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!

The light (and dark) are strong with 1 Red.

21st May 2024L Chisholm

In our Learning Means the World theme of ‘Light Up The World’ we have been looking at what objects and materials give us light.  We looked at a selection of pictures then worked together to decide if they give us a natural light or a man made light. We the looked at using shadows and shading in our art lesson and created some lovely pictures using these light and dark effects.

2 Red begin Going Wild!

30th April 2024L Phillips

This week Year 2 have started their new Learning Means the World theme, Going Wild!

To start our science based theme we collected photographs of our pets. We used guidance from the RSPCA to create posters of ‘How to looks after pets’.

The children showed just how knowledgeable and caring they are, and produced brilliant, eye-catching posters, full of good advice for pet owners.

Food Glorious Food! Reception Goldilocks and the Three Bears week.

19th April 2024K Richardson

As part of our LMTW theme ‘Food Glorious Food’ we have been looking at ‘sweet foods’   We have used the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ throughout the week including Drawing Club.  The children have been building the bears house using 3D shapes which was part of our maths this week. We talked about which shapes would be the best for building and why. They recreated the story, wrote captions, read instructions of how to make porridge and used their maths skills of full and empty to recreate the porridge scene, also using size to make sure the bears were in the corrects chairs! We tasted honey and talked about how it is a healthy sweet option and why.  We then ate a variety of sweet foods and timed how long it would take to eat them.  We talked about which took the longest/shortest times and why, using our science skills of how chocolate melts and why.  We looked at and discussed which sweet foods are healthy and which are not healthy, ask your children to tell you, they were experts!

 

Easter in Reception!

28th March 2024K Richardson

We have had a very busy week in Reception.  We have been learning about the Easter Story and the build up to Easter.  The importance of Easter for Christians and what symbols represent Easter.   We have been making chicks, eggs, baskets, chocolate nest, retelling the story of Easter and so much more!  Ask us to tell you about Easter and when you are supposed to have Easter eggs!

 

 

 

1 Red loved West Boldon Lodge!

26th March 2024L Chisholm

We went on our trip today to West Boldon Lodge.  It was absolutely fantastic and we loved every minute.  We have done lots of new activities including making a journey stick, den building, looking for signs of spring, using tools to chop wood, fire building and our best bit…..roasting marshmallows over our fire.  We have learnt new skills and worked together as a team brilliantly.

4 Red, The Gardening Gurus

25th March 2024L Davison

4 Red had an excellent day on Thursday, when they had a visit from Williby Roc’s. We went into the garden to help plant some trees. We made bee bombs to encourage more wildlife into our garden and we even had time for a scavenger hunt.