Today we have planted flowers out by the front of school. Thank you to the parent who donated them and to the Year 6 pupils who have done an excellent job of planting them. The National Forest Woodland Trust🌳 Muddy Faces #jtmatwellbeing #elsawellbeing John Taylor MAT

Today Rabbits have been on a nature hunt, in preparation for Easter. The National Forest Woodland Trust🌳 Muddy Faces #jtmatwellbeing #elsawellbeing John Taylor MAT

Today I attached stopwatches to the wheelbarrows. This not only made turn taking so much easier but it also used and built on the children’s maths skills! The National Forest Woodland Trust🌳 Muddy Faces #jtmatwellbeing #elsawellbeing John Taylor MAT

Badgers have impressed me with their fire knowledge and skills today. They worked together to light the fire which we used to make pizza pockets. The National Forest Woodland Trust🌳 Muddy Faces #jtmatwellbeing #elsawellbeing John Taylor MAT

The Musical Theatre club have treated the school to their Spring performance during assembly today! It has been fantastic to see all their hard work put into action.

A fantastic afternoon of Hockey with South Derbyshire Active Schools Partnership thanks for having us!

We have build a bug hotel, played hide and seek, looked for bugs under logs and made mud pottery amongst other activities today! The National Forest Woodland Trust🌳 Muddy Faces #jtmatwellbeing #elsawellbeing John Taylor MAT

Science week has been so much fun! Year 4 have completed a timed experiment. How many times will a pendulum swing in one minute? #britishscienceweek2024

During #ScienceWeek the Rabbits have been planting bean seeds. They are excited and eager to see if they grow as tall as Jacks beanstalk!
They have created a dinosaur garden, a beanstalk, danced like a growing plant and investigated the magic fish activity #jtmat #STEM #eyfs

Happy #BritishScienceWeek . Squirrels have been working hard in PE this week to create experiments that included time and then they completed these experiments today. We made a prediction before we did the task and then recorded our results in a table. John Taylor MAT

For British Science week Owls have been predicting which exercises will increase their heart rates and which ones won’t. They then timed themselves doing various exercises to see if their predictions were correct. #britishscienceweek2024

Celebrating British Science Week with Reception this afternoon with a wonderful walk around school. We are very fortunate to have beautiful grounds for the children to search for signs of spring. #seasonschange

Look what Squirrels have spotted in the woods! The National Forest Woodland Trust🌳 Muddy Faces #jtmatwellbeing #elsawellbeing John Taylor MAT

Nursery have loved dressing up and creating their favourite story characters for #WorldBookDay2024 !
#shareastory #eyfs #jtmat #ecat #readingforpleasure

Owls have been enjoying lots of different activities for world book day and have come in fabulous costumes! #WorldBookDay2024

Some brilliant entries from Squirrels for the John Taylor MAT toilet roll challenge for #WorldBookDay2024 !

Happy World Book Day from Squirrels, Little Miss Bossy and Little Miss Sparkle. We are enjoying reading a variety of stories and completing lots of fun activities #WorldBookDay2024 John Taylor MAT

Hedgehogs are loving dressing up for #WorldBookDay2024 today. Celebrating reading our favourite books, and completing different activities. John Taylor MAT

Badgers clearly have a love of witches and wizards!🧙‍♀️🧙‍♂️ #WorldBookDay2024

Badgers celebrating World Book Day in style!🦡 #WorldBookDay