Sun!

This week the sun had finally started to shine! Thank you to all of you who have handed in your £2 or your sun cream so that we can apply at lunch time. if you have yet to do this, please could you do so ASAP. Thank you too for ensuring that your child has sun cream...

Dough disco

We made some playdough this week and had a ‘dough disco’ where we played with playdough to music together. Doing this is fun and is a good way to strengthen hands and hone fine motor skills. This week our letter of the week has been ‘O’ and we...

Earth Day

This Tuesday was Earth Day and we used this opportunity to talk about all of the ways that we can help to look after our planet. We also did some earth based craft activities. We have used the opportunity of better weather to have some trips to Collings Park and have...

Welcome back!

Welcome back everyone, we hope that you had a lovely Easter and are ready to go for the start of the Summer term. This term we will be doing lots of activities around school readiness to ensure that our children who are off to big school in September are prepared and...

A visit from Moo Music

Last Friday we were really lucky to have a visit from Emily from Moo Music. The children had a fantastic time joining in with the songs and dances and we recommend you checking out their activities at their cafe on Mutley Plain if you have yet to do so! This week we...

Ramadan

This week has seen the start of Ramadan and we talked about this and did some activities based on it. We have also made some musical instruments this week and experimented with the different sounds that we could make with different materials and methods. We’ve...

World book day

This Thursday was world book day and everyone looked amazing in their costumes! We read lots of books that the children had brought in. Last Friday was St David’s Day and the children made a daffodil and some welsh cakes. Our letter of the week is ‘p’ and the children...

Science week

This week has been science week, which is a week that we all enjoy, including the grown ups! We have done lots of fun and interesting experiments. We made a volcano on Monday that we have erupted throughout the week! The children made lava lamps and had space themed...

Letters and numbers

As we get nearer to the Summer term and children leaving us to go to big school, we have been concentrating more on our letter of the week. This week’s letter is ‘n’ and we have done activities based on this. Why not ask your child each week if they...

san nin faai lok

  This week we have been celebrating Chinese New Year. On Saturday we will be entering the year of the dragon and the children decorated their own dragon for our wall, tasted some Chinese foods and made some Chinese lanterns. We also talked about which animal our...