Week beginning 2nd October 2017
This week we have been working on familiarising ourselves with magical stories, concentrating on the magical object in the story, the character who is given or finds the magical object and the character who gives someone the magic object.We have then used all these ideas in some freeze-framing…
Week beginning 25th September 2017
This week we have been finishing our endings for the 'The Magic Porridge Pot' and are now beginning to work on a plan for our own magical stories.Our county librarian Shelia Sylvester will share magical stories with the children using her animated style and we will read some extracts from classic…
Week Beginning 18th September
This week we have been lucky enough to take part in a puppet workshop. The children thoroughly enjoyed acting out the stories of 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'The Three Little Pigs' using puppets, inventing their own actions and voices.
In maths this week we have been using the…
Week beginning 11th September 2017
This week we have been very busy reading and writing about the traditional tale 'The Magic Porridge Pot'. The children have made up actions to help them remember the story and then identified pictures from the beginning, middle and end.They have written sentences to go with the pictures using…
Week beginning 6th September 2017
Welcome back everyone! We hope you have had a restful and enjoyable break with your families over the summer.The children have all settled well into Holly Class and are getting used to the new routines. We have been very impressed with the standard of work they are producing and how enthusiastic…
Week beginning 3rd July 2017
Another exciting week in Holly Class as we set off to the Danby Moors Centre with Beech Class on Monday.The trip was based around the story of 'The Woodlings and the Wish Dragon' and was full of exciting activities from the minute we arrived!
Holly class went inside first with a lady called…
Week beginning 19th June
It has been a lovely, exciting week in Holly class!! Not only have we welcomed Jonathan a new member of Holly class but we have been lucky enough to go on two class trips!
On Tuesday morning we all went to the library and met Heather. She explained to the children how to use the library, where…
Week beginning 15/05/17
This week has been a very active week for Holly class involving both swimming and forest schools.Mrs Gallon informs me that the children are enjoying their swimming lessons and growing in confidence each week! Mr Bates was particularly impressed this week week with Ellie O'Connor , because she…
Week beginning 2nd May 2017
In science this half term we are looking at plants, the different types of plants, what plants need to grow and the structure of a plant.We looked at 'wild plants' ( often known as weeds) and clarified that these are flowers that are not planted or looked after but that grow wherever they land. We…
Week beginning 25th April
Welcome back everyone we hope you had a restful and chocolate filled Easter break!
The children have come back refreshed and ready to work and we look forward to a busy and productive Summer term.
On Wednesday we visited St Hilda's Church to learn about Christianity and the importance and…
Week beginning 3rd April 2017
This week has been a busy and varied week at school. The children have had great fun following clues to find Easter eggs in the school woods during our Easter egg hunt.Unfortunately our camera ran out of battery right at the moment we discovered the eggs so no chocolate stained faces to share i'm…
Week beginning 27th March 2017
This week we have been doing end of term progress tests with the children.They have all worked to the best of their ability and tackled each one with enthusiasm. Mrs Gallon and I are very proud of all the children and the progress they are making.They will all be ready for a well deserved rest in…