Dear Parents,

This week we have enjoyed reading another story of Julia Donaldson ‘Stickman’. We looked at the story and the children used visuals to sequence the events of the story and write sentences. They also used sticks and loly sticks to create their own stickman art work. Additionally, we explored the properties of sticks and whether we can build a house using sticks.

In math, we looked at length and used cubes to measure the length of an object. We also looked at the properties of floating and sinking and experimented using boats and marbles. We predicted how many marbles are needed to make the boat sink and then tested it.

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.