Year 2 will be having a look at striking and fielding techniques this half term in PE and using elements of cricket and rounders in their practices. These skills will help in coming years when they start to understand sports specific rules. Today we looked at catching and the importance of starting position and hand position when ball’s either in flight or ground level, especially a smaller ball such as a tennis ball. Great work year 2!

Well done to all the Reception children for a fantastic first P.E. session in the hall. The children were so well behaved and had so much fun, balancing, climbing, sliding and jumping. They got changed carefully and quickly and looked after their belongings well making sure everything went back into their bags. It was lovely to see the children challenging themselves, showing bravery and determination and great concentration through out. Please remember to have their kits ready for our sessions each Thursday morning. 

We encourage children to make their own choices in play and when they are fully engaged in their own learning their concentration is amazing! These children are all developing different skills including counting, fine and gross motor skills, decision making, creativity, understanding of life, being kind and careful, extending their social skills, and lots more! What a lovely start to a new term 🙂

Collaboration was the key when Year 1 began their computing unit of work for this term. Using Scratch Jr will help us develop our coding skills ... we began to snap together programming blocks to make characters move through our enchanted woodlands! Great teamwork year 1 💻👍🏻😃

Year 5 have been exploring the phases of the moon using Oreos and Jaffa Cakes! We looked at the difference between waning and waxing and what causes the moon to appear differently throughout the month. Have a look out of your window tonight to see what phase the moon is in! 

Who needs teachers when children are inspired to share and learn together. Another reason why the Early Years are magic...

Today,Year 6 were revising all they know about rhythm. They also tried to remember the meaning of musical terms that we used last year like crescendo and diminuendo!! We then had a go at actually using those terms in our playing.

To finish off our burps, bottoms and bile topic, Year 4 have designed and made healthy oaty cereal bars and created packaging for them. We hope our visitors on Friday will enjoy sampling our yummy treats. 

We worked in pairs today to guide each other to accurately interpret data on line graphs. Fantastic, supportive learning conversations abounded!

Another new term, so another new sport. The year 3 started their period of cricket looking at their over arm throwing technique. Over the next 6 weeks the children will be developing their skills in throwing, catching, bowling, fielding and batting whilst learning the game and putting their skills into practice through playing Kwik Cricket and other small sided games. 

Look out for their development and progression over the next few weeks.

Today we witnessed some excellent throwing, breaking the technique down to maximise accuracy and distance. Well done year 3!