Yesterday, in Welly Time, Reception used their sense of touch. They selected softer things to make nests for their hedgehog and squirrel to hibernate in. 🦔🐿️ #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

Nursery have been diving into their new traditional tale ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Lots of the children used puppets to retell the story to each other & then this afternoon they made ‘gloop’ - a mixture of cornflour & water to make a substance that can be both gooey & hard! 🤩

In maths today, Year 3 used counters to create arrays. The children really enjoyed it, especially when they were allowed to write their calculations on the table. 🧮 #findingthelight #flourishingcommunties St Christopher’s Trust

Reception have been practicing doing os anti clockwise. #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

On their welly walk this week, Nursery searched for signs that the temperature had dropped. They found ice all over the school and talked about it being frozen water. ❄️🧊 #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

In Lunchtime Club, the children have been making Christmas decorations ready to sell at the Christmas Fayre! 🎄#findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

Year 3 had a great afternoon, and evening, performing their dance routine at the Barnfield Theatre. They have been working hard for the past half term with Miss Perret from Premier Education Exeter and were brave, confident and absolute superstars! 🤩 #findingthelight St Christopher’s Trust

This week, Year 1 have been reading maps to help them understand where they live & how places are connected. Using Google Earth & Google Maps, they zoomed in on our city from high up in the sky. They found our school, their homes, & lots of the places they know. St Christopher’s Trust

In Welly Time, Reception were using their sense of sight to look closely to draw a tree from real life. They looked at the roots, trunk, bark, branches & twigs. They looked carefully & thought about the marks they made. 🪾#findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

Today, Reception have been looking at repeating patterns. Some of them then had a go at making their own patterns. #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

Year 4 had lots of fun practising running stitch and backstitch today in our DT lesson 🤩📒 #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

Year 3 enjoyed exploring shadows this afternoon. They investigated whether all objects make a shadow or not. #findingthelight #flourshingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

Reception have been going over the concept of more and fewer this week. 🧮 #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

A little bit of rain didn't stop Years 1 & 2 exploring our school grounds this week. With the help of Little Green Change (a fantastic environmental organisation), they planted some daffodil bulbs near our forest school area & learned about all about pollination. St Christopher’s Trust

In computing this afternoon, Year 4 continued their unit on collaborative learning. Using Google Slides, they had to share a presentation with another pair and create a slideshow about an animal 🤩💻 #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

This morning, the children in EYFS and KS1 performed their amazing Twinkly Nativity. We are so proud of their wonderful singing and dancing! ✨🌟💫 #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

Last week, Nursery learned all about Anansi the spider. This is a traditional tale all the way from Africa. The class loved making spiders and learning about how cheeky Anansi the spider is! 🕷️ #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust

Nursery and Reception had fantastic fun at their pyjama story time last tonight. They had some great acting out of the Gingerbread Man story and enjoyed listening to lots of other stories too. Thank you to the families who came to join! 📚😊 #findingthelight St Christopher’s Trust

We were pleased to support NHS Devon in promoting the Open Wide and Step Inside programme delivered by the Dental Outreach Team at Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise. 🪥🦷 #findingthelight #flourishingcommunities St Christopher’s Trust m.youtube.com/watch?v=ovkkcZ…

Today, thanks to our wonderful FOSSS, KS2 went to watch Ernie and the Sea of Ice at The Phoenix. They learnt all about the life, adventures and bravery of the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves! ❄️🐧 #findingthelight St Christopher’s Trust