Remembrance Day
This week, for Remembrance Day, we have taken part in the two minute silence and made our own poppy.
We discussed the meaning of the poppy and why we wear them. We have reflected on the feelings of soldiers and those closest to them.
Here we are showing our poppies with pride.
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Autumn Fun
We’ve been having lots of autumn fun in nursery!
The children enjoyed going to Forest School and looking for signs of autumn. They weighed vegetables using the balance scales to find out which ones were heaviest and lightest and then made yummy vegetable soup. It was fun making…
Remembrance 11.11.2019
Today, a selection of year 5 and 6 children took their wreaths to Waltham’s cenotaph in order to respect and remember those that fought and lost their lives during the war. All of the children were sensible and represented the school extremely well.
Muck, mess and mixtures!
To kick start our ‘Muck, Mess and Mixture’ topic we have been writing potions using similes. To come up with lots of exciting ideas we felt lots of different messes and mixtures. Some of us were more keen than others! We can’t wait to show you our potions in open morning.
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Forest School
We enjoyed exploring at Forest School; observing seasonal change and searching for signs of Autumn.
Room on the Broom Day
We had lots of fun in nursery on Room on the Broom Day and we all looked fantastic in our costumes.
We enjoyed reading the story Room on the Broom and doing lots of spooky activities throughout the day.
Bubbles!
On Monday afternoon we all took on a job role and became Scientists!
Our task was to find out which soap makes the most bubbles. We made a prediction and then tested the five different soaps to see if we were correct. We presented our results in a results table and discussed how we made our…
Heart Dissection!
As our new topic is 'Blood Heart', we began our topic yesterday by watching a dissection of a pig's heart! We learnt about the functions of each part of the heart, what they really look like close up and why it pumps blood in and out of the heart, to the lungs and around the body. We also found…
People Who Help Us
We have been very lucky to have lots of helpful visitors this term to support our learning. We have been finding out about people who help us.
The police came first and told us all about how they help to keep us safe. We learnt about some of the equipment they use like the radios and the…
Active Maths
Today the children created their own questions based on all the areas of maths they’ve learnt this year. They went outside into the playground and created their questions based on the playground and field. They had to write 3-5 questions with their partner then swap with another pair.
Here’s…
The great Jacques Cousteau!
As we delve into our topic, ‘The Blue Abyss’ we have been learning about the famous ocean explorer, Jacques Cousteau. The children have taken a great interest in Cousteau and his amazing life and career. Make sure you ask them some facts about him as they now know lots! Next week, in our English…
P.E
We had great fun working with a partner and in teams in P.E This morning.