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.