kind to one another.

We loved seeing all the children coming in with their career costumes!

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Thank you,

Miss Panayiotou, Mrs Bruno and Mrs Woode.

Dear Parents,

This week we have been focusing on the stories of ‘Goldilocks and the three bear’ and ‘The Goldilocks and the just one bear’. We looked at how these two stories are different. Children sequenced and wrote captions about the story. Some children used time connectives to sequence the story: first, next, then, after, finally.

In maths, we continued learning about shapes; explaining shape arrangements, composing and decomposing shapes as well as copy 2d shape pictures.

In RE, we looked at different icons and symbols that are important to the Orthodox culture and understand their meaning.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Thank you,

Miss Panayiotou, Mrs Bruno & Mrs Woode

Dear Parents,

This week the children have been reading the stories of ‘ Jack and the jelly-beanstalk’ (reception) and ‘Jack and the beanstalk’ (nursery). We looked at both stories and how they differ. Reception children used their sounds to write a letter to Jack from Giant, saying sorry for being mean and rude to him. We also looked at the life cycle of a bean and how it grows. Children had the opportunity to grow their own beans, using seeds and cottonwool method. They will be observing them throughout the weeks and record any changes.

In Maths, we looked at how to select shapes for a purpose, rotate shapes as well as manipulate shapes.

In RE, we explored the religion of Islam and look at their special objects such as the prayer mat, the quran, hijab etc.

We hope you enjoy your long weekend!

Thank you,

Miss Panayiotou, Mrs Bruno & Mrs Woode.

Dear Parents,

This term is all about Fairytales. Nursery children will be introduced to Traditional Fairytales and Reception children will learn about Fairytales with a twist. Additionally, this term nursery will be introduced to sounds and will be practising set 1 sounds.

This week we looked at the story ‘A wolf at the door’ which combines different fairytales. We talked about the events in the story and the different characters. We also explored different animals and where they live comparing environments.

In Maths, we looked at how many more i.e. add more, how many did you add as well as taking away.

In RE, we looked at ‘God Made Summer’, recognising the changes in summer time.

We hope you enjoy the sun this weekend!

Miss Panayiotou & Mrs Bruno & Mrs Woode

Dear Parents,

Reception children enjoyed their time at Shrek Adventure and participated in many activities.

This week the children continued learning about the events of the holy week. We looked at the events of Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday and Holy Thursday. They took part in different Greek Orthodox Activities such as the decoration of Epitaphio, creating their easter baskets, easter cards as well as decorating their easter bags.

We wish you all a Happy Easter and cant wait to see you all after the Easter Holidays.

Miss Panayiotou & the team

Dear Parents,

This week we have been learning all about root vegetables through the story of ‘The enormous turnip’. Reception children described their favourite character of the story using adjectives and conjunctions. The children also created a vegetable collage using tissue paper.

In maths, we explored odd and even numbers to 20.

In RE, we looked at different saints and how these are God’s special friends. We went for a walk around the school and spotted different saints.

We have also started learning about the Holy Week and about some Greek Orthodox Traditions. This week the children started decorating their Epitafio, made lazarakia as well as dyed red eggs.

A reminder that on Monday, reception children will be going on a trip. Please ensure that your child comes to school with their blue uniform and their blue school bag.

We hope you enjoy the sunshine this weekend.

Miss Panayiotou and the team

Dear Parents,

This week we have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. We read the story ‘The very hungry caterpillar’ and explored how the caterpillar grows through the different stages. The children also had a hands on experience in the classroom, by exploring our caterpillar growing kit. They used magnifying glasses and took notes of changes and results. 

In maths, we learnt how to make arrangements of 10, bonds to 10 using 3 parts as well as making and finding a double to 10.

In RE, we explored the religion of Sikhism and their important people.

In PSHE, we had a discussion about the importance of female figures in our families. The children are excited to share with you their mothers day cards that they have been creating this week.

Finally, as part of science week, we explored which materials are the best in order to design a raincoat. The children tested different materials and decided that foil and plastic are the best to design a raincoat.

We hope you enjoy your weekend!

Miss Panayiotou and the team

Dear Parents,

This week we have been learning about the life cycle of a chicken. We have been looking at how chickens grow and how we take care of them. Children used visuals to sequence the events of the life cycle.

Moreover, we introduced some clay technique and children made their own chick using clay.

In maths, we explored bonds to 10 as well as 1 less of a number.

In RE, we discussed how God made Spring and talked about the changes of the season. We explained how everything grows during Spring time; we went for a walk in the school playground to look for any spring signs. We found different types of flowers as well as seeds.

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Miss Panayiotou, Mrs Bruno & Mrs Woode