Class 3 had some fun making real, sedimentary pebbles today! Igneous and metamorphic would be hugely difficult (and we've no resources at all to make those!) but we were successful with little sedimentary rocks.Sedimentary rocks are layers of... sediment. So we layered sand and soil and squashed them very, very tightly. It was quite exciting! The main photo I've used [...]
This week, we've been reading the story 'The Magic Paintbrush' by Julia Donaldson. In the story, Shen uses her magic paintbrush to paint a dragon to keep the emperor away. Today we painted a dragon of our own! 'A beast with scales and claws.' We found different ways to make the scales - from patting the brush for a 3D [...]
Class Stars :-) Well done to... Our Early Years… Nevaeh Legg Class 2… Reuben Brooks Class 3… Bodhi Harrie-Thompson Class 4… Tilly Kennedy Could you ensure our teddies come back the following week please? ...thank you! This ½ term’s school value is… We are Confident. We help our children lay foundations for the rest of their lives by helping them [...]
I had the pleasure of arriving in the middle of the Finals at the BLCT (Braunton Learning Cooperative Trust) Basketball Tournament, to see our team of reds scoring yet another hoop and whooping for joy! Our team won the tournament with 5 straight wins, with the final game score being 4:0. To say they were excited is an understatement! We [...]
Had anyone got a piece of foam or a foam mattress that can be cut to be used to make a seating area please? We'd love to further develop Class 2's book corner area and do some DIY on some new furniture. All we need is some foam. Can anyone help? Please get in touch!
Kung Hei Fat Choi! Happy New Year! We've made our own dragons, tried using chopsticks, had a feast whilst making our own firework fruit sticks and had our own dragon parade!
This week pre school have been learning about Chinese New Year. We Know that red is a lucky colour and that this year will be the year of the rabbit. The children may well tell you how to say Happy new year in Chinese (kung hei fat choi) too!
Class Stars :-) Well done to... Our Early Years… Ben Sanders Class 2… Tess Hill-Dymond Class 3… Jess Betteridge Class 4… Isla Hopgood Could you ensure our teddies come back the following week please? ...thank you! This ½ term’s school value is… We are Confident. We help our children lay foundations for the rest of their lives by helping them [...]
A morning of Forest School fun. Finding ice and watching it melt, making mud milkshakes and identifying different minibeasts. An afternoon of outdoor painting! Using rollers and sponges to make our own patterns. We discovered that our end result looked a bit like the world map. We were then trying to spot different countries, 'I think that big one is [...]
Class Stars :-) Well done to... Our Early Years… Cecily Rampe And well done to Lola and Neveah for completing their "five nursery rhymes at home challenge" and gaining their first certificate! Class 2… Mitzy-Rose Guedez Class 3… Fin Arnold Class 4… Tilly Kennedy Could you ensure our teddies come back the following week please? ...thank you! This ½ term’s [...]
