April 2018

Kingfishers make bruschetta. | 08 May 2024

On Friday, all of the children in Kingfishers made bruschetta. Using the bridge technique to chop the the tomatoes they mixed them together with chives, white wine vinegar, olive oil and salt and pepper. Once we had toasted the bread and rub it with garlic they served the tomatoes mixture on top.

A peak simultaneous player count of almost 500,000  It’s safe to say that Helldivers 2 has taken the games industry by storm, attracting a wide array of fans from all over the world and – more importantly – from various age groups. Many young gamers are actively playing this title, both with friends and with strangers …

This half-term in PE, Puffins are learning tennis. Today, they teamed up with Herons to teach them some of the skills they’ve been practising.

Today, the children kicked off our fantastic new topic by learning about where our food comes from. Working in our outside area, the children explored seeds. They compared different seeds before planting a range of vegetables in seed trays. We planted cabbage, turnips, kale, spinach and a range of herbs to add to our growing …

Tranmere Times 3.5.24 | 03 May 2024

Cool Clay in Skylarks – Part 2 | 02 May 2024

After leaving our clay pots to dry, it was time to paint them. We decided which secondary colour we would like them to be (green, orange or purple) and mixed primary colours to created these colours. We painted our dipping pots and can’t wait to use them! They look great!

This afternoon in Puffins, we have spent some time editing our diary entry drafts. In groups, we travelled round different stations, each of which encouraged us to focus on editing and improving different spelling, grammar and punctuation areas. Seen as the sun was shining today, we decided to take our learning outside!

Today in Puffins, we have been learning how to convert percentages to fractions and fractions to percentages. After learning the method, we had lots of fun with our partners playing the conversion game.

Ofcom’s Media Use and Attitudes Report for 2024 is here  The UK’s regulator for communications publishes a comprehensive annual compendium of the results of several surveys they’ve conducted regarding the activities and experiences of children when interacting with entertainment: from TV to video games to social media platforms  Contained in the report are numerous statistics relevant …

We had a fun afternoon practising and then performing our presentations on “What Britain Means to Me” for the Entry Point to our new topic. We had some interesting interpretations and excellent acting skills. Lots of references to : fish and chips, full English breakfasts, the Royal Family and of course the brilliant British weather!
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