Class 12’s language and communication lesson in English this week was ‘How can you be a valued member of your community?’ Our focus vocabulary was value, community, role model and respect. We discussed the meaning of community and the different community groups. we shared suggestions and thoughts about how we Read more…
This week the children are exploring the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. The children are using amazing vocabulary and are beginning to retell the story. “First there was an egg. Next there was a caterpillar. Finally there was a beautiful butterfly.” Can you re tell the story home? Can you Read more…
In linked learning, we are discussing whether we would rather be a child now or at a time in the past. In our language and communication lesson, we began a debate on whether corporal punishment was ever justified. We began the lesson with a game of thief, which required some Read more…
In nursery we have been developing our communication and language skills in our garden centre role play area. The children have been learning new vocabulary and the meaning of the words, for example, bean, seed, planting. Miss O’Connor has spent time in the role play area modelling the speech and Read more…
Class 13 worked together in teams to answer reading comprehension questions. The competition was close as to who would answer them all correctly first. Well done to the winning team!
In nursery we have been reading the story Jasper’s beanstalk. We have also been looking at the life cycle of a broad bean and have planted our very own broad bean seeds. Some of us planted our broad beans in a clear cup so we will be able to observe Read more…
This was the question posed to Class 9 in their latest Language and Communication lesson. They were encouraged to consider words such as ‘conservation’, ‘endangered’, ‘cruelty’ and ‘survival’ when formulating their responses. It was a polarising debate, but all the children were respectful of each other’s opinions, even when disagreeing. Read more…
Class 3 had a very interesting lesson on Internet Safety, led by our school Digital Leaders. We discussed the different ways that we use the internet and learnt about lots of different ways to stay safe online. These included: not talking to strangers, not giving out personal information and always Read more…
Last week, Class 12 learnt more detail of Henry VIII’s many, many wives (6 in total) each with own interesting story and more importantly end. Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived! This week we took we have been exploring written news reports about Henry’s death and also a TV report Read more…
In nursery we have took the opportunity to explore the snow and develop our speech and language skills. We have been describing the snow and observing what happens when the snow melts and how it melts.