McIntyre Terrace, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, DL14 6HW
The Christmas shoeboxes were collected from school today. They will be put on to a lorry next week and then sent on to Moldova, in Eastern Europe. Hopefully they will bring a smile to children this Christmas. Thank you very much for your support and kind donations. It will surely make a difference.
We created some designs to protect the egg from cracking when it was dropped from a height. There were some interesting ideas and the children were so excited to take part in this STEM activity. There were a few cracked eggs and we talked about why this happened.
The reception classes have been busy learning about the four seasons, particularly autumn in the recent weeks. They have looked for signs of autumn outside and collected autumn treasures with their families which they brought into school to talk about and create a display. Our shared stories have inspired our children in the art room and they have made some wonderful ‘Leaf Man’ collages. They have learned about harvest time, enjoying our special celebration at the church with members of the community. There were lots of mucky fingers when we pulled up our carrots from outside! During this we had some lovely discussions about the wonderful shapes and sizes of carrot we had grown.
We looked at the world map and the map of the United Kingdom. We found different places on the map where the children had been on holiday. We found Turkey and The Canary Islands on the world map. The children found Bishop Auckland on the map of the UK and we located London our capital city.
The children are working hard in soundswrite. They have been learning words from the extended code and looking at how there are often different ways to spell words with the same sound. Also how words with the same spelling can gave different sounds. The children have been spelling polysyllabic words and writing sentences from dictation.
Class 1 and 2 have enjoyed their first PE sessions in the hall this week. To begin with there was lots of excellent listening and following instructions to make sure that everybody was safe during our session in the hall with the equipment. All of the children enjoyed practising lots of physical skills whilst keeping themselves and others safe.
In Year 1 we have started to investigate seasonal change. We are so excited to see the leaves falling from the trees. The children in Year 1 have been painting some autumn leaves to display in the classroom. We really enjoy all the orange and red colours.
This week we have been reading the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. We went on a bear hunt around school looking for signs of the bear. The bear has also been getting up to lots of mischief in Nursery. The children have been demonstrating some fantastic speaking and listening and imagination. Great work everyone!
It has been wonderful to welcome our new starters and children returning to Nursery. They have settled in so well, have started to make new friends and had fun exploring their new surroundings.
Year 2 children are enjoying their new class and working well. They have been logging onto the laptops in carousel time and can access a range of activities. The i-pads have been used for Lexia work and the children have been using the bee-bots and blue-bots for programming.
