Getting Arctic Creative!

18th November 2024N Sikka

The children in 1 Red have been so enthusiastic about our Learning Means the World theme ‘Come Fly with me Arctic Circle’ and are loving learning about the habitats, people and animals that live in the Arctic. Today we learnt all about an Inuit (Eskimo) and it’s life within the Arctic circle. The children had Design and Technology lesson where they had to use appropriate materials to design and make their own Inuit. They discussed the different materials they used and used the associated vocabulary to describe them. Some of these Inuit’s may be found on the catwalk as their outfits are simply amazing!

Reception first week back!

8th November 2024K Richardson

A fabulous first week back! We have been looking at China in our Learning Means The World theme ‘Come fly with me Asia’. We have been looking at Chinese artefacts, writing our names in Chinese and we even made a Chinese restaurant in our home corner! We also talked about Remembrance Sunday and made poppies, our tree is looking amazing!

 

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20th September 2024N Sikka

In 1 Red this week we listened to the story of Little Red Riding Hood as part our LMTW ‘Happily Ever After’. As part of the Design and Technology element mixed with a little bit of Maths we made some cookies like the ones Red Riding took to her Grandma. First we looked at the ingredients, then measured them appropriately before rolling and cutting out the cookies. Next we placed them in the oven before finally eating them. The final consensus was that they were delicious!

 

Gruffalo Biscuits

3rd July 2024N Bramley

We have had a lovely time today making Gruffalo footprint biscuits.  The children did a great job measuring, scooping and mixing.  They rolled and flattened the dough and added claws too. I hope they all enjoyed eating their biscuits.

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2 Blue’s DT project.

14th June 2024L Martin

This week in Learning Means the World, we have been designing and making finger puppets to help our Nursery children learn the rhyme ‘Two Little Sparrows’.

We chose bright coloured felt, and our new sewing skills to stitch the sides together, before adding eyes wings and even some feathers!

When we’d finished we took our puppets to the Nursery and sang the rhyme to the children….but that wasn’t the end!

 

The Nursery children were so inspired by our work that they made their own puppets from paper and staples, and came all the way around to Year 2 to show us!

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The Great Hebburn Lakes (Year 4) sewing bee!

10th June 2024L Davison

 

This week the children have been trying their hand at sewing. This was no easy task, but like the true Adventurers that we are we gave it everything we had. Our bravery, resilience and determination led us in the right direction!

Nursery’s healthy sandwiches!

24th May 2024Hayley Tampin

As part of our work around the book ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ this week, the nursery children had lots of fun making some healthy ham salad sandwiches.

We talked about why we need to wash our hands before preparing food and the importance of a healthy, balanced diet.

The children used their fine motor skills to spread the butter, chop the cucumber and tomato (with help from a grown up) and cut their sandwiches. They did a great job and we had some very happy faces when they sat down to eat them too!

Well done, Nursery!

 

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1 Red are engineers of the future!

21st May 2024L Chisholm

We have been learning about the importance of solar power and how we can use it to help with our daily lives.  We decided to make a solar oven and cook biscuits.  We followed the instructions very carefully and worked well as part of a team.  We put our ovens in the sun and waited for our chocolate topping to melt.  The chocolate had started to melt and we discussed that if it had been in the sun all day it would have worked even better.  They tasted delicious!

Design and Technology Dynamos in Year 1!

13th May 2024L Chisholm

In our Learning Means The World theme, ‘Light Up The World’ we have been looking at the sun and creating leaflets and posters of the rules we need to follow in order to be safe when we are out in the sun.  We have found out that suncream, glasses, hat and t-shirts are very important.  We then designed our own split pin lever card to show the sun and how we keep ourselves safe

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