We were able to welcome a paramedic into our reception classroom today who spoke to our children about his job. They learnt about the recovery position and even had time to practise this with their friends and teachers. We talked about when we might need to call 999 and how to keep each other safe. The children showed lots of curiosity when looking around the ambulance asking some great questions and learning some new vocabulary from our visitor.
Chinese New Year in Reception
Reception have been learning about the animals in the Chinese Zodiac this week through our shared story. They have been busy in the art room making Chinese lions and lantern and they have tried some Chinese food. We have seen some beautiful ribbon dancing and enjoyed performing our own lion parade outside! What a fun week celebrating Chinese New Year.
Mentos and Coke Experiment
Our year 2 children have been learning about materials and how reactions can occur with different combinations. We put a tube of Mentos into a bottle of coke and predicted what would happen. The children were right! A super cola fountain occurred! So exciting to watch and inspiring for our young scientists.
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Art and Colour in EYFS
It is fantastic to see the engagement in the classroom which comes from interest in our story of the week in reception. In recent weeks the children have been looking at books about art and colour and we have seen a much higher level of curiosity and creativity in the art area. We have looked at four books in particular which the children have very much enjoyed. Many of the children have been experimenting with shades of colour this week, knowing that adding white makes a lighter shade and adding black makes a darker shade. There have been lots of discussions between the children about the different colours they create. A lovely shade of pink was made by some of the girls and they then began turning their art in to the colour monster from our shared story. The discussion then changed from colour shades to the emotions of the colour monster. There is also a much higher interest in the junk modelling area. We have seen excellent concentration from the children when joining parts of models together with different joining materials.
Gussie Goes Bonkers
The theme in year 2 this half term is robots. The children have been listening to stories about robots including Pie Corbett’s Gussie Goes Bonkers. The children used drama to re-enact the story. They remembered the sequence of events well and this was a lovely hook for this topic.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZRx2yCJZLI&w=560&h=315]
Archery – Year 1 and 2
Year 1 and Year 2 children had a good day learning Archery skills. They learnt how to use a bow and arrow safely, how to stand and how to draw the bow. All of the children had lots of turns and gained points when they hit the target. The children loved the competitive side of the activity!
Wildlife Area
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Chair of Governors – Judith Bainbridge
I would like to send my gratitude to the staff of Cockton Hill Infants for working tremendously hard in developing an effective home learning provision. A significant number of parents have commented favourably on how the learning videos in particular. Your hard work in these challenging times has not gone unnoticed and is greatly appreciated.
Judith Bainbridge
Chair of Governors
Cockton Hill Infants’ School.
Children in Need 2020
It has been wonderful to see the range of colourful outfits from the children for Children in Need today in school the staff looked fantastic too.
Halloween in School
We had a spooky Halloween Day in school on Monday. The children dressed up in fantastic costumes for the full day, while the teachers had planned some lovely activities for them all. Take a look at our photographs to see how happy the children were.
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