18 Dec

Christmas activities in Willow class- party lunch, sharing our learning with Christmas bingo and photo booth fun!

Willow have had a lovely couple of weeks of Christmas activities!

Some of the magical moments we want to share are:

  • Christmas dinner in class
  • Christmas party lunch where we all had a McDonalds
  • Christmas bingo in class where we invited families to share our learning
  • Christmas photo…
16 Dec

Willow class- Did somebody say.... SANTA?!

What an exciting day for Willow class!

We were all so happy to come to school in our cosy pyjamas and own clothes for a special Christmas breakfast. We were all eager to see Santa on the video call and got to speak to Santa on the screen at the front of class- we understood that Santa is doin…

16 Dec

Willow learn about Islam!

Last week Willow learnt about Islam, concentrating on how Islam teaches us to show kindness and to be charitable. We looked at their religious book, the Qur’an and what values Muslims are taught by Islam. 
We are very lucky in Willow class because one of our friends taught us about how he…

4 Dec

Willow’s winter wonderland

What a wonderful winter week for Willow class!

We have continued our work on the story “a Christmas collar”, learnt more about Arctic animals in science and started practicing for our class play, making outfits and rehearsing. 
We also worked really hard with our maths this week looking at…

27 Nov

8R’s Poet’s Corner

8R have had a super busy week this week doing lots of amazing work.

We started off the week by doing some super work on time in our maths. We have all been looking at the important times of our day and making sure we can tell the time at these. Everybody worked super hard and have been using…

27 Nov

Willow wishes Kayla a happy birthday!

This week Willow class had our second class party of the year- another new 11 year old!
This Wednesday we wished Kayla a very happy birthday and had a party in the afternoon!

We played musical bumps, don’t drop the balloon and ate some yummy cake that Kayla very kindly brought in to share! 

20 Nov

Willow Class challenges gender stereotypes

This week Willow class looked at gender stereotypes and thought about what ideas we already had about gender, maybe without realising.  We tied this into looking at how this affects the jobs and hobbies we think people can have due to their gender.

We explored which stereotypes we were affected…

13 Nov

Willow class thinks of others- Remembrance day and Children in Need

Willow class have had two special theme days to enjoy this week- Remembrance Day and Children in Need.

On Wednesday 11th we looked at what Poppy Day means to us and how it’s nice to show we are grateful and show respect. We all are very respectful in Willow class and are trying to hard to…

6 Nov

Bonfire night in Willow class!

Wow Willow class, what a great first week back! 
You have had a great start to the new term. We have started our class book of Little red riding hood, looking at the characters and how we can use descriptive language like adjectives to define characters in book. Some of us even tried writing a…

23 Oct

Wicked Willow gets spooky!

Prepare to be scared when you see these spooky pictures of Willow class!

Willow Class worked so hard this week to create some amazing Halloween decorations! 
Everyone has been super brainy, working with class adults to complete assessments so we can try some fun new work after half term! We…

16 Oct

Happy birthday Olivia!

This week Willow class was very excited to have our first ever class birthday party!

It is Olivia’s birthday this week and she was so kind bringing in treats and cake to share with everyone. We all had an amazing party playing games like pass the parcel, musical statues and pin the horn on the…

9 Oct

Hello Yellow Day in Willow Class

Today Willow Class took part in Hello Yellow day, raising money to support young people’s mental health on World Mental Health Day.

We have learnt all about the zones of regulation this term. We been working hard to recognise our own emotions and to understand how our brain and bodies feel when…