This morning, Herons completed a carousel of four different activities including: identifying parts & wholes, finding a half, finding a quarter and making equals.
This afternoon, we finished our pots by painting them using primary and secondary colours, which the children mixed themselves. Take a look at our fabulous work!
Today, Herons made an exotic fruit salad using the wide variety of fruit they brought in to school. We set up different stations for them to work at and practise key skills including: weighing and measuring, chopping (bridge and claw), grating/zesting and juicing, peeling and scooping and pouring and mixing. The children worked really sensibly …
This afternoon, Herons and Puffins buddied up for mental health week. Puffins worked in small groups to create fitness circuits for Year 2 to complete. They used a variety of different equipment including tennis balls, bean bags, cricket bats, cones and footballs. Herons and Puffins worked really well together and everybody was feeling more positive …
In Herons, we have been looking at different seeds and bulbs. The children were given 11 different seeds to investigate which they spent time looking at and feeling. In groups of 3 or 4, they were told to sort them (with no further instruction). All of the groups ordered them by size. We then ordered …
Our topic this half term is ‘We Are What We Eat.’ As part of our topic work, we are learning about where our food comes from. Today, we visited Morrisons and were shown round by their ‘Community Champion.’ We visited the Market Street and the Butchers, Fishmongers, Cheesemongers, Bakery, Fruit and Vegetable section and we …
In Herons, we have been looking at equal groups by sharing. The children worked in partners to work out division problems by using different concrete resources.
In Herons, we have used clay to create our own dipping bowls. The children rolled and coiled the clay and used slip and smoothing tools to attach the coils together. They created their own patterns on their dipping bowls using different tools. When they have dried, the children will paint them using primary colours and …
On World Book Day, the children in Herons and Doves buddied up and shared some of their favourite stories. They read to one another and discussed why they chose their book to share.