Today in school, we held a lunchtime drop in session with one of our school governors to discuss Inter Faith week. The children gave their own answers to questions such as 'What does Inter Faith Week mean to you?' and 'A barrier to good Inter Faith relations is ....'

This week we had a visitor in school! @moffat_andrew #NoOutsiders #AntiBullyingWeek2023

This week the children sorted sentences from 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'. The children were challenged to decide whether the sentences told us about what owls eat, where owls live, what owls do or how they look.

EYFS had a great time with visiting teacher, Andrew Moffat MBE, who talked about his No Outsiders scheme, which teaches children about differences, diversity, acceptance and equality through the use of picture books. He shared the story 'A Busy Day for Birds' by Lucy Cousins.

EYFS - This week in Amethyst Class, we have read The Three Little Pigs. We have made 'Wanted' posters, collected evidence, drawn maps and built new brick houses for the pigs out of Lego.

EYFS - This week in Amethyst Class, the children went outside to find materials to make their own natural paintbrush. They then had great fun experimenting with their paintbrushes making different marks with paint.

The children in Pearl Class enjoyed a visit to Nantwich Museum to learn about The Great Fire of Nantwich. The children became History Dectectives and toured Nantwich looking for clues about the past.

The children in Pearl Class dressed up as children from Tudor times. They played with toys and examined artefacts. They imagined what it would be like to live in this period of English History.

Children in Year 2 have been practising spelling with their perfect partner by playing four in a row.

In Amethyst Class this week, we have read the story The Gingerbread Man. We have made our own gingerbread men, written speech bubbles for the characters, played maths games on the interactive whiteboard and built bridges in the construction area to safely get him across the river

The children recreated the Great Fire of London in Forest School. The children created Pudding Lane and the streets of London using the Tudor Houses that they had made. The fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane and quickly spread to houses nearby.

The children in Pearl Class became History Detectives. They handled artefacts from Tudor Times. They decided what the object was made from, how it was used and if it would cause a fire. The children concluded that many objects used in daily life had the potential to cause a fire.

Today EYFS and KS1 performed 'The Big Little Nativity' to KS2 and some very special visitors🌟

Our Christmas Church Service took place on Friday 22nd December at St James' Church. The children shared songs, poems and prayers about the true meaning of Christmas. The service was introduced by Mr Perry and concluded by Reverend Alison.

EYFS - This week in Amethyst Class, we have enjoyed our new Transport topic, 'On the Move,' and had fun counting passengers on the bus, working in the garage role play area, building our own City, using the geoboards and making vehicle pictures on the cork boards.

On Friday Year 2 started their new Science topic 'Animals, Including Humans.' They sorted animals in different ways such as legs/no legs, wings/no wings, lives on land/lives in the sea. They enjoyed working collaboratively to sort the animals.

EYFS - In Amethyst Class this week, the children enjoyed their gymnastic lesson. They learnt how to forward roll, sit in straddle, teddy bear roll and do back support.

EYFS - In Amethyst Class this week, the children have been creating with materials, exploring techniques and experimenting with texture, form and function by creating landscape collages inspired by the work of Megan Coyle.

EYFS - The children in Amethyst Class love sharing books together in our reading den

Year 2 read the book 'All Are Welcome'. We talked about who we are as individuals, what is special about us and what is different about us. We decided we all belong. We created our own version of the front cover of the book to show all are welcome here.