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We have been so impressed with the children’s progress this half term. They have worked incredibly hard and as a reward, we are setting this fun Christmas homework. So, down those pens, papers and homework sheets and get ready for family fun, eating and being merry! Wishing all of our families a wonderful Christmas. We …

Please find attached the Homework Grid for our topic this half-term, Our World. Please complete at least one activity from the grid over the next four weeks and send it back in to school to share.  The Knowledge Organisers for Topic, Science, English and Maths Science are also attached.    KS1 Homework Grid – Our …

Today is World Poetry Day! To help celebrate, School Council have hosted a poetry writing competition. There were lots of amazing entries and they found it incredibly hard to judge! In assembly this morning, 2 winners were announced… Ruby from Herons and Luca from Woodpeckers. A huge well done to everybody that entered! Below are …

After a successful term of running ‘Chill Out Tuesday’ for KS2 children, School Council have now swapped their club to allow Reception and KS1 children to attend. So far, it’s been very popular! The children have loved mixing with each other through playing board games, building models, reading, drawing, crafting and dancing (thanks to DJ …

Today in Herons, we have looked at our new book, Owl Babies, for our English lessons. We have listened to the story and have discussed the chronological order of events. The children had time to reflect on the feelings of the main characters and how these change from beginning, to middle, to end. They then …

This morning, Doves and Herons decided to buddy up for World Book Day. Each child chose their favourite book, magazine or comic to bring into school to share with their buddy. They read to each other and discussed their story. We couldn’t believe how quiet and calm the classrooms were! What a lovely way to …

Thank you to those who have been bringing in their dead and used batteries across the past few weeks. So far, we have recycled a total of 2553! A big thank you also to our school council team who have been out recycling the batteries at various recycling points after scores have been totalled in …

Today, we have been learning how to recognise and count money. We have completed a range of practical activities including selecting and counting pence, pounds and notes, completing part whole models and working in a shop to buy and sell different food items. The children used different coins and notes to help them with their …

In Year 2, we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Today, we completed 4 different practical activities. We sorted 2D and 3D shapes into different groups based on their properties. Some of us even managed to complete a challenge using a Venn diagram! We also created patterns using 2D and 3D shapes. Take …

Today saw the start of our new topic – but what was it going to be? Today, the children were given an orienteering challenge. Using a simple orienteering map and key, the children had to find letters hidden around the school site. Once all of the letters had been found, our new topic would be …

The school council have signed us up to join in with Duracell’s big battery hunt. Duracell are encouraging pupils up and down the country to recycle their batteries instead of putting them in landfill to help make our planet greener and cleaner. They’ve set schools a challenge to try and collect and recycle as many …

Happy pancake day! As part of our school council meeting today, we were given a very special treat as a thank you for all of our hard work so far this year. They were delicious!!

In Year 2, we have been learning to subtract two 2-digit numbers (crossing 10). We discovered how practical resources can be used to help us work out tricky subtractions. The children learned how to exchange one ten for ten ones to help them solve subtraction equations when crossing 10. In partners, we completed a practical …

Ed and the School Council would like to say a HUGE thank you to Team Tranmere for all of the wonderful donations that have been given for the food bank. Everyone has been so generous and we know that this donation will make a big difference to those in need.

In French, KS1 have been learning the names of animals. We have also learnt words to describe the animals. Today, we made some fabulous posters to remember these. Here are a few!

The children from both classes have had a lovely time playing together as part of Mental Health Week. The Year 6s were supposed to be the leaders but we are not sure who was leading who!

Today we concluded our topic ‘Journeys and Transport.’ The children planned a very exciting trip to Cancun, Mexico. Completing a carousel of activities, the children experienced three different tasks. Whilst working around the classrooms, the children planned their route and methods of transport, identified activities that visitors could take part in whilst in Cancun and …

This week, the children have created their own globes using a blue balloon. They have carefully placed each of the continents and oceans onto their globe and have labelled them correctly. These will be referred to throughout our topic work this half term to help us identify and locate them.

Today in Herons, we have been been learning how to add and subtract 10s. We completed a carousel of activities in small groups using practical resources to help our learning. We used our whiteboard pens to fill in the laminated sheets. We got to choose whether we wanted to work independently, in pairs or in …

This week is National Storytelling Week. To help celebrate this, the School Council have hosted a storytelling competition. Those who wanted to enter needed to write a story (true or made up) and hand it in to their class councillor. On Friday, the councillors got together to choose a selection of their favourite stories. These …

In Our Topic this half term, Journeys and Transport, we have been learning about the United Kingdom including the 4 countries, 4 capital cities and the seas. We have also revisited the 7 continents. Today, the children spent time looking at world maps, atlases, globes and an atlas app on the iPads to locate the …

In Herons, we have been looking at different animal poems. We have discussed the 3 important R’s: rhyme, rhythm and repetition. The children were introduced to a poem called Here a Bear, There a Bear and learnt to read it in small groups. Once they had practised learning it, they worked in their groups to …

Today, Year 2 have been learning methods to subtract when crossing 10. For their activity, they had to choose a subtraction problem, build it on the tens frame and represent it on a number line. Well done, Year 2!

On Friday, it was Penguin Awareness Day – a time to celebrate our black and white feathered friends! In Herons class, we learnt new facts about penguins and how we can protect penguins. We finished off our learning by drawing our very own penguins!

On Friday, we compared the suitability of different everyday materials. Each group were given a description of an object and they had to work together to decide which material would be the most suitable to use. Each group explained their reasoning to the rest of the class, including mentioning the properties that the material has …

Today saw the big finale… the moment that Herons class got to enjoy their wonderful small world areas that they worked hard to create. The children thought carefully about which vehicles should appear in each area of their mat (rail, road, air and sea transport) and had great fun interacting with their creations. What a …

We have had a special visitor in Herons class this week. Introducing… Sam the Sea Turtle! We found out that our school are looking after him and keeping him safe. We managed to sneak in some cuddles with Sam. We learned that there are lots of animals in our oceans who are suffering because of …

This week, we had ZenAuto into school to teach children in KS1 about the Green Car Cross Code. The session focused on road safety and how the ‘Stop, Look and Listen’ message can be applied to electric vehicles which are much quieter than petrol or diesel methods of transport.The children learnt to: Stop, look and …

This half term, our topic is Journeys and Transport. As our entry point, the children worked in pairs to create sections of a small world area. These included air, sea, road and rail transport. Later on, the children will piece these sections together to create a much larger small world area with which they can …

In Maths, Herons have been learning how to add and subtract 1s. First, they worked in groups of 4 to add and subtract 3 1-digit numbers and represent this in different pictorial representations. Afterwards, in pairs, they played roll the dice to add together 3 1-digit numbers they had rolled to find the total. The …

In KS1, we have been designing and making our own toy cars. The purpose was to design and make a functional and appealing toy car which would carry a Lego figure. Our toy cars had to have a chassis, four wheels, two axles and a body. We used card, sellotape, glue, paper, cardboard or wooden …

Yesterday, the children in KS1 had a fabulous time partying in the hall with their friends. We played four corners, musical statues, pass the parcel and even had time to practise our dance moves to some Christmas music. Afterwards, the children spent time chatting to their friends while enjoying some delicious snacks! Merry Christmas KS1. …