Blog by Tag: Explorers and Adventurers

This term Willow class are learning all about food and how to prepare it in our “The world about me” lessons.

This week we tied this in with our Eid celebrations by looking at different foods Muslim families eat to celebrate Eid. We had a look as a class at lots of different types of foods and…

We had a very special visitor on Friday! Amy Troner attended school as a Jewish faith leader and delivered multiple engaging workshops for our pupils. Amy was accompanied by Mr. Maher (school governor) for the morning sessions. Amy shared her main beliefs and explained all about Jewish festivals,…

This week Willow Class went on our first walking trip to visit Astley Park. We have been learning all about our local environment, habitats and wildlife in class, especially looking at local birds during the big bird watch in February so it was time to put all our knowledge to the test! 
We…

What a fun day for Willow class!

We we’re all so excited to dress up and everyone loved showing off their costumes and lovely outfits taking selfies with friends. We joined the school assembly to look at which fairytale character had been sneaking around school caught on the cctv- we guessed it…

This half term Willow class are looking at our local environment and what we can do to look after it, alongside caring for our planet. We are looking at ways to be more eco friendly and ways we can make our local habitats/communities a better place.

We have had some great discussions about what…

Today willow class have been learning about staying safe and kind on the internet for internet safety day!

We looked at how we can make kind choices on the internet to keep the internet a happy place and what to do if we see something unkind. We had a go at looking at all the things we can do…

Today Willow have been practicing our functional measurement skills through cookery. The children worked hard to follow a recipe to create a mini app,e crumble each. 
Everyone did an amazing job at applying their kitchen safety skills we practiced last week, making sure to use sharp equipment…

On Tuesday it was the first full moon of the Lunar calendar which meant it was Chinese New Year! 
pin Willow class we looked at how this special event is celebrated and why it is important to Chinese culture. We looked at ways people around the world celebrate the special day and days following…

The Year of the Tiger in Sycamore 

Chinese New Year in Sycamore class, we looked at where china is, the population and what it is like in China. We discussed that there are different languages spoken in different parts of China. 

We then went on to look at Chinese New Year, we…

Willow class wish Sian a very happy birthday!

We all enjoyed celebrating Sian’s birthday in class with a class party! We played some great games like musical statues, musical bumps and pin the horn on the unicorn before tucking into a special treat- a McDonalds dinner from Sian’s…

Willow class were all very excited for their breakfast with Santa! The children enjoyed helping to serve each other a breakfast of special treats like crepes, chocolate croissants and cereals. The children sat chatting to friends eating then we got a special teams call- Father Christmas! 
Father…

Willow class have had an exciting couple of weeks gearing up to Christmas. The children have enjoyed some festive themed work creating clay Christmas magnets to finish off our science topic, working on our sentence structures writing letters to Santa and Christmas cards to friends and family.  In…