Sporting fun

The year ones went and visited the high school today for a picnic and a fun packed afternoon of sports.

They played games with the parachute and had fun doing different running games.

They had to get under and over different obstacles, which they found great fun.

They found the double sack race particularly challenging!

They enjoyed the obstacle relay . 

Football activities were a great hit

The children came back to school tired but wanted to tell us of how much fun they had! 

Mud, mud glorious mud

The children had great fun today using the mud kitchen. They used containers and spoons to mix water with the dry mud to make it runny. Then they made chocolate soup, cake and tea.  

Tidalik's friends

Children looked at the Australian dream story of Tiddalik the greedy frog. They then used boxes and other junk modelling materials to create the different animals that appeared in the story.  They also had to create passports for the animals describing what they looked like and how they moved.

Kandinsky

The children spent the first three weeks of term looking at the artist Kandinsky. They explored his work and described what they could see in his pictures. 

They also made up there own stories about what could happen if they jumped inside one of his paintings.  They had some marvellous ideas.  

They then had a go and creating their own pictures in the Kandinsky style.  They used a range of different mediums and materials to create a wide range of pictures.

 

Musical assembly

The children were very lucky this have term to have a visit from a group called earth song. They played lots of different instruments and got the children to join in.  The children had great fun. 

A day out at the zoo

At the end of last term he children went to the zoo. They had great fun exploring the different animals

An owl nest

As part of the children's work on the owl babies they made an owls nest.  They collected leaves sticks and twigs from around the school and then made some eggs to go inside.  

Fantastic dancers

Some of hedgehogs had the opportunity to go to diss high school today and take part in a dance festival along side other local schools. They were very excited and had a fantastic time.  Well done to all who took part . 

An assortment of animals

At the end of last week the children had great fun making animal masks.  They painted the face of an animal they would find in the rainforest, thinking carefully about what colours they needed to use.

Pancake day

The children have been learning about pancake day

They have been having pancake races and trying pancakes with different toppings

Road and car safely

Today the children had a visit from Benjamin and Bethany bear who taught them all about how to stay safe.  

They learnt that they need to hold hands when walking and if it is dark to wear something that is bright.

They also learnt that when in a car they need to always be strapped in and that they need to use a car seat. 

Using the laptops

This half term the children are exploring the paint programmes on the laptop.  This week they learnt how to change the colour of the pen, the thickness of the line and the style of pen.  They created some very colourful pictures!

Gym coach

The children are very lucky this term as they are having some gym lessons run by a qualified gym coach.  The christen have had great fun doing lots of different stretches and learning names of different moves.

Topic introduction

This term the children will be looking at animals, they will be learning about lots of different types of animals from all around the world.

They started the topic by painting an animal that they liked, they looked at books and used the Internet to find a picture of their chosen animal before they painted it.

They children did brilliant pictures and were very pleased with them,look out for them up in the classroom next week. 

A super job done by all!

Last week of Autumn term

The children have a fun packed last week before the xmas break.

They had great fun making paper chains, seeing who could make the longest

They also had a very special visit from a very special person. 

They were very happy with their new puppet theatre and building tools.

They finished the week with their Christmas party.

They earned their Christmas Holiday break